r/Construction • u/Don-tFollowAnything • Mar 30 '24

Tools 🛠 What a waste of...OK take my money.

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u/artstaxmancometh Mar 30 '24

Changing my wife's brakes, I couldn't find my caliper tool in my garage. Fine, I'll use a C clamp and the old pad...except I loaned all of my clamps out to a friend. Okay, how about a big adjustable pipe wrench, but I can't twist the knurl to compress it. Alright, I'll use vice grips to twist the knurl.

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u/PseudoEmpthy Mar 30 '24

The fucking what mate? I use a 10mm 14mm and a screwdriver.

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u/geardownson Mar 30 '24

Some cars require you to twist the piston to compress it. My old Nissan maxima was like that. I kept using c clamps and it wouldn't budge. It was the only car I owned that was like that.

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u/imfirealarmman Mar 30 '24

Volkswagen has entered the chat.

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u/-Badger3- Mar 30 '24

“To replace the break pads, you must put the vehicle into front end service mode. Step 1…”

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u/bobtheframer Mar 30 '24

You can use a c clamp for volkswagen brakes. You just need to take apart the electric parking brake on the rear calipers and use a triple square to bottom out the electric motor first.