Servicing
Brake work is where this site describes tools and hands over to the workshop manual. Fluid specification, bleeding sequence and every torque value come from the vehicle manufacturer. What follows is the equipment, and the one electronic limitation that catches people out.
The BGS 1101 ratchets the piston back squarely, which is what protects the seal and the bore. A G-clamp pushes off-centre against the pad backing plate, and a piston pushed at an angle scores its bore.
The DAYUAN 22-piece set has eighteen adapter plates and both a right-hand and a left-hand threaded spindle. Rear pistons do not all wind the same way, and a single-direction set fits half the cars it claims to.
The AGT 3 l bleeder names its adapter — E20 at 45 mm — which is the fitting most European reservoirs use and the only compatibility question a pressure bleeder has. It comes with a 1 l collection bottle as well as the pressure vessel.
The BILITOOLS 1 l pneumatic bleeder needs no reservoir cap at all — it draws at the nipple, so it fits everything. Expect bubbles that never stop: they arrive past the nipple threads, and a smear of grease reduces them.
The LAUNCH CRP123X reaches the rear caliper motors on cars with an electronic parking brake. That retraction is a manufacturer procedure, and it happens before the mechanical tools come out.
At the tool. Sequence, fluid specification and torque values are published by the vehicle manufacturer, and brakes are not the place to improvise.
Engine, ABS, airbag and transmission stated · 7 reset functions · Android 8.1 touchscreen · 32 GB · lifetime free updates stated
The tool where the update policy is the headline: LAUNCH states lifetime free updates on a four-system scanner with a touchscreen and seven service resets.
Best for: Someone who works on several cars, or on one car with an ABS light.
≈ £189 / 176 €
A front caliper almost always presses straight back. Many rear calipers thread back because the parking brake works through them. If the piston face has slots or pins, it winds.
The caliper motor has to be retracted with a diagnostic tool before anything mechanical happens. No rewind set substitutes for it, and forcing the piston damages the actuator.
Pressure pushes fluid down from the reservoir and gives the cleanest result where the adapter cap fits your car. Vacuum draws from the nipple, fits every car, and pulls air past the nipple threads — which looks like a bubble that never clears.
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