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

[Jason Hartberger]

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
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> wrote:
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>>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
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-- 
Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
AIMD/IM-3 CASS