Haha Doug, where did you come up with the sock thing? It made me think of
the time I left a burrito wrapped in tin foil that you put on your manifold
to heat up for lunch on one of your jeep outings only to forget it there for
a few weeks.
KH

"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Nathan Otis did pass the time by typing:
>> Do. It. Yourself.
>>
>> Disc brakes are seriously one of the easiest things to change on your own
>> outside of changing a tire. I'm only slightly mechanically inclined and
>> it
>> took me under an hour the first time. How about a walk through?
>>
>> http://www.stu-offroad.com/misc/frontbrakes-1.htm
>
> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take it
> off.
> But to each their own.
>
> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
> slightly
> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
> replaced
> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
> but
> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>
> --
> DougW
>

 

hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Doug,
> I loosen the reservoir cap, and collapse the piston with front end
> pliers while the calibers are still on the disks. But to each their own.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> DougW wrote:
>>
>> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
>> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
>> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take
>> it off.
>> But to each their own.
>>
>> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
>> slightly
>> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
>> replaced
>> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
>> but
>> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

 

hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:416B221F.4F3E2550@***.net...
> Hi Doug,
> I loosen the reservoir cap, and collapse the piston with front end
> pliers while the calibers are still on the disks. But to each their own.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> DougW wrote:
>>
>> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
>> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
>> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take
>> it off.
>> But to each their own.
>>
>> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
>> slightly
>> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
>> replaced
>> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
>> but
>> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

 

hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:416B221F.4F3E2550@***.net...
> Hi Doug,
> I loosen the reservoir cap, and collapse the piston with front end
> pliers while the calibers are still on the disks. But to each their own.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> DougW wrote:
>>
>> Only thing about that walk-thru I don't like is using a bit of metal to
>> push the piston back in. It's easier to use the old pad. Just take the
>> front pad off and press in the center of the old inside pad. Then take
>> it off.
>> But to each their own.
>>
>> You can also put a bleeder hose on the brake bleed screw and open it
>> slightly
>> then compress. That way the older fluid in the piston goes out and is
>> replaced
>> by slightly newer fluid from the reservoir and lines. Not a full bleed,
>> but
>> better than a stanky sweat sock roasting over a warm radiator.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

 

Giant channel lock pliers:
http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>
> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
> KH

 

Giant channel lock pliers:
http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>
> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
> KH

 

Giant channel lock pliers:
http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>
> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
> KH

 

Aww crud, I thought I was gonna get a new tool. Those I have :)
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:416CA9D3.7FAA651C@***.net...
> Giant channel lock pliers:
> http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
>> KH

 

Aww crud, I thought I was gonna get a new tool. Those I have :)
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:416CA9D3.7FAA651C@***.net...
> Giant channel lock pliers:
> http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
>> KH

 

Aww crud, I thought I was gonna get a new tool. Those I have :)
KH

"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:416CA9D3.7FAA651C@***.net...
> Giant channel lock pliers:
> http://www.----------.com/frontEndPliers.jpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:--------------------
>
> Kevin in San Diego wrote:
>>
>> hey what are front end pliers? It sounds like I want some.
>> KH