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

[Donald Mallinson]

A set of dull needle nose pliars in the slots will work as good as vice 
grips.  just be sure to OPEN the bleeder screw on that caliper before 
trying to screw in the piston, otherwise you will work at it for hours.

If you have some old big sockets and a bench grinder, you can make a 
much better piston tool than any store sells.

Get a socket that is about as big as the piston.  Grind the sides down 
on two sides so that there are two small tabs left.  Smooth off the tabs 
a little and they will fit in the slots in the piston.  use a ratchet 
wrench and job that could take a long time takes about 20 seconds.

Don Mallinson

Jason Hartberger 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...