brake job...pushing in caliper piston..

[bgambino]

on the older Sub's you had to rotate the caliper piston in order to push them back in

 

my niece has a 96 Legacy---I'm doing the rears...it's obvious that they do not need to be "screwed in"....but, do people generally just push them in with a clamp or break the bleeder screw open , then push them in?

 

BTW--what do the fronts look like (screw in type still?)

 

thanks

[rcoaster]

on the older Sub's you had to rotate the caliper piston in order to push them back in

 

my niece has a 96 Legacy---I'm doing the rears...it's obvious that they do not need to be "screwed in"....but, do people generally just push them in with a clamp or break the bleeder screw open , then push them in?

 

BTW--what do the fronts look like (screw in type still?)

 

thanks

 

You don't have to open a bleeder screw, just unscrew the master cylinder resivoir. Just keep an eye on the resivoir so it doesn't overflow when you press the piston back in. Use a C-clamp and one of the pads to press the piston back in. I use a special tool you can get at any auto parts store to press it back in. The rears are single piston while the fronts are double piston. They're basically the same. A c-clamp and the old pad would work fine pressing in the double pistons.