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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => MECHANIC HAND TOOLS WE USE => Topic started by: DeadNutz on December 16, 2021, 09:00:06 AM

Title: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: DeadNutz on December 16, 2021, 09:00:06 AM: Anybody use this type of ratcheting brake tool? I have always used the screw type spreader but this ratchet model looks better by far. This model is pricey but is steel construction while the much cheaper models are plastic ratchets.

https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-W80110-Ratcheting-Spreader/dp/B07GVV15F9/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=ratcheting+spreader&qid=1638298325&qsid=141-0173842-6729456&s=automotive&sr=1-4&sres=B07TV71GZ1%2CB08MFPYNFJ%2CB07GVV15F9%2CB07PPXVL2X%2CB07WJ5NBDN%2CB075KMNSPW%2CB07Z5DHCFG%2CB08BFRPTTQ%2CB08B58FLVJ%2CB09FF3CDZF%2CB091TNB1WH%2CB09DXY1NSZ%2CB091CG83PH%2CB09FD6PGPH%2CB095YMFS7V%2CB08XZ4XW2H%2CB085THCFPJ%2CB0079GQKDE%2CB078WX1PBD%2CB09FDBT7YF&tag=syndication-20&ascsubtag=%5Bartid%7C10064.a.38518389%5Bsrc%7Cmsn-us
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: oldnslo on December 16, 2021, 09:14:36 AM: Nope.

I like the concept, not the price. Granted, I am a DIY'er, and the number of brake jobs I do annually is equal to the number of annual Dr visits I attend, then I might not be the right target market for this product.

If I was in a production environment, it might be another story. However a large screwdriver pulled from my extensive and collectible inventory seems to accomplish the end result for me. ;)
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: torqueman2002 on December 16, 2021, 09:48:29 AM: I have used very large size Channellock slip joint pliers.

I have looked at that type of brake tool.

I wonder if I need to pop for one. What is the advantage? :017:
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: jabberwoki on December 16, 2021, 12:38:27 PM: https://www.ebay.com/itm/184902689983?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A190UJPJXmQ7Oi1xaAUrAINQ63&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=184902689983&targetid=1262376589136&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=1027744&poi=&campaignid=15275224983&mkgroupid=131097072938&rlsatarget=pla-1262376589136&abcId=9300697&merchantid=427096318&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6qi_xfvo9AIV_GxvBB0B5QPUEAQYASABEgJrnfD_BwE
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: fatfillup on December 16, 2021, 12:44:26 PM: Have sold several of them to pro wrenches and get asked for them often.

I would say a great timesaver
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: stokester on December 16, 2021, 05:47:31 PM: Yes, I used it on most every pad change when I worked at the Chevy shop. I found it easy to use and worked on every type of caliper but don't remember paying that much for it.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: jabberwoki on December 16, 2021, 09:40:16 PM: Made in USA for the win.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: gtermini on December 17, 2021, 11:47:52 AM: I found a small/medium H-Bar puller used as a pusher against one of the old pads on the piston side works just fine, and was already in my toolbox. But I don't do brakes very often.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: TexasT on December 18, 2021, 08:57:49 AM: I just use the old pad and a c clamp to force the piston in. I already have the clamp out as I use it to get the caliper off.
Title: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: goodfellow on December 18, 2021, 09:05:05 AM: I have a similar tool, but never use it. I just got used to taking the old pad and using large water pump pliers to compress the piston(s). I guess we stick with what we were taught as youngsters.

My dad and grandpa always used the water pump pliers. Although in their day, disc brakes were a novelty.

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Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: slip knot on December 18, 2021, 09:25:29 AM: Only us old folks know what water pump pliers are. 🤔🤔
Title: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: goodfellow on December 18, 2021, 09:35:48 AM: Quote from: slip knot on December 18, 2021, 09:25:29 AM
Only us old folks know what water pump pliers are.
Yeah - I guess I’m dating myself by using that term. LOL

.. but “tongue and groove” pliers sounds just strange to me.

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Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: TexasT on December 19, 2021, 11:14:55 AM: Quote from: slip knot on December 18, 2021, 09:25:29 AM
Only us old folks know what water pump pliers are. 🤔🤔
Not everyone had to go out to the pump with a bucket to get water.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: oldnslo on December 19, 2021, 03:10:59 PM: ^ That's right!

For me, it was a 4 mile trek, uphill both ways to the creek. Filling the bathtub was an all day job reserved for Tues water hauls.

:)
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: DeadNutz on December 19, 2021, 06:18:05 PM: Quote from: oldnslo on December 19, 2021, 03:10:59 PM
^ That's right!

For me, it was a 4 mile trek, uphill both ways to the creek. Filling the bathtub was an all day job reserved for Tues water hauls.

:)

Piece of cake OnS. I had to cross 2 valleys in the deep snow and break through a foot of ice to get the water. Oh, and both buckets leaked. ;)
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: oldnslo on December 19, 2021, 07:01:28 PM: Yeah, guess I forgot about the ice, and setting up a bonfire to melt the ice blocks in order to melt the ice. That took the LONGEST time.

In my later years my brother told me it was easier to drag the ice blocks home. I always hated my brother for telling my that in my 20's.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: Uncle Buck on November 17, 2022, 09:46:17 PM: Pop always used a 6" c clamp to compress the piston in the caliper with great success so being a home wrench I never saw a need to do it any other way since that worked equally well for me.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: wantedabiggergarage on November 17, 2022, 11:31:29 PM: Quote from: goodfellow on December 18, 2021, 09:35:48 AM
Quote from: slip knot on December 18, 2021, 09:25:29 AM
Only us old folks know what water pump pliers are.
Yeah - I guess I’m dating myself by using that term. LOL

.. but “tongue and groove” pliers sounds just strange to me.

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Tongue and groove pliers are the smaller ones, water pump pliers were the larger ones.

Am I the only one here, that still has a water bag?
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: PowderKeg on November 27, 2022, 11:38:11 AM: I need to check in a lot more often, have a rear job on the Roo coming up soon, have used c-clamps or Vice Grip welder clamps in the past but always felt awkward and clumsy and concerned about jamming a piston, will have to ponder one of these - VERY low bar to justify a purchase...
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: Uncle Buck on January 05, 2023, 09:02:19 PM: Grew up using a 6" or larger c clamp with the pad on the screw side nested in the piston. Never needed anything else and it seemed to always work fine. That does look very nice though.
Title: Re: Anybody use this type of brake tool?
Post by: john k on January 05, 2023, 09:25:16 PM: Guy on utube, full time mechanic uses one. Looks slick, wish I had one when I was in the shop. Never saw one, being the old guy at work the tool guys had quit talking to me. Always used my big Channelocks (name brand) to push the pistons back.