Removing the front brake pad – cont.
So if your anything like me then you probably removed your entire front brake system and then began wondering how to remove the brake pad from the front caliper. Well, what we should have done is remove the caliper before bleeding the brakes and use the brake fluid to push the pad with its own piston.
No worries we can still do that.
Here is my make shift contraption for pushing out that brake pad. All I did was reconnect one end of the lower hose to the master cylinder and the other end to the caliper, put a few ounces of brake fluid in the reservoir and squeezed the brake lever. The pad eventually is pushed out by the piston.
Done.
Gross.
Time to clean up the caliper and remove 35 years of gunk from around the piston.
Outer caliper.
After moderate sanding and automotive primer.
Light sanding, two coats of primer, two coats of flat black enamel, six hours in the Texas sun.
Organic.
How did you deal with the broken bleeder bolt? I’ve got the same problem, tried bolt extractor but didn’t work…
BTW Your site rocks!
Hey Christian,
My bleeder screw is never coming out. I tried the bolt extractor as well with no results. I’ve lived without the bleeder screw for a year now and just bleed through the metal brake line. Maybe one day I’ll buy a proper outer caliper with a working bleeder. Thanks for visiting.