What to do about rear brake caliper piston issue?
Recently I did the rear brake pads in my 2015 Ford Explorer. The passenger side was a breeze, spin the piston and it retracted no problem. Went to drivers side and must had made 100 turns and it just wouldn’t retract. What I did was take my old C clamp and applied pressure on the piston as I spun it.
How do you retract the rear brake pads?
Also you’ll have to turn off the ebrake. If you haven’t removed the two things with the 7mm then do that first and remove the metal spring rod thing. Then remove brake pads then do thing I said earlier at 17:00 in the video to put the top of the rear brake pad on.
When to use handbrake or front brake caliper?
The handbrake prevents the car from rolling when the car is at a complete halt. In extreme circumstances, the driver can use the handbrake to stop the car when the brakes fail. The front brakes often play a greater role in bringing the car to a halt than the rear ones. This does not mean you should replace one and ignore the other.
Where are the brake caliper guide pins located?
To fix this, you have to remove the brake pads and clean the brake pad bracket with a file or sandpaper and lubricate it with copper paste or something similar. The brake caliper guide pins are located at the brake caliper bracket and help the caliper to slide forward and backward when you are braking.
Recently I did the rear brake pads in my 2015 Ford Explorer. The passenger side was a breeze, spin the piston and it retracted no problem. Went to drivers side and must had made 100 turns and it just wouldn’t retract. What I did was take my old C clamp and applied pressure on the piston as I spun it.
Do you need to screw the piston back in?
you need to screw the piston back in it will not PUSH straight back in. There is a tool specificaly for this but a large screw driver (FLAT) will work well too.
How does a rear disc brake system work?
There are two different kinds of rear disc brake parking brake systems. Yours is undoubtably the kind of system that uses a lever attached to the back of the calpier to actuate a mechanisim within the caliper that pushes the piston and ultimately the brake pads, holding the brake. That mechansim automatically adjusts itself as the pads wear down.
How does a piston work on a brake pad?
These pistons extend outward in a counter-clockwise direction to apply pressure on to the brake pad while braking. With this particular vehicle, the pad braking material had worn off and the brake pad plate was making metal-to-metal contact with the rotor thereby ruining the rotor.