2004 Buick LeSabre "disk brake piston" Questions

...brake caliper will not compress to fit the pads on the rotor... On some vehicles with rear disk brakes the piston also is self adjusting to keep the pads close to the rotors. This piston screws in to ...

...piston on the cylinder to act as a parking brake. This makes it necessary to rotate it to get the cylinder to retract - instead of just mashing it back in with a C-clamp.... I'm not sure which the ...

brake disk caliper is probably siezed so all braking power is going to the left causing the pull. Wheel off, disk pads out, pump out the pistons in the caliper JUST A LITTLE. Clean with a copper brush

...disk and colaps the shoe pads I put on new brake shoes on the rear of a 99 dodge stratus and don't know how to adjust them to get the disk on If they are drum brakes, make sure you turn the self ...

...brake disk. when the piston is lock it cause the brake pad and brake disk to rub causing much friction and heat, long period of braking can cause a fire. getting a rebuilt caliper is much easier to ...

...brake disk so here is how you do this job: 1 undo wheel nuts and jack the side up your changing first, put axle stands under to keep car raises whilst you take wheel off, dont leave on jack as this ...

...brake disk temperature with a temperature gun on both brake disks of the same axle. If one is much higher, the caliper piston is probably sticking. Can also check for relatively large temperature ...

brake pads that sit on the brake pistons,,,not the disk!!! and check the brake pistons are free to move,,you should be able to just push the brake pistons back into the cylinders with your thum only,,

brake to remove replace disk and service due binding need a quick overview on removing front and rear disk pads. rear brakes binding after use of hand brake, cleaned and lubricated hand brake mechnism

...brake is inside the drum in the disk ,so just push out the pins and then push piston in on one side and renew pad then do the same on the other side of the piston . remove the tyres, u'l hv 2 remove ...