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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 12:24 PM
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Stuck Brake Piston

One of the pistons in my caliperis stuck out what can i do to fix this?
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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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take needle nosed pliers and turn the piston clockwise.
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Old Oct 17, 2004 | 01:15 PM
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K i got the piston back in but now it won't come out what do i have to do now?
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 01:02 AM
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K do i rebuild the caliper now and if so how hard is it?
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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i'm assuming you bled the brakes and reinstalled them after putting in some new pads, and one side is not seating correctly? Need more info
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 01:23 AM
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Stuck piston? Narrower discs help...

Actually...you need to seek out some new calipers. They're not that expensive.
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 02:44 AM
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go with a set of 4 piston brembos....
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 03:04 AM
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my passenger side brake caliper got stuck (big 5 lug s5 brakes) and i just bought some new front calipers for 100 bucks. you're gonna have to either rebuild it or just buy some good ones.
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Old Oct 18, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Karack
go with a set of 4 piston brembos....
Or a set of stock 4 piston Mazda calipers, which are way more than ample stopping power. My brakes outperform just about anything else I've driven, and I'm still using stock Mazda 4 pistons in the front, single in the rear.
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