Ok so what is up with the rear calipers on the FD, the caliper piston is not an open hole and it won't retract enuf to slide over the new pads and rotor...any immediate help would be appreciated as I have to finish the brake job tonight!!!

 

open the brake bleed and allow some fluid to come out which will let you open the brake up further. Just make sure you bleed the brakes well after you are done.

 

You must screw in the rear calipers with a Borg Cube or a hefty set needle nose pliers if you are brave.

Do not try to compress the piston with a clamp or you will **** it up.

Also, you must align the slots on the piston to slide over the nubs on the pads.

 

Great, I already tried that but didn't force anything I hope, I will twist it tonight and hopefully it won't be trashed.

I open opened up the bleed screw and also have the lines removed

 

No need to open the bleed if you just screw it in.


^^^ Go to the auto parts store and get one of these. Auto Bone or Oreilleys. They are cheap and make the job super easy.

 

Yes they are actuators so screw back in and not press back in.
I basically went through what u are in 1999 for the first time and panicked. My neighbor was a mechanic and sorted it. But not before my redneck tactics with a hammer.

You just took me back to my first ever FD project. Lol

 

Thanx!!!

 

Yup, use the cube!!!

Just did mine and it works like a charm.

 

Clockwise or CC?

 

clockwise

 

Last question...does the pin that has a rotating end go on the top of the caliper or the bottom? Thx

 

There are two slots. It does not matter which one goes "up". However, you have to align the slot so that when the caliper swings down, the slot notches around the nub on the brake pad.

 

Thx to all...job is done

 

If one was to read the manuals, one could actually learn a lot.
Self education seems to be on the decline, as is this country.

I am lucky as I'll be dead before the US is a second rate country. But not by much.

 

This was not a political thread, I served 20 years in the greatest military in the world, and in spite of ur pessimism this will be the greatest country for a millennia at least!!!

Just because I have never seen a rear brake setup like this doesn't give u the right to spread ur worthless opinion here.

 

Lol they have these screw type calipers in a lot of cars but its the first time I have seen the cube tool. I usually use a needle nose. Where do they sell that cube?

 

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Needle nose work too but sooner or later you are going to **** up and stab yourself.