[s-cars] Rear Brakes

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Taka,

  The piston can't be retracted with the pads on. The piston has to be turned while pushing it in as there is a big screw inside the caliper that keeps the pads positioned close to the rotor and compensates for wear. It's really not hard to do with a c-clamp and some channel locks. You just have to be careful of the dust boot.
  The pads actually rest on a carrier that attaches to the suspension knuckle. The caliper attaches to this with the guide pins. You need a 13mm wrench to turn the caliper pin bolt and a 15mm wrench to hold the pin. The pads simply rest on the carrier and can be easily lifted out once the caliper is out of the way. If you took the carrier and the caliper off as one piece (allen bolts) you may have to put it back on to break the cliper pins free.

HTH

Chad Tobin

In a message dated 10/21/2002 10:01:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:

> Sorry guys- stupid question relating to the rear brakes-
>
> Can someone please explain to me how one retracts the
> brake pistons with the pads still in place or is there
> some way to remove the pads before retracting the pistons?
>
> I can't visualize this procedure and I need to know how this
> works conceptually so I can understand how it works.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Taka