Chaps

My front brakes are squeaking like a mofo.
I have just bought new pads and discs for up front..

Do I need any 'special' tools to do the job IE to push back the caliper piston?

Cheers

 

Not really, changed some on my old M3. Need to make sure the pistons do not come right out and you have enough space to get something between the caliper and the piston to ease it back in. Make sure you ease it back in evenly.

Have a bungy cord or some decent string/rope to tie the caliper to something so it is not resting on the hoses.

You will need a (I think) 7mm allen key... which I found a complete pain in the ass to find. None of my standard kits seem to come with this so had to go buy an attachment fitting for my socket set with a 7mm hex on. After all that the bloody thing was welded on so had to be extracted.

Make sure you have copper grease for the back of the pads as well.

 

Thanks mate
so its just a squeeze back in type then with a set of grips etc
I have done a couple recently that needed screwing back in with a tool you see..

 

Rear calipers screw in, fronts push in!

 

thanks mate