Went to change my pads yesterday to find that on neither side could I wind the piston in far enough to fit over the new pads when fitted, kept winding and winding and nothing happened. Handbrake lever was right against the stop (fully off...).

 

Current pads are ~6k old and in total are 16mm thick each while the new pads are 17mm.

 

Callipers are ~4k old.

 

Wanted to change the pads as I'm getting a lot of noise braking in reverse and believe its due to uneven wear on the passenger pads caused by a twisted carrier which was changed ~3k ago.

 

Am I going insane? Missing the bleeding obvious? Are there different thickness pads for the 256mm setup?

Is the cable end at calliper free? Or is there still tension?

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Free. The lever is right on the 'off' stop.

 

Have return springs on since day 1 too.

The 256s are prone to being noisy in reverse. Typically referred to as the mooing noise. You can get an anti squeal kit, which are bigger weights

did you take the brake fluid lid off?

did you take the brake fluid lid off?

 

Fark. :(

Fark. :(

These things happen...

Edited 27 December, 201510 yr by LGM

These things happen...

 

Normally I'd have been doing a bleed or fluid change so would have had it off by default... but the fluid is 3months old or so.

 

I blame the rain... :( Oh well...

The 256s are prone to being noisy in reverse. Typically referred to as the mooing noise. You can get an anti squeal kit, which are bigger weights

As above,will still be noisey without the anti moo kit fitted.

Which seem to cost a fortune iirc.

I just took a load from citroens at the scrap yard which seem to have them

Which seem to cost a fortune iirc.

I just took a load from citroens at the scrap yard which seem to have them

 

Ah bugger that then. I'm not going to put Citroen parts on my car!

It is a risk I suppose, it will become 0.5% more unreliable.

It is a risk I suppose, it will become 0.5% more unreliable.

 

Nah, it'll be fine, it's not electrical.