I’m in the process of cleaning and rebuilding the brakes on my project car. I have them apart and have been scrubbing the parts while I await the new seals. And, I have a couple questions:

When I reassemble the brakes, I need to have the pistons pushed in far enough that I can get the new pads in. To do that on the rear brakes, does that mean I have to twist the piston clockwise all the way? Are they sort of self adjusting? I guess what has me wondering is how they screw onto the rod that has the stack of concaved discs on it. Lastly, I’ve seen some people say to use grease on the pistons and other say to only use brake fluid when reinstalling the pistons. It does look like the new seals kits come with packages of grease.

 

@IdahoHusker
suggest you post this in the 1st Gen section to get more experienced eyes on this if you still need help.