Break pad replacement
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Hey Larry - you have to compress the pistons back into the calipers. The pads aren't compressible. Depending on the tool you use, you typically leave the old pads installed and use a scissor type tool that goes between them and spreads them. If you don't have that tool, you leave the inner pad installed and use a big c-clamp to press against it and compress the piston back in.
New pads and rotors may have specific bed in/seat in instructions depending on the manufacturer. That consists of certain types of slowing/stopping to get a certain amount of heat into the new pads and rotors without overheating them.
New pads and rotors may have specific bed in/seat in instructions depending on the manufacturer. That consists of certain types of slowing/stopping to get a certain amount of heat into the new pads and rotors without overheating them.
Last edited by Ed Ramberger; Oct 24, 2019 at 05:28 PM.
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Hey Larry - you have to compress the pistons back into the calipers. The pads aren't compressible. Depending on the tool you use, you typically leave the old pads installed and use a scissor type tool that goes between them and spreads them. If you don't have that tool, you leave the inner pad installed and use a big c-clamp to press against it and compress the piston back in.
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https://www.summitracing.com/parts/w...caAr-pEALw_wcB
Here is another style that would work.
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YouTube will be your friend. One tip, make sure and take the cap off brake fluid reservoir and have a rag wrapped around it. they will compress much easier with the cap off but some fluid may overflow. Don't compress them too fast.
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They will stop when they have moved in all the way and are flush. I think you might want to watch some brake jobs online as suggested above. It would clear up a lot of questions you will be asking based on what you have asked so far. There are a lot of fine detail points to properly replacing brakes. It's not that hard, but there are little things that will make or break the result.
Erik the Car Guy will probably have some pretty good stuff. Also the forum will have good answers to specifics. I usually type a search term and then add corvette forum and get more hits than trying to search here.
Erik the Car Guy will probably have some pretty good stuff. Also the forum will have good answers to specifics. I usually type a search term and then add corvette forum and get more hits than trying to search here.
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