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Old 30-04-08, 09:08 PM   #5
dirtydog
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Default Re: Calipers and pots

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Originally Posted by drag View Post
Needle nose plyers tis the best i have off hand, and i've been liberal with the wd40 might leave them soaking or some thing over night, the rear caliper bolts are only ment to be torqued to 30nm they feel like 60.

I'll check out the thread you started alright, dont want to break any of the bolts
Mind you don't score the piston with the pliers. It wasn't a broken bolt it was a broken allen key socket


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Originally Posted by thedonal View Post
I had absolute mares with my rear caliper- destroyed a pair of piston plyers in the process.
Mine didn't fair so well on your front calipers either did they? although i managed to strip a rear caliper with them this afternoon
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