Rear brake capiler missing hex head

[inversteve]

Hi,

Have a Yamaha FZS fazer 600 03 plate and went to remove rear brake caliper to clean it and first found one pad very worn so went to remove pad pin to find one of the pins has no hex head.

So what is the best way to remove this pin which has no hex head.

Thanks

Steve

[Ezituper]

Is it just a pin or does it have threads?

Can you get to both ends if its a pin?

[inversteve]

Has a thread and i can reach both ends

[Ezituper]

Has a thread and i can reach both ends

 

If its snapped off flush i don't envy you, if you can get to either end with some mole grips try undoing it.

If it has snapped off flush you might need to split the caliper unless you can get pliers to it at some point along its legth, maybe where it goes through the pads

Hope it isn't corroded and tight, good luck

[inversteve]

Just spoke to a tech friend who said a garage can drill into the pin and remove it with a special tool.

[Ezituper]

Just spoke to a tech friend who said a garage can drill into the pin and remove it with a special tool.

 

Good luck if they are going to use an easy out as i doubt they have one small enough to remove a caliper pin, plus those pins can seize due to the heat in the caliper and the crud off the road etc, and i've seen more easy outs snap than work.

make sure they drill into the pin square too you don't want them taking any metal off your caliper.

Garages like to think they can do anything, i would want to watch them do anything to my barkes.