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[Vamps]

Yes, Pist'n broke, just like me ....

And I gotta buy another piston  (well, caliper!)

That time of night.  

[MaxV6]

mate, if it's being that stubborn then either it's not going in dead straight , or there's already a corrosion line in the cylinder lining and it needs replacing anyway....

getting them to go in dead straight is something of a black art...  it doesn't take a lot for them to go awry, and then you can easily end up with binding brakes as a piston partly seizes due to incorrect alignment... that's what I thought was wrong with the Sintra's brakes to start with....    that some muppet at the VX garage had stuffed them during it's last service...   till I dismantled and re-did them...  only to find the same issue....


or, someone forgot to slacken the bleed nipple far enough to allow free flow .....  

(brakes are about the one thing I'm still au fait with, i am still happy enough to tackle myself as they don't require as much spinal torture as engine bay work...     )


Max