Brake suppliers?

[amz91]

Fitted my own discs and pads on a few cars. Not hard to do usually.

Where would I get the wind back tool from? Seen one in halfords but think It was £40 :-/

[Zonda_]

Not sure, haven't seen it so don't know if something else would do the job. I imagine cheaptoyotaparts will stock them.

[Jay67]

here you go, can use long nose pliers to wind it in if it's not seized but you're better off with the right tool for the job, pliers don't like being twisted  s;) s;)    m http://amzn.to/Za855z m

[shnazzle]

eBay mate. I think I spent 11 quid for a Laser piston tool.
Delivered 2 days later

[amz91]

Your a bunch of stars  s:-D :-D s:-D

[amz91]

Ordered the tool off amazon £8.94 that's including express delivery and discs and pads should be on there way! Wish me luck for the weekend haha, there might just be a new thread at some point  s;-) ;-) s;-)

[shnazzle]

Don't forget a tube of copperEase, wd40, hammer, wire brush. Caliper cleaner spray never hurt.
The first one is essential
 s:) s:)

[tomaky]

Gotta agree with shnazzle there after the night mare of getting things out, you will cover everything in copper grease hehe could even swap wd for plus gas  s:) s:)

[amz91]

Now your putting me off! Haha  :-) :-) :-)

[shnazzle]

Now your putting me off! Haha  :-) :-) :-)

Don't worry, it's perfectly doable!

Just remember one obvious nugget:
Lefty-loosey, righty-tighty....REGARDLESS of whether you're looking at it from the back or the front.
Get it?

So when you go to turn the bolt, fight the temptation to pull the spanner/ratchet to the left. Look at it as if you were under the wheel arch looking out.

[tomaky]

Indeed maybe i over exagerated as far as loosening yes tight spaces alot patience needed to get your spanners or the nut then little turn then back on nut alittle time consuming but i didnt have to use too much force on anything the worst bit was the handbrake pin mine required a fair few hits off plus gas and hammer to get it out.

[amz91]

It finally came!

[amz91]

Hopefully do my brakes today, I'm subscribe to a how to on here "rear discs and pads" I assume if I do this front one will not be far different?

[tomaky]

Hmm the front one will get the disk and pads off but wont get them back on if applied to the back if thats what you mean?

[amz91]

Hmm the front one will get the disk and pads off but wont get them back on if applied to the back if thats what you mean?

Not sure what you mean :-/
Basically could you follow the guide for the front aswell?

[tomaky]

Oh ye but you likely wont need tue wind back tool on the piston, just loosen the nipple (container to catch drops of fluid) and push piston back.

[amz91]

Thank you  :-) :-) :-)

[onion86]

Hopefully do my brakes today, I'm subscribe to a how to on here "rear discs and pads" I assume if I do this front one will not be far different?

Basically could you follow the guide for the front aswell?

You could always just use the front guide instead  s:D s:D   l viewtopic.php?f=47&t=11550 l

[tomaky]

I realise i made that hard work haha

[amz91]

Hopefully do my brakes today, I'm subscribe to a how to on here "rear discs and pads" I assume if I do this front one will not be far different?

Basically could you follow the guide for the front aswell?

You could always just use the front guide instead  s:D s:D   l viewtopic.php?f=47&t=11550 l

Been looking for this for ages! Thank you.

[amz91]

Thought discs were the same :-/
Which are rear?

[tomaky]

Bigger radius on the rear i believe.

[onion86]

Bigger radius on the rear i believe.

Yup, and the fronts have smaller radius but are a few mm thicker. From past experience I expect the ones with 4 stud holes are the fronts and 8 holes are the rears.

[AndyM]

Bigger radius on the rear i believe.

Yup, and the fronts have smaller radius but are a few mm thicker. From past experience I expect the ones with 4 stud holes are the fronts and 8 holes are the rears.

+1 The rears I did on Saturday had 8 holes in.

[amz91]

After all that I could get the pads out n that fine but the two caliper bolts I couldnt get off for the life of me!  s:-( :-( s:-(