02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers

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Sun 27 Feb 2011 22:31
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - zane

Hello, I changed the rear brake pads on my 02 Mondeo yesterday. Had a devil of a job to get the pistons back in to make space for new pads (broke a decent sized g-clamp trying). Ended up taking them off, getting them in a vice and hammering them back in (desperate men do desperate things!)

Read on a forum today they need to be wound back in with a special tool!!! I didn't notice at the time I am hoping that they would have tracked around as I hammered,

2 questions: What is the purpose of the rotating and do you think I've b*****ed them up inside with my 2 pounder. They appear to be working fine on the road.

Any advice appreciated.

Zane.

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Sun 27 Feb 2011 22:41
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - Collos25

Its part of the automatic take up for the handbrake.You are driving a potential death trap.

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Sun 27 Feb 2011 22:51
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - elekie&a/c doctor

You need a piston wind back tool to prevent damage the the h/brake mechanism.On the left side ,the piston is wound back anticlockwise,so the tool needs to be left and right operation.hth

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Mon 28 Feb 2011 13:15
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - Chris M

"desperate men do desperate things!" ....... and perhaps stupid things as well. What on earth made you think that a caliper made out of alloy would take kindly to being thumped with a 2 pound hammer? Sorry, but you must be a bit inzane.

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Mon 28 Feb 2011 15:49
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - injection doc
WOW ! just goes to show how little knowledge is very dangerous and would of been cheaper to of taken it to someone in the know.
There was a technical bullietn that when these are removed they must then be bleed upsidedown to expel all the air and debris.
I hate to think what state that fine little mechansim is in now and the calipers must of distorted as well. Potentially an accident waiting to happen. Watch out for 02 mondeo estates coming the other way incase the brakes fail !
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Mon 28 Feb 2011 18:33
02 Mondeo diesel Estate - rear brake calipers - zane

Thanks for your comments guys......so it's unanimous then, I am a complete and utter you know what!!

Anyway, looks like I've got a job for next Saturday morning ie buy and fit a couple of new rear brake calipers, that is of course if I survive the week........"death trap" you say....

Thanks again,

Z.

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