Easy to make it yourself! Brake Pad Spreader Caliper Piston Tool DIY

Pushing back the brake piston is difficult to do by hand. And prying with a tool will only damage the brake piston. The brake piston should be pushed in or turned in evenly slowly. This piece of homemade tool can help with that.
Do you have a C-clamp? That will work as well. But when you don't have one..
In some ways you have to make your own tools. This brake caliper piston press tool is one of them. Yes you can go to the shop and buy a Brake Pad Spreader for about $10. But you can make your own to compress the brake piston. It doesn't have to look perfect. Save some money and use some scrap metal to fix it. Have fun with homemade tools!
Material used: a piece of iron, two nuts, a threaded rod and a socket from a ratchet wrench set.
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[@martyfixed]

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[@SoranSuleiman]

Thanks for the good work.

[@marvinrodriguez4071]

Literally great

[@MrRunner]

It's always good to make your own stuff. The problem here is that the use of these style of caliper tools is very limited. They will not wind back the majority of rear caliper pistons, which must be rotated as they compress.

[@michaelwalsh9145]

Very true but many cars don’t have to have the pistons wound back especially on older cars.

[@bottmar1]

Just use a "C"clamp vise grip. Quicker by far. Done that for fifty two years.

[@Chad-ski]

Great idea. My only suggestion is to weld the nut with the screwed bar in place and cut the screwed bar with the nut on the bar. This way it is easier to start the threads?

[@rajabkz9107]

thx❤

[@paulbouverette503]

Never have an issue simply using a c clamp. Why do all this?

[@brettneuberger6466]

Or you click buy now on Amazon.

[@martyfixed]

Then you miss all the fun 😀

[@Dan0rioN]

ALMOST perfect.. Everybody saying C-clamp is easir is dumb af lol.. How wide did you make the metal slab & how long is the bolt?

[@gadeonmusic]

It's easier with a C-clamp trust me

[@curtisj2165]

Did that with an old brake pad, easy peasy

[@thurm101]

Of course it is. But he could’ve put a impact drill on that nut and it would’ve been so much easier trust me.

[@nicholaswarman7553]

I love your workmanship skills. However you know you can buy a tool exactly like that for about ten bucks.

[@martyfixed]

Thnx! Yes that’s the easy way

[@curtisj2165]

A g clamp and an old brake pad worked well for me. Zero effort and zero dollars

[@michaelwalsh9145]

Why pay 10 bucks when you can do it with a 39 cent bolt and scrap metal?

[@curtisj2165]

@@michaelwalsh9145 life is too short to be making tools that you can buy for little money

[@theseconddarrin3788]

@@curtisj2165 some people get a sense of accomplishment in making things that most people have to buy.

[@robertwieczorek5838]

Cut my finger and pull two metal shavings outta my eye later. Ya, my welder, I'll just pull it out. Or...... by one for $25 lol

[@curtisj2165]

Less than $25

[@Search1110]

buy a piston compressor. it's only 20 bucks. sucker.

[@martyfixed]

No eat something before commenting of just read the description first. Lol

[@Search1110]

@@martyfixed why you did then?

[@mewho8519]

What a waste of time and effort. Lol!