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

[Dave Pillsbury]

The "cube of doom" sucks but does work pretty well when the rear lines 
are not rusted shut. Now the other cure I've come up is to open the 
bracket up and it never does it again. So when you install the new lines 
take two pair of Vise Grips and open that clamp up some.
Dave

Jason Hartberger wrote:

> Yeah, I have rear hoses ready to go in, but I really don't feel like 
> doing all that crap right now... brakes still scare me a little.
>
> Jason
>
> the cube of doom can kiss my ass.
>
>
>
> Dave Pillsbury wrote:
>
>> If the rear lines are working properly you will not need to open the 
>> bleeder. The only time you have to open the bleeder to get the piston 
>> back in is when the line collapses where it attaches at the strut in 
>> that POS bracket, I can get mine in with the bleeder closed and the 
>> "cube of doom" on a 3/8ths ratchet in under a minute.
>> Dave
>>
>> Donald Mallinson wrote:
>>
>>> 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...
>>>
>>>
>>>
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