I am installing new rotors and pads and having problems with the rear pin boot (the bolt that connects the two parts of the caliper together). It doesnt seem to want to compress like the other one and I cant get it down. Because of this i cant get the rotor to fit between the pads. The other one went on easy. I have already screwed the piston screw thingy all the way down so that it has went back in the boot, you cant even see the damn thing anymore! Any help needed would be appreciated.. Thanks in advance guys.. I am about to have a "come apart" here

 

EDIT: Hrm......are the pads sitting flush against the caliper?


[Modified by Spade, 12:36 PM 7/17/2002]

 

the back pad is past flush.. the front pad is all the way against the caliper as well. it cant go any further back.

 

ttt

 

It is very posible that the pin inside the bracket that holds the caliper around the rotor has rusted up and seazed. If you want to fix it you need to find some way of pulling the pin out and than cleaning all of the rust inside the hole on the bracket and than buy yourself a couple of new pins and throw the rusted one away...

Or you can just buy a brand new bracket all together and some new pins put it all together and your done...!!

Hope this helps.

Adi

 

Yep that was it!! I finall y got the bolt out and it was all rusted and seized in there.. I took the bolt and cleaned it up then redrilled the hole... good as new.. took me 2 days to get it all figured out. thanks for all the help guys..

 

I had the same problem... It was causing the car to pull slightly to the opposite side under high speed braking