Re: innacurate CD

[Paulo Ascensao <lusa8@domain.elided>]

Alan: 

Manuals are done for "dumb" (read normal) people ;-), and usually are
step by step, so don't do the following step until you've finished the
current one..... you jumped a step...
Sorry not a manual fault this time.....

Regards
Paulo
PS: if they say finger, use fingers, or pliers, or something
stronger.....
Mechanics are a though breed!
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> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 18:00:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Alan Lambert <gerard@domain.elided>
> Subject: innacurate CD
> 
> Wanting to change the pads in my 164, I looked in the CarDisk CD for method.
> 
> With respect to the rear brakes, I quote--" Prior to position the new
> brake pads press manually on caliper piston until fully in, (it didn't
> budge, so I went on to the next instruction) then start the engine and
> press brake pedal several times to restore automatic slack take=up of
> parking brake."
> 
> Reasoning that "restoring the automatic slack take-up" was the reason the
> piston didn't move back in, and against my gut reaction, I did it.
> 
> Well, you can guess what happened--the piston blew out of the caliper,
> the bellows spouted brake fluid, and my day was over--since this is a
> Saturday, and it's now 5:45 PM, I can't do a damn thing until Monday. I
> need to get a new seal, and a new bellows. Once the caliper was taken
> fully out of the car and put on the bench it was easy to see that the way
> to get the piston back in is to SCREW it in--the "automatic slack
> adjustment" is an internal screw the piston rotates on as the pads wear.
> 
> To say that I am unhappy would be one of the greatest understatements of
> the year.
> 
> Be forewarned--the service manuals were ALSO written by Italians!!! Don't
> necessarily believe all they say. ( and yes, I feel pretty stupid for
> ignoring my guts and doing what the "book" said.)
> 
> ================================================================================
> Regards,
> Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
>            *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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