rygi23

front brakes went without a hitch, but I couldn't get the rear brakes to decompress to allow space for the new pads. Y'all have any advice to help keep me from having to pay a shop to do this easy job?

No, the E brake wasn't on. ;o)

forcefeed

twist the piston rather than compress it

03MachMe

yea the rear brakes are a bitch you have to twist them you can rent a tool from autozone i found that to be the by far easiest way to do it

rygi23

And I had been told about this type of brake job just 2 wks ago. My response to the dude was like "man, that sounds like a pain in the ****"....had no clue ours were like that. Thanks for the advice, and making me feel like a biscuit.

Furinox

like a biscuit lol

defconfire

lol, yea like they said twist them, I actually broke my brake compressor tool the first time I change my brakes.

But if your like me you'll "break it first, then read how to fix it" My whole car has been built off of that philosophy.

USMCrebel

LOL...i think thats how most of our Philosophies are the first time around

mustangman02232

rear brakes are a b!tch

and you need a special tool to do em, or they could be siezed, mine were, to many burnouts probably

1HottMach

+1 I know exactly how you feel!! The only thing I had going for me is that I used to be an auto parts salesman, as well as tools... LOL