!@#%$ Lip Seals! (Help Please!)
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Beaverton, OR
!@#%$ Lip Seals! (Help Please!)
I'm stumped, I find that for some reason I seem to lack the dexterity to put the pistons back in my calipers after removing the springs. I've got the stainless sleeved lip seal style calipers from Zip... For the life of me, I cannot get the lip seal to go back into the bore. I'm using a blunted screw driver to work around the edge, but as soon as I get one side to hook over the edge, the other comes loose... Any advice? I've got one out now and would like to at least put it back together... Didn't seem this hard on my old ones when I was playing with them last night. :mad
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Beaverton, OR
Re: !@#%$ Lip Seals! (dath)
Nevermind, I just needed to take a break and vent... Walked back downstairs and gave it another go and figured it out:D I'll try to take some pictures and post a link to them so others who have the same dumb questions I did can figure it all out:D
Le Mans Master
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From: I can walk to MA
Re: !@#%$ Lip Seals! (dath)
If you have a set of feeler guages for measuring small gaps - about a 10 mil
blade will work it in easy.
New seals are a bit tougher to get in than the old ones.
:seeya
blade will work it in easy.
New seals are a bit tougher to get in than the old ones.
:seeya
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Beaverton, OR
Re: !@#%$ Lip Seals! (NHvette)
If you have a set of feeler guages for measuring small gaps - about a 10 mil
blade will work it in easy.
New seals are a bit tougher to get in than the old ones.
:seeya
blade will work it in easy.
New seals are a bit tougher to get in than the old ones.
:seeya
It is really a very simple process, but like many simple things, I couldn't find an ample explanation at the offset and was a bit mystified about exactly how to get started. After the first caliper, I'm sure the rest will be a piece of cake, though it is a bit of a pain as I'm not separating the halves...
