[ROVERNET - UK] Levers and tappets and brakes, Oh My.

[Vern Klukas]

I'm not quite as firm as Eric about it being impossible, as I have 
done it. Once. On one side of the car. The other side had to be 
disassembled.

On the bench, it is possible for sure, thought it often takes several 
tried and it helps if you have a spare caliper apart to experiment on.

OTOH, if you paid money for it to be done right, and have the time, 
it makes much more sense to just send them back and get them fixed, 
rather than suffer the slings and arrows of fate by DIY.

Yours
Vern


>I highly recommend Apple Hydraulics; I deal with Lazar up there,or 
>you may talk to Bob.. Years ago, they resleeved some rear P6 
>calipers for me, and put one sleeve in wrong, as they did not 
>understand how it worked. At that time they did not assemble or 
>rebuild them. I think it would be good to get Apple to learn to do 
>these correctly, as they could be the solution to a job many people 
>fear or may do incorrectly, as they only do it once every 5 or 10 
>years(unless they do it wrong and have to do it again) They 
>guarantee everything they do for a year. I think it would help a lot 
>of owners if you sent them back, send the parts book and manual 
>pages, and find out who to deal with in the future, so anyone can 
>just send them their calipers, pay the money, and be assured the job 
>is done right once and for all, and guaranteed. You may pass along 
>my comments to them, in a positive manner,.JamesDean
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
>To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Levers and tappets and brakes, Oh My.
>
>>George,
>>I hate to tell you, but ............. (no way).
>>
>>Why don't you take them back to Apple Hydraulics armed
>>with a photocopy of the pertinent drawings and explain
>>nicely that they XXXXXd up and would they please
>>assemble them correctly.
>>
>>If you don't have the drawings, I can put them on our
>>website for you.
>>
>>Eric
>>
>>
>>--- George Phelps <p6_rover at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Well I happily reassembled the brake system and bled
>>>them and patted myself on the back, but -
>>>
>>>As I was all set to reattach the hand brake
>>>mechanism,
>>>I discovered, after much head scratching, that the
>>>rebuilders (Apple Hydraulics) put the levers back in
>>>the wrong calipers.  That is to say the little
>>>spring
>>>loaded levers for the handbrake.  Now I could pull
>>>them out and switch them, but the manual has all
>>>these
>>>dire warnings about the tappet falling down into the
>>>wrong position if you pull out the lever.
>>>
>>>If you are with me so far, it looks as if, with the
>>>calipers in place, the tappets are horizontal and
>>>with
>>>luck I could switch the levers and hopefully not
>>>dislodge the tappets.  Does anyone know if this is
>>>possible, or even what I am talking about?  With all
>>>my brake problems, if I have to remove the calipers
>>>I
>>>think I'll just get it running and drive it in the
>>>garage, close the door and take a nap.
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>George
>>>
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