Anyone in Houston have a Brake Tool I Can Borrow

[AJT]

I am going to change my pads this weekend, anyone have a tool I can borrow?

Thanks
Andy

 

[Steve Ferguson]

You can use a pair of angled needle-nose pliers.

 

[AJT]

I have an 02 RT/10, I was told this takes a tool. I will go ahead & order tool with EBC greens. I have done 20-30 ford brake jobs & 20 -30 Chev. jobs, but never a Dodge.

Is there anything special I need to know about doing a Viper brake job?
Do the pistons push in like a GM, or do they twist in?
Is it better to use a floor jack, or jack provided with car on lift points?
Any other tricks to it?
I read on an earlier
post that the torque setting is 90 - 100ft lbs. Is this right?

Thanks for the help

Andy

 

[ryan 94RT]

Andy

I just did my 96 gts pads and changed the brake fluid. The job is easy and shouldnt take long at all with all the other times you have done pads.

1 the fronts are easy just pop out the pin push in the calipers
and put new pads in.
2 the rears use the tool or a the needle nose and turn it back in . i think it went in clock wise.
3 the torque is 90-100 i go to 100 for track use.

hope all goes well.

 

[2002graphiteviper]

Just use a different tool... I too got suckered into ordering this tool - for a whopping $40 or $60 - it arrives - and I laugh...

If you want - I could send mine down to you - but I have a feeling that you could make something else work... Plus - after shipping - then we would have wasted even more on this precious little Viper tool...

Oh, just remembered, the tool has a name - and any tire shop should have the tool... Sorry, can't remember what they called it... But they did tell me that every shop should have one - see if you can borrow it from a shop for a while if nothing else works...

 

[1TONY1]

I made one using a socket, just cut/grind off the open end to get your two tabs.

 

[cstegall]

Andy,

I received one of those tools when I got my EBC's from JonB. Let me know and I will send it down to you and you can send it to my Houston office when you are through using it.
Let me know if I can help.


No Flame Intended...Just Observation,
CStegall

 

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I made one using a socket, just cut/grind off the open end to get your two tabs.
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Excellent idea Tony!

 

[AndyR]

Referring to an old post, I believe Tony-Vipermad used a 15MM socket to make the tool. I used needle nosed pliers with success myself.

 

[LPE 383]

you can also put speed bleeders in, open them and that will allow the piston to push in without much pressure at all.

 

[viperdoctor]

I have one in Sugar Land that I used on my 2001 rears...You can PM me if you want to make arrangements to borrow it...

 

[Bad_Byte]

You can also use a pair of somewhat beefy straight needle nose plyers.

 

[KERS-VPR]

does the rear piston turn in clockwise or counter-clockwise?