Stupid Mistake (1 Viewer)

[IH8Wood]

I began my first knuckle rebuild today on my 83 60, and I got off to a bad start. I couldn't tell which bolts held the caliper on, and I loosened the wrong ones. As soon as brake fluid started dripping out, I new I made a mistake and tightened them back up. Then I read in the FSM where it cautioned against loosening the bolts that hold the calipers together. So did I cause any harm the caliper?

Other than that everything went pretty smooth. I followed the tech note from birfield.com which is really excellent. It took me a less then 2 hours to get one axle out.

This is a great board with an incredible amount of information, civility and humor.

 

[landtoy80]

Just a guess but I think all you would have to do is get the air out the system.
I took the wrong bolt out once and had no problem but I didn't loose brake fluid.
You may as well blead all the brakes as its good to get the old fluid out the lines every year or so.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

same thing happened to me when I was trying to remove the caliper. I bled the brakes and haven't had a problem

 

[Tinker]

If it leaks, you'll have to replace o-rings which may be hard to find.

 

[IH8Wood]

If it leaks, you'll have to replace o-rings which may be hard to find.

Are these o-rings sandwiched between he halves? I assume they're not the ones that come with a rebuild kit.