I thought all rear calipers had to be rotated to retract the pistons? How do you know if they're loaded calipers? I don't know if they are the original calipers or not.
Dave
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I always visualize it this way: When the cable pulls the parking brake actuator arm it rotates a screw attached to the arm that fits into the piston, pushing the piston out. So, you want to turn the piston to "screw" it back down the parking brake actuator shaft.
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Oct 19th, 2007
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I got the left side rear brakes done. The right side caliper is off but I can't separate the mounting boltss from the sleeve in order to clean and grease it before I put it back on. The left side mounting bolts separated from the sleeves with no problem but they were replaced before the car was sold to me. Are they suppose to separate or not?
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Hmmm, yours went backwards from my 86's. Maybe it doesn't matter which way to turn them, maybe turning them just helps them go in.
I started rotating it clockwise & a friend watching said it was coming out. Perhaps opposite sides are reversed - were you working on the left side? (the OP was) ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.
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Yep those bolts and sleeves are supposed to come apart, go to the parts store and get 2 new ones, they aren't too expensive. Otherwise the caliper can't move as it should to work.
Both of my rears I turned clockwise to open them up. I say clockwise meaning while holding them and the tool. If they could be on the car and be turned I would have been turning them the way the wheel rolls when the car is moving forward. We may be going teh same direction and thinking different.
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Yep those bolts and sleeves are supposed to come apart, go to the parts store and get 2 new ones, they aren't too expensive. Otherwise the caliper can't move as it should to work.
Both of my rears I turned clockwise to open them up. I say clockwise meaning while holding them and the tool. If they could be on the car and be turned I would have been turning them the way the wheel rolls when the car is moving forward. We may be going teh same direction and thinking different.
The left wheel rolls counter-clockwise. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"
I know that you think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what I said was not what I was thinking I wanted to say or meant.
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Oct 28th, 2007
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I have the rear rotors and brake pads replaced. I'm trying to adjust the e-brake but the arm on the calipers doesn't rest on their stops. They have about 3/16 clearance before it bottoms out. I have to push them to their stops and that's with the e-brake loose and the springs doing their job, fully extended.
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Oct 29th, 2007
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