Snap Ring Pliers Internal Master Cylinder 90° Long Nose Pliers (Red)

Having fished around inside the calliper barrel with a pair of long nosed pliers for long enough I realised that I would need these. The following day, only five minutes after they were delivered, I was able to easily remove the circlip and finish the disassembly of a Mazda mx5 mk1 rear calliper. It’s not the most robust tool I’ve bought, but it’s been 26 years since the calliper was assembled in Japan and probably another 20 odd years until I’ll need the tool again. With garage labour rates at upwards of £75 an hour the cost of the tool represents about 10 minutes of labour at the garage. Good piece of kit if used sparingly.

Good serves great product

A tool that does the job and that's all you need, a little flimsy but nothing major. Great tool got me out of a sticky jam, with Amazon same day delivery. Used to remove internal circlip from a rear caliper with handbrake mechanism.

The build is ok, while the shape is amazing to reach (for example) deep into brake calipers circlips.

They do the job. If they last for 12 months they are worth the money.

These are very poorly constructed. Out of the box - I had to file metal off one of the 'noses' because it didn't sit level with the other. Couldn't even try and use it before doing this. Spend a little more on a tool that has at least some quality. This isn't it

Perfect tool for extracting an internal circlip that was very deep inside a brake master cylinder

Did the job I needed it for but the main tips don't hold at 90deg making it just a little trickier to use these as required. But got there with a few attempts. Wouldn't be happy if using them regularly.

Perfekt till mitt jobb !

Super schnelle Lieferung top Qualität und top Verkäufer kann ich nur empfehlen 👍

Idéal pour le démontage et remontage d’étrier de frein de voiture en vue d’un degrippage ou réflection total.

Ok for the price. Not high quality, but I didn't expect that. Did the job and was delivered fast.

After reading another review that the snap ring pliers worked on Sram Guide R brake levers, I ordered the longer blue handled ones just in case for even deeper snap ring locations on future projects. They worked great to remove and reinstall the snap ring that holds the white plastic master cylinder piston in place in the Sram Guide R brake lever. The snap ring pliers' tips fit very snug into the master cylinder snap ring holes. I had also read online that this can be done without removing the brake lever from the brake line. So, I tried that by removing the brake lever from the handlebar and wire tying it to the handlebar facing up so no brake fluid would be lost. It worked great and saved a lot of time not having to remove the bike wheel, brake pads, pushing in 4 caliper pistons to insert Sram brake bleed block and then bleed both the caliper and master cylinder. All I had to do in the end is just bleed the master cylinder because when you push the master cylinder piston back in to reinstall, you entrap a small amount of air. That can be removed by using the Sram syringe half-filled with brake fluid screwed into the bleed port on the master cylinder and pushing and pulling the syringe plunger until there aren't any air bubbles left. The reason I had to do this job is because the master cylinder pistons are too tight in the master cylinder which I believe is from the actual machining diameter of the master cylinder being too small. My Sram brake levers came with the 2nd version pistons (smaller diameter) that was supposed to fix this issue. I needed to hand sand the pistons down to 9.0 to 9.1 mm in diameter using calipers to measure. They measured about 9.35 mm in diameter before sanding. I never noticed this on cool days. But on hot days, the brakes levers would start sticking and not releasing the brake pads. I also stretched the piston spring out a little bit so the lever would snap back more forcefully when releasing the lever when not braking. I hope this helps anyone else who is having this problem with their Sram Guide R brake levers.