Hello all, I went to change my rear brake pads today cause they were starting to grind we did the front also just for good measure. The front went just fine but when we went to do the back ones the piston on the caliper would not compress. We even tried opening the bleeder valve and even taking the the caliper off entirely and it still will not compress. Someone know why this is or do I just plain need new calipers in the back? Thanks to anyone with input in advance.

 

the piston on the rear calipers have to turn while being pushed in theres a special tool that u can buy. i dont think its that expensive

 

or you can use a BFS.

 

Hey I had the same problem, just used a flat end screw driver and 30 mins of my time to turn the sucker in. Then realised was turning the wrong direction. You will never know coz they dont move too much for you to know if you are screwing in the right direction . A good way would be to push the rubber casing near the screw and see in which direction the rust marks move.

Morph.

 

:chuckles:

 

I think you have to turn the pads 90 degrees before they come out, if it's anything like a 4th gen.

Dan