ade73

any body tried fitting rear pads themselvs?
tried last night but couldnt get the piston pushed back far enough to get the new pads in. so its off to my local garage in the morning.

Amuse Boy

I think you need a special tool to push the rear pistons back. Some sort of reverse action vice.

AquilaEagle

http://forums.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.p...threadid=196124

Scroll down to Asura's post

ade73

cheers guys, might go have a check for one of them, n see if its any joy.

MarkB

You need a pad spreader - any auto factors including Hellfords I suspect will sell you one.

eSeM

I did the front ones without a problem. I used a G-Clamp to push the pistons in ........ following the instruction on cthree's "how to" thread.

lower

the rears screw back in. you can get a special tool for it or you might be able to find a bodge way of applying rotating force to the piston. on my mr2 you used to be able to do it with a set of long nose pliers with the nose of the pliers pushed into the cutouts.

richard

mikdys

Don't try to force the rear caliper pistons back

(They should turn in quite easily - if you don't have a special tool try using an allen key of about the same width as the slot in piston - it shouldn't take much force to turn them. Also, check your brake fluid level before you start - make sure the level is some way below the "max line". EG; if the level has ever been "topped up" [you should never need to do this unless you have to make repairs to the hydraulics] you may need to loosen the cap and put some rag around the top of the resevoir to catch any overspill. Never get brake fluid on paintwork - unless its silicon fluid - it kills paint [water is the antidote!])

Nick Graves

With the Fiats, the unmilled side of a bastard file used to fit..........

LeeG2002

Nick, the Nissan 200SX rears were the same.

You have to turn them in. Shouldn't be too difficult. I too used a slim file on the Nissan. A strong metal ruler should suffice.