Need helps installing rear brake pad.

[mcsahib]

While I changed my rear pad on my RT SE5, I found that my inside pad had worn to the metal and scratched up the rotor. Can I re-surface the rotor? What is the min thickness of the rotor? Also when I installed the new EBC pads, I could not press the piston back far enough. Is the piston suppose to press flush with the casing? I had already taken out the parking brake assembly and rotated the spine counter clockwise. The piston is still sticking out about 1/4" out from the casing.

 

[SPYD1]

I would replace the rotor. It is very difficult to get the piston compressed.

 

[Bob Denman]

Throw another ":agree:", on the pile.

 

[SpyRyd]

Did you remove the cap from the brake fluid reservoir before trying to push the piston in?

 

[Magdave]

"C" clamp for the piston.

 

[Magdave]

Did you remove the cap from the brake fluid reservoir before trying to push the piston in?

That too :thumbup:

 

[mcsahib]

brake

Yes, I did open the brake reservior cap, and I did use a c clamp. But the piston still stick out 1/4" above the casing. When I turn the parking brake shift back and forth, I can barely feel the piston movement, is it somthing wrong with the parking brake?

 

[KX5062]

There's a trick to it. IIRC, you have put a socket or alike over the adjustment flange so that it can move freely as you press the piston with the C clamp.

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