So I started my project saturday

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and my car is still on stilts today. I got my brake pads (non-abs) but I can't get the frickin piston back to fit over the new pads.:confused: So now what do I do I was thinking maybe a clamp!?!?:help


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Don't hurt him guys.

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that was great, cleared everything up thanks, dont u own an infiniti?

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You'd better be nice to me Tino - Apparently I'm the only one who will tallk to you.

Now hand over your lunch money or you're gettin' a swirlie.

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did u open the brake cylinder cap.. then u should beable to press the piston back with vice grip things...... atleast thats how my dad does it.. takes like 15 mins per side...

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What? It takes like a minute to stuff a clamp on the piston and twist it back down.

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thank you thank you I did it finally. Question though has anyone ever replaced rotors and calipers?

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My thread so I'm stealing it.... huh? Anyways as a side note my other project I own a ps2 had for it 2 years. It now won't play certain games and dvds. However, it plays other games fine, anyone else have this problem?

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Dude im haveing PS1 problems as i type. For some reason it doesnt like the Used cars on toyota with GT2. It will go to every thing else, just not the used cars.

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i know how to replace rotors...not calipers though

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Rotors and calipers...simply unbolt the caliper and pull everything off, and put all the new parts back on.

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I just got done doing this lastweek. New pads , rotors , and a new f**king caliper. The reason i had to get a new caliper: Unbenouced to me i thought you could use a C-clamp to press the piston back into the caliper..Wrong! You need this special bit (that you can get from any auto parts store for real cheap) to press them back in. If you use a C-clamp you risk breaking the caliper..70 dollar mistake here. =\ You cant just press the piston back in , it screws or rotates in. Dont make the mistake i did...=*[Oh yea , get this , when i thought i was done with my complete brake job i went for a test drive around the block when i got back to my house , Smoke was bellowing out of my rear wheel..sheesh it was s**ty! so i had to get new pads and a caliper...Lesson learned! -B

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only on the back calipers it has to be screwed in...the fronts just puch in

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Tino: This happens with some PS2's. What you need to do is call Sony and let them know how pissed you are about it. They should be willing to fix it for you for free, because they have done it for some of my friends. Let me guess, the problem has to do with purple CD bottoms?

Bandit240: Sorry bud, you've just played your copy of GT2 too much. It happened with mine (froze at the VW dealor), and with my buddies (froze at the Toyota dealor). You just have to go spend the $10 and get a new copy. Worked for us.

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No i think ive just played the entire damn thing to much. I got it when they frist came out. 6-7 years? Its just getting old, Time for a PS2

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i hate cannolis

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oh yea your right ninjak i think it was the purple cds now... but what about dvd movies???

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Notice he never even COMMENTED on getting a woman....methinks he likes sheep. : )

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methinks you should go back to your dormant stage.

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Me thinks that changing your brakes isn't a "project", most people just call it basic maintance.

Oh yeah, canollis are so good....and I used a C-clamp on the front calipers with no problem, they aren't "indented" like the rears, and as lost said, you don't need some overpirced stupid wrench, you need pliers, it doesn't take brain surgery.

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well Apexi you have to understand everything is a project to tino

Even trying to take a bath it takes him 2 hours to work up the nerve to get in the water

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HAHA, yeah, you're right, what was I thinking. I heard his mom has to dress him, he puts on his helmet backwards every morning...

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does anyone have a ps2 or x-box in their cars, one of my friends has a Z28 and has hi s x-box hooked up in his car and he copies his cd's to his x-box and plays them from the x-box like a personal music library, soon as i get a screen im hookin mine up in my car, i never really thought about , i was gonna get one of those screen s with the dvd players on it for like 1500, but now i m only spendin 400 for the screen and hookin my x box up to it, talk about money savers(only thing is its gonna be a b$@#% to find a place to put my x box in my car, but well worth it i think)

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I hate video games in cars. Although the one thing I would do...is if I got like an S13 or something, I'd hook up and old school Nintendo...cause that is just the sh*t.

PS2 would be bad in a car. They quickly get screwed up with a lot of jerking and jostling around.

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phh bastards


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