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Re: Rebuid or replace calipers?
Posted by Gerhard (more from Gerhard) on Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:18:28
In Reply to: Rebuid or replace calipers?, Paul R, Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:46:55
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Buy rebuild-kit....dirt cheap...buy new brake-hoses as well...you'll need breaker-bar and gas-heater to loosen two 19mm bolts holding the calipers. Use blue loctite when reassembling them, tighten to exact specs (80Nm i believe, not sure.)
Use caliper-grease when reassembling calipers with new gaskets, use it on glider pins as well, make sure glider-pins aren't rusty, you can also try to hone insides if cylinder-hole if walls are in bad condition. Be careful with brake-fluid, it's highly toxic and flamable.
So....
1. Torque wrench (recomended)
2. Copper grease (for pads)
3. Caliper grease (for caliper and glider-pins)
4. Rebuild kit (gaskets and dust-shield rubber)
5. Long lever-bar (for big bolts)
6. Gas-torch (for warming up big bolts)
All in all...cheap material but some work involved...change pads while you are there...
good luck!
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