gr8ging
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:02 PM |
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HELP! Sierra rear calipers
Have been trying to rebuild my calipers today, what a pain in the arse!
Anyway managed to get one rear built back up (lost the hanbrake lever seal on the other, DOH!) Had quite a hard time winding the piston back in but it
all went well until I tried the handbrake lever and NOTHING, the piston doesn't move? I guess it should, a little?
Anyone have any thoughts? Don't say I should have gone for recon ones, I know that now! Has anyone else had snags or is this right? I
don't see anything I have done wrong
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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worX
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:18 PM |
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How did you "wind them" back in - it might be that you've simply gone a little too far and now the knurled (?) piston hasn't
quite engaged.
Wind it back out slightly an try it again.
HTH
Steve
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gr8ging
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:31 PM |
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What do you mean engaged? I wound them as far in as I could get them-not quite flush with the caliper.
thinking about it the handbrake lever can be lifted quite alot say 8-10mm is that normal?
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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James
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:32 PM |
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Even on my cheap-skate build car I bought the rear callipers.
If I'd spent the amount of money a Vortex costs I wouldn't hesitate to be on the phone to Brakesint
to order some new ones! 
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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worX
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:41 PM |
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My rear calipers had to be WOUND and PUSHED back in.
When I wound them in they were also pushed back and then they recessed back into the caliper.
When I'd wound them in as far as they could go they seemed to spin freely and therefore were not "engaged" on the thread.
So I wound them back out a little and then they "engaged" and could then travel in and out as normal.
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Originally posted by gr8ging
What do you mean engaged? I wound them as far in as I could get them-not quite flush with the caliper.
thinking about it the handbrake lever can be lifted quite alot say 8-10mm is that normal?
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gr8ging
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:43 PM |
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Even on my cheap-skate build car I bought the rear callipers.
yeah, but I've done it now, well nearly
I can't give in now, someone must have the answer?:
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:44 PM |
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quick question - when you tried the handbrake had you fitted the brake lines back on and blead the brakes first ?
I seem to recall a warning about not touching the hand brake untill this had beed done!
Paul
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gr8ging
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:45 PM |
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WORX-
Cheers I'll go and give it ago.
stand by for result
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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gr8ging
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:47 PM |
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"quick question - when you tried the handbrake had you fitted the brake lines back on and blead the brakes first ?
I seem to recall a warning about not touching the hand brake untill this had beed done!"
They are off the car, so no fluid in them.
how do you post a quote in a reply?
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:53 PM |
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You need to actually have some pressure on the piston for it to move.
In the piston (if its the same arrangement as an Audi A4, and i suspect strongly that it is) is a thrust bearing. The thrust bearing fits between a
nut and the piston. When significant axial loads (i.e. braking/handbrake) are applied to this thrust bearing, it locks solid. If you do not have any
significant resistance on place to stop the piston proceeding out of the caliper, it wont!
This sounds very counter intuitive, but it is true.
The handbrake is actuated by the axial movement of a threaded rod. You will have seen this rod when you removed the piston.
If theres no mechanical load on the piston when the rod is actuated, the axial movementof the rod will just rotate the nut inside the piston (because
the bearing isnt locked cos theres not enough resistance).
Hence, the piston wont move. clamp the piston into the caliper with a G clamp, then have another go at the handbrake lever. You should find, if all is
well, that the handbrake lever experiences much more resistance.
The reason this layout is used is because you get a hydraulic footbrake, a purely mechanical handbrake AND a reliable auto-adjuster all in one
assembly.
HTH.
Ed.
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worX
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:56 PM |
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The Sierra one does have the same Mech as the A4 Ed.
Gr8ging - What Ed said above is the same as I said, but he used all the correct terminology, so please don't let my hamfisted explanation
confuse you!
Steve
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worX
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 04:58 PM |
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how do you post a quote in a reply?
you click the "Quote" button just above the persons post that you want to quote and it takes you straight into your own posting
screen...
Steve
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ed_crouch
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 05:03 PM |
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If you followed that then you now know why you have to use a windback tool:
You need to lock the thrust bearing up to make the nut turn with the piston, hence threading it back down the rod to allow the piston to reced into
the bore when you change the pads. I.e. you need to apply pressure at the same time as turning the piston.
This is why its a mugs game to spend all day with a pair of mole grips just turning the piston.
I-iii-iii-iii-ts ME!
Hurrah.
www.wings-and-wheels.net
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John.Taylor
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| posted on 20/9/07 at 05:39 PM |
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I had the same problem when rebuilding my first rear caliper.
If I remember correctly, there is a small 'liquorish torpedo' shaped bit of metal that sits into a groove at the bottom of the handbrake
spindle within the caliper, and when the cable pulls the leaver to turn the spindle, it pushes the bit of metal out which in turn forces the piston
out.
I didn't see this piece of metal when I stripped the caliper because of all the grease around the bottom of the spinde, but when I phoned
Bigredd to query why their seal kit wasn't woking, they told me about it and I eventually found the offending piece of metal in the bottom of
the container that I soaked the caliper in overnight!
Had to remove the spindle and new grease, insert the bit of metal, regrease, refit the splindle and hey presto - worked first time.
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gr8ging
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| posted on 21/9/07 at 01:11 PM |
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Thanks John, but I know I put that bit in. When I had just the push rod in and no piston it seemed to move fine when I turned the handbrake lever. I
tried applying pressure with a g-clamp this morning an it seems to work ok. So hopefully all will be well when the time comes to fit them.
Thank you all for your help
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals.... except the weasel.
You couldn't fool your own mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
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