Wanted: brake pistons this w/e (easter!)?

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John

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• Mar 26, 2005

• #1

stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
Anyone advise where to get them today?

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 26, 2005

• #2

On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:01:51 -0000, "John" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
>need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
>Anyone advise where to get them today?

I take it the pads are too "fat" to temporarily fit the longer ones?

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Tim Hobbs

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• Mar 26, 2005

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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:01:51 -0000, "John" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
>need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
>Anyone advise where to get them today?
>

You're not far from Simon Services in Normanton (LR specialist).
Might be worth a call, but I have no idea if they will be open or not.


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Dougal

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• Mar 26, 2005

• #4

John wrote:

> stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
> need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
> Anyone advise where to get them today?

Unless you just want to get the job done, don't panic!

You will not have a problem until you try to put new pads in.

Dougal

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 26, 2005

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On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:59:25 +0000, Dougal
<DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>John wrote:
>
>> stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
>> need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
>> Anyone advise where to get them today?
>
>Unless you just want to get the job done, don't panic!
>
>You will not have a problem until you try to put new pads in.

unless the pads are near enough new that they won't fit. but that was my
thought, yeah - if the pistons are the same diameter, then fit 'em for now
to get mobile, if the pads will fit.

In a real emergency, I'd consider filing the pads down, meself

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John

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• Mar 26, 2005

• #6

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:59:25 +0000, Dougal
> <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >John wrote:
> >
> >> stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
> >> need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
> >> Anyone advise where to get them today?
> >
> >Unless you just want to get the job done, don't panic!
> >
> >You will not have a problem until you try to put new pads in.
>
> unless the pads are near enough new that they won't fit. but that was my
> thought, yeah - if the pistons are the same diameter, then fit 'em for now
> to get mobile, if the pads will fit.
>
> In a real emergency, I'd consider filing the pads down, meself
>
Thanks for advice.
Have file ready!

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Mar 26, 2005

• #7

On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:08:34 -0000, "John" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:59:25 +0000, Dougal
>> <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>> >John wrote:
>> >
>> >> stuck in Pontefract with no brakes and no other "wheels"
>> >> need rear brake pistons x2 (part no 606696) (Disco 300tdi)
>> >> Anyone advise where to get them today?
>> >
>> >Unless you just want to get the job done, don't panic!
>> >
>> >You will not have a problem until you try to put new pads in.
>>
>> unless the pads are near enough new that they won't fit. but that was my
>> thought, yeah - if the pistons are the same diameter, then fit 'em for now
>> to get mobile, if the pads will fit.
>>
>> In a real emergency, I'd consider filing the pads down, meself
>>
>Thanks for advice.
>Have file ready!
>

well, if you push the pistons fully in, and the pads won't fit by about 1mm,
then it's worth the loss of 1mm of pad material to get you going again.

You might however then find you're not able to exchange the pistons, having
used 'em.


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