Yesterday I attempted to push my frozen brake pistons back into their homes with a C-clamp. Well, I have a sprung C-clamp now. I guess they were more frozen than I thought. I ended up splitting the caliper and using a 2-ton jack and the bus to force the pistons back into their respective caliper halves. (You ever have one of those days???) Actually, on one side, the weight of the bus and the jack wasn't enough to force the piston back in. I had to put a 1" socket inside the piston and whack it with a hammer. Ok, enough fun. The real question is: should I even attempt to reuse these things or would I just be tempting fate? The rubber boots around the pistons weren't cracked or anything although one did have a bunch of rust flakes under it. It looks like a caliper rebuild kit just includes new boots and rubber washers. All of that stuff looked fine it's just that the pistons are a little difficult. Of course, now that I just crushed them under my bus and beat the shit out of them with a hammer I'm a little concerned about safety! ;) As always, any input would be appreciated. Bob. '79 Bust '67 Rusty __\/__ . / ^ _ \ . |\| (*)(*) |/| ________.OOOo____oo____oOOO.__________ / Bob Johnson - Programmer \ | rjohnson@zeus.nesea2400.navy.mil | | Tracor ESD -- California, MD | | zaphod@atc.ameritel.net | \___________________Oooo.______________/ .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_)
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