I'm thinking about doing the work myself and I'm wondering what's involved? A friend mentioned I may need to purchase a caliper reset tool. Does anyone have a link to the service manual procedure or reccomendations?
2000 Grand Prix GT needs to rear brakes, need information
Oct 22, 2004
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The tool is just a block with a spot for a ratchet. The block has 2 pins that line up with the piston on the caliper. You simple ratchet the piston back into the caliper. Any auto parts store sells the the. I think it costs about $8.
a C clamp will work too
I got plenty of those. Is the caliper designed so that I can loosen a couple bolts and swing it up or does it need to be completely removed? What about bolt torques?
No, it won't work on rear disc brake calipers. The piston has to be screwed back into place while it's being retracted.
Ian
Ian...I had a 2000 GT...c clamp worked just fine for the rear also
Did the parking brake still work when you put it back together? GW
You are right, I am wrong. My mistake, the newer w-cars have the drum-in-hat rear park brake setup, so it's not necessary to screw in the piston.
Ian
no problem at all...thats what these forums are for...learning :O)
you dont really have to torque them, just make sure they are tight
Oops it's a 2001, my mistake, but it doesn't matter. Yep, a signed up under a friends Alldatadiy membership and downloaded the service manual information. There's no torque for the caliper frame bolts. The job took a total of 1.5 hours and I only needed a c-clamp to push the piston back in. Easy job, now the brakes are smooth as glass.
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