At 10:51 PM 8/26/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>biggy-@hotmail.com wrote:
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>Yeah... Unfortunately I am doing the rear brakes... I guess I am outta
>luck on that, huh...
>anyone know where I could find the tool?
><sigh>...
>Thanks
>
>Jamal
>89 405 Mi16
>Seattle
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>original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/peugeot-l/?start=2781
>> Ha! yep there's a special tool, but it's for the back... the front
>you should
>> beable to push in, if yer having trouble put the old pad back on and
>use a
>> C-clamp and tighten it and it should go in.
>>
>> The back brakes, or calipers I mean, does need a special tool. I
>don't think
>> you could push it in unless you have it. it's very hard to explain...
>of
>> course my dad's a mechanic of 20+ years... expert.... still doesn't
>like
>> peugeots but since it's only one we own, it's okay for us to keep,
>it's
>> exclusive anyway and I wanted it. but I've done the brakes before and
>yep, I
>> wouldn't have been able to do it unless I had that special tool. I
>know what
>> yer talking about, the caliper isn't hollow, it sort of looks like
>like a
>> plus + the indentations are the + and the rest wedges out from the
>corners.
>>
>> In a message dated 99-08-26 23:24:56 EDT, you write:
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>> << Hello all.. I am up for a seattle chapter! And I have a queston
>> (newbie). I was trying to change my brake pads but can't seem to be
>> able to push the piston in. Do I really need a special tool to screw
>it
>> in or is there a trick to it?
>> Jamal
>> 89 405 Mi16
>> Seattle
>> >>
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