So as I was doing my brakes I noticed that a slide on one of the brake caliper bracket was stuck. Is there any way to get this out or should I get a new part.

 

Are you asking about the sleeve the bolt slides through?

 

I am talking about one of the caliper pins that slided in the caliper bracket. Ya know the ones with the little rubber dust covers on them.

 

Are you talking about number 17 and 18 in this picture

The sleeve might just be rusted and siezed to the bolt. If you can you might try to pull the bolt out to see if the sleeve is still good and if it is maybe you can just get a new bolt and sand down the sleeve a little.

 

My bad it is on the rear caliper too if that helps at all. And it isn't a bolt. It is a caliper pin.

 

How about you describe your removal procedure? I don't think I've ever head of one just strait up stuck. You remove one bolt rotate the caliper down an slide it off. If you didn't roll it down far enough it wont clear the pads an seem stuck. If it doesn't move at all for what ever reason try some......penetrating oil?

 

Hmm are you sure.. I don't remember ANY pins on the rear calipers on my si hatch..

 

Ya man rear calipers are differant. For rear calipers you take off the two bolts connecting the caliper to the caliper bracket and then just take it off. Then to get rotors off you need to take the caliper mounting braket off so I took that off. Then when I was going to clean the caliper pins, which are housed in the caliper mounting bracket, I noticed that one of them was stuck.

 

The pins are in the caliper mounting bracket not the caliper itself.

 

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Oh ok........

 

Sorry a little tired on this end! Leave the pin in an apply a generous amount of anti-seize to it, the caliper just slides on it, it doesn't move itself.

 

Ya I think I just need a new bracket and pins, cause my friend was telling me that the pin will just lock into place cause of the extreme heat of breaks and the lack of lubrication that was probably on there. He went on to say that even if I could break it out the place were the pin was housed would not be ideal to use again. Thanks for trying to help anyways.

 

ya on the rear calipers these pins slide in and out of the caliper mounting bracket.

 

Guess I was looking at the pic wrong! sorry!!! Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

 

No, you weren't looking at the pic wrong, but the pic is of a front caliper the rear calipers are differant.

 

i was chaging rear brakes today -
can't push the piston back in; how the heck do it
reload it?

also can't seem to get the rotor retaining screws out...don't have
impact screwdriver; any ideas?

just not a good day..thanks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by voltageGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was chaging rear brakes today -
can't push the piston back in; how the heck do it
reload it?

also can't seem to get the rotor retaining screws out...don't have
impact screwdriver; any ideas?

just not a good day..thanks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The rear pistons turn (as if to screw in).

 

i tried using a large vice grip to turn
it wouldn't turn
its not frozen though; it does move a with emergency brake..
but i can't get it pushed in - it sticks out about 2 cms.

 

what do i turn it with ?

also; can't get teh stupid brake rotor screws off
..
friend said use impact screw driver but don't have one
any other ideas?

 

The rear caliper has a + on it. Get a screwdriver or something long and thin, and use it to screw it down (can't remember which direction, but you should be able to see it going in or out).

 

Allen wrench work for me to compress the piston. And the direction is clockwise.

 

used a thin screwdriver - clockwise...
spun right in! thanks guys...

any ideas hot to get the rotor off...no impact screwdriver..
7pm on sunday..sears closed..

 

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Do NOT use anti-seize. That stuff gets gunky and think in 0 time flat. You'll want to remove the pin, i used lock plyers and a hammer. Then clean it up some, also try to clean the bracket it slides in. Then use a good high-temp grease, honda has a specific grease in their rebuild kits.... not sure what it is but at the minimum use a high temp grease. Then put the stuff back together.

 

Ya I let it sit overnight with alot of penetrating liquid on it, then I was able to use a open ended wrench and a hammer to pound it out. Then I let some penetrating liquid sit inside the hole on the bracket and that along with break cleaner cleaned it out very well. Then I just got new pins.