Actually I knew about this tool going into the job but then it lapsed my mind. ARG!!!

 

I too am glad that I read this thread before starting. I changed the front brakes on my girlfriend's Tib a month ago and wasn't prepared for the carnage involved in removing the front rotors. I live just north of Toronto (Canada) and they pour salt on the roads like McDonald's fries. They were so rusted that I had to score and split the rotors to get them off the hubs.

No worries, I'm ready this time. Thanks for all the good info. hail.gif

 

oh yeah. if you searched for that to you would have found this picture somewhere...



rotors are a pain on winter-driven tibs.

 

i havn't been around much lately, but i thought i'd do a quick search before i did my brakes too. i've done brakes a million times, but it never hurts to see if there's gonna' be any unknown hurdles. i miss this place. hah

and someone mentioned grand ams? that's weird, because i ALSO had a grand am before my tib. 1994. that car was a tank.

 

Hate awakening such an old post but I can't find the answer my dad posed to me....I'm replacing my front rotors and pads and he asked me if he needed to bring a special tool from work that helps get the piston back into place with the caliper because its "threaded" vs. just a straight push in. If anyone knows the answer I'd appreciate it. If I missed finding it in the forums my bad....FYI going with Rotorpros and EBC Greenstuff.

 

nope, the front calipers only need pressure to get the piston back in. a c-clamp will work fine.

 

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lmao.gif i was such a noob, now i know better.

And i now know the actual name of the kit that you can buy to turn the piston in.

"rear caliper piston compression kit"

just rolls off the tongue, lmao.gif

btw the kit is much much better than just the cube, makes it a cinch, and since you can return the kit for all your money back, its cheaper too lol.

 

At my autozone, we rent a caliper tool kit, but it's a bunch of flat discs with a bar... lol

 

Thx guys...look forward to getting the brakes back in order for them sharp spring corners... lmao.gif

 

Just for future refernece when someone else searches and finds this thread.

Once you get the brake pads off the back calipers you'll see this:

pic 1

The circular thing with the 4 holes in the middle is the piston which you need to turn. The next pic I show will be the tool in the package so you know what it looks like.

Pic 2

And you use a rachet with an extension on it as previously stated, Thats why it has square holes in all sides:

pic 3

The tool cost me $11 and once out of the package is non returnable. Autozone rented a kit but it had alot of disks and looked flimsy. So I checked at O'reily's.

I dont have the time at the moment to use a more permanent source like photobucket but i will change the links later with a mods help if they will allow it. Or they can save the pics to whatever board they use.