[ROVERNET - UK] P6B - Removing rear brakes

[Eric Russell]

Ray,
I do as follows:
1.  I remove the road wheels and put the nuts back
onto the studs.
2.  I organize a 5/8" socket, a short extension, and a
1/2 inch socket bar that is about 18 inches long and
offer it up to a convenient disc bolt.
3.  I insert a long pry bar I use for the purpose
between two of the wheel stud nuts so that wheel is
prevented from turning by the garage floor and the
above-mentioned pry bar.
4.  I have to rotate the disc and fiddle with the pry
bar until I have all the bolts removed.

Note:  It's long and fiddly but it works for me.

Hopefully, you will get more convenient responses from
other members.

Eric

--- Ray Wilkins <raywilkins at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Thank you to everyone who responded to my initial
> post of many weeks ago. I
> have finally got around to start and decided to go
> with Paul Smith's advice
> and disconnect the half shafts so I can get more
> room. I won't drop the diff
> as space is very limited.
> 
> My question is this; does anyone have good ideas for
> ways to stop the disc
> from revolving so I can remove the holding bolts. I
> notice from the Manual
> these bolts are tightened to 85 lb ft!! This will
> make it even harder to
> remove.
> 
> All suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ray Wilkins
> 1976 P6B
> Melbourne Australia
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
> [mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] On Behalf
> Of peter king
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2007 3:20 AM
> To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6B - Removing rear
> brakes
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> Just a little late addition to this post...
> 
> Vern is right, it's hard to find a thin walled
> socket. I ground my 1  
> 1/8" "thin wall socket"  down to half its original
> thickness on my  
> bench grinder, then it did the trick nicely. I did
> the job without  
> dropping the diff. Thanks to all the helpful advice
> given here, I  
> think I'll try dropping it next time, for the fun of
> it!
> 
> Peter
> 
> ____________
> 
> > The manual's method is perfectly sound, except:
> > * you do need a thin walled socket. I presume
> British tools were made
> > with more economical use of material than us
> brutish colonials.
> >
> > Yours
> > Vern
> 
> peter king + company
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> 
> 
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