Lang Tools279-5420 279 Brake Caliper Press

I'm a diesel mechanic and a tool addict, I'll admit. I was taught the C-clamp method by my Dad, and he learned that from his Dad, and so on.This tool is like a best friend that you can pay a debt for with pizza and beer, the best friend everyone needs to have.Let's be real here, every single time you need to do anything on your vehicle at home, a tool magically disappears or is tied up somewhere else, and this is where the Lang Brake Caliper Press comes in. This tool is incredibly easy to use.Once the caliper is off the vehicle, a nice smooth ratcheting motion separates the two pads, some force is applied to one side, and the other pad uses force to depress the caliper piston.A useful note to some folks, when I got my package from Amazon, one of the pads was screwed in very tightly. One pad has normal threads and I'm pretty confident the opposite pad has reverse threads. They should both spin freely!Part two of useful notes - My fiancee's 2018 Mazda 3 Sport has an electronic parking brake, or EPB. I did an online order through Napa for her pads and it didn't mention anything about an EPB. Unfortunately the online tool suggested the wrong pads, and the gentleman at the counter never verified the correct parts. Only when I had her vehicle torn apart did I realize the rear brake pads were the wrong ones. I had to run into town again, and luckily they had the correct pads in stock and did not give me any grief about refunding the wrong pads.Also, due to her vehicle having an EPB, you need to put it in Maintenance / Service mode. These videos can be found on YT. Once taking the rear caliper off, the caliper piston will NOT depress if the vehicle is not in said mode.The ONLY caveat about this tool, is it did not fit the rear calipers on her 2018 Mazda 3. I did have to very carefully use a C-clamp for her rear brakes, Lang also does make a small brake caliper press for such an occasion.*Your vehicle may not need to be put in maintenance mode, but I might suggest researching prior to taking the brakes apart*Overall this tool is a 10/10, Quality USA made with a smooth ratcheting motion. I included those random details to hopefully prevent another person's headache out there. This tool is wonderful for front brakes!

Worked perfectly on a 2005 GM car with two piston front calipers. I've always used a large C-clamp and a used brake pad to press the caliper piston back into its bore. This tool makes the job so much easier. I've never used a cheaper compression tool and this tool is much more expensive, but it is made in the USA and is well made.

The media could not be loaded. This tool is awesome! I have a harbor freight cheap one, handle broke off on last brake job and is only good on single piston calibers. I got this one....Man oh man this is a quality tool. Worked great on single and dual piston calibers. Used on a 2017 traverse which has single piston on back and dual pistons on front. It tackled it all no problems. Ratchet part is smooth and not cheap clankly. 5 stars! If I break this one, which i doubt it. Im buying another asap. 100x better than clamp method lol. Buy it.

These caliper compressors make your life so much easier. They fit most calipers and are very easy to use. There are cheaper ones available but these feel higher quality. The design is intuitive, operates like a ratchet.If you do your own disc brakes, these make a typically fiddly task super easy.

Great quality, well built, heavy duty tool mechanism and components. Push pads are massive and thick, but unfortunately oversized to fit inside the 4 piston Brembo's shown in the pics. These utilize one of the most common pad sizes: D592, same as Tesla S rear, some Jaguars , Vipers and the 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R as well as the Ford Focus RS and others. Had to use a 14" metal chop saw to cut the pads down to size (length was too long by about 1/2" to fit inside the caliper housing to square up against the pistons. Once I cut them, tool worked great and without any effort. Finished the edges and corners, now I will have them re painted so they don't rust at the edges. Primarily going to be used on this car, so hoping if I need to use them on other vehicles that the pads are not too small now. Probably should buy a replacement set of pads so I have both. Kind of a drag, given I spent more than double the money than the offshore versions sell for as it is. Maybe I'll contact Lang and ask. High quality tool in any event.

First use worked great

Crazy amazing tool, wish we had discovered it sooner. Quality built and makes the job SO much easier. If you do your own brake replacements you MUST get this!

This thing worked perfectly. So much easier pushing the pistons back in. I made sure to grease the threads in advance, and I never had a problem. I'm sure it will last a long time. It replaces one or two C-clamps for the job, and works many times easier than the clamps.