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

[Jason Hartberger]

Damn, dude, are you psychic or something? How'd you know I was gonna ask 
that?... :P


Dave Pillsbury wrote:
> 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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>>
> 
> 

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Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
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