front brake caliper question

[babybabs]

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum so really haven't had a chance to search through it all. But... I need help ASAP!! Is there any tutorials on how to get a piston out of my front brake caliper? Thinking of rebuilding it but need to practice on a spare one I have that probably doesn't work. Right now, I cannot get the piston out!! What do I do? I need DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS!! Now be kind because you have 2 old (60 and older) ladies working on this car. We try to do our own work on it. There are not any Saab mechanics around my hometown that I know of besides the fact we're on a budget. Mechanics are very pricey these days!! Thanks for any help.

[CaptainMediocre]

I don't have much advice to offer in this area having never done it myself, but I just wanted to say I like your enthusiasm and willingness to do your own work, keep at it and you'll learn a lot!

Also I searched youtube for "remove caliper piston", and there are many videos of other people's tips, the advice doesn't always have to be Saab specific. This is usually what I do before starting anything, spend all night watching videos of other people doing it.

[jskrebs]

What year? They changed in 87. Generically I remove the pistons with compressed air.

[babybabs]

It's an '82. We finally got it out but the compressed air didn't work on it. Ended up unscrewing one piston and tapping the other side out. Was that a wrong way to do it?

[jskrebs]

Compressed air works on single acting pistons. That caliper assembly is a bit more complicated. Crazy double piston with Ebrake mechanism. I have them on my 85. I bought rebuilds last time. Good luck with the rebuild and post some pictures of the process if you can.

[1986SPG]

Compressed air works on single acting pistons. That caliper assembly is a bit more complicated. Crazy double piston with Ebrake mechanism. I have them on my 85. I bought rebuilds last time. Good luck with the rebuild and post some pictures of the process if you can.

There is an excellent tutorial on this Forum by "euromobile900". If I knew how to link that tutorial to this thread, I would do it. It's called "my pre-1988 brakes tutorial to end all tutorials - c900". It appears to be dated 2011-08-15.

[nordwulf]

There is an excellent tutorial on this Forum by "euromobile900". If I knew how to link that tutorial to this thread, I would do it. It's called "my pre-1988 brakes tutorial to end all tutorials - c900". It appears to be dated 2011-08-15.

Great tip, I forgot about that tutorial. Find it here: http://saabworld.net/f70/my-pre-1988...als-c900-2721/

There are a lot of other good tutorials in that 900 Tutorials subforum: http://saabworld.net/f70/