3.3TT Brembo Piston Rewind Tool Question

[DonM]

I'm about to update my brakes with EBC rotors/pads. When researching piston rewind tools it appeared that there are tools specific to this caliper set yet I could not find a way to filter the choices for my car specifically.

Does anyone have any insight into what I should be looking for? If I simply get the set on loan from AutoZone will I get everything I need?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Kodiack]

I have done my brakes 3 times and have never required anything other than a small prybar to push the pistons in, simply remove fluid reservoir cover before you do the brakes, remove the retaining pins and then squeeze the tops of the pads together and you will fell the pistons go in. If required use the pry bar to apply a little more inward pressure. They retract very easy in my experience.

 

[NS_Stinger]

You don't need a rewind tool, half the time I can push mine back in with my thumbs.

 

[D.J.]

You don't need any special tool, but Kia lists one anyway!

 

[Snowwhite]

That tool is a great pad spreader, but no need for special order form kia. This is almost identical:
Amazon link

 

[DonM]

Fantastic! I suppose the fact they can be slid back in without the rewind tool is the reason I couldn't filter for the Brembos on the websites I was looking at. Long ago I had four piston Kelsey-Hayes disc brakes on a car and they all slid in by hand but since then, every car I've had with discs has required the rewind tool at least on the rear calipers.

Thanks again everyone. So glad this forum exists.

 

[oddball]

It depends on how the parking brake is implemented. The cheapest way is to use a caliper that has a stud that pushes on the back of the piston. The parking brake winds out the stud to force the caliper to clamp on the disc, then unwinds when released. These keep moving out to track pad wear, so they have to be wound back in when replacing the pads. These also tend to rust, leak, seize, get f'd by guys trying to use that little cube tool, etc. Or the newer ones that mount an electric motor right to the caliper to run the stud. Those have a maintenance procedure to tell the computers to wind the stud out, then have to be re-calibrated.

High performance cars tend to have drum-in-hat. There's a mini drum brake inside the rotor hat that's the parking brake. So now the caliper is just a normal caliper. It's a bunch of extra parts though. It's pretty much a necessity with fixed caliper brakes.

 

[DonM]

Oddball - thank you for the detailed explanation. I really hadn't thought about the type of p-brake being used influencing the caliper design but after reading your note I realized what you described exactly mirrors my experience. Frankly, I"m glad to have the style of caliper we do.

Thanks again!