Rocketdog Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 (edited) There is a tear in the rubber cover (unsure about what that bit is called) on the back of one of my front calipers. Is that bad? Also any advice on what to use to adjust the piston? I don't have any specialty tools. And is it righty tighty, lefty loosy? Also, how do I adjust the hill holder? 87 subaru 3 door manual fwd Edited November 13, 2016 by Rocketdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwash77 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 As far as adjusting the caliper piston in, I've always used a small adjustable wrench using the jaws as a spanner wrench, the piston is to be turned cw (righty titey) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 The torn boot will let moisture and dirt into the parking brake mechanism. Not good for long term functioning of the parking brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 "on the back" - i assume you mean the parking brake cover like DaveT mentioned. they are massively saturated in grease usually, so should be protected for awhile, I assume you can just get a used boot and swap it out. not sure you can buy those new, rockauto sometimes has oddball brake components like that. plenty of us on here have calipers lying around and could send you the boot probably?, post in the parts wanted forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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