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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:02 PM
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Question Pins on Brembos

Changing the breaks today and I can't get the pins to pop out. How hard should it be to pop those out Cause I can't get them to budge?
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:04 PM
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try getting a thin screw driver and hittting the pin with it like a chisel with a hammer. that's how i do it to get em out and it works great every time
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by str8kor
try getting a thin screw driver and hittting the pin with it like a chisel with a hammer. that's how i do it to get em out and it works great every time
Thanks worked perfectly
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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try getting a thin screw driver and hittting the pin with it like a chisel with a hammer. that's how i do it to get em out and it works great every time
or just buy punches.
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by benwara
or just buy punches.
What's a punch and do they sell touch up paint for brembos? The paint on the brembos are more explosive then the paint on the X lol
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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=pin+punch
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Be careful punching out the pins... It is VERY easy to chip the paint on the caliper..
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by benwara
That made me lolz.

BTW it's way to late for not chipping the paint it happened lol
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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they have picks/punches at autozone for like $5 thats what i use.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:16 PM
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Be careful punching out the pins... It is VERY easy to chip the paint on the caliper..
Man you'd hate to see my calipers...
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by brand0n
they have picks/punches at autozone for like $5 thats what i use.
yup - exactly what i did
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