I'm having trouble taking my rear brake parts off and I didn't know if it was something normal or I'm missing a bolt or whatever. I'm trying to change my rotors and can't seem to get the calipers off. Any help would be much appreciated. Tried looking in the search section and couldn't find anything specific to my question. Thanks

 

which part of the caliper can you not take off?

 

This is where I'm at trying to get this off



I took out the 4 bolts that seem to be the ones that hold the caliper on but I wasn't sure what else I missed

 

is you're e-brake on??

Please tell me it's not.

 

u have a sledge hammer laying around anywheres. if so take that a nice big swing at ur back rotors that should fix everything... good luck

 

no I left it down
there's slight movement as if it is gonna come off but I just didn't know if it was really tight for the 1st change or if something else was on

 

Hmm, if its moving then it cant be that the pistons are to tight. I changed my front with no prob, Took me about 20 mins, but Im changing the rear tonight so if you find out what is wrong let me know just in case i run into this problem.

 

ya if ur changing ur rotors a ny way give them a bit of a smack maybe it'll loosen things up a bit..and go back to ur e-brake and pull it up and let it back down again..u know gm sometimes things stick even when they're technically not supposed to be on..and when was the last time you shaved ur rotors?..it could be that u have a massive lip on ur rotor if so just chisle it off in one section ..rotate it so its under the caliper and pull im thinking thats prob what it is if you can wiggle it but not take it off...although it is rears so i duno man haha u shouldn't have that big a lip on the rears

 

thanks guys...it just needed a couple of bangs like you said. Then it slid right off

 

I couldnt get my rear one off since i couldnt get to the bolt behind the brake lines. then gm gave me a cube like tool to use for next time i change them but i have no idea how it would work. We need a how to on changing our rear brakes on here.

 

I got them off...they just needed a little love tap with a hammer...lol

 

how did allof you get that bolt to turn behind the rear brake lines?

 

Just so you know the "square thingy" is to adjust the self adjusters.

 

used an extended scocket

 

i guess my tools arnt the best then.

 

my problem is similar cept I can't put them back on... I tried prying the piston in to make the gap wide enough to fit over the new pads but it won't budge... and no, the e-brake is not on...


any thoughts?? i'll try putting the e-brake on and back off tomorrow like mentionned higher here, but if anyone has any other ideas I kinda need to get this done before monday :P

 

with thw pads on you have to hold them tight and slide the caliper back on. I did it sliding it down with top first and pushing down to the bottom and they went right on