Suzuki Ignis Sport

[LeeThr]

squareflops said:

question guys.. rear pads are down to the wear markers (squeeeeel) and I've ordered/received some new ones. Easy job I thought to replace them so whipped the wheel off to find a pretty potchy setup which (I think) requires a specialist tool to wind the piston back in before replacing the pads. damn.

Have I missed anything here? I'm going to be on the metal soon and I've already spoken to one garage that won't change them over for me as I'm supplying my own parts.. damn damn..

So, what have I missed and what can I do to get the darn goshed pads in..

Caliper piston rewind tool, can be picked up from halfords for about £20-£30 if you need one there & then, if not think I only paid similar money for a set that came with 18 different discs to fit various calipers off amazon & has earned it's money back with the amount I've had to do since I've had it.

[eesbad]

LeeThr said:

squareflops said:

question guys.. rear pads are down to the wear markers (squeeeeel) and I've ordered/received some new ones. Easy job I thought to replace them so whipped the wheel off to find a pretty potchy setup which (I think) requires a specialist tool to wind the piston back in before replacing the pads. damn.

Have I missed anything here? I'm going to be on the metal soon and I've already spoken to one garage that won't change them over for me as I'm supplying my own parts.. damn damn..

So, what have I missed and what can I do to get the darn goshed pads in..

Caliper piston rewind tool, can be picked up from halfords for about £20-£30 if you need one there & then, if not think I only paid similar money for a set that came with 18 different discs to fit various calipers off amazon & has earned it's money back with the amount I've had to do since I've had it.

I did mine with a set of long-nosed pliers and a bar! Open the pliers to the correct size to engage the indents in the piston face, put a block of wood (or whatever you have) between the handles and duck tape them up to lock them in position. Put a bar between the open handles, push and turn - job done! Have done this on numerous different cars with no problem.

[squareflops]

excellent info from both cheers guys..

I'll do one of those for definite

Good lateral thinking eesbad, as soon as I started reading that I though "of course why didn't i think of that "

[squareflops]

sigh

me again with another brakes question. This time the front discs.

What size are they? Eurocarparts list a 246, 253 & 257mm discs. I'm guessing it's the 257mm but confirmation would be brill before I inevitably order the wrong ones.

Cheers again

[Crazysteve]

Probably missed it, but has anyone put a link up to this site? http://ssoc.co.uk/forums/forum.php
My son started out with a swift, then a Paseo, 4ltr V8 soarer and now the Iggy.
http://ssoc.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?1923-My-Ne...

[MGL1986]

Just been having a look round and found this,

http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2003/pdf/03...

'The 73rd Geneva International Motorshow - March 2003'