Well this is my first time changing my brake pads on my own so far its been pretty esy till i got to the piston im using a C clamp and i cant get the dang thing to retaract back in the way it seems our pistons our set up also makes it difficult to get a good c clamp position does ne body have ne tips as how to get my piston back in?

96 2.5 TL

 

I was also wondering if there was ne clips on our rear brake pads becuase all i did was remove the calliper and both of my pads just fell off??? was that supposed to happen? please somebody answer this one

 

Generally when you can't get the caliper to retract they are bad.. I had the same problem when I did the rear brakes. I loosened up the bleed valve to let a little pressure and managed to get em back in... Well it seemed fine but the brake pedal started feeling real spongy.. I had Midas do a free brake inspection ( ). They said when they blocked off the rear brakes the pedal was fine so the rear calipers are in fact bad..

Anyways.. after saying all that I'm gonna guess they are bad and you'll need to replace the calipers.. They are like 70 bucks a piece here.. Oh and I can't remember for a fact, but I think the pads fell off just as you explained..

 

thankx crap new callipers, because i bought i special tool to put them back in and it broke it, so i took it back got another one and it broke that one, damn i guess im out 70 bucks.

 

on alot of rear brakes you have to use that tool that will allow you to turn the piston in.

 

yeah i used that and it broke it, so i went back to kragena nd they gave me another one it broke that one too, maybe its time to either buy a stronger tool or get a new calliper

 

did you open the brake fluid cap?

 

Well i finished a buddie of mine gave me the idea of actually twisting the piston back in with a set of needle nose pliars and it worked great way easier than using that damn tool so if ne of u come across this porblem it seems the pliars worked great for me

 

Yeah make sure you turn those rear pistons. It's hard in the beginning but once you get a few turns it gets much easier. Speaking of brake pads I gotta do mine soon.

 

hehehheh, i was changing mine last week. Replaced the front rotors with drilled ones, and teh pads. When I got to the rear, i encounter the rear caliper... I had to put back on the tires, and call it a day hehe. Might as well bring the car to a shop with the tool and have them machine the rotors while they are at it

 

just use pliars man it really wasnt that hard at all

 

I just hope you have better luck than I did... Like I said I had trouble getting mine compressed and then started losing break pedal a little later after forcing em closed.

 

oh mine seem fine right now. lol i hope they stay that way, good thing Fresno, cali has no big ass hills to roll down

 

You have to turn the pistons while pressing them it. You can get a tool from Pepboys, Kragen, Sears etc. It looks a cube. Or, you can get a entire kit
- http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40732
- http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46790
from http://www.harborfreight.com/

 

after breaking 2 tools from kragen i bought the 60 dollar kit, because i figured i would be changing my pads quite a bit now