I haven't posted in a while. Hope all of you in the Unique family are enjoying a great Easter Day! Now that the Chicagoland winter seems to be behind me, I decide to get my car ready for some spring driving. I started changing fluids and decided to do a little investigation on my questionable braking performance and rear brake "groan" I've listened to the last two years. It turns out the right rear (inner) caliper piston has seized up and will not budge. I tried freeing it up with brake cleaning fluid with the caliper mounted. I energized the system and applied peddle pressure and it would not move. Not wanting to drive the car in this condition, I decided to remove the caliper (from underneath the car). After three hours of work, I finally got it off the car (one of the toughest jobs I've ever done on my car). Now that I have the caliper on my workbench, I'm looking for some guidance on how to free up the stuck piston. How do I do this? Or should I simply take it to a brake shop to have them work on it?
Additionally, once I get the caliper fixed, does anyone have a technique for remounting the caliper (from underneath the car). I'm expecting it to be a real bear aligning the mounting bolts with the holes in the mounting bracket "blind" with no space for my fingers to reach the bolts to start them?
Thanks
Dick Untch