im putting some Hawk HPS pads on and im having trouble decompressing the rear brake piston. it wont budge. i had no problem w/ the fronts so im assuming it has something to do w/ the e-brake? i tried removing the spring but still nothing. do I remove the whole e-brake bracket off of the end of the caliper?

 

you need a special tool autozone or pepboys have them they are like 10 bucks the rears need to be turned in not compressed in

 

i have heard the same thing. you are supposed to actually "screw" it back in. i think it has something to do with the e-brake, but i may be way off on that part.

 

Correct and correct. The rears screw in / out, this is to allow the e-brake to adjust. Would really suck if you had to keep pulling the handle higher and higher as the pads wore out

 

Hopefully you have the e-brake off

Needle nose pliers work too

 

yes i had the e-brake off...thanks guys

 

ok just checking, that could have been a problem lol. the rear is definitely harder than the fronts.

 

i did my brakes within the last 5 months or so.. do what hes saying..i think hes the one that suggested it to me in the first place lol it was either him or DOC... but yea..needle nose pliers..push down and turn clockwise

 

Not sure if it was me or not, but regardless it works lol.

 

One side is clockwise, the other side is counter-clockwise.

 

i just did mine an hour ago, they were both clockwise.

i found as well as needlenose pliers work, using a pair of regular plies is better, it doesnt want to slip off as easy.

 

Well there are different types of needle nose pliers. So I guess it just depends on what the ends look like. Yea they should be clockwise to make them go in, I don't know what the other guy is talking about lol.