piston retractor for rear brakes
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piston retractor for rear brakes
though i'd post my successful experience using the following piston tool that I picked up for $12 from Sears. some posts in the archive have noted that you need to dremel/shave down one of the sides, but i didn't have to.
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aan.jpg">
it attaches to a 3/8 inch drive socket with extension:
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aad.jpg">
up close of the side that i used
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aaj.jpg">
in action (turn clockwise to retract the piston):
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aaf.jpg">
getting to the rear pads was probably one of the easier things i've ever done on the car (mainly because everything is easily accessed and no complicated procedure is involved and you don't need to get underneath the car). only took a little over an hour or so, and i'm notorious for taking 2-3x the amount of time to do anything on my car according to my girlfriend
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<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aan.jpg">
it attaches to a 3/8 inch drive socket with extension:
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aad.jpg">
up close of the side that i used
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aaj.jpg">
in action (turn clockwise to retract the piston):
<img src="http://www.funkadelic.org/albums/rear_brakes/aaf.jpg">
getting to the rear pads was probably one of the easier things i've ever done on the car (mainly because everything is easily accessed and no complicated procedure is involved and you don't need to get underneath the car). only took a little over an hour or so, and i'm notorious for taking 2-3x the amount of time to do anything on my car according to my girlfriend
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I did Dremel mine, although as you mentioned it isn't really necessary....
...I mainly did it to mine as it looked like the side I Dremeled would interface a bit better than the side you used.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/116/brake_piston_tool.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/116/brake_piston_tool.jpg">
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