8MILELAKE Disc Brake Caliper Compressor Wind Back Tool 24pc Professional Caliper Tool Set

I've been working on cars, trucks, and motorcycles for 53 years. I'm also what could be called a tool freak. I simply love well-made tools. I have so many tools that people are stunned when they enter my shop. Surprisingly, one tool set I don't have is a caliper piston compressor set. That's simply because I've never needed one. I've done more brake jobs over the years that I could count but most have no required spinning the caliper piston while compressing it into the caliper and I just use a fast-action C-clamp or fast-action bar clamp for that. In fact, I'll still do it that way for calipers that don't require spinning the piston because it's faster and more efficient that using a tool like this. (Nothing to assemble, almost no screwing down threads (fast-action), etc. A couple did require turning the pistons but I was able to spin the piston using makeshift methods but that was a bit of a pain. However, I'll be doing two brake jobs soon that I believe will require spinning the caliper piston so I used that as an excuse to add another tool set to my collection. I just received this set and I am very impressed. I am a big suprised at a couple reviews that say their set had soft metal parts that bent. The only thing I can think of is that their set came from a different manufacturer and perhaps their T-handle and thrust bolt (threaded part) was made of pot metal like so many cheap tools from 10 or 20 years ago because every part in my set is good quality heavy steel. The threads are smooth and precise. I haven't used the tools yet but I have examined them carefully and I know good tools when I see them. These are good tools. There is simply no way that the thrust bolt will strip or the T-handles will bend. In addition, the blow-molded case is very nice. I had watched a video where someone used a set similar to this and they struggled to keep piston adapter on the thrust bolt assembly. It kept falling off. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that this tool has a magnetic base that the adapters fit onto. The adapters are held on firmly and will not fall off. As I mentioned, there was a time when so many inexpensive tools were made out of pot metal or otherwise so cheaply made that they were virtually useless, if not dangerous. But, happily, those days are past. There are still some cheap tools on the market, of course, but they are much less common these days. I started my huge tool collection back in teh 1960s. During especially the 1970s, I would expect to pay well over $100 (in 1970s dollars) for a tool set of this type and quality. Today the prices can be amazing. You just have to be careful when you buy tools. I paid less than $22 for this tool set with free shipping and no taxes! If you had told me that I could do that 30 or 40 years ago, I would have thought you were insane. Bottom line: This is a great value assuming you get the same set I have. Many products this day look identical but sometimes they come from different manufacturers so you may not receive the same thing that I received. But, if you do, you should be very happy.

This helped me replace the rear brakes on my 2013 Mazda 3. No attachments were needed, just the tool with the default face worked fine.

The 8MILELAKE Disc Brake Caliper Wind Back Tool turned out to be a great universal kit. The auto store’s kit didn’t include the correct size, but this one had the F‑size adapter, which fit my 2010 Ford Fusion Sport perfectly. It was a better value than buying a single tool locally, and now I’ve got the right adapters for my other vehicles too. Solid kit for DIY brake work.

has most of every brake caliper kit youll need. worked great for my BMW's, worked great for a few different mazda's (which is why i purchased this) and worked great for several other vehicles that i would have had to rent one without it. so, this has been a great addition to my tools kit thus far. *easy to use, case is a great size so storage isnt an issue, and its price is un matched imo*. -considering its CHEAPER now than when i purchased this, id have to say its worth it for any person who does their own brakes, or those who work in a shop.

Love it nice!! Works grate!!

I bought this kit to do brakes on my daughters Ford. It has different pistons in the calipers than my vehicles. It arrived in good condition with all pieces and includes more adapters than I will ever use. The case is a little thin and the adapters won't stay in place if tossed around, but this is not professional grade. If it was it would cost $100 or more. For the average home mechanic it will last a lifetime if taken care of. Will spend most of its time on your shelf anyway. Its easy to use if you don't rush and keep the threaded collar snug to the caliper plate (the long plate with the larger hole in the middle). With every turn of the shaft just tighten the collar up to the plate again and it will stay together. The key words are "don't rush". This type of kit is probably most helpful with the "rotating piston" calipers I've read about or pistons with the pad notches that must be aligned to the pads as a standard c-clamp won't work on those. I will experiment on my next brake job whether to use the RH or LH threaded tool for my non notched/non rotating piston calipers to keep the collar snug to the push plate easier. Otherwise its back to the c-clamp for me, unless I come across the other types again. Others have written reviews commenting about receiving a kit that was used. They probably didn't realize they actually purchased a used kit at a cheaper price. Be sure to pay attention as I almost picked by lowest price only to see it was for a used item. I decided against used as new is still very reasonably priced. Overall I would recommend this kit. It is a decent tool at a reasonable price. Can be a little awkward at first, but not difficult to use if you are patient and don't rush.

Price useful and quality work great I save some good money without taking my car to the mechanic i replaced brakes on my 2022 passat

Good product

A number of the attachable discs did not fit on the tools. Very poor product, will be returning

Engineers are evil, engineers who make unholy alliances with bean-counters are worse :). This tool is required for screwing the pistons back into those annoying combined hydraulic/mechanical rear brake calipers with the integrated parking brake. This is a nice tool, which comes with twenty two separate missiles for you to launch while you have a meltdown attempting to make the flipping pistons retract. They will, eventually, after you have screamed yourself into a semi-exhausted stupor and are so deliriously happy that this ordeal is over you'll think "thank goodness I had this tool" instead of, "how do I hunt down this bleeping engineer from the patent number and brain him for foisting these godforsaken things on the world?" Then, you will wipe all the grease and blood off the 22 pieces, after you extract them from the drywall you've embedded them in, and carefully slot them back into the nice plastic case, which you will probably misplace before you need to repeat the job on your wife's rusty Taurus in six months or so. You'll then need to drive 40 miles round trip to borrow your buddy's kit which will be missing the one adapter you need, as he hurled it completely through the drywall in his garage where it will be discovered in 800 years or so by an archaeologist who will mistake it for some sort of ancient religious talisman. He, by the way, will still be annoyed that he doesn't have a flying car yet, even though he's been promised one for 875 years or so.

A product that I was searching for long time

Great value. Would highly recommend. Delivery was prompt.

Es perfecto para instalar mis balatas de mi carro y no tener ningún problema a la hora de armar