Here I am for 2 days trying to get the cylinder to go down so I could put my new brakes on and umm it will not go down for the life of me! I have some pics of what I was trying to do. also have a pic of the car. this is a pic of the car
I would like to know what I'm doing wrong... and also would like to know what years of cars and makes so that if I need a new one I could easily get one. thanks.
BTW my dad gave me this car and it was ugly brown, it was missing 1 door and no engine no tires and lots of dents. The floor and frame was mint so I went to work, so far its almost finsh with its 1st cote of primer and added the missing door and engine... its a 302 5 speed.
< Message edited by chps77 -- 4/15/2007 9:54:51 PM >
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welcome aboard!, a C clamp would probably be alot better to use than that funky contraption you have happening there..... but really, with a stuck caliper you need to just replace that thing (hell, replace both of the front ones, they are cheap enough)
i found new calipers from autozone.com for 25.99 each including a 9.00 core charge. for that price, just replace them both (trust me)
sears or any tool truck ie snap on ... mac tools also has a disc brake tool to collapse the caliper works much better than the cumbersome c-clamp i paid $12.99 for mine at sears and my buddy picked his up from mac tools for i think $9.99 and both of them were us dollars for i dont know where you are at... and of course plus tax
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front brakes on my 78 mustang. "Photos" - 
