caliper closed up...help
 

the rear drivers side caliper is off the rotor, and i went to put it back on but its closed up. both pads are touching eachother and the pads wont push apart. help please

unscrew the bleeder work a screwdriver in there, just enough to remove the pads. pull them out. force the pistons home with your hands or pad spreader.


bleed the rear brakes since you opened up the system

mine were a bitch to push back in, and i had to twist them as i was compressing them

It helps to have the correct tool to compress the pistons back into the caliper.

Yes, and that tool would be one that spins the piston clockwise AS its pushing it in. You just cant jam it straight in without damaging the caliper.

ya the only way to do it is to buy or make the tool to screw the piston back in. The rear are not the same as the front because the front you can just jam back in. go to autozone and pick the tool up for like 10 bucks. its alittle cube shaped thing that has two stud things (dont know what else to call them lol) sticking out on one side of the cube to stick into the holes in the piston. easy stuff just need the write tools.

and ya the only way to pry the pads apart is to bleed ur whole system.

yea, im gonna go buy the tool. i got the pads off, so all i need to do is push the piston back in with the tool.

The best thing to do is go to autozone and rent a caliper removal tool, it has everything you need.

but do i really need all that? all i have to do is push the piston back in, pop the pads back on and bolt the caliper back up