Re: Brake tool (piston push back)

"Doki" <mrdoki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6crl1jF3gprjlU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Is a special tool ever necessary?
I've changed pads on many different makes, and never had any problems pushing the pistons back, using ordinary tools, occasionally supplemented by a suitably sized piece of wood.

It can help with rear calipers. On a MK2 Golf they need to be pushed back and twisted as they're on a thread due to the handbrake mechanism.

BX front brakes are on a thread too for the same reason. But you just use a long bit of metal (aka screwdriver) to engage the slots and turn it.

ISTR using a G-clamp to push pistons back on an older car, and every household should have one of those. And a vice :-)

cheers,
clive

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