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donny:
:P Just how easy should the pistons move in and out while disassembled? ? I can't remove the pistons with my pinkys, it takes vice grips or pliars....   wellll helllll...I put on new bushings, polished everything some.  It Still leaks fluid.  The oil bolt looks a little crooked, it must be cross threaded worst than I thought. ... Anyway, is it possible to drill out the threads, and plug the hole and then rethread for the oil bolt? ?.  Has this been done on a caliper??  I am fearful of an ebay caliper being defective, and I would be in the same boat.  thanks,  Donny

JonnyB:
Vice grips is a standard procedure for removing a brake piston, as long as your only gripping the top flange bit. I've never had a set I could just pull straight out anyway,

If the bleed nipple is cross threaded you may get it out with a stud or screw extractor, soak the screw in penetrating oil over night.

Dilling out is not easy as the screw is harder than the soft alloy around it.

Sorry it took so long to reply been on holiday, (Well enjoying the English Sunshine, but it's gone now)

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