2GSKaizen

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Get one of these from any auto parts store. They are about 5 bucks and snap onto any 3/8 ratchet or extension

mitmaks

If you don't know which way to turn bolt to loosen/tighten it, you shouldn't be working on brakes period. You can hurt yourself, your passengers or other people when you run them over with your car. Perhaps you should try simple mechanics on something else ie, lawnmower, bicycle etc before you get the basics.
General rule is righty-tighty, lefty-loosy.

Hayk

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All calipers will go back with a C Clamp. You need to watch some YouTube videos on how to replace disk brakes. Next thing you're gonna ask is which side to put the brake grease on and how to bleed the brakes...

swhockey98

Tough crowd on this forum. Yikes.

ebnub

I had brakes on one of my past cars that a C-clamp wasnt working on. I was stumped and went out and got the Chilton manual (pre-internet days) and found out that there was a hidden port covered with a rubber grommet on the caliper. Under that grommet was a hex wrench head that retracted the piston when I turned it. I've also heard (but not seen yet) of pistons that retract by turning the whole piston. Give this guy a brake, I guess that's what I'm getting at. We were all new at this at one point.

speedkar9

Here's how I did mine:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWRjUD4T1s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83m71ftgd08

And if you get that far and find you need new parking brake shoes:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHuNLAff1ZY

And since you've got the wheels off might as well paint those rusty calipers:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yatAIcsnmks

Hayk

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I should have said, all calipers on the ES will retract with a C Clamp, not all cars. Hondas like to use a screw type rear caliper, because the parking brake is inside the caliper. Toyotas use a drum brake inside the rear rotor for this purpose.

swhockey98

Thanks for the videos, it was tiring and took a lot longer than I expected. I didn't have time to clean up the calipers so I'm planning on doing that in the next couple weeks and then painting them.

I was reading about Evapo-Rust and thinking about using it instead of trying to hand sand 15 years worth of caked on brake dust and rust off the mounting brackets and calipers. Would it be a good or bad idea to submerge the caliper into the Evapo-Rust with the brake hose still attached? According to other forums, Evapo-Rust will not eat away at the rubber seals or boots.

I don't feel comfortable disconnecting the brake hose from the caliper to clean because I will probably contaminate the break line somehow or reconnect it improperly and cause leaking.