[Shotimes] HELP! rear brake pad replacement issues (piston)

[Carl Prochilo]

I don't know if anyone else does this, but the biggest problem I have with
the cube tool is getting enough leverage on it since I don't want to
remove the caliper off the car.  To solve the problem, I remount the
caliber and bracket onto the knuckle sans rotor.  This gives you a secure
setup and allows you to apply ample pressure on the piston with the tool.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Wed, June 8, 2005 9:10 pm, Jason Hartberger said:
> ahh, thank you all for saving me! I took the bleeder screw out, and the
> stupid tool that autozone has was still friggin useless... then I read
> the thing about the vise-grips.... yeah, they work really well. I would
> highly recommend that to whoever does rear brakes. It took me half an
> hour to make one turn with the stupid tool with and without the bleeder
> screw in, and the vise grips took about 5 seconds. Now, who the *@)%
> came up with the idea of making you turn the stupid piston!? grrr....
>
> anyway, thanks, guys. I really owe y'all one...
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> Alan Fanning wrote:
>> Jason,
>>
>> You can get an appropriate tool at a parts supply house or make one up
>> yourself out of a piece of metal if you have a hack saw and a file. Be
>> sure
>> to first unscrew the bleeder screws to simplify the process.
>>
>>     Alan
>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>help! I'm stuck! The rear pads have finally worn down to metal and are
>>>making a horrible noise. I need to replace the pads but I can't get the
>>>pistons to seat for the life of me. I'm reading the ford manual and it
>>>says I need a piston rotating tool to rotate the piston back into its
>>>slot, but I don't have it and I don't know who does! It's really
>>>important that I get this done tonight... :( anybody know anything else
>>>I can do? it seems really stupid to engineer the rear pistons like
>>> that...
>>>
>>>--
>>>Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
>>>USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
>>>AIMD/IM-3 CASS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
> USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
> AIMD/IM-3 CASS
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