Can anyone recommend a particular brake caliper rewinding tool that will fit the calipers on the rear of my Focus ST170? I want to make sure that whichever one I buy will fit okay as the choice out there is quite large. A lot of them seem to come with only a single (double sided) adapter which does a large proportion of cars, but will one of these be suitable for my calipers. Has anyone got any experience of what fits and what doesn't?

 

I put some new rear pads in my FRS yesterday,long nose pliers worked fine for me,also used them on my old 3dr callipers


Ary

 

if i dont want to spend on snap on i ternd to use sealy. there decent quality.

 

pair of needle nose pliers work for me, can be a right bitch to get them started though!!!

 

Aye ... Both Calipers wind in the same direction so no pissing about ..

I use a Derd cheap Motor-Factor shop type tool and it works a treat ..

 

Or an angle grinder disk removal tool also works....

 

I used either a laser or draper one, double sided pin bit as you say, got it from wilco, if much prefer this to the pliers etc.
tabetha

 

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Make sure you line the Groves up with the tit on the pads.

 

Just to conclude this topic I ended up borrowing a rewind tool and it made the job a doddle. For future reference the basic Laser Tools (1314) rewinding device fits the ST170 rear calipers just fine.

 

And also for reference the Standard Focus, S.T and R.S all use the same rear caliper. It's only the disc and mounting bracket that change.

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