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Postby yardeyar » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:48 pm

Hi all.... just wondering where can I buy a five sided spanner for the bolts on the rear calipers / hangers please? Thanks!
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Postby stephendell » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:40 pm

You can buy or order a pentagonal socket from most good motor factors.
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Postby muffy » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:36 am

I got a pentagonal socket set for the brakes off good old ebay, earlyer this year, came in a plastic box with two different sized sockets ,less than a tenner with postage !
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Postby simontaylor » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:37 am

60 of them on ebay tonight too.
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Postby muffy » Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:37 am

I got a pentagonal socket set for the brakes off good old ebay, earlyer this year, came in a plastic box with two different sized sockets ,less than a tenner with postage !
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Postby jonc » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:16 pm

Just a quick note on these - although they look like the ones to get the calliper off the upright, they're not and the manual states that these should NOT be undone/removed.

So, if you're just trying to get the callipers off to change the discs, you don't need the pentagonal socket.

I'm sure you already know this but I just wanted to check.
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Postby yardeyar » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:49 pm

Hi all, thanks for the replies, the piston is seized and no matter what I do I cannot free it so if I remove the hanger it will make it easier to access the piston without doing any damage..... What size are the pentagonal bolts ??mm!
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Postby clee » Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:02 pm

If the piston is siezed then you really need to take the caliper off and refurb .
You are winding it in aren't you ? It does not just push back it needs to be rotated .
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Postby yardeyar » Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:06 pm

Yes I'm winding it, its a caliper I recently bought which needs to be re-furbished!
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Postby simontaylor » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:50 pm

I have a pair of rear calipers for sale,
with working hand brake cables attached too.
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Postby jonc » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:50 am

yardeyar wrote:Hi all, thanks for the replies, the piston is seized and no matter what I do I cannot free it so if I remove the hanger it will make it easier to access the piston without doing any damage..... What size are the pentagonal bolts ??mm!
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If you're trying to remove the calliper, it's not the pentagonal bolts you should be attacking but the regular 17mm(?) bolts nearby.

Check out this page of the workshop manual. You've probably already got the correct socket...
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Postby clee » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:56 am

I think yeah fella is wanting to remove the retainer bracket so he can attack the piston with some force .Leaving the caliper attached to keep it from moving about when he does so .....
If the piston needs that much force to move it then , to use a technical term ,it's f ucked :lol:
Take if off fella .
You can remove the pentagonal bolts but you need to torque them properly and must use threadlock .
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Postby yardeyar » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:28 pm

Hi all... got the piston free and handbrake working!
All sorted so thanks again for all your comments!
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