[DeTomaso] rear brakes

[John Taphorn]

Rotate piston 45 degrees in either direction.  In the event that the piston 
is already partially rotated, you want the piston's surface channel to be 
diagonal.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se>
To: "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] rear brakes


> 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>
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> 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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