Ae82 Rear Disc Brakes

[chrisandliz[RL]]

hiya, I'm having trouble with the rear disc brakes on my ae82 4age hatch. The hand brake is not working very well and the brakes are not working well (my ke70 stops much better). I bought some rear pads, but I can not get the slave piston to move. the hand brake lever (see pic) will still move the piston, but it seems to be holding the piston in position.

 

The lever in removed in the pic

 

I have two main questions.

 

• Do these brakes self adjust the hand brake?
  
• How do I get the brake slave piston to retracked?
  

thanks

 

Chris

[Trev]

You have to turn the piston (can't remember what way) while pushing it in.

[Des]

You have to turn the piston (can't remember what way) while pushing it in.

What Trev said,

 

I think its clock wise while pushing in, There will be marks to grip a tool onto to turn it, There is a special cube that fits and works well and repco sells them.

[MYSTIK[RL]]

What Trev said,

 

I think its clock wise while pushing in, There will be marks to grip a tool onto to turn it, There is a special cube that fits and works well and repco sells them.

 

yep it clockwise. long nose pliers work as well but only as a last resort :wink:

 

handbrake can be adjusted via a nut located on the handbrake under the centre console.

 

the hand brake movement be 5 - 8 clicks :cool:

Edited January 15, 2008 by MYSTIK

[Sam_Q]

keep in mind your fighting a losing battle with these calipers, they are known for working poorly. But I have been told they really could use a rebuild most of the time.