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Home made mmwv brake tool.
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Let me see, if I go down to the auto parts store and ask for a $28 tool they will know what I am talking about, yes??Home made mmwv brake tool.
I only needed to drink the shafts in the front. I also made my own tool that costed me was less. Worked like a charm. Shaved the pins down to fit.The rears are easier to get to but you need a special tool to retract the pistons. Only other way is to remove the calipers completely and retract them with channel locks in a vise.
Don’t take the rear apart until you’ve got a plan to retract the pistons. Here’s the tool I used
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Rear Brake Caliper Compression Tool
Essential tool for changing rear brake pads. The rear brake on the Hummer / H1 must be alternately turned and compressed to release the parking brake and collapse the piston.…modmafia.com
I don’t recall if I was able to do the fronts without dropping the half shafts, though it’s not that hard and nord lock washers are cheap from HPG.
That definitely works too lolI only needed to drink the shafts in the front. I also made my own tool that costed me was less. Worked like a charm. Shaved the pins down to fit.
I didn't remove the undercarriage braces as well but removed the calipers and broke the driver side hard line. This caused me to just eff it and replace them with steel braided so I can remove the caliper and not have to breed in the future. The caliper can dangle by the steel braided line just fine without risk of breaking unlike the oem linesThat definitely works too lol
I didn’t want to remove the calipers and bleed the system again. I put fresh fluid in a few months back. That tool really makes the rear pad job a breeze and quick.
I don’t even remove the undercarriage protection bars. Just the parking brake cable clips and 2 caliper bolts.
That is a great tip on the tool!
Thanks for sharing.
I had them custom made with the fittings I wanted and measurements. Costed 200 but well worth it considering they're much more reliable and converts the caliper connection with a banjo bolt connector. I also plan on wrapping it with spiral tube protector to keep the silicone cover and steel braided prettyHow much were those braided lines and where can I get them?
A little splanin on the custom made thing please. Who, What pieces, Where......... ThanksI had them custom made with the fittings I wanted and measurements. Costed 200 but well worth it considering they're much more reliable and converts the caliper connection with a banjo bolt connector. I also plan on wrapping it with spiral tube protector to keep the silicone cover and steel braided pretty
THANK YOU, I usually don't like changing much on the truck but I think you have found an item to improve on THANKS again.Who: I went to a local shop that does custom brake lines and provided the specs on what I wanted. the beta models have worked extremely well and allow me to hang the calipers just by the steel braided lines. solid thangs.
What pieces: there is an AN fitting that connects to the splitter in the rear. I used an adapter on both sides of the splitter to attach the oe style fittings back onto the splitter. the fitting attached to the caliper has been changed to a banjo bolt style attachment, allowing for a delete of an additional fitting as seen in the stock line. (line into adapter into caliper) I used copper crush washers to form a solid seal. the steel braided lines have a pft coating inside with the steel braid being the next layer and another silicone abrasion resistant coating being the third and outermost layer allowing for corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance.
Where: I am located in Oceanside CA. If anyone wants a set, you can PM me.
The idea came after I saw a friend's post about the stock line getting eaten up by the cv shaft and they lost brakes. kinda scary. then It can time to do my own pads. in doing so, I found how it was to manipulate the hard lines after slightly bending them (and breaking them) so that the fittings aligned with the hole on the caliper and I can meet the threads up. not to mention, after studying the stock brake line, we can see several failure points and a soft line prone to drying up and cracking and even expanding under pressure which gives the brake pedal a spongy feel. Now my lines are solid and this thing brakes like a bmw m5 lol.
I want to apologize fo the delay in posting. I am a registered nurse and Im in school for my doctorate as a nurse practitioner, so I am very preoccupied with studies and work. Good ole gi bill at work lol.
I think what sparked the idea was someone's post on here where their brakes lost power and it was because the line drooped down onto the cv axle and got chewed up. kind of scared the beans out of me. Then it came time to do my own pads and it was difficult to refeed the fittings onto the caliper after the hard line was slightly bent.THANK YOU, I usually don't like changing much on the truck but I think you have found an item to improve on THANKS again.
1. This is the link to the tool: https://www.amazon.com/Performance-...cphy=9061195&hvtargid=pla-1744303053308&psc=1Let me see, if I go down to the auto parts store and ask for a $28 tool they will know what I am talking about, yes??
You give no actual information about the tool... Or the part number for the brake line
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