In the helms, it says something about turning it clockwise back in. I'm just using a c-clamp and the old brake pad against the piston, but it won't go back in much. Resovoir cap is loosened. help...

 

usually i just take the brake line off . but you gotta bleed everything then..


theres a tool that turns it in clockwise

 

They sell a tool at Napa for this. Taking your brake lines off would be adding work .

 

napa is closed, i can't the ****** back in, and I need to leave for indianapolis in a few hours .

 

Yes you really need the tool so you don't damage it.

 

front brakes use a c-clamp, rear brakes, if you don't have the special tool
you can use a set of needle nose pliers. open them up to where each side is in the groove and turn that sucker clockwise, it should turn if you put enough
elbow grease into it.

 

Pliers work, or just find any flat piece of metal/wood that will fit in the grooves and turn. I used a big file when I did it.

 

I just stuck a small wrench in the groove and went. Left side done.

Please tell me I don't need to use loctite or anything like that for the caliper bolts...i don't have any. I have the appropriate tq value for the bolt from helms though.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vinuneuro &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just stuck a small wrench in the groove and went. Left side done.

Please tell me I don't need to use loctite or anything like that for the caliper bolts...i don't have any. I have the appropriate tq value for the bolt from helms though.</TD></TR></TABLE>

definately don't do that.

you should actually pull the pins out of the calipers and grease them up a bit,
use antisieze where the brackets that the pads sit on are, and use disc
brake quiet on the outer edge of the caliper piston but that's only if you
wanna do it the proper way.

 

Just got the calipers back on. I pushed the brake pedal to make sure, everything was ok, but the rotor isn't spinning completely freely now. Any ideas?

 

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Did you grease up the caliper sliders?

 

You have to make sure the little dimple on the pad sits in the recess on the piston. Mine went back together pretty good everytime. But I bought all the dealer tools so...

 

Take a pair in neele nose pliers and open them up slide them in the grooves and turn counter clockwise. It takes a little bit of muscle but you'll get it

 

fronts i use a small piece of wood and a G-clamp to push piston in

rears you need to turn anti-clockwise.. i used a big *** flat edged screw driver