At 6/18/2011 02:18 PM,Robert Stewart wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >In a bind. Need some advice here. > >I was putting in new Mintek brake pads in my 88 with Girling >Calipers today. First wheel went fine. > >The second one on the passenger side was going great, I removed the >top caliper bolt and rotated the caliper down leaving in the lower >bolt. The lower bolt slid in and out very easily. > >The top sliding assembly will not move. It appears to be seized or >locked in some way. I have no idea what happened. I removed the top >bolt and the caliper assembly came off without to much effort.
Replace the caliper. You can jury rig around all you want, fake this and fake that and in the end you put in enough time to cover just buying a new one and you still have one that needed replacing in the first place. Getting around a bad part is what you do when you don't have the money and need the part....
Rob becida@comcast.net |
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