Rear Brake Caliper Piston Rewind - With and Without Special Tools

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Published 2023-09-29
Rear brake caliper piston rewind methods. This is a standard single piston rear caliper, as found on most vehicles with rear disc brakes. The hand brake cable connects to the spring loaded lever at the top of the caliper, which compresses the piston via a jackscrew. In order to rewind the piston, you need to rotate the piston (usually clockwise) as you push it into the caliper. In this video I demonstrate three different methods of resetting a rear brake caliper piston with special tools and without. Thanks for watching. Please comment, like and subscribe.

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All Comments (21)
  • @klydolph2
    Yesterday I couldn't push in my left rear caliper, so I bought a new caliper. Today my rear right caliper also seemed stuck. So I watched this video. Now I at least don't need to buy a new right rear caliper. Thank you for the insight!
  • @user-bl4iu6ex2q
    Best video for this job. Actually shows how the caliper piston works and why it needs to be rotated back inwards.
  • @garywheeler1812
    I took a 1x2x6 piece of wood and 2 small fence nails to make a spanner wrench. A Texas biker trickđŸ˜Œ
  • @SpreadsFire
    thank you for sharing your insight, visual reference and alternate solutions for depressing this style of caliper piston. i’m immensely grateful.
  • @Postman1955
    I ordered the rewind tool from Amazon through your link above. I hope you get credit for it as this was a great video and really saved me a lot of time. Txs!
  • @silvermane1
    Best damn video I've seen about this. Very clear & professionally done, easy to understand.
  • @lyonthomas5254
    The cube is new to me. Great investment for someone who doesn’t need the professional kit.
  • @nomadben
    This is by far the best video on how to do this. Thank you!
  • @zythirab9620
    This is the fifth video and it's the most helpful one thank you so much I am screaming đŸŽ‰â€
  • You made it look easy. With the brake line connected, it is way harder to hold the caliper and turn the piston back in.
  • @brianficht1229
    Thanks for this tip with the needle nose pliers. I didn't have these special tools and thought I was stuck, but the pliers method worked just fine.
  • @rickybb8148
    I used a grinder spanner. Worked perfectly .
  • @djeslic5377
    Absolutely a great video... No words, tons of knowledge. THANK YOU.
  • @samwu8070
    This is so practical and is what I'm looking for.
  • I’m having a heck of a time with this. I miss cars with rebuilt carburetors everything back then was fixable.
  • @pecosimplu7070
    thanks a lot for this wonderful video; realy helpful to see how it works; now i have all information i need to make my own tool you have a new subscriber, good luck
  • @vincentriley8626
    Awesome video man, been waiting for my brake pads in the mail got an 08 fusion doing rear pads and this helped tremendously my first time doing the brakes by myself 👍
  • @Bill-ws4ke
    Gee willikers
 I broke 2 c-clamps trying to press it in like all the other brake pistons I’ve ever done. Hahahaa I hope I didn’t trash them
. I finally gave up at 11pm at night after hours. Mayyyyybe I shouldn’t ass uuum me
 and just take a quick glance at a yoopertube videeyer. Thanks so much!!! I appreciate the two method thingy too. Solid b