[DeTomaso] Rear Brakes Install

[sean mundy]

Thank you Jack, I will start to look at taking it apart.  I really 
appreciate you guys being online on the weekend.


>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>To: seanmundy at hotmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Rear Brakes Install
>Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:38:37 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/28/08 11:03:06 AM, seanmundy at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > I have my rear brake calipers off and now can't get them back on.  I 
>can't
> > spread the pads enough to fit back over the disk.  I tried turning the 
>rear
> > brake caliper piston left and also right but it doesnt seem to be moving 
>in or
> > out.  What's the trick here?
> >
>Don't turn those rear pistons too far: the correct angle is only 45 degrees
>to release the clevis. And unless you took the piston/adjuster cartridge 
>out
>and cleaned it and the bore with scotch-brite, there may be varnish that's
>preventing the assembly from moving in enough. If things are working 
>correctly, the
>piston will retract flush with the caliper casting. Often, a c-clamp is 
>used
>to force a piston back on sticky assemblies but better is to take it apart 
>and
>find out why its sticky... Good luck- J Deryke
>
>
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