View Single Post
  #5  
Old 12-07-2004, 12:12 PM
Duke2.6 Duke2.6 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,272
Change ONE REAR PAD AT A TIME. If you pull both pads and attempt to push a piston back, the opposite piston could pop out! This caliper design is known as "fixed caliper" - the caliper is solidly bolted to the upright and has a piston on both sides. The more common "floating caliper" design is used up front with a piston on one side and the caliper mounted on bushings to allow it to slide sideways.

Remove one pad, push the piston back, install the new pad, then do the other side of the caliper. The easiest way to push the pad back is to attach a hose to the bleeder valve routed to a container and open the valve while you push the piston back, which will push the excess fluid through the the valve and into the container rather than pushing it back into the reservoir, which could overflow if it is already full.

The reservoir has internal baffling that separates the front and rear reservoirs. In order to fill both, you need to fill to the top and then wiggle the reservoir back and forth sideways.

Look at the level on the RH side (as referenced from the point of view of the driver) of the reservoir to determine its level. This is the "hidden resevoir" (tough to see) that I think services the rear.

Duke
Reply With Quote