compressing caliper piston

[BigBlueVan69]

The cube has never let me down.

[deevergote]

How the hell do you use the cube? That's like the 3 seashells to me.

[BigBlueVan69]

Use the side that fits the slots in the piston. Put it on a 3/8" drive ratchet with a 2 inch extension. Rotate.

[C91BLX7]

GET OUT OF My HEAD CHARLES!

[batever]

using the old brake pad as a buffer between the piston head and the c clamp is a good idea. I'll do that next time.

That cube thingie looks weird, like part of the Borg spaceship.

[Vtec1nspir3dCB7]

using the old brake pad as a buffer between the piston head and the c clamp is a good idea. I'll do that next time.

That cube thingie looks weird, like part of the Borg spaceship.

Reminds me of something i read as a kid... animorphs or something like that.

As to the brake lines, they were in Seriously bad shape. I kept telling him that he needed to change them and when he changed his brakes, he left the cap on his res. I just remember the call...

Him - "Hey, my brakes just exploded."
Me - "Wha? How does that happen?"
Him - "I was in a hurry to fix my car!"
Me - "Dumbass."

Ever since then, i've made sure to do everything slow and right.

[Accrdwgnguy]

How the hell do you use the cube? That's like the 3 seashells to me.

Lol that movie kicks ass

[batever]

Reminds me of something i read as a kid... animorphs or something like that.

As to the brake lines, they were in Seriously bad shape. I kept telling him that he needed to change them and when he changed his brakes, he left the cap on his res. I just remember the call...

Him - "Hey, my brakes just exploded."
Me - "Wha? How does that happen?"
Him - "I was in a hurry to fix my car!"
Me - "Dumbass."

Ever since then, i've made sure to do everything slow and right.

Slow and right FTW; it will save you time and time again!

I have also had to learn the hard way to stop and think for a minute before stepping in the car to start it up after doing major work. Think about what I might have forgotten, or about what size breaker bar might still be attached to the crank pulley bolt for example--or whether the oil tube and dipstick are in the oil pan, thus preventing oil from spraying over *everything in creation*

[Accrdwgnguy]

I used a big screwdriver to turn in the rear caliper piston

[Taurians' Ryde]

Just so we all are clear....the front pistons go back in no problem with either a C-Clamp or Piston Return Tool. Line pressure won't stop you from returning the piston in...not forcing it directly back in WILL... use the return tool to keep it square.

The rears are a DIFFERENT STORY all together. The cuby thing is only for rears. The rear pistons need to be threaded back into the housing. ( clockwise right...? ) I realized this the first time I did my rears...

Just wanted to clear that up seeing as BigBlueVan69 chirped in and put the cuby thing in and made everyone go..wtf ?!?!...lol

Front's use this:


( holy that image is huge...lol )

[batever]

Just so we all are clear....the front pistons go back in no problem with either a C-Clamp or Piston Return Tool. Line pressure won't stop you from returning the piston in...not forcing it directly back in WILL... use the return tool to keep it square.

Good point about keeping the piston square in its bore when pressing it back. I didn't think of that when I did my brake job (my one and only so far) but it still worked using the c clamp bare and by itself--maybe I got lucky.

The back of the old brake pad will probably do a pretty good job keeping it square too when used along with a c clamp

I'm just saying, so people don't think it's imperative to get the special tool.

Another thing is, when using the C clamp put the adjustable foot part on the end of the c clamp screw onto center of the piston end. That way pressure is pretty well centered in the caliper piston face.

I didn't realize "cubie" was for the rear brakes only, thanks for the clarification. And that the rear pistons function differently than the front ones. Although I have drums, not discs, in the back which are weird in and of themselves in my opinion.