compressing the piston into the caliper (disk brakes)
04-30-2004, 09:04 PM
#22
0.0 BAR
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Re:compressing the piston into the caliper (disk brakes)
Originally Posted by d16z64life
Originally Posted by bambooseven
(we are a distributor)
....and, if he was a dealer as part of the "we" clan, why wouldn't you know that you bought "disks" and not "dicks"??
Damn homo. 
04-30-2004, 09:50 PM
#23
1.5 BAR
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 1,495
Re:compressing the piston into the caliper (disk brakes)
Originally Posted by bambooseven
I bought some JDM GSR rear diScks from JDM theory a little bit ago. Before I put them on the car I decided to replace the rotors with brembo blanks and replace the pads.
Bear with me as this is my first time doing ANYTHING brake related, I am TERRIFIED of brakes.
I took the calipers off, replaced the rotors, no problem, put the new pads in, and went to slide the caliper over them and no dice. it was way too close of a fit. so I took a C-clamp to the piston and went until I broke the little handle thingy off. it is still 3/16th too narrow to get over the pads. and the c-clamp will not move any more.
any help will be appreciated. I apologize in advance if I am just ignorant, and am doing something terribly wrong.
Bear with me as this is my first time doing ANYTHING brake related, I am TERRIFIED of brakes.
I took the calipers off, replaced the rotors, no problem, put the new pads in, and went to slide the caliper over them and no dice. it was way too close of a fit. so I took a C-clamp to the piston and went until I broke the little handle thingy off. it is still 3/16th too narrow to get over the pads. and the c-clamp will not move any more.
any help will be appreciated. I apologize in advance if I am just ignorant, and am doing something terribly wrong.
05-01-2004, 10:46 AM
#24
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Re:compressing the piston into the caliper (disk brakes)
kind of reminds me of the time we (i don't know who else was in there with me) had to walk bigwig through compressing his calipers in chat, took him all damn day, he just didn't get it 
05-01-2004, 12:41 PM
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Re:compressing the piston into the caliper (disk brakes)
Originally Posted by 91civicZ6
every set of rear discs i have ever seen just simply screwed in.
