[F-15 crew dawg]

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Changed the rear brakes on my newly aquired Mustang (new ford owner). Holy crap! I had that square piece of ass tool that looks like something out of Hellraiser to turn the caliper back in, what a big mistake! I had to get a buddy to hold it down while I tried to fit the adapter in (had to be the smallest and least teeth), turn it, and push in. Spent forever on it until I learned to beat the rachet with a hammer while turning it. WHAT A TASK! Now that I look at it I only spent 5 bucks on the tool (instead of the more expensive hefty better tools) but if I had to do it again, I would go ahead and rent a high class device. WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT! But its done and over now....DONT BUY THIS TOOL!

[WLJohnson05]

sorry you had trouble with it. i have the same tool and I never had any issue turning it.

[Ryguy33]

i had the same problem as you. it sucks

[stephen]

There's a similar but larger version that is designed for Ford brakes.

[Mr. Red Pony]

wtf is it... ?

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony wtf is it... ?

its a caliper tool for turning the back brake pistons to get them back in when you change the pads

[iammclovin804]

i always just use a rubber mallet on mine..

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 its a caliper tool for turning the back brake pistons to get them back in when you change the pads

Ah. Ya, I hated that. I used neddle n0ose plier and
C-clamps on the front. Found out the hard way that the back ones lock up it you try to just push them in...

[Ace417]

Originally Posted by stephen There's a similar but larger version that is designed for Ford brakes.

this is what i used. its still kind of cumbersome. I rented it from autozone. 57 bucks with a full refund.

[Assassin_Dan]

Originally Posted by iammclovin804 i always just use a rubber mallet on mine..

?....

[iammclovin804]

Originally Posted by Assassin_Dan ?....

i would just beat the pistons back with a rubber mallet. works like a charm.

[motorhead6776]

Originally Posted by iammclovin804 i would just beat the pistons back with a rubber mallet. works like a charm.

a c-clamp usually works for me. i havnt had to do the rears yet but it works for the fronts.

[Assassin_Dan]

Originally Posted by iammclovin804 i would just beat the pistons back with a rubber mallet. works like a charm.

Thats a different way of doing it but whatever works for ya I guess

[JTs03v6]

Originally Posted by iammclovin804 i would just beat the pistons back with a rubber mallet. works like a charm.

If you use this technique on mustang rear calipers youll bust the piston. You've got to turn the rear pistons in.

I just rent the oem tool from the auto parts store.

[F-15 crew dawg]

[QUOTE=motorhead6776;2837420]a c-clamp usually works for me. i havnt had to do the rears yet but it works for the fronts.[/QUOTE

YEA! LOL! The back ones are a lot diffrent than just pushing them in. You NEED TO TURN THEM as well as push. Whoever said they push the rear ones in with a C-clamp or beat them straight in with a mallet is smoking crack or has one nasty mod done....

[Taylor1017]

Have the same tool man i had to do a little bit of tweaking to the tool but i got it to fit and work eventually made the brake job take a 30 minutes longer though

[sikorski04]

I would actually recommend buying the universal brake caliper cube. Though non of them fit, minor modifications will allow the tool to work.

Take the surface with the 4 small pins in each corner. Take off 2 DIAGONAL pins with a hack saw, and file down if necessary. It is now wide enough to lock into the slots on your rear brake caliper.

Works like a charm.

[Gerbig]

[Mr. Red Pony]

[craigdavey]

I just tried using that cheap tool two nights ago and the first brake it worked perfectly to compress the piston. But there was two much pressure after the first one was done so i had to go at 9:00pm to autozone to rent the caliper tool set and i was done in 5 minutes. It took me over 4 hours to change just the rear pads because i kept trying to get the cheap tool to work. I know from now on i will be buying the caliper tool set instead of the cheap tool.