How to get MTB disc pad clip out

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

My oh's MTB does not have the coiter pin system on his disc brakes.
I don't know what the new system is called but the first thingy came out easily and the pads just pushed out. The rear thingy however won't come out...

Apologies for crap photos but in a rush.

This is the problem


This is the one that came out easily releasing the pads.



Yes bike is upside down.

Thanks for help.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn If they are like mine then you pull the pads from the other side of the that clip.

Grab the pads from the "legs" and pull. There should be a retention clip too.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn If they are like mine then you pull the pads from the other side of the that clip.

Grab the pads from the "legs" and pull. There should be a retention clip too.

thanks - will have another look. just on my 3rd coffee and last night after a very long day and way too much morphine, life wasn't making much sense.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

thanks - will have another look. just on my 3rd coffee and last night after a very long day and way too much morphine, life wasn't making much sense.

Oooppps I don't think I'd make any sense of life if I were on your shoes lol

Good luck with that Emma.

 

[lpretro1]

You don't need to remove it - in fact in removing it you may damage it so it becomes a sloppy fit - all you need to do is get as pair of long nos pliers and pull the pads free from the other side and when u fit new ones just push in until they 'click' into place. That clip is the little spring which retains the tabs on the pads

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

thanks. not fitting new but cleaning bikes to take to Australia... will try from the front, but so far they have resisted all attempt to pull them out sadly.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I just did this for the first time recently.
Did you unscrew the wee screw? Here's a video: hope it's the right one because I'm reading this without my glasses
Edit: the wee screw is an allen key one.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Uqi80Y67Y

 

[lpretro1]

thanks. not fitting new but cleaning bikes to take to Australia... will try from the front, but so far they have resisted all attempt to pull them out sadly.

Well no need to take them out really then - you can't 'clean' a disk brake pad

 

[lpretro1]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I just did this for the first time recently.
Did you unscrew the wee screw? Here's a video: hope it's the right one because I'm reading this without my glasses
Edit: the wee screw is an allen key one.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Uqi80Y67Y

I think he has avid juicys not tektro - they don't have a screw from hat I remember

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I think he has avid juicys not tektro - they don't have a screw from hat I remember

He's a she!

 

[rusty bearing]

Pads are held in by the clip only and usually need a really good pull with a pair of pliers. The clip itself is not meant to come out unless you are splitting the caliper to service pistons and seals. It can be got back in but it's a bit of a b****r to do.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Well no need to take them out really then - you can't 'clean' a disk brake pad

no, but it is easier to ensure that everything surrounding them is clean enough to pass exceptionally strict customs regulations and we won't be there to deal with any issues ourselves. The bikes are being shipped as part of our household belongings by sea and the port authorities will have 2 options. Charge us for steam cleaning the bike or confiscate it if they decide that a very muddy mountain bike is not clean enough. The disc calliper area in general is the last remaining area to get clean - like shop bought new clean and I can't do that without contaminating the pads unless I remove them.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I think he has avid juicys not tektro - they don't have a screw from hat I remember

they are avids. After that I don't honestly know. His bike is relatively new to us (given I have been off my feet for 18 months literally and unable to service the bikes) and I don't yet know it.
Parts back in, I'm not worried about. Everything is just going in a plastic bag with the bike, and life gets reassembled when they arrive in Australia in July (mid winter!).

 

[lpretro1]

He's a she!

Soz!