w60
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Birmingham, AL
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w60
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I'm putting new pads on my rear brakes (everything stock).
Got the old pads off and turning the caliper in and it only seems to want to retract about 1/8 of an inch.
About how many turns should it take to retract the caliper all the way?
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w60
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Birmingham, AL
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w60
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OK…the caliper above (Driver Side) was leaking so I got a new one.
Got to the passenger side and when I got the caliper off and tried to turn it with a pair of needle nose pliers it wouldn't move.
Am I missing something? Here's what I'm doing:
1. Remove wheel (duh)
2. Remove parking brake cable from caliper
3. Remove caliper from the rotor
4. Use a pair of needle nose pliers and turn the piston clockwise until it's all the way in.
That is where I stopped because it didn't want to move. Should the bleeds be open or anything else to insure there is no pressure on the system?
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turbo80sdriver
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Erie, pa
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IMO, do one side at a time (e.g. make SURE the other caliper is in place with pads...) and compress the piston with a C-clamp for room for the new pads. If you do this with any other caliper off, you will blow out the seal. I don't turn the pistons at all when done this way.
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w60
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Birmingham, AL
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w60
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So you can do the REAR calipers like every other caliper I've ever done and just compress them with a C-clamp even though the shop manual I have (marginal at best) says they turn?
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Not B Anymore
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You can damage the parking brake mechanism if you try to just press the rear pistons back in with a c-clamp.
I have always turned them in while at the same time putting pressure on them. I used to use a socket that I ground down so that it had two nubs that would engage the sluts in the piston. I, being lazy, attached that socket to an impact wrench and turned them in that way. Took about 3 seconds!
Now I have an actual tool for turning in the pistons, but it puts pressure on the pistons while it turns them in.
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Ramos617
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Are the pistons supposed to turn in fairly easy?
Mine turn in but it takes a great deal of effort to get them turning
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w60
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w60
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In addition to Ramos's question, are the pistons threaded at all or do they go in only because of pressure while you're turning?
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Jeff K
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Milwaukee, WI
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It is threaded.
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mike schrijvers
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Mine didn't turn to easy so I bought the proper tool and it was a snap.C clamp will only cause damage
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boboli
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Tucson AZ
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You can't compress the piston. You have to screw them in and it can be a long , time consuming pain in the you know what. Try opening the bleeders and then the piston should screw in fine. Then a quick bleed of the rear brakes after you have changed the pads will correct the opening of the bleeders. This is also a good time to flush your brake fluid using the abs power to the rear brakes. Clean fluid is important to abs operation
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