Im trying in vein to replace the wheel cylinder on my TR6 back plates...

They appear to be held in by a pair of metal U shaped clips with another plate on top..

How are you supposed to remove them without totally FUBARing the things?

Diagram can be seen here... Imtems 37 38 39..

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/tr6/images/82a.gif

clean well and use a hammer and punch to nudge one of the plates sideways, totally crap design really what the hell is wrong with a simple bolt?!

From memory you just tap them out with a screw driver and hammer. Think there's little indentations that hold them together. Might need a bit of persuation (thats code for more than a tap) if they're rusty.

"...what the hell is wrong with a simple bolt?!"

It's like that because its a sliding cylinder with a single piston. The clip also provides the spring presure to keep it pulled into the back plate but still let it slide.

adrian

[Edited on 24/9/08 by adithorp]

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Originally posted by adithorp
From memory you just tap them out with a screw driver and hammer. Think there's little indentations that hold them together. Might need a bit of persuation (thats code for more than a tap) if they're rusty.

adrian

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There are three plates! and yep as others said - they are a strange design but once in place quite effective. They slide and are sprung to hold the cylinder against the backplate... They are pretty good fun to reinstall new ones as well. Not long since I did the Vixen ones.

JC

[Edited on 24/9/08 by SeaBass]

They are also very efficient for taking great chunks out of your fingers or hands with said screwdriver. You should really replace the U clips aswell as the cyclinder as they have to bend to get into and out of position, and may not be quite so great the second time around.

Having said that I've held onto my old clips from changing the cylinders on my MGB a couple of months ago as they seemed in pretty good nick.

Just keep at it, they'll pop in eventually.

^^^^ what they say

make sure you take careful note how they go back together; Series land rover ahve these for the tranmission brake, I thnk it is pretty obvious after a couple of attempts to figure out how they fit but quicker if you mark/photograph them.