Ark Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Chaps, I've got stuck pins in my brake pads...how do I free them up? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Argh! This happened to mine two weeks ago. It's very difficult to knock them out in situ, removing the calliper is your best bet and using a mallet and something flat to gently knock them out, whilst being careful not to flatten the end of the pin or your buggered. You may be able to do it without taking the brake line off if you're lucky. ChrisW ended up removing one front caliper and drilling the pin out. Lucky he had spares. He says it's a common problem if they've not been out in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprasteve Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 hmmm. been there got the scars, hopefully won't need to do it again for a white. good luck i feel for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 i removed mine last week, absolute fooker of a job!! No easy way if they are binded in, and you will mushroom the end off whilst you are tryin to knock them out its impossible not to when they are that tight. I ended up using the grinder to chop the middle section of the pins out, leaving about 20mm sticking out the inside face of the caliper, soaking them in penetrating release, then clamped the pin v.tight using mole grips, then smacking the mole grips with a copperbopper to move the pins. It was either that of i wouldve ended up drilling them out. you defo need the caliper off, and the bolts holding them on arent too friendly either;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Calliper's now off, (brake fluid happily dripping onto the road) and it's on my work bench...I've already snapped one drill bit in there! FFS!!!!!! Thankfully I anticipated damaging the pins so I've got replacements already. Fat lot of good that does me I can't get the old feckers out of the hole... I have got one idea - I know someone with a bench drill. Maybe he can show them who's the boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Decent drill bits, drilling compound and bench drill a definite bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Oxy acetylene & liquid nitrogen??? Giving them a dose of liquid wrench (WD40, Plusgas... whatever your favourite is) daily for a week before the time comes to attempt to remove them may help. Combine this with heating & cooling (blow torch or oxy) may just break the seal between the dissimilar corrosion. Or maybe someone can come up with a drilling jig we can all use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickTT Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 If you have access to a compressor, use an air hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Fly press !! If you take them to a small engineering firm or know someone with one then they'll come out easily;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I bought a brake-pin punch specially for doing mine and still struggled. After about 20 minutes of walloping it, I realised that a bit of the spring had snapped off in the pin, stopping it from moving any further! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 I've got pin punches, that not the problem It's so typical - the first calliper was a pig to do, but even though I mushroomed out the pin heads, they shifted so I was able to beat them back and forth with the hammer, and file off the lip I created. Then I moved to the second one...nothing. No movement at all. Once I'd sawn the pins in half and got the head end out, I stuck one of the old pins from the first calliper in the hole and beat on it with all my might, and all that did was bend both pins!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Rob_ Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Nail punch & a hammer did the trick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 As a matter of interest I checked back into my old receipts for the car - the pads were last changed in April 2005, so they've stuck fast in less than two years. Still, if I do more track days, I can burn off pads faster, and change them more frequently, so less chance of binding next time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 For the benefit of anyone who cares, I eventually sorted this with a big pillar drill- just cut the damned things straight out. If you even start thinking about drilling these by hand, shoot yourself now, it'll be a mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKMMK2N Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I also had the pleasure of this job a month ago. I did the same thing, chopped the pins in half in situ with a small grinder thinking it would relieve the pressure and make the pins easier to thump out. The only additional help I can offer is that when you have the calliper off you can drill the pins out carefully. I managed it without a bench drill, just carefully select a bit size the same size as the pin hole in the calliper, grind off the end of the pin (if you haven't already flattened it) and drill a hole into the (now) flat section where the pin is flush with the calliper surface. You will only need to take off a small amount as it is the mushed up end of the pin that stops the oin shifting in the hole. I managed to get mine out this way and also didn't damage the calliper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazz1 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 i used brake cleaning fluid spray and they slipped out easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Anyone know the best place to get the pins for UK spec brakes (local toyota stealer?) as mine are stuck fast & i've mushroomed one FU**ING thing. Also doe anyone know if this is the correct part Nos for the rear pins T90240-06017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Yes it should be, as long as they are the bigger twin-pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just drill them out, no big deal, just time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 cheers will try n drill them out ordered them from steve manley this morning, hate the way they squeak at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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