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I started changing the rear brake pads on my car

Tiny
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I started changing the rear brake pads on my car, and everything was going good until I tried to compress the caliper piston. I used a C clamp with all my might, but was unable to get it to even budge. I tested to see if it was stuck by pushing down on the emergency brake lever arm on the back of the caliper and the piston moved outward (compressed), so it's not stuck. I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas? Is there a check valve somewhere that I need to open? I'm confused because when I did the front brake pads, I had no problem at all.
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Monday, July 12th, 2010 AT 7:30 PM

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Tiny
DANNY L
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Hello, I'm Danny.

The rear piston will not be able to be compressed like a conventional piston. Yours is ratcheting and will need to be screwed in. Here is a tutorial showing how to replace the rear brake pads and rotors:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-rear-brake-pads-and-rotors

Here is a YouTube video from our site showing how to compress the rear caliper piston:

https://youtu.be/j8YwfSKEzZo

I've attached picture steps below showing how to replace the rear brake pads and rotors on your car. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.
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