Shouldn't have to. Assuming the caliper is full of fluid you'd be introducing
a fairly small amount of grease.
A year or two ago I used the grease gun to pop a dent out of a Coleman lantern
fount. I filled the fount with ATF first. I found there was a little grease in
the adapter I made but none in the fount itself.
-Curt
On Thursday, April 9, 2020, 11:02:46 AM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I assume you also need to plug the brake line fitting?
Allan
Larry Turner via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> Hey Curley,
> I had a similar problem. I read somewhere I could hook up a chassis
> grease pump thingie into the bleed valve hole. I found it screwed in
> easily and a few pumps of the grease pump handle and the puck slowly
> walked out. I had to clean the small amount of grease that remained
> but it was less trouble than I thought it would be.
>
> Hydraulic action is a powerful force!
>
> Let me know how this works for you, I used it on 2 or 3 calipers.
>
> Stay Safe,
> LarryT
> 06 E350
>
> On 2/14/2020 1:07 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>> Has anyone come up with a way to free up stuck calipers so they can
>> be rebuilt? I have 3 of them that need to be freed up. I've tried
>> soaking in solvent and mechanical. I can get the pucks to turn a
>> little, but not to come out. They are all 124 rears.
>>
>> Vinegar soak?
>> coca cola soak?
>> sulferic acid soak?
>>
>> Anyone BTDT?
>>
>> A could throw them out, but if I can fix em, I can use em some day.
>>
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