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

[Eric Russell]

I have done a lot with rear calipers, including
letting a handbrake lever pop out due to an oversight
while I was upside down and backwards under the car. 
I struggled for a long time trying to get the escaped
pin back without removing the caliper.  In the end, I
removed the caliper and inserted the pin.

In George's case he paid a company to deliver the
calipers ready to install.  A mistake was made (not
hard to do)with the handbrake lever.  I agree with
James when he says to deliver the line drawings and
photocopy of the manual section to the company and let
them try again.

Eric


--- Paul Smith <Paul.Smith at auroraenergy.com.au> wrote:

> Yep Eric is right.
> However rebuilding them yourself isn't That hard; I
> can now do it in 30 min.
> 
> PVS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com]On Behalf
> Of George Phelps
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 May 2006 4:19 am
> To: Rovernet
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Levers and tappets and
> brakes, Oh My.
> 
> 
> 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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