Rear Caliper Brake Pad Pins Stuck

[Rau]

Any ideas on how to get those suckers out? they just wont budge!

Cheers,

Paul

[masterofinsanity]

lots of wd40 or plusgas, bit of heat and a lot of wriggling, failing that cut and drill them.

[cargo]

heat and cool............ heat and cool


Give em a good heat with a hot air gun then cool em with a good spray of WD40 or similiar repeat until they move.

If they are really stuck and won't budge you might need to cut them to get the pads out but leave enough to get a grip with vise grips (mole wrench)



I assume you have removed the R clips ?

[garyzxr400]

this happened with mine spent a few hours sat with a pair of mole grips and pliers just WD40'd wiggled, WD40'd wiggled,WD40'd wiggled, drank Tea WD40'd wiggled, you get the idea lol we were on the verge of drilling them out when they gave up and came out. gave them a good wire brush lots of copper slip before going back in

[zimm]

i normally drill out the caliper body to reveal the "captive" end of the pins, then drive the out with a thin drift and a BIG hammer

all done, fill the holes you just made with araldite/metal putty, and re-assemble with some copperslip to stop it happening again..

sometimes though .. they just dont come out in one piece.

[adamhearn]

Just did my rear pads ... only took 6 hours Ended up with a blow torch and lots of harsh language on one of the two pins! Have just ordered some Copaslip and I'll apply it over as soon as it arrives!