hue001t

Good afternoon,
I have 95 mustang and i cant get the piston back in to put the brake pads on i think its because it looks like the black dust cover has wedged itself down along the sides of the piston, so is there anywhere that shows how to take apart the caliper so i can get the dust cover out?

Thanx for any comments

FordRacerGT

I have done a few brake jobs and the rear calipers on those body styles are always a pain to get back in. If its a front caliper you have to press the piston back in but if its the rear you have to twist it AND press the piston in at the same time which is hard to do. I usually use a pair of needle nose pliers and a C clamp... hope this helps.

petrock

The black dust boot is supposed to go into the piston bore with the piston.

To clarify FordRacerGT’s post, the front caliper piston needs to be pressed back into the piston bore. Most people use a large C-clamp and an old brake pad or piece of wood to press the piston back in. The rear piston, however, needs to be rotated back into the piston bore. There is a cube type tool that you can use to do this, but it is easy to mess up the piston notches with it. I wouldn’t recommend using it. Most autoparts store rent a caliper tool for this job which makes it a lot easier. It will do the rotation of the piston and apply the right amount of pressure to make the piston move easier.

Good luck...

hue001t

thank you guys for the responses i was able to get it back in today it was the rear brakes. it took some serious effort but all is well. Thank you, originally i didn't realize i had to turn it the only breaks ive ever done i've only had to use a c-clamp.