Front brake pad removal

[Silver LS]

How do I remove the brake pad retaining pins? Do they tap out like a roll pin>

 

[06mach1]

yes they tap out like a roll pin.

 

[SGwick]

http://youtu.be/d9BP9zFZP60

 

[Silver LS]

Thanks. I knew it should be easy.

 

[blacksheep-1]

FWIW Lisle, or maybe Snap On, makes a ratcheting type pad expander that works real good. We welded 2 plates on ours to make it easier because it was mustang specific.

Looks like this...well, look slike IMGUR folded, so maybe later

 

[JScottGT]

There is a very simple tool sold by Full Tilt Boogie

It's really a 3" wide flat steel, with a 20-deg bend near the end. Then a 1/4" bar welded at 90-deg. It's a very easy tool to use. Leave one pad in, put this tool in where the other pad was, and use the cross-bar to push in the two pistons. Then place the new pad in that space, and repeat for the other pad. It makes swapping the pads take about 5-min per corner, including jacking up the car, and removing the wheel.