A bit of a specialist market here but if your on the look out for this sort of thing I think this is a bit of a bargain. At least a tenner cheaper than Ebay for the same kit (some are 4 times this price). I bought a single wind back tool from Eurocarparts for more and this kit has both left and right handed winders.
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othen
13 Sep 17#1
Wonderful - but of course almost no one will need a kit this good. I have the single wind back tool (it fits several common sizes) and have not found any cars that it does not fit so far.
I really can't imagine that anyone on this forum will need this item, but I'll vote hot anyway as it would be a good price in the hypothetical case that someone did need it.
thefinest1 to othen
14 Sep 17#35
is it the "cube" tool you have?
othen to thefinest1
14 Sep 17#37
I don't think so. Mine looks just like the winder part of this one, but it only has a couple of the slotted discs. In practice the two common sized have fitted every car I have worked on with the parking brake on the rear discs, so it is always always adequate. It cost about a fiver from eBay.
As I said above, this is a good tool at a cheap price, but hardly anyone will need it. I even thought of getting it myself until I realised that I would be unlikely to need it in the next decade (and I work on quite a few cars, my own and for friends).
Typey1
13 Sep 17#2
Bargain for what you get! This will sort my Saab rear brakes, cheers op
othen to Typey1
13 Sep 17#4
You may well find that your Saab has drum parking brakes built in to the rear discs, so you will not need a wind back tool at all (you can just push the calipers back for the discs and wind the drums back with a screwdriver).
Infiltrator to othen
13 Sep 17#19
With a screwdriver with great difficulty - working out which way to turn the adjuster is the first challenge. Just another one of those simple jobs on a saab made difficult - oil pressure sensor - aarghhh.....
othen to Infiltrator
14 Sep 17#33
But this kit would not help one iota with Typey1's Saab rear brakes - it is only for cars with parking brakes that operate on the discs.
This is a cheap price, but hardly anyone will need it.
ScoobyZ
13 Sep 17#3
Yep ideal for rear disc as they have to be wound back in certain directions.
barneyonion
13 Sep 17#5
I have this kit and its a lot better than mucking around with g clamps. Worth 15quid.
BargainMad
13 Sep 17#6
Cracking deal op. A comprehensive kit for less than the cost of singular specific item. Cheers, the missus will be pleased with this birthday present!
rhinopaul
13 Sep 17#7
I think I paid about £28 for an identical kit and well worth it especially if you have multiple cars in the household as I do.
MrRee
13 Sep 17#8
This is a bargain ,,,,,, I have 4 cars to look after and these are a must.
I don't understand the G Clamp comment above, these are where G Clamps are an absolute NO NO unless you want to destroy your wind back pistons and calipers!
berisford to MrRee
13 Sep 17#11
I might go for this kit though I've used a G clamp to wind back pistons for 25 years, never had any trouble apart from the usual balancing act getting the clamp just right......
geoffreyt to berisford
13 Sep 17#12
G clamps for push back cylinders, this for wind back!
berisford to geoffreyt
14 Sep 17#34
No, wind back, that's the point of using the G clamp, the head on the clamp spins as you apply force....
barneyonion to MrRee
14 Sep 17#29
Just to clarify these kits also work on caliper pistons with no rotation like on my corolla. The attachment is a circular lip that pushes them back in straight. Better than g clamp as it cant slip.
N42
13 Sep 17#9
Excellent price. I paid approx £15 for my laser tool. Which only fits a handful of cars.
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I really can't imagine that anyone on this forum will need this item, but I'll vote hot anyway as it would be a good price in the hypothetical case that someone did need it.
As I said above, this is a good tool at a cheap price, but hardly anyone will need it. I even thought of getting it myself until I realised that I would be unlikely to need it in the next decade (and I work on quite a few cars, my own and for friends).
This is a cheap price, but hardly anyone will need it.
I don't understand the G Clamp comment above, these are where G Clamps are an absolute NO NO unless you want to destroy your wind back pistons and calipers!