HELP!! Rear brake piston wont compress!

[exindust]

Im changing the brakes on my sisters sixer and no matter what we do the darn rear piston wont compress... we even went as far as disconnecting the brake fluid line to see if it would compress... it just wont go back in with any clamp we use... is there some sort of trick? HELP


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[exindust]

NM just saw that they have to be screwed in not compressed in...

 

[Superhereaux]

don't forget to bleed the system now

 

[Brute03]

turning alone didn't work for me though, i clamped a vise grip on the outside of the piston and turned it while pushing it back into the caliper.

 

[exindust]

great brakes are mushed up to all hell now... gotta bleed em... any tips on bleeding?

 

[USMC03GT]

try this

http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/

 

[Mike97gt]

glad you figured it out, does the ebrake still work?

 

[exindust]

aww man this is the last time i let my dad make that decision to open the brake line... i said... if we open this wont we have to bleed the brakes? " NO " im like ... uhhh ... ok....

Now im scavenging the interweb trying to figure out how to bleed them... neither of us have done it before...

Pedal is way mushy and doesnt brake until the very end of the pedal...

this sucks... not even my car either

 

[Mike97gt]

ok this is how you bleed it.

1. top off the brake fluid

2. have you dad get in the car and pump the brake then hold it down as far as he can.

3. open the bleeder, DO NOT TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE UNTILL YOU CLOSE THE BLEEDER SCREW

continue doing this untill the brakes are firm. do the bleeders on both rear calipers.

 

[jstreet0204]

ok this is how you bleed it.

1. top off the brake fluid

2. have you dad get in the car and pump the brake then hold it down as far as he can.

3. open the bleeder, DO NOT TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE UNTILL YOU CLOSE THE BLEEDER SCREW

continue doing this untill the brakes are firm. do the bleeders on both rear calipers.

+1

And start with the one that is the farthest from the master cylinder.

 

[exindust]

aight thanks again svttech got it... bled them all brakes work great... only took 4 trips to vatozone and 4 hours

gay but good to know when i upgrade mine to Cobra brakes