Date: 25 Jan 1999 02:23:08 GMT From: "lee bonner" <LBONNER222nopsamdnet.att.net> Subject: Re: Front pads - dumb question - please help
I have used small needle nosed vice grips Minstrel in the Gallery wrote in message <78efpo$bbjc$1nopsamsvr03-int.news.prodigy.com>... >You may want to look at those directions again - You will need a special >tool to reset the brake cylinders. The Haynes manual describes how to make >a tool that works for me. Get a piece of strap steel ( a foot long or so. You then drill holes at one end of the steel, I am >not certain of the distance but I think it is 22 mm center to center. I >used small bolts with washers and locknuts. You then insert the bolt ends >into the face of the cylinder - there are holes in the face of the cylinder >at 12, 3, 6, &9 o'clock - so that both bolts are in an opposite hole. Check >with your guide for the rest, I can't remember if you turn the cylinders >clockwise or counter-clockwise. If I have made an error with my numbers, >someone please post the correction. > >Minstrel > >