Milano Rear Brake Calipers

["Graham Hilder" <graham.hilder@domain.elided>]

Chip wrote  "I think I need to rebuild my pasengers side rear brake =
caliper on my '87 Milano.  The screw that moves the piston back and forth =
has no effect, thus I think I need to rebuild the caliper."

Well you might not need to, or not for a while anyway...... I have similar =
design calipers on the Alfetta rear and on all the Alfasud fronts, and =
have found that quite often, when winding a piston back out to fit a new =
pad, you have to assist the mechanism by gently levering the piston =
outwards, using an old pad or similar. I've had some examples of calipers =
in this condition for ages and they still function perfectly well =
braking-wise (i.e. effective,  and leak-free).  So if this is your =
situation, and there's no other problem with the brakes, then unless =
you're really really looking for extra work, you may well not need to do a =
caliper rebuild.

Best regards,
Graham in NZ
(77 Alfetta, 71 GTV, 82-82-84 Alfasuds)

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