Just a quick one for you. Is the piston on the front brake caliper (I have a 1.2 16v) a simple push-in-with-a-G-clamp jobby or do I need a rewind tool? I sat around for an hour the other day waiting for a mate to show up with his rewind tool, so if I'm gonna need it I'll get it before!
Technical Front brake caliper
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Technical Front brake caliper
Hey Chris
Front calipers are normal piston units with "push in G clamp" design.
Rear ones need the tool.
Front calipers are normal piston units with "push in G clamp" design.
Rear ones need the tool.
Don't I know it...sadly the tool wouldn't fit...seems I waited to long and the pistons had jumped off the thread. Let this be a lesson to everyone...ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PADS!!!
lmaoCheers for the (freakishly quick) answer
Don't I know it...sadly the tool wouldn't fit...seems I waited to long and the pistons had jumped off the thread. Let this be a lesson to everyone...ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PADS!!!
Cheers for the (freakishly quick) answer
Same happened to me I think; this was the reason why the caliper was fooked and needed replacing - £155 on the credit card
Just did the front pads...peice of cake.
But have you done the rears yet MWhahahaha [evil laugh] :devil:
That'd be a yes lol.Don't I know it...sadly the tool wouldn't fit...seems I waited to long and the pistons had jumped off the thread. Let this be a lesson to everyone...ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PADS!!!
I've changed my front, now the rears need doing, is it any different from the fronts?
Oh yes. You need a specialised piston rewind tool as the rear pistons have to be turned back in under pressure. It's easy to find rewind tools, but not so easy finding ones for Fiat.
just a thought for front calipers, instead of trying to push the piston back in against the hydraulic force, try cracking the bleed valve open a tadge whilst pushing the piston in, make sure you close the valve off completely before you stop pushing so that you don't get air in the system but it saves a lot of effort.
I used a 100mm G-Clamp. Not really any effort needed, and it saves the risk of getting air in the lines. Good idea though, especially if the pistons are being lil biatches.
Simple answer to this question as alrady stated is YES the two proceedures are worlds apart on the near side the piston winds in on a anti clockwise rotation and on the off side on the clockwise rotation while pushing at the same time there are threads on this with different schools of thought on how to go about it and there is a tool available from fiat to do the job for you good luck Savi with the back ones
