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micky5
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rear brake pads
« on: Dec 9th, 2011, 10:41am » |
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Hi, being a novice at any reapirs etc. i was wondering if its easy "ish" to replace rear pads on my 2.3.... as i was quotes 40 quid at local garage, and i can buy pads for around 18 quid and thought i would give it a go
thank you in advance
Micky
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micky5
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #2 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 11:15am » |
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thank you scorpio_man, great page, looks easy, thanks again
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #3 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 11:58am » |
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MIcky. You will need the 'Wind back tool' as the rear pistons cannot be 'pushed' back. The cheapest unit is the cube,usually 3/8 drive, shown On this page. 
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Matt
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #4 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 12:01pm » |
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The rear pads have a little tag on them, itd important that these line up witj the cutouts on the pisron
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micky5
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #5 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 12:11pm » |
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ty, i have the wind back tool from ebay already, was gonna do my brakes last time they needed doing , but paid a garage to do em , so this time i will give it a go myself , thanks guys
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #6 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 8:35pm » |
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Both pistons wind in clockwise.
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PJDavis
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Re: rear brake pads
« Reply #7 on: Dec 9th, 2011, 10:35pm » |
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Good point Gozz! You'll need to push just a little bit as well, and it'll take a lot more winding than you think.
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