Need Help ASAP, Tow Truck coming
07-16-2006, 10:11 PM
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Need Help ASAP, Tow Truck coming Ok, my car needs to get towed via flatbed to the exhaust shop down the road, it's coming at 8:30am tomorrow morning. Right now, my car won't start, and I need to relieve the brake pressure so it will roll without starting it, How CAN I DO THIS? Also, I took my calipers off today to paint them, when they dried, I tried to put them back on the rotor, but the tolerance was way too tight, and they wouldn't fit, my wheels aren't even on and the tow truck is coming in the morning!@ 
How can I relieve brake pressure, and get my car rolling freely without starting it? It's a M6, and the E brake is on, does it control the front, rear, or both brakes? HELP!!
How can I relieve brake pressure, and get my car rolling freely without starting it? It's a M6, and the E brake is on, does it control the front, rear, or both brakes? HELP!! 
07-16-2006, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by HBHRacing
relieve your brake pressure?
Why is it holding? The car will free roll in neutral with the Ebrake off.
Why is it holding? The car will free roll in neutral with the Ebrake off.
07-16-2006, 10:42 PM
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it's a manual 6, so if I release the the E brake, it will release pressure from the front calipers as well as the rears? Because you know how when you press the brake pedal down when the car is off, the pedal gets firm and then stops moving? Well that's kind of the deal with my car, someone pressed the pedal down. But you're saying the E brake will release both the front and rear calipers when the car is Off on a manual 6 f body?
07-16-2006, 10:47 PM
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no, the e brake is only for the rear. When you release the pedal, the pressure also releases. it will be free all the time when the pedal is not being pressed.
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07-16-2006, 10:55 PM
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doesn't matter. it will release on it's own. if you pumped the pedal with teh car on(which is probably what you did), it will get hard. it will not however hold pressure. It's simple that you depleted all of the vacuum from the booster.
07-16-2006, 11:03 PM
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Ok, then can you recommend to me a method of getting my front calipers back on my rotors, because when I removed them to paint them, and then attempted to re install them with the brake pads, they wouldn't fit over the rotor, tolerance was too tight 
should I compress the caliper to make it slide over the rotor? if so, how
should I compress the caliper to make it slide over the rotor? if so, how
07-16-2006, 11:44 PM
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Not to be a dick, and please dont take it the wrong way, But if you dont know that you need to push it back in you probably should NOT be working on your own brake parts 
They are sensitive....
They are sensitive.... 
07-17-2006, 01:28 AM
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Make sure you put your old pad on there when you compress it so you don't do damage to the new ones. If you're not changing pads then put something that extends the length of the pad that will apply even pressure. A C-clamp will work, or you can buy a nice kit from Napa or Advanced that will be easier. If you do breaks a lot buy the kit, if not just use a C clamp.