i cant seem to get the piston to return on the caliper is there a tool needed to unadjust the hand brake

paul taylor, May 2008

Need help fitting Xenon hdi gas filled bulb
in Citreon c5 hdi exclusive

HELP NEEDED

gary cooper, January 2009

Have recently had new tyres ,front discs and new front brake pads and also a rear back box on the exhaust fitted recently to a 2001 C5, costing a small fortune, was told to be careful for a couple of hundred miles when braking to bed the new pads in, but after roughly 500 miles the brakes failed and luckily averted a near miss, took the car back to the garage and they said that the brake pipes could be damaged, I had noticed that the brake fluid resevoir was very hot, could this be true, as when they tested the brakes for me one side was not braking well and was also told that the pipes could be allowing air into the system, what is worrying me was the fact prior to the work being done braking was fine, one of the engineers did mention that the side not braking well was showing uneven wear on the pad, could this be a genuine issue, or are they trying to cover a cock up!

Ed Barton, July 2008

hi,i have changed a few of these in the past and know the pistons wind back into position which there is a tool for but can be done with a big screwdriver.going from memory the c5 is one of the few cars that the piston on one side winds in a different way to the other,ie clockwise on the offside and anti-clockwise on the nearside or viceversa,a bit of trial and error but not too difficult.

chris collins, May 2008