so my gf got a 95 ls and she heres this sound from the rear and i hear it and its the brakes. so i go to napa, get semi performance pads and install them. forllowed the haynes to the T, so i go to drive it to see if all is ok but wait, what the hell is this. it feels the brakes are already ingaged or the ebrkae is on, so i thought nayve they just have to break in. 2 trips round the block get home, take off the wheel cause it smells like the ebrake was on, the rotor is f hor as hell, my spit sizzles on it. the only thing i had trouble w/ was getting the piton to back out so i could fit the caliper back on. i would rotate it clockwise but the rubber sleeve would bunch and turn the piston back the other way, but i finally got it on. so whats the fing deal? help please i didnt have probs w/ my civic brakes? did i forget something?

 

need help

 

Did you spin the piston in the caliper until it is all the way in?

 

tried to but like it says it would just spin out from the rubber around it getting twisted.

 

I'm trying to remember from when I changed my rear pads last September....

I think if the rubber boot twists like that, it's just stuck, but I can't remember how to get it unstuck.... but yeah I think you need to back that piston in as far as it will go before putting the caliper back in place. Sorry I couldn't be more help, my repair manuals aren't near me at the moment.

 

yeah well i did everythign my haynes said to do, cept for the anitsqueel stuff, am i supposed to put something on the rotors?

 

Check that the caliper subassembly isn't siezed. I did a friend's Accord a few months ago and one of the plungers were stuck (boot was torn). This caused the caliper to mis-align with the new pads, and rub a little. Maybe check that.

 

What do you mean by spinning the piston into the caliper?? I know that you have to compress the piston back in is this something special for Integras or am I just out dated?

 

in order to bottom out the piston in the caliper you need to turn it - it screws in, as this is how the parking brake works. You can pick up a little tool (its a cube) that you use with a regular socket wrench to bottom out the caliper.

 

The fronts yes, for the back you have to use a flat head screw-driver or something of that nature and spin it and it goes in.

I did mine 2 weeks ago beastieboy, PM me if you still have problems..


[Modified by 97RedTegGSR, 5:32 PM 3/15/2003]

 

That's another idea, you might need to grease up those caliper pins that allow the caliper to slide side to side.

 

i had a similar prob on my civic hatch with teg rear disc ....had to end up replaceing caliper just never would work right.i own a garage in middletown ohio amd am a napa auto care center (basically just means i buy so much **** that they give me free **** to advertise for them.they dont own any part of my shop.anyway im getting off the subject i have alot of expirience with napa partsand there brake pads suck ***.the only pad that they sell that are good are the ceramix but they are about $100 bucks. get a set or just one loaded caliper(loadedmeans they come with all the hardware and pads.that should take care of your problem. peace out