I have a 97 accord coup ex and i was doing my front brake pads today. when i finished the driver side and started on the passenger side the piston came out and break fluide spilled out onto the floor. Am i able to just open up the bleeder and put it back in or what am i suppose to do? please help

 

it should just go back in...

 

oh ok, but should there be a problem with the seel??

 

i dont think so, in my autos class at school, we did a brake job, that happend and it went back in. havent heard anything about it...ask others to make sure im not telling you the wrong thing, but thats what we did...

 

so i need to bleed it right?

 

we didnt...we just put it in, put the pads in, mounted the caliper, and remounted the wheel...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wi_accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">we didnt...we just put it in, put the pads in, mounted the caliper, and remounted the wheel... </TD></TR></TABLE>

well, your auto class can suck a railroad spike.

if you piston fall out when you doing a brake job, half of the time it will develop a leak, esp. if you have a older vehicle.

the least you could do is bleed the bastard, since you introduced air into the system

 

lol, then its our instructor, thats what he told us to do. it was a 94 teg actually. i dont know, maybe im thinking of something different...

 

well when the piston was removed, break fluide leaked out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rollercosta123 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well when the piston was removed, brake fluid leaked out</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, if your piston fall out, of course the 9.8m/sec^2 aka gravity will take the best of your braking system.

put it back, put everything together and bleed the brake, at least on the side that the incident occurred. after you bleed the side good, clamp down the piston and check for leakage around the seal.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wi_accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol, then its our instructor, thats what he told us to do. it was a 94 teg actually. i dont know, maybe im thinking of something different... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Then don't say a word about it, making a faulty advice on someones braking system could lead to something serious. Your instructor probably are too big of a lazy **** to bleed the brake, saved by the bell, huh?

 

If there is any corrosion (rust) what-so-ever on the ejected piston, it has most likely damaged the lip seal in the caliper while on the way out. What you're looking at at the edge of the piston bore is actually a dust bellows (seal). The lip seal is actually about 3/8" further into the caliper.
So, in effect, you have to negotiate two seals when installing the piston.
You've a 1:9 chance of it going in correctly; a 1:20 chance of it not leaking.

Oh, and as far as not having to bleed it afterwards....... I would certainly Hope wi_accord was just kidding, if he actually took that as gospel truth from his instructor without challenging it, He's got a real short future in the automotive industries.

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well the instructor he was talking about, does give really bad advice, but as far as the pisotn falling out, it was a demonstration on my car, and after that happened, we replaced everything for the rear brakes, except the brake lines. then we did bleed the system, but wi_accord wasn't there for that because he's not in the "advanced" class