Man I didn't realize how much crap you gotta go thru doing the rears compared to the fronts. Just putting in the pads was a hassle which I don't know if I even did that right... dunno if I had the piston correct on the pad tab. Will it hurt it if it's not? Also I had problems putting in the rotors cause one was for a 4 lug and one I had problems with the screws holding the rotors. So I had to put both the stock rotors w/ one having a groove in it back on. Gonna send back the 4 lug one so they'll send me the correct one then I'm taking it to the dealer to install the rears cause I think the passenger side screws for the rotors are stripped. Ok vent over. Now time off to work

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ProjektR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Man I didn't realize how much crap you gotta go thru doing the rears compared to the fronts. Just putting in the pads was a hassle which I don't know if I even did that right... dunno if I had the piston correct on the pad tab. Will it hurt it if it's not? Also I had problems putting in the rotors cause one was for a 4 lug and one I had problems with the screws holding the rotors. So I had to put both the stock rotors w/ one having a groove in it back on. Gonna send back the 4 lug one so they'll send me the correct one then I'm taking it to the dealer to install the rears cause I think the passenger side screws for the rotors are stripped. Ok vent over. Now time off to work </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, the piston needs to be in the correct position. Also, I personally don't use the set screws as they're really not needed.

Good luck.

 

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I have tossed my screws as well. They are a PITA. I've broken impact driver bits on those suckers. If you get stumped, get a nice drill bit and have at 'em. They are of very little value, at all.

-Chris

 

Yea I kept wondering why they had them on the back and not on the fronts. Drove to work today and kept hearing sounds coming from the rear passenger side... gonna check it out tomorrow morning. Overall I don't really feel much of a difference with the new Axxis pads and front slotted/drilled rotors .

 

expletive those screws

just make sure the pads are installed properly.

you say you dont feel much difference after the front install, what did you have before?

 

just stock type r discs w/ the rear driverside worn out so bad it has a groove in it and worn out stock pads. I dunno maybe I need to bleed the brakes too... Some things I did wrong was try to decompress the rear pistons (only on driverside), prolly installed rear pads wrong (not line'n up the tabs with the piston cut-out), and the part that scared me the most was being late for work so I just started up the car and rolled down the driveway w/o brake pressure. I pump'd the brakes a few times and got pressure back and it was ok. Prolly one of those is why I don't feel much of a differance, cept I don't hear squeal'n from the rears anymore