On Oct 22, 2004, at 16:13, ffastje wrote:
>> it's also a good idea (neccesary?) to block the piston's travel.
>> Otherwise you will at best use a lot of brake fluid the first few
>> stops (maybe even enough to lower your resivour enough to cause a
>> problem) or at worst spit the piston out of the bore and then need to
>> somehow plug the line anyway, or re-seat the piston.
> Michael Should i put a block of wood in the caliper and a c-clamp to
> hold it there?
I used a piece of 3/4 or 1" chipboard, and once the pads clamped on it
it stayed there. a C clamp against the piston (like what you'd do to
contract the piston when changing to new pads) would probably work just
as well.
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