how long do you have to wind the fucker in for,mine will wind out ok, but when you wind it in its taken for ever to do.it seems to have gone back to where it was but dont seem to be going in any further.
any ideas?

 

did mine last week, just keep winding till it stops, lol. if not, thinks its broke.

 

it should stop when its all the way back

keep going, ya sure its not a seized caliper as its very comon on em but they dont tend to wind at all

 

It shouldn't take too long - it's quite a coarse thread they screw down.

Are you using the special tool? (I don't mean IMA neither )

If not, the pistion may be off the end of the thread...

Neil.

 

the callipers are a couple of years old now,but seemed to be working ok
just dont seem to be going it any further,just keeps winding and winding,lol
now i do wind it clockwise yes?

 

yes, its a special tool im using,lol

 

yeah its normal thread mate, clockwise. weird. you pushing it as well?

 

sort of,cant really push on it hard while winding it
wierd that it winds out very easy though

 

i just bought a shitty laser tool for mine and had no problems at all.

 

take it apart and rebuilt it then

 

only want to cange the bloody pads jano,lol

it aint even wound back as far as it was,so cant even put the old pads back in now and take it to a fooking garage

 

the tool your using 'should' apply pressure to the piston as well as being able to turn the piston as well

 

As said above!

But once it does wind back dont go to far! as you end up braking a part in the caliper that works the handbrake, thats what i done

 

ah right,this is just some cheap one i bought from a spares shop mark
so i need to push on it aswell? didnt think i would have to seeing as its a thread

 

just looking in the ford manual and i can see what the proper tool does,part of it goes behind the 2 hook bits so as your winding it in it is pushing on the piston aswell

 

you dojnt have ton apply presure at all to it , ive wond in my caliper with needle nose pliers before

souds shagged mate . call me on monday and ill have a rummage

 

use some light pressure Pops, but not silly amounts

 

yeah thats what yours should look like too pops

if ya working anywhere near mill hill ya can borrow my one that does that

 

defo cat do it with the thing it have, cant put enough pressure on t to do it, wouldn't mind but when i was in the spares shop i said to the bloke i wanted the proper tool and he said this would be ok.
the reason you dont have to apply any pressure ginge is cos the tool does it as you wind it in

 

i read somewhere that you do have to apply pressure to it when winding in, hence why i said about it eariler, but ginge says he didnt have to, so i dunno.

 

did the tool you used boxxer do what i said,ie attaches behind the 2 hook bits so hat when you wind it in it aplies pressure to the piston at the same time?

this thing i have is just a stupid cube with different size pongs to fit all cars,just cant apply enough pressure as im winding to do it,lol

 

i didnt have too , maybe im stronger than i look, ive got the proper tool now though pops as the pliers dont move siezed calipers

ya can borrow it if ya like, ill be in waltham abbey at some time tommorow or ya can drop by my house and collect it, bit far to travel i know but its the best i can do at the moment as the missus is out

 

mine has a plate that sits where the fixed pad is and as you wind the lever in, it pushes against it and winds the psiton in. you can borrow it if ya like???

 

NO!!!!! i want him to borrow mine! lol.

 

hes wrlcome but its more of a drive for him

 

lol,yeah thats what i need guys,gonna have to pick one up tomorrow as i need to get it sorted or i wont be able to take it to essex reg day.
cant see it being seized or it wouldn't wind either way would it?

gonna see if this cube thing fits up the old boys arse down the spares shop

 

Pops, if the piston turns, then it's not siezed..
And YES you do theoretically need to apply pressure as well as turn the piston to retract it - there is a clutch mechanism inside the piston as part of the self-adjusting mechanism, which can potentially allow the piston to spin without winding down the adjuster thread if pressure isn't applied.
Before someone jumps in saying "well mine just winds in on its own" - yes sometimes they might, just depends But in this case sods law applies and Pops needs the tool to apply pressure

here's the tool i have -

 

lol

 

Thanks rich, that explains it alot better
and as you have said it must need pressure or otherwise they wouldn't make the tool where it applies pressure otherwise
and i surpose it any piston winds in without applying pressure then the clutch mechanism must be fooked on ones that dont.

 

- well, sticky anyway..