rear caliper?? frozen or stupid??

[stangjunkie]

ok so routine rear brake job jacked up tire off, caliper off, and when i go to compress rear caliper.... and nothing!! YES i am using the tool to turn it in im not just pushing... but it wont turn. the tool felt funny so just to make sure i used the needle nose plyer method and still nothing.... so im going tomorow to pick up a new caliper. is this the problem?? oh also, just to be sure i disconnected the hand brake cable and cracked the bleeder valve release pressure just in case. still nothing. did i forget anything?? i didn't try the other side yet i was out of curse words and all the tools had already been thrown to the other side of the room. any help is apprecited thanks!!

:edit: this is on my 94 mustang v6

 

[Tru_Blue_104]

sounds like a frozen caliper to me. I just did the same job on my 94 a few months back and they were frozen. New calipers fixed it right up

gl

 

[sgarlic]

There's definately something wrong.. unless the brakes were on, the ebrake was on, or you didn't pop the master cylinder cover (or bleeder valve) it should screw back in.

 

[Mike97gt]

it's pretty common for these style calipers to freeze up. some times they take a ton of force to turn them to. But i am sure you probally tryed as hard as you could.

 

[OxMox]

it's stupid... not frozen, i know cause im getting a free post

 

[marvinmycat]

Or frozen stupid.

If you don't want to spend the cash, and you can get the caliper out, you can try reconditoning the caliper itself. Damned if I can find the article I read a few years ago though.

 

[awjaska]

yeah i have had a problem with my clips breaking

 

[OxMox]

it's stupid... not frozen, i know cause im getting a free post

what he said

 

[primergray]

ok so routine rear brake job jacked up tire off, caliper off, and when i go to compress rear caliper.... and nothing!! YES i am using the tool to turn it in im not just pushing... but it wont turn. the tool felt funny so just to make sure i used the needle nose plyer method and still nothing.... so im going tomorow to pick up a new caliper. is this the problem?? oh also, just to be sure i disconnected the hand brake cable and cracked the bleeder valve release pressure just in case. still nothing. did i forget anything?? i didn't try the other side yet i was out of curse words and all the tools had already been thrown to the other side of the room. any help is apprecited thanks!!

:edit: this is on my 94 mustang v6

Take a pair of Channel Locks and turn the piston clockwise. This will compress the rear caliper. If you have vice grips they work better.