Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to
compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:24:29 -0400, "xcel360" <dr_jonez@hotmail.com>
wrote: >I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to >compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! >================= "...caliper to compress." ? Do you mean you're trying to get the pads apart? Buy the tool. My local Advance Auto has a pad er for US$6.88 - cheap enough. Plus whatever tax the local thieves have added. S25 |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
"xcel360" <dr_jonez@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:76126caf9802362efd44a880bde568cb@localhost.ta lkaboutautos.com... > I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to > compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! Parts stores sell a little clamp thingy that works great. I was helping my neighbor do a front brake job on his son's car and he'd bought one. It sure beats compressing them with a screwdriver or pry bar. |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
xcel360 wrote:
> I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to > compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! > What methods have you tried to compress them? A 6inch "C" clamp works great for this. Place one of the old pads into the caliper on the piston side and then attach the C clamp and tighten down, the old brake pad will prevent the clamp from damaging the piston surface and allow more even pressure across the piston to prevent it from twisting and getting stuck.. Also, ** remove the master cylinder cap ** before doing any of this as you may be building up pressure in the fluid resevoir. If you've already attempted this method and failed, you may have a damaged caliper. |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
xcel360 wrote:
> I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to > compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! This topic came up on another forum. If your car has ABS/TC, the pistons are screwed back into the caliper, not simply compressed. There should be two recesses on the piston to accept a peg spanner, which you can get at an auto parts store. |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
Hey, don't tell us how your trying to do it or anything.
"xcel360" <dr_jonez@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<76126caf9802362efd44a880bde568cb@localhost.t alkaboutautos.com>... > I'm changing the pads on my 03 elantra GT and I can't the caliper to > compress. any suggestions or help? thanks! |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
I usually use a large pair of Channelock pliers.
Oh, and if you're doing the rear, the piston screws back into the caliper. You WILL need the special tool for that. |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
The rear pistons did have to screw back in. I guess I was just used to my
other cars, and had never seen this before. Being it was 10 oclock at night I couldn't run out to the store to buy the tool, and I really needed my car back on the road, I used channel locks on the little inserts where the "special tool" dug into. Also wanted to note that the passenger side is reverse threaded. Thanks for the replys! |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
Do you need this peg spanner tool for the front discs with ABS or is it for
the rears? Can you compress the pistons with the channel locks or is this tool absolutley necessary? |
Re: Help with brake pad Change!! Calipers won't compress!
DADEO wrote:
> Do you need this peg spanner tool for the front discs with ABS or is it for > the rears? Can you compress the pistons with the channel locks or is this > tool absolutley necessary? I've heard that you need it for ABS front brakes, but I can't say for certain if that's true. If the pistons have holes for a peg spanner, then it's a good bet that you need one. Take a look and see. |
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