ajstoner21
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Hey
I have a 2011 Mazda 3, and I am preparing to do my back brakes. I did my front brakes without any problems. I have a chilton manual for my car.
For the front brakes, I used a C clamp and compressed the piston back into the caliper easy enough without any problems.
The back brakes, the piston needs turned as its pushed back into the caliper. The chilton manual says you can use a special tool (they rent them at autozone), or you can use needle nose pliers, and use the points and place them in indentations on the piston to push on it and turn it.
My question out there to anyone who wants to answer, the chilton manual says to open the bleed valve as i'm compressing and turning the piston back into the caliper. No one else I talk to seemed to have ever had to do that.
It seems opening the bleed valve is an easy way to get air into the system. Is this really really necessary?
I have a 2011 Mazda 3, and I am preparing to do my back brakes. I did my front brakes without any problems. I have a chilton manual for my car.
For the front brakes, I used a C clamp and compressed the piston back into the caliper easy enough without any problems.
The back brakes, the piston needs turned as its pushed back into the caliper. The chilton manual says you can use a special tool (they rent them at autozone), or you can use needle nose pliers, and use the points and place them in indentations on the piston to push on it and turn it.
My question out there to anyone who wants to answer, the chilton manual says to open the bleed valve as i'm compressing and turning the piston back into the caliper. No one else I talk to seemed to have ever had to do that.
It seems opening the bleed valve is an easy way to get air into the system. Is this really really necessary?