I FUCKING HATE C-CLAMPS!!!!!!
it took me nearly 5 hours to ------- change my brakes b/c my c-clamp died...my dad comes home w/ a nice iron 6" clamp....i ------- crack it in half. note to anyone w/ an integra 94-+...------- c-clamps dont work...you have to rotate the piston...i used a crowbar....
God damn C-Clamps!!!! |
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front or rear. . maybe thats why my rear caliper pistons won't retract :-[
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uhm dood no way u gotta have siezed up pistons...
how the hell would the brakes work if you had to screw them in?? ::) also u would rip the rubber boot that seals the piston and brake fluid.. |
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I've always used c-clamps and I dont think the clamp was your problem. I'm not familiar with most foreign cars but I have seen some pistons that required them to be turned in but I'm not positive.
Like said above, the piston could just be froze |
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no...they arent frozen. i have my brakes installed and they are in perfect working order. I dont know if you guys are knowledgable in the integra brake system but it is much different from the civic i believe. The integra has similar brakes to the nsx. All i know is i cranked at my piston w/ a ------- 6" craftsman iron C-clamp and the bitch budged very lil...but i just rotated the piston and it moved enough so i could fit the caliper over the brake pads...i did use the c-clamp on one side...but i also turned the piston as well...here is a picture of what my brakes look like...kinda hard to see b/c the picture breaks everything up into seperate parts...but i def think turning the piston helped.....b/c my brakes are totally operational....
http://www.danoland.com/nsxgarage/br...pads/smrp1.jpg |
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yeah its got a bearing. thats some wacky ----.
at least ya figured it out. and learned me. :D |
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i used the butt of a hammer to push mine in...
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there are some american cars with rear disk you have to screw in. i do believe it is ford. You have to rotate them counter clockwise. but i dont know about tegs since i dont own one
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Originally Posted by shortyz
uhm dood no way u gotta have siezed up pistons...
how the hell would the brakes work if you had to screw them in?? ::) also u would rip the rubber boot that seals the piston and brake fluid.. |
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Hey Bigwig, yeah they just screw in to compress the piston. I had the same confusion when I did mine a while back, but I figured it out with a big ass screw driver. Damnit, I got kicked off the chat yesterday when we were discussing your brake setup and it wouldn't let me back on. Sorry about any problems you went through, but hey at least you know how it's done now.
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Yeah, On my mom's mazda it was the same thing. It's the adjustment mechanism... they unscrew themselves as the brakes wear down... and you have to screw them back in.
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most rear brakes need to be screwed in...something about how the e-brake works.
-Dustin |
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agreed i di dit to my crx
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use a needle nose pliers or big screwdriver to rotate the REAR piston back in. it will not go in like the front pistons.
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For reference, they make a sweet tool to do that with. It's like one of those brake pad ------ers for the front, except instead of just pushing, it has little nubs to fit in those grooves and to push in and turn it at the same time, takes a few seconds to reset the piston. You can borrow them from Checker and such... if needed.
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yeah, my boy just bought one, i thik it was about 15 bucks
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94+ Integras you use a screwdriver and screw in the piston. I used to change brakes on my 96' Integra about every 9 months (lots of track time). they're hard as ---- to compress (like you tried) but if you screw them in its very easy
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