[DeTomaso] rear brakes

Tomas Gunnarsson guson at home.se
Sun Sep 27 03:43:40 EDT 2009


Removing the caliper from the upright will not help. You need to turn the caliper piston to push it back in. Check out the brake section in the repair manual. Remember to return the piston rotation to the starting position before you put the new pads in.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
To: "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Cc: "sobill" <sobill at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:23 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] rear brakes


>I am tying to install new poter field rear brake pads. I can't get the top
> caliper boly out oy the caliper. I removed the pad retainig pins ( thinking
> I could slide new pads in with out removing the caliper.) I can get the
> caliper open far enough to get the insdie pad installed but I can't get the
> caliper open enough to install both pads. Is there a trick to getting the
> caliper open all the way ?
> II was using a pneumatic impact wrench to try to remove the top caliper
> mounting bolt. Are there impact wrenches that have a  higher level of
> torque?
> 
> Boyd
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