# 4 Piston Calipers

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935 "2006-03-28T11:33:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/1 "2006-03-28T11:33:42Z")

</div>

This is gonan sound stupid…but what is the best way to compress 4 piston calipers…specifically Nissan 300zx TT Calipers…i know if you try to do one side at a time is just forces the other side out…so I need to knwo the best way to do it…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/2 "2006-03-28T12:02:58Z")

</div>

> [@MaximaSE98](#):
>
> This is gonan sound stupid…but what is the best way to compress 4 piston calipers…specifically Nissan 300zx TT Calipers…i know if you try to do one side at a time is just forces the other side out…so I need to knwo the best way to do it…

Try using a “c” clamp with the pad in place and squeeze in the middle ? Well 2 “c” clamps, one each side at the same time.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/3 "2006-03-28T12:07:26Z")

</div>

i was either thinking that or big channel locks…ill mess with it when i get home…the thing witht eh c-clamps is i dunno of the opening is big enough…they are pretty meaty calipers

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/4 "2006-03-28T12:12:48Z")

</div>

use the old brake pads and a c clamp

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/5 "2006-03-28T12:22:46Z")

</div>

> [@MaximaSE98](#):
>
> i was either thinking that or big channel locks…ill mess with it when i get home…the thing witht eh c-clamps is i dunno of the opening is big enough…they are pretty meaty calipers

Go with 2 large pair of channel locks. It’ll work.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/6 "2006-03-28T13:15:58Z")

</div>

> [@POOPRA](#):
>
> use the old brake pads and a c clamp

on the sti i just wedged a screwdriver in between old pads.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/7 "2006-03-28T14:44:28Z")

</div>

You should be able to do it by hand, or with a little leverage from a screwdriver. They shouldn’t be hard to move, even with fluid in them and hooked into the system. They might be seized otherwise.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-piston-calipers/9935/8 "2006-03-28T14:56:43Z")

</div>

> [@newman](#):
>
> on the sti i just wedged a screwdriver in between old pads.

usually do the same with my z(all of them have 4 pot calipers)