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with a tool that looks like a cube and you attach to a ratchet
with a c clamp. put a block of wood or your old pad over the piston and tighten with clamp.
caliper piston does not retract with moderate C-clamp pressure - not willing to force it
Screw the piston puck in clockwise. There is a tool for this (KN or KY) that is a box with little dowel pins to fit the slots in the caliper piston. What you are actually doing is resetting the parking brake. As the pads wear and you set the parking brake, each actuation of the parking brake foot lever ratchets the piston outward to componsate for pad wear.
Remove the wheel, and brake assembly (4 bolts on back of calipers) be sure to hang the brake piston so that it does not hang by the brake line, remove the rotor, clean and inspect all parts including brake pads. Open the brake fluid resivoir, get a c-clamp or a piston depressor to push the brake piston back in. This should take about 15 seconds to SLOWLY push the piston in. Re-assemble brakes and repeat on other side.
You will need to remove the tire and wheel from your 1998 Pontiac Grand Am. Remove the brake assembly spring from the brake pads. The brake pads will come off. Reverse the process to install the new brake pads.
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The minimum thickness of a brake rotor on a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix is 1.25 inches. Below this point, the brakes will be less effective.
The brake diagrams, for your 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix SAE, can be obtained from most General Motors dealerships. The brake diagram can also be found at most auto-parts stores.
there is a special tool that can be purchased at any auto parts store made specifically for compressing brake caliper pistons. I personally use a 4 inch c-clamp. works every time.
there is a special tool that can be purchased at any auto parts store made specifically for compressing brake caliper pistons. I personally use a 4 inch c-clamp. works every time.
The 2001 Pontiac Grand Am minimum brake rotor thickness is .075. The minimum brake rotor thickness is a standard minimum. Certified mechanics cannot use the brake rotor when the thickness drops below this level.