Can anyone help??
2007-11-16 10:05:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
they screw in
2007-11-16 10:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have single piston rear calipers with mechanical emergency brakes. Try taking adjustment out of your emergency brake cable underneath the right rocker panel. This will allow the piston to collapse inside the caliper further. You've taken the tension off the ends of the cables. The cable ends hook on a lever with a curly cue wound up spring next to it. If you see any indentations around the edge of the face- caliper piston you may need a special four sided tool with fingers on the four corners. It's driven by a common 3/8 ratchet and a short extension. Twist the caliper piston clockwise. It'll further retract the pistons. If it's a large X indentation a common large screwdriver should do the trick.
2007-11-16 19:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What type of problems? How old and how many miles? What have you tried to do to collaps them? Based on what you said, here are my answers. What I would do is place a metal bar or piece of wood across the pistons and use a U clamp to compress them. You could also loosen the bleeder valve and it should compress easier with the pressure off, although you will loose some fluid. If the clamp and bar dont work, maybe the pistons are frozen, in which case you may need to take them off and rebuild them which is not really a big deal. Let me know if you need more assistance,
Chris
2007-11-16 18:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Christopher A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The reason this is happening is because of the system used with rear disks incorporating the emergency/parking/handbrake.
to allow it to be self adjusting the piston works on like a thread, so to get the piston back into the caliper it needs to be wound or screwed back in. The source link below should hopefully be of help to you.
2007-11-16 18:12:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tim R 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can use a large C-clamp to push the piston back into the caliper.(Unless they screw in) But BEWARE! If your car has anti-lock brakes, pushing the piston back into the caliper will push the brake fluid backwards in the brake lines and possibly damage your anti-lock brake unit. Normally, using a Tech1 or Tech2 scan tool, you can release the valves in the brake unit and then safely collapse the piston into the caliper.
2007-11-16 18:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by db667089 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are you trying to collapse both pistons at the same time. not sure if it has 2 or 4 piston brake calipers but you dont have to bleed the pressure if you are squeeze the pistons in with a pair of fingergrips or something similar all at once.
2007-11-16 18:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by benjamin r 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
loosen the brake line to bleed or just use the bleeder..
2007-11-16 18:10:26 · answer #7 · answered by ClassicMustang 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try using a big C-clamp
2007-11-16 18:10:46 · answer #8 · answered by jasonbatla 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
they don't push in, they twist in, clockwise...
2007-11-16 18:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by blueman2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋