Rear Brakes

[marcusturbo]

I am changing the pads all round and got the front down without any hassles.

I got to the rear and then spent all afternoon messing around trying to get the caliper off then screw the piston back in.

First main trouble was that I could not get the pads to go back in so that I could get the caliper off. I tried everything to get some movement and nothing was working. Small levers, big levers, pushing the pad and opening the bleed screw and a few other things but nothing was working. Eventually I just pushed on the outside pad and forced them over the small lip at the edge of the disc.

I then got stuck trying to get the piston to wind back in. I got it moving quite easily but then the piston was just turning and not moving back in. I was just using a small set of pliers but the trouble was that it wasn't moving back in. Eventually I screwed the piston out and then back in and it just did what it was suppose to do ages ago. Not having done this type of piston/caliper before, is the piston on an actual screw thread or what.

In the end I have managed to get it all back together and have the joy of the other side tomorrow. Think I need to have a look at the handbrake cable as the handbrake doing very little now.

Just for info; 60000kms

Front pads were down to just less than 50% used, discs on were good shape with little wear.

Rear pads were virtually gone only a few mm's left, discs measure in at 10mm thick so 50% left.

I have bought EBC pads all round, just their normal Ultimax ones.