How do you take apart rear LT1 calipers
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How do you take apart rear LT1 calipers
Nobody had send me any rears for an LT1 until this week now I have two sets sitting here to do. I got the piston and what not out that was easy, but how the hell do you remove the huge ebrake assembling thing? I'd really prefer to remove that rather than coat it all together at once, that would be a pain. That nut on the backside that appears to hold it all on just spins some kind of grease fitting on the other side when I turn it, doesn't do anything.
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Assuming you don't get a good response by tomorrow around 11am CST, send me a PM and I'll look up an assploded diagram on AllData and fire you pictures And the steps it says to take it apart.
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its been awhile since i took it apart but i dont think the grease fitting has to come out when taking the ebrake stuff off. i know theres a allen head bolt and a spring that has to come out and i think thats it. like i said though havent done one in a minute so no guarantees
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i found a good exploded diagram on autozone's website of all places
http://www.autozone.com/addVehicleId...00c152800b8a2c
part number 3 is my problem. it has the nut, #12 on the back side, then a crush collar thing on the other side, #2. When you turn the nut #12 it just spins the whole thing #3. that's all that appears to be holding the whole ebrake thing on(#8)
thanks flamingchicken. yes If i got the spring out of the way I could get at the allen head which holds the 2nd guide pin, which also needs to come out. But it would still leave the entire ebrake bracket attached to the caliper.
http://www.autozone.com/addVehicleId...00c152800b8a2c
part number 3 is my problem. it has the nut, #12 on the back side, then a crush collar thing on the other side, #2. When you turn the nut #12 it just spins the whole thing #3. that's all that appears to be holding the whole ebrake thing on(#8)
thanks flamingchicken. yes If i got the spring out of the way I could get at the allen head which holds the 2nd guide pin, which also needs to come out. But it would still leave the entire ebrake bracket attached to the caliper.
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Nobody had send me any rears for an LT1 until this week now I have two sets sitting here to do. I got the piston and what not out that was easy, but how the hell do you remove the huge ebrake assembling thing? I'd really prefer to remove that rather than coat it all together at once, that would be a pain. That nut on the backside that appears to hold it all on just spins some kind of grease fitting on the other side when I turn it, doesn't do anything.
bwahahahaha.....told you!!!
It looks simple but it isn't... there was just another thread I ran across where someone wanted to remove it for weight savings and some others said they have removed it.... I'll look for it
Getting at that allen head confused me also...
EDIT.... not much info, maybe you could ask some of these guys though.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...e-removal.html
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bwahahahaha.....told you!!!
It looks simple but it isn't... there was just another thread I ran across where someone wanted to remove it for weight savings and some others said they have removed it.... I'll look for it
Getting at that allen head confused me also...
EDIT.... not much info, maybe you could ask some of these guys though.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...e-removal.html
It looks simple but it isn't... there was just another thread I ran across where someone wanted to remove it for weight savings and some others said they have removed it.... I'll look for it
Getting at that allen head confused me also...
EDIT.... not much info, maybe you could ask some of these guys though.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-m...e-removal.html
I'm heading to the shop and I'll post with what diagrams they have (most likely the exact same as SHbox's)
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Well, since I already got all the pictures made up, here they are for anyone else interested. Picture names reflect year (95-97). If they're different or not, I don't know, but the diagrams had more/less info depending on year, so I figured I might as well mentioned the years it showed the pics for just in case.
EDIT: Forgot a pic of the torque specs.
EDIT: Forgot a pic of the torque specs.
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