I was changing my brake pads yesterday.. and while I was trying to compress/push the piston back into the caliper so that it'll fit over the new thicker pads.... I can't seem to get the piston boot (Rubber thing) around the piston in right.. there will always be a bit o ra lot of piston boot sticking out...

I'm doing this by hand, so probably a bad idea?

I was wondering for those that change ur brake pads.. what do you do to compress the piston? and what do you do about the boot that sticks out?

i was thinking I should use a large c-clamp like most ppl and just apply steady pressure and push it in slowly.. then the boot will fit okay.

I'm hoping thats the case. Not sure if that'll do the trick.

anyhow any inputs on this matter is much appreciated... thanks.