Thread: rear piston brake tool

It'll work but it sucks

Large pair of needle nose plyers work better than that thing.

I have one. It works.

is that thing!?! I always use a large hand twist C-clamp to decompress my pistons and on any other car i work on

Originally Posted by 1quick

the 04+ rears twist in, you will brake them doing the old c clamp action, needle nose pliers is what i use

No the 04+ don't...I have always used a c-clamp and had zero problems. And I took one of my old calipers apart and it was nice and smooth inside and out just like any other caliper

As said, its for the rear calipers. They have to be twisted in.

Hmmmm I haven't taken a rear apart but I have changed the pads and it still worked fine

Yup rears twist. Fronts on the other hand use the old fashion c clamp method. That tool does work.

INTERESTING. learned something new. are the pistons actually groved or what makes them twist?

They have grooves for the notches on the cube and just twist clockwise to push the piston back in. It has to do with the parking brake or something

I believe gxp's push in.

i seem to think the same way because theyve always just pushed in when i push them. dont quote me though i need new rear brakes and rotors now cause their worn badly so i will definately look closer when i do them

The 04+ twist in because of the parking brake is built into the rear caliper.

Marines has a Gxp. His rear calipers push in since the parking brake is not in the caliper.

All other 04+ rear calipers need twisted in. And as said before, don't waste 10 bucks on that little tool. A pair of needle nose do the job fine.