urgent i need help with my rear brakes

Uneed2Douche · 02-09-2008, 09:28 AM

does any one know what u need to do bout changing rear brakes i think u have to turn the caliper but it aint working for me is there a special tool i need?

mustangvsix · 02-09-2008, 09:58 AM

You should just be able to undo two bolts. I have never changed my stangs breaks but on some friends honda's it was as easy as undoing two bolts and lifting off the calipers.

Uneed2Douche · 02-09-2008, 10:39 AM

yea i got it done getting the caliper off wasnt the problem gettin the piston to turn was it was tight took for ever guess i should have phrased it right

zigzagg321 · 02-09-2008, 10:40 AM

you have to screw in the rear caliper's piston. Autozone shoul dhave the tool you need for cheap.

Uneed2Douche · 02-09-2008, 12:21 PM

its done man the front was so easy the back brakes gave me nothing but problems glad its over with

smokin' joe · 02-09-2008, 04:44 PM

i hope you know to open the bleeder when you compress the caliper piston back in on the stangs they have a bad habbit of pushing crap back up into your master cyl. and that is never a good thing

02-09-2008, 09:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Uneed2Douche Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallastown PA Posts: 125	urgent i need help with my rear brakes does any one know what u need to do bout changing rear brakes i think u have to turn the caliper but it aint working for me is there a special tool i need?

02-09-2008, 09:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
mustangvsix 4 point 6 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Flagstaff, Az / Los Alamos, NM Posts: 2,440	You should just be able to undo two bolts. I have never changed my stangs breaks but on some friends honda's it was as easy as undoing two bolts and lifting off the calipers. __________________ 2001 True Blue Cobra Convertible 1 of 292 #935 built on 4/20/01

02-09-2008, 10:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
Uneed2Douche Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallastown PA Posts: 125	yea i got it done getting the caliper off wasnt the problem gettin the piston to turn was it was tight took for ever guess i should have phrased it right Last edited by Uneed2Douche : 02-09-2008 at 10:42 AM.

02-09-2008, 10:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
zigzagg321 yup. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: OH Posts: 6,668	you have to screw in the rear caliper's piston. Autozone shoul dhave the tool you need for cheap. __________________ image courtesy of wnracing /\/\FOR SALE/\/\

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02-09-2008, 12:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Uneed2Douche Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallastown PA Posts: 125	its done man the front was so easy the back brakes gave me nothing but problems glad its over with

02-09-2008, 04:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
smokin' joe Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Augusta Kansas Posts: 32	i hope you know to open the bleeder when you compress the caliper piston back in on the stangs they have a bad habbit of pushing crap back up into your master cyl. and that is never a good thing