I need some assistance.HELP!

[ajaynz]

I have just become the proud owner of a 1981 Alfasud (paid NZ$200 for it which is worth a knob of goatshit plus a dozen quart bottles of beer)

Anyway I have a problem. The front brakes have siezed solid and I can't work out how to get the damn things apart.

Can anyone give me a few clues as to how to go about getting the things split apart to free the pistons?

I'm very new to this Alfa ownership thing but after pulling everything apart that can be taken apart I have found about one days work worth of rust so that will be cut and replaced and everything below the plimsol line covered in POR 15. Any other suggestions.

They certainly go like a scalded cat though.

Allan

[Jimster]

Sweet another Kiwi Alfa owner on board! I moved to Italy a few years ago from NZ, currently have a 156 and amt he moderator of this board Welcome aboard


Unfortunately I have no idea how to work with 'Suds, I do know that for old cars they are a pain in the ass to work with and certainly can't give you any advice that won't destroy them!!! (ALfasud parts in Italy are far more common than in NZ- so we can be rough with them )

[ajaynz]

It appears to me that the unit has to be split and then the disc removed to get at the inner one. But I don't even know anyone who has one to find a manual.
Went to the local dealers and got a really blank look and a comment about all of the older mechanics having died off. Went to a brake specialist and he said "If I have to ask a question like that don't touch them" Cheeky bugger didn't have a clue how to do it himself.

Even if I can find someone with a workshop manual that could fax me the relevant pages would be the deal ( in English please)

[mechy1barry]

cut your losses and fit new units!they are probably original equipment, and suffer with old age,pistons will more than likely be pitted/rusted, and will leak if new seals are fitted(now outlawed in u/k.)be safe and fit new.

[Jimster]

Originally Posted by mechy1barry

cut your losses and fit new units!they are probably original equipment, and suffer with old age,pistons will more than likely be pitted/rusted, and will leak if new seals are fitted(now outlawed in u/k.)be safe and fit new.

That is a good idea- if you are in Auckland though, there is an Auto-bookstore on Eden Street in Newmarket that sells Workshop manuals, it's directly behind Broadway and oppisite Payless plastics, there is a chance that they may be able to source you an Alfasud workshop manual if they don't stock it