ok I got new pads and rotors oct 2005 after I got the car, 2 months ago my front ride started to squeal really bad I checked it and the rivits had popped on the backing plate. also my the caliper seemed to be sticking , my wheels getting super hot and theres rediculus amounts of brake dust on my right wheel. I had it in the garage and they said they couldnt see anything wrong with it. anyway I just got new oem honda pads and I tried pushing the caliper piston in and it was extremly difficult and wouldnt go all they way in. well I kinda got it far enough to fit but after I got everything back togetherI pushed the brakes and it was totaly locked and the pistons doesnt even move I think its clear teh caliper is shot so im going tommorow to get a new one. I've never bleed brakes before. I've been reading and t says you gotta do them rr, lr, rf, lf, but If im only doing the one caliper can I just bleed the front right side? also does anyone know why theres 6 backing plates for these pads the outer pad gets one and the inner gets 2 peices does anyone know why theres 2 plates for the inner and do they go together?

 

yes you can bleed the caliper only your not bleeding the whole system and sorry dont no off the top of my head bout the rivites

 

The squeeking was probobally the ad telling you it needs to be changed. The caliper is supposed to be really hard to push in. Use a C-clamp to push it it, once you should have enough room to get the new pads in. I'm assuming your meaning the shims when you say backing plates. There should be one on the backside on each pad. Make sure you use a lot of the "no-squeek" or whatever it's called stuff, between the pad and the backing plate/shim. You shouldn't need to bleed the brakes unless your replacing the brake lines or have disconnected the brake line from the caliper.

 

yeah well the pads had less then 10,000 kms on them and the right side was down to about 40% and the left side is still at like 90% cause the caliper was fucked. no the piston wouldnt budge at all tha farthest it would go in was about 1/2 cm then I got it on and when I pushed the brake the piston didnt even move. anyway I got a new caliper installed today it seems ok