Caliper Pins are a bitch

[Bux]

After realising they were solid and wouldn't budge I bought myself a new set to replace them...

1 of the pins came out intact and reasonably straight, the other 3 however.. well the picture speaks for itself

Here's the pins after they were removed

 

[GrumpyTwig]

How on earth did you bend them so much? When I removed mine they felt pretty tough :s

 

[Bux]

How on earth did you bend them so much? When I removed mine they felt pretty tough :s

Well people do say if you keep hitting them they eventually come free... well they don't. They bend.

 

[Arran]

What a mess! Expensive, but I bet your glad you eventually got there with them!

 

[Bux]

What a mess! Expensive, but I bet your glad you eventually got there with them!

Yeah i'm really glad they're done now. No more squeaky brakes either

It was expensive but considering that I had to do this to the pins to get them out, they really needed doing.

 

[Roy]

mine were the same mate but had to cut 2 of them they bent that bad

 

[marshall]

Poor Poor Poor Design!!

 

[BenW]

I never really understand this problem, mine came out pretty easily. Car was about 3 years old and on ~25k miles with original pads.

It may be a case of how hard you hit the pins. Quick hard knock may be the best method to break the corrosion before gentle knocks to tap the pins fully out.

 

[marshall]

Do the likes of the Evos etc that have similar Brembo setups have the same problems?!

 

[Willis]

They use a different style pin... There's a thread on here where somebody has had that style pin machined ro fit the Clio, I think they're around £30.

Mine ended up bending too, so I cut the pins in half which made the job a whole lot easier... The new ones were nicely lube'd though so hopefully I won't have the same problem next time.

 

[Bux]

Mine ended up bending too, so I cut the pins in half which made the job a whole lot easier... The new ones were nicely lube'd though so hopefully I won't have the same problem next time.

These bent so much that they snapped, didn't have to bother cutting them

 

[R1chard]

Bux I had the exact same problem with mine as well, had to beat the absolute grannies out of them! was probably the hardest pad change I've ever done.

 

[Klinck]

I unloaded almost a whole can of penetrating fluid on the collar of mine and they came out after some persuasion fairly straight, if I haft bought new ones I could probably have gotten away with using them again...

 

[mrpink]

Wow, they're bad! Never seen any as bent as that!

I do indeed offer a different design ( pinned at the top of this forum).

http://www.clio197.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10578

 

[Foxspeed]

one of the other issues with these pins is the actual hammer blow....if your going to knock them out make sure its with a heavy hammer blow to give them a good shock to get them moving...if not they bend !

 

[paulvault]

Mine also wouldnt budge, was left with one stuck in, had to cut it to get one half out and drill out the other by running a smaller drill bit through it and punching the rest out, luckily it did all come out without causing any damage to the caliper (thanks dad haha). very poor design but a six monthly strip n clean should stop this problem from occuring again :thumbsup:

 

[minesaturbo]

worth getting pins just in case

 

[pacman.]

Had i right nightmare today!!! got 3 of 4 pins out just one wouldn't budge no matter how much smacking, wd40 and swearing it took so in the end gave up on the RH side caliper. All i wanted to do is get the pads out for a clean and inspection as i have had monumental squeeking going on.

Any advice on how to get the last pin out ??

 

[Mardgee]

Did mine in preparation for a track day this week. Me and a mate had no problem getting them out. WD 40, little taps backwards and forwards and 3 came out.
4th one had a little bit of heat from a Halfords blow torch and out she popped within seconds.

 

[GrumpyTwig]

Part of the official Renault service kit apparently!

Only thing to do is apply some WD40 and leave it over night, a lot of people end up cutting them if you still can't get them out.