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Rear brake help!!
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:29 pm
by RiceBurner
Anyone got any good ideas for getting the rear caliper pad retaining pin out???
How is it held in place???
I took the little c-clip on the "outside" off - but the pin just won't come out
HELP!!
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:00 pm
by julian
RiceBurner
I've experienced the very same thing. I gently tapped the pin out (in the correct direction) with a small centre punch. It took quite a while before suddenly becoming free. Put a piece of wood between your knee and the caliper and tap away.
Maybe put a long thin rod in the circlip hole and free it up by rocking back and forth.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:02 pm
by julian
otoh - I think the new pins don't have a hole.
They are a force-fit I believe.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:26 pm
by RiceBurner
The pin on my one is a simple rod with a shoulder and the "slot" for the c-clip at one end. The other end (the "reverse") seems to have a collet or something around it. The pin is free to rotate within the collet but it simply won't shift.
Tried using a hammer and a drift (well - actually a small allen key) with the calliper on the bike - but it simply wouldn't shift.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:56 pm
by julian
sounds about right.
It will budge if you twat it sharply and at the right angle.
Try/buy a centre punch - it's designed for directing the energy to the tip. where an Allen key isn't.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:05 pm
by Boxadog 2000
Dont be shy use a 3mm parrallel pin punch and give it a good twat on re asembly use copperslip on the pin
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:57 am
by RiceBurner
hmm - ok, I'll see of I can find something.
Presumably the correct axis of force would be along the main axis of the pin??
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:54 am
by Jason M
RiceBurner wrote:hmm - ok, I'll see of I can find something.
Presumably the correct axis of force would be along the main axis of the pin??
Good to see plenty of twatting going on
I do the same, and drift it out with a small screwdriver and the caliper resting sideways on the disk
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:20 am
by RiceBurner
Jason M wrote:RiceBurner wrote:hmm - ok, I'll see of I can find something.
Presumably the correct axis of force would be along the main axis of the pin??
Good to see plenty of twatting going on
I do the same, and drift it out with a small screwdriver and the caliper resting sideways on the disk
the calliper resting on the disc?? you mean you take it off it's mountings first??
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:21 pm
by RiceBurner
Sorted.
the pin DOES have a sprung collet around the "reverse" end - I used a center punch (as recommended) and knocked it out quite easily.
Cheers all.