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motsco_ - 05 Oct 2007 04:26 GMT

I've serviced a few sets of (my own) Honda brakes that had the seized
'slider pins'. The most obvious symptom is when the pads wear out three
times as fast on one side of the rotor than the other. They are numbers
14& 16 on this (typical) diagram:

http://tinyurl.com/yss53w

When the pins seize you can use the bolt to fasten the frame part of the
caliper assembly to something immovable (like your trailer hitch) and
then you wiggle the frame back and forth while slowly extracting the pin
from it's hole.

Has anybody ever seen a 'puller' that's made specifically for getting
them apart?

'Curly'

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Tegger - 05 Oct 2007 14:00 GMT

motsco_ <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote in news:13gbbgv1lo423f6
@corp.supernews.com:

> I've serviced a few sets of (my own) Honda brakes that had the seized
> 'slider pins'. The most obvious symptom is when the pads wear out three
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Has anybody ever seen a 'puller' that's made specifically for getting
> them apart?

Are you referring to the pins being seized in the holes in the caliper
mount bracket?

If so, all you need to do is leave the mount bracket in place, and use a
set of Vise Grips to wiggle the pin out of its hole. It's a lot easier to
do that than to fuss with the pins with the mount bracket removed from the
car.

There is a special socket that's used for the fuel filter. That socket also
fits the pin's head. The only problem is that with the socket, you can't
turn and pull at the same time the way you can with the Vise Grips. I
prefer Vise Grips, even though they can chew up the pin's head a little
bit.

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motsco_ - 05 Oct 2007 15:40 GMT

> motsco_ <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote in news:13gbbgv1lo423f6
> @corp.supernews.com:
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
> prefer Vise Grips, even though they can chew up the pin's head a little
> bit.

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Like you said, if you remove it from the car you can't turn and pull at
the same time. That's why I attached it to my yard tractor. I'd like a
tool that looks like a cork remover that would pull those suckers outa
there in about 30 seconds. Leaving the assembly bolted to the car sounds
like a good idea, but without a HOIST, the angle was a bit low to the
ground for pulling /wiggling. :-(

'Curly'

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Tegger - 05 Oct 2007 17:08 GMT

> Like you said, if you remove it from the car you can't turn and pull
> at the same time. That's why I attached it to my yard tractor. I'd
> like a tool that looks like a cork remover that would pull those
> suckers outa there in about 30 seconds. Leaving the assembly bolted to
> the car sounds like a good idea, but without a HOIST, the angle was a
> bit low to the ground for pulling /wiggling. :-(

Try a slide hammer. Put the bolt back in the pin, clamp the bracket in a
vise, then whack away.

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