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Brake Pedal tool

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  • 11-09-2008 11:42am
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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, I have been looking for a tool to keep the brake pedal pressed down while checking brake hoses for bulges.

    Something a little more advanced than a stick would be nice!

    Have done a google search and I mostly get the description of a patent for what I want.

    So manufacturer, price and a place to get it would be mighty!

    Thanks


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    #2
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    I used half a patio slab and found it pretty effective


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    eringobragh wrote: »
    I used half a patio slab and found it pretty effective
    Not just that professional looking though :)


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    #4
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Anyone?

    I have been through the Sykes-Pickavant, Draper, Britool and Facom catalogues and unless I am blind it aint in any of them


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    It's called a wife/girlfriend, isn't it?


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    get yourself one of these. Extremely expensive though!


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    baten to it by Alun


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Alun wrote: »
    It's called a wife/girlfriend, isn't it?
    Ha ha.. think it would be cheaper to go all out and get snap on to make me one!

    Its for a Test station, if it was for myself i would just use a tube and a vicegrips under the steering wheel.

    The lazy sh1te who works in the garage and whos job it is to supply tools and the like wont do the leg work and at the moment we only have one that has been robbed out of our camber/caster kit.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,466 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    I've seen them use something like that at the NCT test centres when they put the car up on the ramps at the end. I'm not sure whether it's actually for the brakes, or whether it's just something to lock the steering wheel in place, but it might be worth asking them.


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    There you go, sir:

    http://www.ate-info.de/prod_detail.asp?cat_id=1&site_lng=en&inBestNr=760032&artid=29

    (on the German site the price is 61.50 Euro)


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Thats exacty what I want it for, it puts pressure in the brake system to check for bulges and holds the car/van still while you use the shaker plates..

    I suppose I'll prob just have to go and ask them where they get it. Its prob MAHA, and they are not afraid to charge


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    Lucifer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭Lucifer


    What about this or this


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    VH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 690 ✭✭✭VH


    what doe the NCT guys use? they check the brakes when the car is on the lift and they use a tool like that


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    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    That second one is ideal.

    Thanks... will get on to him tomorrow


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