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brake piston orientation
As I understand it, the front brakes should have the proud shoulder of the pistons at the lower point - ie bottom - shoulder facing upwards. Have I got this right?, because if I have mine are precisely 180 deg wrong.
I presume this is something to do with pad wear? Mine seem very happy where they are and like to stay put. I can't rotate them - without risk of damaging them. Is there another special tool I have not got (yet)? Alan |
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06-25-2008, 01:19 AM
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I just rebuilt my calipers and went through this.....here are two pages from the turbo manual.
 
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06-25-2008, 05:43 AM
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Alan, you may end up having to pop the pistons out. It wasn't a big deal on my 3.2 carrera.
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06-25-2008, 11:46 AM
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I guess I need some ATE piston turning pliers - whatever they are - whats the guess my rears are 180 deg out too?
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06-25-2008, 12:11 PM
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You can always "pop" them out, turn them as needed and reisntall.
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06-25-2008, 04:01 PM
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I was actually only trying to remove the inner deflector dust plate thing. Prefer not to disturb the pistons if possible. Contempalting making a tool to rotate them - but may resort to popping them out.
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06-25-2008, 04:36 PM
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Alan,
Buy yourself a brake piston wrench from Genisis, you can easily turn the pistons 180 degrees without having to remove the pistons. http://www.hrpworld.com/googlebase.cfm?key=Genesis%20Brake%20Caliper%20Pis ton%20Removal%20Wrenches&form_prod_id=821,822,373,455,815_1992&action=product BTW, i purchased some new calipers for the front of my 930 recently and did not check the orientation of the pistons. Spent a day at Sebring and the brakes were not working well at all. After returning home, I checked the brake components and found the pistons 180 degrees off. In addition, the brake pads were unevenly worn, enough that they were trashed and replaced with a new set ... live and learn. Gave them a quick spin with the wrench and it's all good again. Good Luck, Dave
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06-26-2008, 04:19 AM
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That's awesome, I didn't know that such thing exist. Amaizing totally amaizing. Thanks!
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06-26-2008, 04:27 AM
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Piston Diameters
Great looking piston wrench Dave.
Here are the stock 930 caliper pistons diameters if you plan on ordering some wrenches: 
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06-26-2008, 05:43 AM
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They look very useful for the price. Could have used them. But I could not rotate them - too tight (without the wrench). I pinged them out with compressed air,and reset.
FWIW this was not as simple as I thought - my compressor on full noise could not budge most of them. Finally I cleaned the protruding bits up, lubed them with hydraulic fluid and squeezed them fully in. This did the trick , altho had to be repeated 2-3 times for most. They shoot out at 90 mph no matter how careful . To avoid damaging them I put my hand between them and the clamp holding opposite piston. Very painful. I probably should have used thin wood, but every now and then I like to make a human sacrificial offering to the god called Porsche. Now that I have set them, I probably don't need a clamp - but would have liked one y/day. Regards Alan |
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06-26-2008, 11:57 AM
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I stuffed a rag in there when I popped mine out.
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06-27-2008, 09:43 AM
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Very sensible - to use a rag - but much less heroic than trying to catch them.
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06-28-2008, 01:10 AM
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I don't have a compressor, I just used the brake pedal to get mine out.
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