Brake Caliper Piston Rewind - Improvising

[dholdi]

After spending a mint on new calipers, discs, service items etc over the past month or so and Mrs holdi complaining about all the parcels arriving not being for her I was hoping to borrow a rewind tool from the vehicle workshop at work.

Unfortunately noone had one

I have amassed a fair amount of tools over the years and having studied pictures of the correct tool I decided I could improvise. After all all the special tool does is apply pressure whilst turning the piston.

So this is what I used :-

Three leg puller

9" angle grinder disc collar tool

Inserted puller into caliper so it acts as a pusher

Used angle grinder collar tool to rotate piston ( perfect fit ) whilst maintaining pressure with the puller ( pusher )

5 mins later and sorted

Was feeling quite pleased with myself after that and I'm sure there would be enough length on the flex to do this in situ - will let you know when those pads wear out.
Off to my mates garage to be beadblasted tomorrow.

 

[rk696]

Can't beat improvisation lol

 

[Pyro]

Fair Play fella

 

[cocadave]

I used a g-clamp on mine combined with a smaller sized socket than the piston and a pair of mole grips, tighten the clamp turn the piston, tighten the clamp turn the piston, repeat 5 or6 times and fanny's your aunt

 

[Slimy]

I particularly like the angle grinder collar tool, that is some smart thinking there! Well done you!

 

[t32er]

i went to the local car bits shop and bought the tool for £7.00 after being told he wanted £5 to lend me one lol
but a good imporvise if your stuck, as long as you have the other tooling

 

[Crafoo]

I improvised and went to Halfords to buy one, used it then took it back

 

[CupraTurbo81]

I done a set of rear brakes on a vectra last week as a homer and my winding back tool broke. Just used a wee G clamp and a big set of vice grips. Worked a treat.