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WTB Miller C-4087 caliper piston puller

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Chris Many

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I need a Miller C-4087 caliper piston puller to get my single piston Kelsey Hayes calipers apart. The pistons haven't been moved for 30+ years so air isn't working. I see a lot of these tools listed on ebay but they are selling only the outer piece. I need the whole setup in the picture.

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Using air is dangerous, use hydraulic force... Just hook it up to your brake system & pump the pedal with the caliper not mounted... It'll move...
 
Using air is dangerous, use hydraulic force... Just hook it up to your brake system & pump the pedal with the caliper not mounted... It'll move...
oh, I wish I could do that. the brake lines had rusted away many years ago. Everything is dismantled now and is getting restored.

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I have Rebuilt calipers, NOS Caliper Pistons and seal kits. PM me if needed..
 
This is what I did on a 66 T-bird about 20 yrs ago.. it had 4 piston calipers on it, and when they needed to restored.. found they were seized up. They were two piece units, so I took them apart, put one half off caliper in the vise, heated the caliper (outside on caliper bore with a torch) be careful when doing this as it can, and you can/could start to melt the cast iron. After you think it is medium hot, get some dry ice and stick some inside the piston puck.. and what I did was take a very large pair of channel locks, (and slid over 2 pieces of heater hose or fuel hose, 5/8" or 3/4" whatever fits snug on the teeth, and work piston back and forth, and you should be able to rotate the puck to come out of the bore, if not.. try again. Before, these steps,it helps to remove the old dust boot with a razor blade. Of course if the piston is below the caliper housing bore edge.. you may have to see about hooking up to another hydraulic source to see if it will break loose. Hope this helps.
 
Using air is dangerous, use hydraulic force... Just hook it up to your brake system & pump the pedal with the caliper not mounted... It'll move...

I do mostly agree with you on this.. and yes it can be very dangerous, but I
have used a 3/4" or 1" board opposite of the caliper (I personally knew the
caliper was not froze up) I have used compressed air to remove the piston
via using a board. PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CLEAR OF PISTON, OR YOU MAY NOT HAVE THEM, TO WORK ON YOUR MOPAR!!!!!!!!!
 
If air, with the piston "caged" as above, won't pop it out put a grease zerk in the line fitting spot and use a grease gun to pack and force the piston out.
 
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