kromberg

Hello,

I am in the process of changing my rear brakes and I have run into to problems/issues. If the first is that I can not get the pistons of the calipers to open up so that I can put it on the new pads and rotor. Is there anything special the rear need? The fronts opened up fairly easy. The next thing is that I took off the e-brake spring that attaches to the caliper. For the life of me, I can not get back on. Is there any tips and/or tricks to need to be done to get it back?

TIA,
Keith

chewie

The rear pistons have to rotate/screw into the calipers. They don't press in.

Xemeth

Go to Autozone or any other store like it, and tell them you're changing the rear brakes on a Mustang. They should know exactly what you're talking about and give you the tool to rent that will compress the pistons.

kromberg

Excellent, thanks for the info guys

Keith

Brute03

first of all, why did you take the springs off?

i didn't bother gettingthe tool when i did mine, i just locked a visegrip on the piston and rotated it while pushing down on it at the same time