Rear Brake Pads

[raceboy]

Well this weekend I will be mostly lossing the skin off my knucles and breathing in rust dust as I change the rear pads on my 94 4.0 Chimaera
So the question is how hard is winding back in the piston, without the Ford 'piston winding back in' tool?
Last time I changed them I had managed to blag the tool from a collegue but I have changed jobs and have had no joy trying to contact him
Is it a none starter without the rigth kit or can I mackle something up from the extensive tool kit of crap

[SwanJack]

I use a G-clamp for this when changing my 'daily runner's' pads. Not sure if this would work on the Chim though.

[shpub]

Try a pair of pliers or an angle grinder locking key if you must but the right tool is the way to do it without potentially damaging the piston/calliper.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

Piccy in the new edition so you can go to Halfords and point

[raceboy]

A G-Clamp is no good (I think) as the piston is on a screw thread so has to be wound back, it can't just be pushed
Hynes manual shows using big cir-clip pliers but I've not really got any of them

[griff2be]

shpub said:
Piccy in the new edition so you can go to Halfords and point

And point you must, as no-one in Halfords knew what I was talking about and since they started selling Max Power bolt on bits they've started locking all the tools in glass cabinets.

Buy the tool raceboy, you tight git!

[raceboy]

griff2be said:Buy the tool raceboy, you tight git!

I've already paid £16 for the pads do you think I'm made of money
The one I borrowed last time wasn't an 'offical' tool but a home made (well Rolls Royce made) one why buy stuff when you can do it the hard way

[griff2be]

raceboy said:

griff2be said:Buy the tool raceboy, you tight git!

I've already paid £16 for the pads do you think I'm made of money
The one I borrowed last time wasn't an 'offical' tool but a home made (well Rolls Royce made) one why buy stuff when you can do it the hard way

Well I would have thought the answer was obvious. You can never have too many tools. Or toys

[GreenV8S]

Well this weekend I will be mostly lossing the skin off my knucles and breathing in rust dust as I change the rear pads on my 94 4.0 Chimaera
So the question is how hard is winding back in the piston, without the Ford 'piston winding back in' tool?
Last time I changed them I had managed to blag the tool from a collegue but I have changed jobs and have had no joy trying to contact him
Is it a none starter without the rigth kit or can I mackle something up from the extensive tool kit of crap

It is trivially easy with the right tool and a right old PITA without it. You're running a Chimaera but too tight to invest £10 in the right tool for the job? Buy the tool!

[Qube]

Let's hope the caliper isn't stuck like mine was, i had to wind it in and out for about an hour to free it up with a bit of lubrication, A 4 1/2 angle grinder tool does the job perfect, the fun only starts when there's no skin on your knuckles and you start swearing to yourself loudly.

[trackdemon]

Funnily I'm doing exactly the same myself - my cars jacked up in the garage as we speak with no rear brakes. The piston actually wound in quite easily using a pair of long nose pliers, wedging the caliper in place and pushing HARD as you wind the piston clockwise. Off to get the pads tommorrow....

[simond001]

Im more than happy to post my "tool" out if required.

As i now have a Cerb i dont think its required in the near future!

Edited to say email me as i only logged onto Chimp page as alcholically induced!


>> Edited by simond001 on Saturday 18th January 20:57

>> Edited by simond001 on Saturday 18th January 20:57

[raceboy]

Well loan 'tool' turned up Friday night, so that saved me a trip to Halfords
Job done, and from the look of the old pads, it was a good job I had the tyre issue earlier in the week and hence the state of the pads were spotted

[xain]

Heh heh, I hit this problem on my last car, an Integra. Best part was I was in the work car park, it was my lunch hour and later that afternoon I was due to be going off to the airport on holiday. Oh how I swore...!