Brakes For Idiots
05-14-2003, 02:48 PM
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My rear brake pads needed replacing, so I took the calipers off, and started looking at everything involved. Everything was going just great until I tried to compress the caliper back into the housing. They won't budge. Thinking that it was a problem with the caliper, even though both sides brakes worked perfectly last week, I took off the other side also, and it also wouldn't budge. Is there something wrong with my calipers, or is there something wrong with me?
BTW: 86 RX7, non-turbo, non-vented rear brakes.
And the car has lived in Virginia all it's life, so there has been snow and salt in it's history.
BTW: 86 RX7, non-turbo, non-vented rear brakes.
And the car has lived in Virginia all it's life, so there has been snow and salt in it's history.
05-14-2003, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 75 Repu' date='May 14 2003, 04:17 PM
Maybe you can releive the presure in the brake lines if they are still hooked up, since you will need to bleed them again.. if not.. I dunno..
05-14-2003, 03:54 PM
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You need to turn the piston a bit. Go Download the Brake section from the FSM from www.fc3s.org Then you will know what to do young grasshopper.
05-15-2003, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='May 14 2003, 08:45 PM
Twist them with a pair of channel-locks, or duckbill pliers and they will go right in.
On a slightly different note, which bleeder valve do I want to use after I re-install?
05-15-2003, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Apex13B' date='May 14 2003, 08:57 PM
PS , you arent an idiot, that is my title here
05-15-2003, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by NameisToad' date='May 15 2003, 01:06 AM
A pair of needlenose pliers did the trick for me, thanks guys. Is that a common sportscar thing, or is it unique to rotary vehicles?
On a slightly different note, which bleeder valve do I want to use after I re-install?
On a slightly different note, which bleeder valve do I want to use after I re-install?
mike