Hey guys, so i’m putting new rotors and pads in, and this is pretty much the first time i’m doing brakes on my car.
So i’m on the last corner of the car, the fsm says to turn the piston counter clockwise to retract it back into the caliper, but to do so without damaging the boot.
On the other side i was successful without much headache but now i’m finding it difficult to rotate the piston without kinking the rubber boot.
I dont want to force the piston and end up tearing the rubber boot.
Fluid! Penetration fluid. Move the boot around carefully by hand or with a small screw driver. Try not to rip it. Just a build up of rust along with the rubber drying up and sticking to the piston.
If both pistons retract easily. Have no fear, your braking power will be severe. (yeah that was soft)
If they are a bitch to get back in. I suggest replacing them.
Be sure to clean ALL sliders and grease everything nice. Nothing excessive though. Excessive grease attracts brake dust and seizes everything up.
As for the aforementioned problem, i ended up just going balls out and cranked the piston in and just installed everything.
I took it for a small drive, and when i came back the rear brakes were billowing smoke. Throughout the drive, it felt like the rear brakes were engaged on their own, i figured that was normal since rotors and pads are super fresh. But the billowing smoke part? Normal? Probably not, well i’m going to park it for the night and have at it in the morning again.
You probably didn’t have the piston in all the way back, and the pins on the in-board pad did not line up into the cross shaped piston. You should check to see if the rotor is still in usable condition when you have it all apart again.
I was having alot of difficulty with the piston so i chalked it up to it being seized, inside of the caliper looked pretty scored as well so i’m just going to try and find another caliper.
I’ll check tommorow bruv.