[Snoopy]

What started out as a simple chore to change the front pads on my 85 911 has turned into, well let's just say no simple job ever stays simple. As it turns out the pad retaining pins are refusing to come out. I am out of easy ideas, the next step is cutting them in half and see if I can work them loose that way. I don ont care if they get distroyed at this point, as I have new ones on order. If anyone out there as additional ideas they would be appriciated. Beside buying a big break kit, wife would kill me.

[HoodPin]

I know I still owe you from your lock-nut ordeal.

But on the P-cars I've worked on (944's and Boxster), the retaining pin is accessible from the outside of the caliper, and a drift that fits in the opening can be used to punch it through. And on some, there's a flat-metal spring that sits between the pins and the tops of the pads. If you don't simultaneously compress the spring off of the pin, the pin will be MUCH harder to remove.

[Dr K]

On SCs/Carreras, there are two retention methods. One is a circumferential spring that compresses in the caliper when the pin is fully inserted. If this is what you have, I'd try Kroil and heat to the inside part of the caliper where the pin gets "hammered" into place. The other method (which I believe was only on SCs originally but I've seen it on Carreras) is the little clip that goes through a hole in the retention pin just inside the inside plate of the caliper.

Finally, use the PROPER drift to get the best force pushing the pin out. I have one if you'd like to borrow (I'm less than 15 minutes from Germantown). I can also show you the different retention pin styles so you know what you're working with.

[BMAN]

I had this exact problem yesterday too!

I've changed pads many times but never had so much difficulty. In this case I was working on my wife's Cayenne but the setup is very familar. There was a lot of baked on dust/dirty that I worked for hours trying to clean; unfortuantely I didn't have Kroil but I am ordering today. I tried several other cleaners and lubricants but no luck. I didn't try heat because it was lathered in flammable lubricants and I was frustrated.

Is it possible these pins can deform? Hard to believe in a street car/truck.

Proper drift? Don't have that either....hammering with a screwdriver

[Trak Ratt]

If it's the pads themselves that are stuck? Try inserting a screwdriver between the pad and rotor and pry apart. Try it in several places to work the piston back into the caliper. Repeat on the others until you can pull the pads out. Can also use a Philips or drift to jacks the pads out. Don’t know how you could cut the pads in half while still in the calipers?

[BMAN]

Originally Posted by Trak Ratt

[COLOR=#323232][FONT=Verdana]If it's the pads themselves that are stuck?

TR in my case it's the pin/retaining rod that runs on top of the pads & spring clip holding them in the caliper. It slides in/out of holes in the caliper. I can get the pin to slide about 50% out but no further. It seems like the pin is swollen in the middle and won't fit through the hole.

[Dr K]

If it slides 50%, penetrating oil is not the problem. There's probably a little crimp in it (turn it around and look) - this happens all the time to by drill bits, and they won't fit back in the indexed storage holder. If you find a little piece of metal sticking out (more like a splinter than a whole swollen limb, if you know what I mean) you can gently grind off with a Dremel. Otherwise, get the right tool, line it up very straight, and hit it with a little more force.