Ok so I bought some new brake pads....first off it was a bitch getting the calipers off...bolts came off easy but it just wouldnt come off so I finally got if off...put the new brake pads on it..and now it wont slide on over the rear rotor...Ive tried everything and I just cant get them over the freakin rotor and its really startin to tick me off ...so I just need to know how in the hell to get them over the rotor with the new pads on someone please help me out!

 

Use C clamp with an old pad to push the piston assembly

 

Yep push the caliper back in. You can sometimes use a clamp or big chanel lock type pliers. They make a tool that does it also. A guy has one at the shop. Or you can open the bleeder valve and push it in easily but then you will have to bleed your brakes so I wouldn't go this route unless you have to bleed them anyway.

 

I'm going to assume you screwed the piston back in to the caliper; did you line up the piston slot with the 'button' on the inboard pad??

 

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That's not gonna work on the rear. They have to be turned in.

 

Ok I meant to ask that but forgot about it in my typing I wasn't sure if they had to be screwed back in or pushed in. If screwed get the tool to screw them back in.

 

It's not easy to turn and push it in by hand, but it can be done. I did it, without the bleeder screw open. You need to push the piston itself, without the pads installed. This is true only for the rear pads. For the front pads you can use a C clamp (much easier). Good luck

 

this might be a stupid question but where is the piston located on the rear caliper? and how exactly should I got about pushing it in?

 

The piston on the rear caliper is the round metal part in the middle with a rubber seal around it, with what looks like a recessed X. You can use a plier, screwdriver, or a tool in the recessed slots to "turn" it back in.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autop...10101

This tool is like $10 available at almost any store with automotive tools, like Kragen, Pepboys, Sears, etc.

 

so all I have to do is take that tool..put it inside the place and turn it back in...put my brake pads on...and it should go on fine?

 

Yep. You don't necessarily need the tool to turn it, but I like using it, as it is much easier.

 

thanks so much for the help...I dont know anything about brakes at ALL..so ill try this and if i have trouble ill let you all know!

 

I used a needle nose pliers (large). Put the points on the edge of the piston and in the X, push down, with both hands on the handles, and turn while pushing. It worked for me.

 

just use a flat blade screwdriver, put it in the notch and turn it clockwise to turn piston in,,

make sure the opening notches on the piston , lines up with the nipple on the pads

 

Just for the RECORD

front brake: use C clamp

rear brake: have to be reset by turning.


Needle nose, big screw driver, piston resetting tool(can buy this in most auto store)

Make sure you don't turn it the wrong way or th piston will pop out and you need to rebuild the seal after that.

oh, use brake cleaner to spray down the whole thing, wear gloves and mask

 

so yea...I had already taken the brake pads out yesterday...set my caliper on the control arm and just had it sittin there all night..it was sittin in the same position as if it were on the rotor..and it wasnt dangling..i looked at it today so I could screw the piston back in..and it had already fallen out somehow? I dont know how the hell it fell out and now brake fluid is runnin out from it so I had to take the seal off to get the piston back on and its hard as a mother effer to get it screwed back in..i tried to use pliers but that didnt work at all..I cant get it to turn like any..so im guessin i need to go get that tool someone mentioned earlier? what else do i need to do to rebuild the seal? and how far do i need to screw the piston in?

 

ok go to autozone, they have the best tool rental program, you pay for tool itself
no any tool, they need to grab it for you its a special rental. Meaning you pay for
the tool, you use is as long as you need and you bring it back and get a refund.

Go there and ask them for the caliper tool. Its 35 bucks, has 90 % of all adapters which
one should work for your car and twist it in. The reason it needs to be twisted in is that your e brake and regular brake opporate of the caliper and same pads, instead of having shoes for the e brake and pads for the regular.

 

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make sure the opening notches on the piston , lines up with the nipple on the pads </TD></TR></TABLE>

This worked for me as well.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by russianswty &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok go to autozone, they have the best tool rental program, you pay for tool itself
no any tool, they need to grab it for you its a special rental. Meaning you pay for
the tool, you use is as long as you need and you bring it back and get a refund.

Go there and ask them for the caliper tool. Its 35 bucks, has 90 % of all adapters which
one should work for your car and twist it in. The reason it needs to be twisted in is that your e brake and regular brake opporate of the caliper and same pads, instead of having shoes for the e brake and pads for the regular. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Nifty... You revived a thread exactly one year after the last post.

I use a flat-blade screwdriver as well.