Why couldn't VW, in their infinite wisdom, have manufactured the rear
brake caliper piston in such a way that it could be easilly manipulate?
A simple allen wrench, a la pre-'88 cars would have been nice.
Is there any way to turn and compress the rear calipers on a '91 GLI
without the VW special tool? The face of the piston is round, with two
notches located 180 degrees from eachother. I'm wary of turning it w/ a
pair of pliars, as I'd hate to destroy that seal on the piston.
Will the VW dealership have the tool needed? I'm going on a trip saturday
morning, so I don't really have time to order the tool through the mail.
I've tried sing a pair of vice-grips, but the piston doesn't seem to be
compressing at all.
Any help would be apreciated.
Pep Boys sells a tool that should work for this, it's a metal box with
a 3/8's drive hole in each face. Each face also has a pair of metal pins
sticking out of it. One set of these should fit the notch spacing on
the rear calipers, as this is exactly what this tool is made for. :)
Personally, I built one from a pair of sockets (a smaller one inside
a larger on) and a pair of cut down nails acting as pins sticking out.
The inner socket jambs the nails/pins into two of the 12 'points' of
the outer socket and it's at just the right distance for the caliper
notches.
The Pep Boys tool is definitely easier.
==Brett
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