If you have wheel cylinders that won't come apart, an easy way to pop the pistons loose is to pull off the brake line and screw in a grease fitting, then pump grease into the cylinder. Works much better than compressed air, and once the piston comes out it won't fly across the garage like it would with air... it just flops out. You still need to clean the grease out of course
You can get a variety of different size grease fittings at an auto parts store, I just picked up a box for $13.
I also used the bleeder valve to screw the grease fitting into, works the same but some grease will go into the brake line unless you cap it.
and grease DESTROYS all rubber seals used in brake systems, so any that you get the grease on are now junk, so don't let it get in the lines you plan on using again. rinse well before using, I actually don't know how much I like this idea, unless you have a nice parts tank to rinse em out w/ mineral spirits/saftey kleen etc.
give a man a watch and he'll allways know what time it is. give him two and he can never be sure again.
Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously.
just pointing it out, I figure you know but who knows who is reading. I didn't know about this fact untill very recently, or atleast not how serious it is. Curious why you are saving the cylinders, are they better than aftermarket or something?
give a man a watch and he'll allways know what time it is. give him two and he can never be sure again.
Things are rarely just crazy enough to work, but they're frequently just crazy enough to fail hilariously.
fusername wrote:just pointing it out, I figure you know but who knows who is reading. I didn't know about this fact untill very recently, or atleast not how serious it is. Curious why you are saving the cylinders, are they better than aftermarket or something?
They are $120 a pop and there's 4 in the front and 2 in the rear. I first tried the left side and they seemed to turn out fine after cleaning and honing.
Another bad mistake some people do, is use copper anti-seize on brake cali[per slider pins. It freezes them up
And very low production numbers (parts demand) compared to VW.