Rear Caliper piston re-set
Replaced the rear pads on the '01 S40. As the manual stated the caliper piston needs to be screwed CW back into the caliper body. Another place for a special tool, yee-haw. I tried some needle nose vise grips. I could get the piston to turn, but it did not seem to be retracting. Book said pressure was needed while turning.
I resorted to the C-clamp that I use on all my other cars. The plan was to add some pressure with the clamp and try to turn the piston with the vise grips. I guess I got lucky that there was enough friction between the piston face and the c-clamp. Cause as I turned the C-clamp tighter, the piston began to turn AND retract with only the c-clamp turning the piston. Not sure how everyone else does it, but it sure did work. |
My old Saturn was like this, havn't had to do th rear pads on my S40 yet :)
But on my Saturn I always just rented a tool from Autozone to compress and turn the caliper at the same time. |
I'm looking at this job soon. I believe the Autozone-type stores lend the special tools as well.
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Originally Posted by mf70
(Post 414061)
I'm looking at this job soon. I believe the Autozone-type stores lend the special tools as well.
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Here is the tool Autozone 'loans' out:
OEM/Disc brake caliper tool set 27111 at AutoZone.com - 5 reviews Autozone used to lend them out. They changed their policy and now you are just buying the tool, this one is $60, and then return it for a full refund when you are done. This would have been a PITA when I was younger as I would have had to borrow the money to 'loan' it. But their normal return policy applies now so you can keep the tools for 3 months I believe. |
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