Re: rear caliper won't come off disk

[esw5@cornell.edu (Ernest Wong)]

>In a message dated 96-05-04 14:00:05 EDT, you write:
>
[coupe Q brake troubles deleted]

>>Christian Long
>>1990 90
>>1990 Coupe Q
>
>Christain,
>
>I don't know if your Coupe Q has similar calipers with the 4Kcsq but on my 4K
>I had to remove the bolts to the guide pins in order to separate the caliper
>from the rotor.  Hold the guide pin with an open end wrench as you loosen the
>bolt. This sepasrates the brake pad carrier from the caliper.   Hope this
>helps...
>
>Bruce Johnson
>85 4Kcsq
>Olympia, WA


C.Long wrote about pads getting hung on the rotor lip machined in through
use. I might run into the same problem.

Wonder if it is possible to pry the pads back using screwdriver or other
levering device. Watching for brake fluid level in the reservoir, of
course.

I'm replacing both pads and disc so any damage to rotor won't bother me.


Do I need to get some CRC BrakeKleen to clean up all the crud around my
brakes before I work on them?????

Thanks,
A brake virgin here.

Ernest Wong
esw5@cornell.edu