I like to clamp the pad holder in a vise, I use aluminum angle in the vise jaws for gripping the threaded post, and push the old pad out the open end with a big flat screwdriver. Put a teeny, tiny amount of grease or Vaseline on the leading 1/8" or so of the new pad and slide it into place, then stand the pad end on the work surface and push the holder down onto it with the heel of your hand. Minimal force needed, has always worked for me.
ex-Los Angeleno
David Feldman
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>From: Charles Andrews <chasa@classicalradio.org>
>To: "'classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Pesky Campagnolo brake pad installation
>Date: Thu, Oct 5, 2000, 4:05 PM
>
>It's embarrassing to admit this. but after all these years I have yet to
>develop a good way to remove worn-out Campagnolo brake pads from the
>standard Record brake-pad holders. There must be a method that doesn't
>involve bending the tabs on the holder--what's worked for you? I have
>some of those nice Kool Stop replica pads I want to install, but I can't get
>the old ones out!
>
>Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>Charles Andrews
>pleasantly cloudy Los Angeles