I posted this in the Integra forum, but haven't gotten one reply. I'm doing a rear brake pad change on my buddies DC4. and i know that you have to turn the piston clockwise to get the piston to go back in but it just doesn't want to budge. ive tried the special tool thatyou buy, flathead screwdriver and hammer. anyone else know?

 

eayh!! speak into my good ear!!!

 

If it's just plain not turning, [Arnie voice]stop being a girl man[/Arnie voice], and turn the damn thing! If it's just turning without retracting inwards, you've got a sealing problem, and the caliper will need to be rebuilt.

 

its not turning period. ive used ever damn ounce of strength ive got.

 

Is your brake reservoir cover off?

 

We got a few problems here:

Either

1) You are weak and cant turn because it absolutely has to turn.
2) The problem is the caliper. Need to replace it.

 

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no.

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Either

1) You are weak and cant turn because it absolutely has to turn.
2) The problem is the caliper. Need to replace it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

1. im not weak. thats a fact. (5lbs away from state deadlift record )
2. i was thinking it was the caliper.

 

2.5lbs on each side is the world sometimes, haha. I miss lifting, I need to get off my *** and get back into it.

What's your dead lifting max so far?

Anyway, take your brake fluid reservoir off, wrap a rag around it so excess fluid doesn't run everywhere IF it does overflow, and try it then, it'll take some strain from the system. I had the same problem, and this solved it for me.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Fo-Do Fanatic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1. im not weak. thats a fact. (5lbs away from state deadlift record )
2. i was thinking it was the caliper.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That far away from the record? And cant turn the piston?

 

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That far away from the record? And cant turn the piston?</TD></TR></TABLE>

hahah. it could very well be a ciezed piston though. sooo we'll see tomorrow.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GO-FIGHT-KILL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">2.5lbs on each side is the world sometimes, haha. I miss lifting, I need to get off my *** and get back into it.

What's your dead lifting max so far?

Anyway, take your brake fluid reservoir off, wrap a rag around it so excess fluid doesn't run everywhere IF it does overflow, and try it then, it'll take some strain from the system. I had the same problem, and this solved it for me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ill do that. the record for my age and weight is 505

 

Damn duder... 355 was my max in high school. I've got a long way to stand up though, haha.

&lt;--- 6'6" and growing

 

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Either

1) You are weak and cant turn because it absolutely has to turn.
2) The problem is the caliper. Need to replace it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you're forgetting first and foremost......is your e-brake on?

 

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you're forgetting first and foremost......is your e-brake on? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats a given.

 

Break the banjo bolt loose half a turn to a full turn and it'll make rotating the caliper piston back easier on you. The initial breaking force may still take a little effort, but it'll eventually go.

 

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has to be said for some

 

the ebrake is derffinitally not on. if it was i wouldn't ahve been able to get the caliper off the way i did.