Changing 2000 Mustang Rear Brake Pads

[AccessDEANied]

I'm at school doing my CPU architecture project, and my girlfriend IMs me telling me that her dad is changing her brake pads. No biggie, but I guess he ran into a problem.

This is the picture they gave me of the rear brakes:



She's asking me what tool to use to remove it, so I was looking online for any info about this. After closer looking at it though, it looks like the piston. She's saying her dad wants to turn "it". "It" as in she doesn't know. I assume her dad wants to turn the rotors, but why would anything need removing other than the calipers from the rotors?

Okay, he wants to see if the piston is turnable because he needs to push it in more.

Her car is a 2000 V6 Mustang. I'm not sure if they're rear drums or discs (looks like discs to me). I assume all models are disc brakes since it's a sports car.

[sneek]

do you have a more zoomed out picture?

why does he want to turn the rotors? dont they natually turn? does he want to re- machine them?

[AccessDEANied]

That's the only picture they took

I crossed that part about the rotors out. He wants to push the piston in even more, because apparently it's not fitting over the new pads + rotors.

On rear disc cars, are the pads usually not on the caliper? On my Neon, I have front discs rear drums, but on the front, the pads clip onto the caliper.

[stealth]

The rear caliper on that unit is also the parking brake. The piston has to be turned into the caliper to accomodate the new pads. Take a pair of pliers & turn the piston into the caliper until it bottoms. Reinstall caliper & new pads, properly torque anchor bolts, pump the brakes several times to fill caliper w/brake fluid & set pads. Apply & release parking brake lever several times, which will rotate piston out thus adjusting your parking brake.

[qadsan]

A small "C" Clamp will work very well if all he needs to do is push the piston in more. Just make sure to push the piston back in slowly and make sure your brake fluid resevoir is Not overfilled. If his C Clamp swivel is too big to fit inside and onto the piston, then simply use / make a spacer from wood, steel, etc, so the swivel is pushing on the spacer which pushes on the piston. The c-clamp method is simple an effective.

[bassmastergdc]

The rear caliper on the 2000 mustang must be turned and compress using a tool like the last one on this page:

http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/kdbrak07.html

[qadsan]

Originally posted by bassmastergdc
The rear caliper on the 2000 mustang must be turned and compress using a tool like the last one on this page:
http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/kdbrak07.html

That's good to know. Thanks!

[AccessDEANied]

That -is- good to know. I dunno if the plier method will work. I'll see if this tool is rentable at AutoZone or something. Although it says for GM vehicles also, they have a GMC Envoy, I'll tell them to buy it. =P

[stealth]

If you use the pliers to turn the piston in use the handles to fit into the piston like a spanner wrench then turn the jaws & in it goes.