need imaginative ideas to split calipers

[smithH]

Dickster,

mines garage is like that , I cant even drive the car in, too narrow to open the doors. Consequence of living in S. England I guess. Still pleased to hear you get your car in. When I have to put mine away, I end up pushing it in!!!

PS - you should paint the walls, it makes load of difference to the light levels, a tin of white emulsion is only 10quid.

cheers

h

[dickster]

h,

christ, mines large in comparison!

i thought about the white, but i've got two 5 foot flourecents in there - may need to change to doubles. the walls are made from 'orrible breeze blocks that take a 'ell of a lot of painting (tiny holes).

[smithH]

yes, mine is breeze blocks too, didnt take too long with a roller. Slap it on thick, its not like its your living room (although I do spend more time in it!!!)

H

[jmohn]

Two questions. First. Why do you have to split the caliper to rebuild it? I thought you could pop out the pistons, clean the bores, re-seal without splitting them. Second. What are "breeze blocks", I have a construction background (here in the USA) and I'm just curious.

Jerry M
'78 SC

[dickster]

jerry

the calipers are easier to work on thats all.

breeze blocks are larger than bricks as seen in pics (not sure of std size as i haven't worked in construction for over 10 years),

usually used where the cosmetics doesn't matter or they get covered.

they're made from like a concrete and light aggregate (small stones etc) mix. sort of like a concrete driveway.

for non load bearing walls you can use softer ones, load bearing (two in my garage) are much denser (?) concrete and are a real PITA to drill.

well, thats my uneducated explaination!!

[911pcars]

If you must split the calipers, how about bolting them up to the strut to hold em while you unbolt them?

Sherwood Lee
http://members.rennlist.org/911pcars

revision:
Oops. I just saw your requirement no. 3. Never mind.

[dickster]

yes, the vice method did the trick. thanks to all advice.

[dickster]

heres a couple of pics

[Emission]

I just re-built my 930 calipers and bought a full set of gaskets and scrapers. I didn't need six of the scrapers, so I didn't use them. New, they were about $25 each from the dealer. I'll sell them to you (unused in Porsche wrappers) at a great price...

Part # 930 351 547 00

E-mail me if you are interested.

BTW, I never broke mine apart. Just cleaned the really well, new seals and a couple new scrapers... Perfect now!