405 Rear Caliper Tool

addo · Post by **addo** » 30 Jun 2010, 10:53

What are people using? I've just found mine are all but frozen solid; no movement either way with the bleeder cracked open.

Thanks, Adam.

spider · Post by **spider** » 30 Jun 2010, 10:59

From memory, just a flat bar ?

addo · Post by **addo** » 30 Jun 2010, 12:21

It's Series 1½, the piston face notches aren't clean across like a Xantia piston. They're triangular or veed, starting from nothing at the inward tip to deepen at the outer edge.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 30 Jun 2010, 13:59

Adam something like this ebay listting should do for all your calliper requirements

260574696272

regards malcolm

addo · Post by **addo** » 30 Jun 2010, 23:06

Thanks for the pointer. I just discovered a new Google trick - you type in "ebay item #####" where the hashes are the item number - it brings up the exact link and page faster than Fleabay itself.

Tool is cheap enough; I've seen them under another brand locally but somewhat dearer. Time to find out if the seller will bend his rules about posting overseas.

Are the rear 405 calipers a LH thread? Something (memory?) tells me they are.

Post by **myglaren** » 01 Jul 2010, 06:52

If you highlight the number and right click then select "Search Google for..." it comes up immediately. - this is Epiphany that is a bit stripped down.
Firefox has a search bar to the right of the address bar with drop downs for Google, Yahooooo! Amazon and eBay, among others.

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 01 Jul 2010, 08:06

that Sealey tool is very cheap, also if you just do a google search for brake calliper wind back tool, you will find loads of them, so you might find an ebayer willing to ship to AUZ,

regards malcolm

addo · Post by **addo** » 01 Jul 2010, 08:19

Yes, I looked up Sealey's RRP and it's £120.

Forty quid sounds much nicer, even if I pay near the same again for carriage.

I've a hunch there's the odd FCF member who'll play agent-designate in the event of boneheaded Ebay sellers. De-SORNed the Alfa today (well, our local equivalent) so some pressure is off - back with two working cars.

addo · Post by **addo** » 05 Jul 2010, 12:37

Tool purchased, but it's coming via FCF Couriers International PLC, and their sub-agents Royal Mail. Looking forward to seeing what more mischief I can do...

addo · Post by **addo** » 21 Jul 2010, 12:52

I have to conclude there is a postie somewhere, who's recently added a Sealey brake tool set to his kit.

£46-odd for the tool set, more than that for airmail; two weeks and no sign thereof.

Will probably invoke Murphy and buy another one on Friday...

addo · Post by **addo** » 22 Jul 2010, 00:22

Postie turned up, smelling of DOT4, hands blackened with brake soot, waving my Sealey tool set. Yay!

Two weeks in transit is deffo the slow boat...

addo · Post by **addo** » 25 Aug 2010, 00:11

Two weeks in transit is deffo the slow boat...

Not true! The 32 days it took a 405 caliper seal kit to come from Germany by airfreight is my present record-holder.

Sealey tool T-bar bends easily. Well, it does when your 405 caliper is so massively seized.

Now have one rebuilt caliper installed, one to go.

jgra1 · Post by **jgra1** » 25 Aug 2010, 07:52

good stuff Adam

32 days is pretty dire..