harraid5711

so i tried to install hawk hps pads in the front and rear last night and had some trouble. the fronts were a piece of cake, but after messign with the rears for about two hours i had to give up.

the problem was once the new pads were in place, the caliper wouldn't fit anymore, it was as if the caliper wasn't wide enough. the problem was the the piston that you have to screw in was too far out and i couldn't get it back in, i sat there with some needle nose pliers and tried screwing it in (clockwise), and never could get it in far enough. it seems like i'd have to sit there and turn it until christmas!!!!! am i missing something? i know there's some special tool for this, but does it really help that much??i finally just have to put the old pads back in and try another day.

anyone have similar trouble?? any help would be appreciated

Kotobuki

I had a car with screw in rotors once before. The one side went in fine with just a c-clamp... as I tightened it, it was turning the piston the right way to recess it. The other side, the thread was left handed, so I ended up compressing it with the c-clamp while turning the piston with a standard screwdriver. It took me a long time to get the piston seated, but it worked fine. *shrug* I don't know if the C-Clamp was absolutely necessary, but that's how I did it. If you haven't tried spinning the piston the other direction, give it a shot.

acascianelli

Go rent the tool from a Murray's or Autozone. I had this problem on my Fiance's VW Beetle, I was messing around for hours with a C-clamp and channel locks with no success. It took my less than 2 minutes when I had the proper tool.

Miracle

Argonaut

+1 - go rent the disk brake caliper kit from Autozone. Dont buy that little cube thingy, its a piece of crap. If you think you are going to do this often, go to Harbor Freight and get their kit (under $20) - the thing is worth its weight in gold.

scramblr

I bought the little cube POS from Sears and it has worked great.

danbevsv6rumbler

plus on the harbor freight kit

I had the same problem when i went to put on new pads during my 8.8 install... cost me a DAY because I couldn't figure out what was wrong.

next morning i went to harbor freights and bought the tool kit - had the new pads on in 5 minutes after i got home. very handy kit!!!

jahudso2

Is this the harbor freight kit? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40732

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Yonco

How come most places i look have the hawk HPS front pads and no rears? -Jon