I'm in the rear changing my brakes. I changed the right rear side already, where I had to screw in the caliper's cylinder thingy towards me when pointing it upward. Now I'm on the other side (left rear) and I don't know which way I should be screwing in the caliper's cylinder thingy when pointing upward. Towards or away from me?


Please let me know. Thanks.

 

If your talking about the piston it should be clockwise.

 

thanks. I'm trying to screw it in and can't. Any tools out there that would make this easy?

 

needle nose pliers??

 

I would try and find a tool to screw it back in if I could. Try Autozone or a similiar store. I used needle nosed pliers and just about killed my hands. I was having problems keeping the pliers at the right width (they kept slipping off for various reasons). I ended up putting one of the bolts against the plier's axis on the side towards my hand. Then when I clamped them down the bolt held the pliers at the perfect position apart to best turn the piston. Hope that made sense - its hard to describe but it really helped me when I put new pads on a couple weeks ago.

 

Bigger muscles?

Your caliper might be seized, making it damn hard to turn in. How does the boot look?

Oh, yeah...and autozone sells the tool. It goes on a 3/8" ratchet.

 

thanks sryth! Went to autozone, got the toolset and boom, no problems at all. Went in like butter.

 

Glad to help. I'm also glad your caliper wasn't seized. Was the pad wear even on both sides (and comparable from caliper to caliper)?

 

wow thers a tool for the ratchet?...im gonna buy that badboy.