How to compress brake piston?? HELP!!!
How to compress brake piston?? HELP!!! While painting my rotors I wasn't thinking and hit the brakes in the car while the calipers were disconnected... now the pistons are expanded and I can't get them to compress?? tryed using a c-clamp and tryed bleeding it a little and none of this worked???? help??
uh... you hit your brakes when you had your caliper off correct?.. and now they wont go in even with a c clamp///
did the pistion come all the way out like is the boot all the way out... this happened once to my friends car and the pistion came too far out and got cocked in the caliper and wouldnt go back in.. took a lot of persuasion
but like @nthony said use a brake pad and a c-clamp... good luck man.. and dont compress one without making sure the other cant move anymore.. you might just make a bigger problem
did the pistion come all the way out like is the boot all the way out... this happened once to my friends car and the pistion came too far out and got cocked in the caliper and wouldnt go back in.. took a lot of persuasion
but like @nthony said use a brake pad and a c-clamp... good luck man.. and dont compress one without making sure the other cant move anymore.. you might just make a bigger problem
ive witnessed the same problem with the piston almost or partially coming out, and the guy had to open the caliper's bleeder screw and push it back in because it was too over extended. make sure the seal is still good while youre at it.
yep you guys are right, the piston came all the way out and seized there... I bent on a clamp trying to get it back down after bleeding it too, I just bought a re-done caliper at autozone for $40 + core so that worked out pretty good and now I am back on the road!!!
