siezed brake pad pins

[daveb]

A solution I used on my 955 years ago was to take out the wheel so that I could get at the calliper easier. Cut a small portion off the pin at the far end so that I could remove the pads. Then, I bent the remainder of the pin 90 degrees so that it then had the leverage of an Allen key. It came loose then. Then you've got to cut off the bent bit and remove what's left in the normal way.

might try this at some point, I was also thinking of slightly shocking the pins by giving them a gentle tab from the wheel side of the caliper.

[daveb]

my birthday pressies arrived, so I got 4 pins to change

[nojohn]

drilled out pin yesterday took a while ,stepped up drill size 5mm to 6.5mm last drill left handed it snagged and turned pin head out stainless going in 

[daveb]

lucky enough I work for an engineering company, the MD offered our machine shop to help me out. 

[daveb]

job done, just re-fit it to the Girly tonight

[Dutch]

As you can read in the "Dutch Queen" topic I joined the club today. Before getting too frustrated I put some penetration fluid on the pin. After about 2 hours I hammered a torx bit in the head and got the pin out. Even put it back in, I'll look for stainless pins in the weekend. Front is one pin per caliper isn't it? So four is the number to look for...

[daveb]

correct Dutch, the rear stainless I ordered came as a pair, fronts stainless were singular. so 1xpair (rear) 2x single front

see the links - hope this helps

Front http://www.squaredeals-ltd.co.uk/stainless-steel-replacement-brake-pad-retaining-pin-front-caliper-58mm-7161-p.asp

Rear http://www.squaredeals-ltd.co.uk/stainless-steel-brake-pad-retaining-pins-rear-caliper-65mm-1xpair-6849-p.asp