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Jan 19th, 2019, 11:34 | #1 |
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Rear Brakes and CV Joint..
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2012 C30 R Design has just ailed his MOT with Rear Brake Pads CV Joint Drivers Side Garage want to charge £200 to put right. The CV joint I am not keen on doing myself as I believe the hub has to come off. Should I buy a genuine volvo part and let a garage do it?? But pads should be simple I guess as I have done front pads before. Is there a guide for the rear brakes, and do I need a wind back tool, or any special tools for this?? Please help?
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Jan 20th, 2019, 16:15 | #3 |
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If you don't have a windback tool, a pair of needle nose pliers will do it. Just stick the ends in the recesses and spin your pliers around. Should wind back very easily.
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I found that very much didn't work for me.. :P My car sat on axle stands for about 4 days waiting for the right tool to arrive after I tried that and failed.
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Jan 20th, 2019, 18:27 | #5 |
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Caliper windback tool
Hi Chiptivo,
Dont know if you managed to get your rear brakes sorted, but i had to replace rear pads on a C30 some months ago, in the past have used long nosed pliers to rotate the caliper piston, but found there was no way on earth this was going to work with that approach, maybe you found the same thing, had a look to see where i could buy a windback tool - note these have to have the pins exactly the right distance apart for the calper piston holes.. anyway ended up resorting to making something with whatever i had to hand (will post a picture in a bit) the tool worked surprisingly well as it gave me the extra leverage needed to get the rather reluctant piston to start turning .. had to anchor the caliper on one of the slide pins in order to be able to get the caliper held securely enough to turn it with the homebrewed tool So like a lot of jobs you only need to get stuck at one tricky point and until you have got past that your stuck with the car on axle stands going nowhere |
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Jan 20th, 2019, 21:26 | #6 |
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I did it a few months back, replacing the front and rear pads. Front was easy as expected, the rear was a bit difficult in terms of pushing back the piston, the windback tool I have, the pins, do not match the caliper piston holes, so the last resort was the nosed pliers to rotate and at the same time pushing back the piston. It was not easy, but with a bit of sweat, nerves and muscle tension, i did it.
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