need help!! with brake installation.
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need help!! with brake installation.
hey, alrights
i got the new brake pads in place but the thing that presses the brake pads together is upwards.
here is my problem
![](http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/L1LB0Y1904/DSC01425.jpg)
as you can see the circled piece. that piece wont let me put back down the brake shoes ...
i got the new brake pads in place but the thing that presses the brake pads together is upwards.
here is my problem
![](http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w39/L1LB0Y1904/DSC01425.jpg)
as you can see the circled piece. that piece wont let me put back down the brake shoes ...
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You just need something like this:
Any auto parts store will have it. Its called a brake piston tool.
Just make sure to watch your brake fluid level when you push the piston back. Dont let it over flow.
![](http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/3376.gif)
Any auto parts store will have it. Its called a brake piston tool.
Just make sure to watch your brake fluid level when you push the piston back. Dont let it over flow.
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Originally Posted by joerockt
You just need something like this:
Any auto parts store will have it. Its called a brake piston tool.
Just make sure to watch your brake fluid level when you push the piston back. Dont let it over flow.
![](http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/3376.gif)
Any auto parts store will have it. Its called a brake piston tool.
Just make sure to watch your brake fluid level when you push the piston back. Dont let it over flow.
is that the brake pad clampped by the toool?
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As JTso said, you will use one of the old pads and this tool to press the caliper piston back in. 2 hints, use a little lube (WD40 or lithum grease) around the boot and caliper piston before you press it back in. This way if the boot won't rip from age/heat if it should bind a little. The piston is pushed straight back in.
Just a heads up, there are totally different instructions and tools for doing the rear brake pads.
Just a heads up, there are totally different instructions and tools for doing the rear brake pads.
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bah, now i know i have to spend some money when my brakes wear down. On my accord, the piston had a slot that I could use a screw driver to twist it back in.
joerockt, the site for the pic you posted an hour ago is down....did you have the picture or site saved? Or can you describe what it is?
joerockt, the site for the pic you posted an hour ago is down....did you have the picture or site saved? Or can you describe what it is?
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Originally Posted by SoCaliTrojan
bah, now i know i have to spend some money when my brakes wear down. On my accord, the piston had a slot that I could use a screw driver to twist it back in.
joerockt, the site for the pic you posted an hour ago is down....did you have the picture or site saved? Or can you describe what it is?
joerockt, the site for the pic you posted an hour ago is down....did you have the picture or site saved? Or can you describe what it is?
![what](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/what.gif)
The rears could technically be screwed in. The fronts are always a push in.
#20
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Pic works for me ![Dunno](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif)
Its just a pic of a C-clamp (6" I think?) on the caliper pushing the piston back in with the pad.
![Dunno](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif)
Its just a pic of a C-clamp (6" I think?) on the caliper pushing the piston back in with the pad.
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