Re: 328 stainless brake lines, rear pads replacement and more | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rui Gigante (rui.gigante![]() |
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:08:29 -0700 (PDT) |
Thanks Dennis, I will keep that in mind !
Rui
On 6/26/07, Dennis Liu <bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com> wrote:
Doug wrote:
>BUT before you remove the two 17mms, push the piston back into the floater. >WATCH out for fluid returning to the fluid reservoir and spilling all >over - hope the reservoir isn't topped off. I have used a huge channel >clamp to get the thing started then a huge screwdriver and pressed the >point into the pad and the shank against the rotor. Slowly - I don't >like thinking that I am bending the rotor (tho my physics professor >would tell me I am - even if its just a silly micron).
Todd added:
>When I push back the pistons on my Golf's brakes, I first attach a hose to the bleed screw, put the hose into a container and crack open the bleeder as I push the piston back. This makes pushing the piston easier. More importantly, it allows the contaminated fluid in the caliper to be expelled into the container and not forced back up towards the master cylinder. This is expecially important on an ABS-equipped car as you don't want dirty fluid getting into the (expensive) ABS unit and mucking it up.
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Excellent advice. Just need to be sure not to accidentally suck air in through the bleed screw (e.g., if the caliper is off and tilted so that the piston will want to slide out - it'll draw a vacuum back through the bleed screw.
Also, another piece of advice - make sure, when you're working on multiple corners of the car, if you do one corner (including pumping fresh fluid to the caliper and bleeding all the air out), that when you move to the next caliper, you remember to DEPRESSURIZE the pressure bleeder you've attached to the brake fluid reservoir. Not only does pressure in the system make it extraordinarily hard (if not impossible) to slide the piston back in, if you're not paying attention, the piston may just pop out of the caliper entirely.
Not that I would have any experience with that happening to me while helping a friend with his BMW, of course.
Vty,
--Dennis
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- Re: 328 stainless brake lines, rear pads replacement and more Rui Gigante, June 26 2007
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- Re: 328 stainless brake lines, rear pads replacement and more Pat Scopelliti, June 26 2007
- Re: 328 stainless brake lines, rear pads replacement and more Rui Gigante, June 26 2007
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