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> Rear Brake Caliper Removal, This should be so simple...
zoomCat
post Jun 8 2005, 03:58 PM
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Hi everybody! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wavey.gif)

I'm in the process of trying to resurrect my Sleeping Beauty from her slumber. She's been asleep for a few years. I've changed out the oil and gas and got her started; ran like crap but I figured I'd have to rebuild the carbs anyway.

I'm now trying to get the rear brake calipers off but I'm having some difficulty. This is kinda embarassing, since 1) all the descriptions I've found make it sound pretty simple, and 2) I've done it before.

So I start by taking my 11mm flare wrench and go to remove the brake line from the caliper and I can't get the wrench onto the flare nut. Huh? Aft of the hard line the control arm is in the way, and forward of the line is a boss on the caliper itself as shown below (i hope).

It would seem that I have to split the hard line from the flexible line at the control arm pivot. It that correct?

Oh, and this is a factory /6, does that matter?

(i was going to post some pictures of her when i get her out of the garage and cleaned up a bit, but i thought i'd get some brakes working first....)


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zoomCat   Rear Brake Caliper Removal   Jun 8 2005, 03:58 PM
skline   Just remove the caliper and then remove the hard l...   Jun 8 2005, 04:14 PM
!   If those are stock 914/6 calipers....they are very...   Jun 8 2005, 04:50 PM
zoomCat   I'm not entirely sure what the caliper in ques...   Jun 8 2005, 05:24 PM
SirAndy     Jun 8 2005, 05:41 PM
ArtechnikA   we're gonna need better pictures ...   Jun 8 2005, 06:29 PM
zoomCat   OK, more pictures... First is a pic of a caliper ...   Jun 9 2005, 12:59 PM
zoomCat   And here's another, this one showing a compari...   Jun 9 2005, 01:05 PM
Eric_Shea   I hope you didn't cut the line... ...   Jun 9 2005, 01:20 PM
Eric_Shea     Jun 9 2005, 01:21 PM
zoomCat   It looks like both sets I have have the 10 mm spac...   Jun 9 2005, 01:35 PM
Eric_Shea   Thanks! Your's can look like that
  Jun 9 2005, 04:33 PM
ArtechnikA   back from the garage, dial caliper in hand... the...   Jun 10 2005, 09:47 AM
zoomCat   By my thinking, a 3mm spacer would cause the outbo...   Jun 10 2005, 11:07 AM
ArtechnikA   <...   Jun 10 2005, 11:31 AM


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