[A4] Disc Brake Piston Tool
Rocky Mullin
caliban at sharon.net
Sun Mar 6 21:48:51 EST 2005
i take mine to the shop. one brake job in four years, it's
worth the money for me.
At 7:06 PM -0500 3/6/05, Gordie's Garage wrote:
>Sure, you can do it a number of ways, and if you only do it once every few
>years, just about anything will do, but if you are in the habit of changing
>your pads a few times a year for track days, or whatever, you do learn to
>appreciate what the $100 can buy you.
>Gordie
>>
>> Whew, that sure does sound like a lot of ca$h. I usually end up using
>> a big C clamp and a screwdriver. Sure it takes a little more time,
>> but I can think of a whole lot of other things to put that $100 toward
>> (VAG-COM :).
>>
>> I have also heard that the Auto-Zone tool works better if you
>> grind/Dremel off some of the nubs so that it fits on the caliper
>> better. Haven't done it myself, so YMMV.
>>
>> Later...
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:37:59 -0600, Charles Nguyen <ctn at umn.edu> wrote:
>> > I've used that and I can't stand it personally. I don't think
>> that I have
>> > enough upper arm strength.
>> >
>> > I bought this:
>> > http://www.lislecorp.com/tool_detail.cfm?detail=278
>> >
>> > Here is another one:
>> > http://www.mactools.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ItemNum=DBC2500MA
>> >
>> > Now my front brake jobs take half the time that it used to take. REALLY
>> > REALLY easy to use and extremely worthwhile. You can get it
>> online for about
>> > $70-80 I think. I forgot where I got mine from.
>> >
>> > I highly recommend it.
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: a4-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:a4-bounces at audifans.com]
>> On Behalf Of
>> > David M. Weprin
>> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:22 PM
>> > To: a4 at audifans.com
>> > Subject: [A4] Disc Brake Piston Tool
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if this tool will be sufficient for depressing the rear
>> > caliper pistons on an A4?
>> >
>> > http://www.chain-auto-tools.com/pics/AMR450L.jpg
>> >
>> > It has five fittings and sells at Autozone for about $9...
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > A4 mailing list
>> > A4 at audifans.com
>> > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/a4
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > A4 mailing list
>> > A4 at audifans.com
>> > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/a4
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> A4 mailing list
>> A4 at audifans.com
>> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/a4
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>A4 mailing list
>A4 at audifans.com
>http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/a4
--
Rocky Mullin
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/images/war.008.gif
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm
More information about the A4
mailing list