How do you get the spring back on brake caliper on Mercury Sable?

Answer 1

A spring on a caliper is the first I've heard of. There are springs for the drums but not for the calipers.

If you mean getting the piston back into the caliper so you can put the new shoes on you'll need a C-Clamp to do so and you'll have to take the cap off the brake fluid reservoir to let the fluid escape or you'll get nowhere trying to push the piston all the way back in to get the caliper to sit on the new pads.

Other than that I don't know what to tell you. Hope this helps.

Two possibilities:

• The anti-rattle (or similar) spring that puts tension against the outside brake pad. It's not exactly "on" the caliper, but certainly part of the overall brake package.

  I had a similar problem on a Contour recently - I referenced the photos in the Autozone.com Repair Guide to figure out the spring orientation to the bracket

  Another reference could be the other side brake setup - that is IF you do not disassemble BOTH sides at the same time. I never do that just for this purpose.

• There is a "spring" that secures the emergency brake cable to the REAR disc brake caliper. I ran into that "monster" when doing my 1998 Sable rear disc brakes.

  In this case, the instructions said to remove the emergency brake cable from the rear caliper - and after 30 minutes of trying to get leverage against the end of the heavily spring-loaded cable end, I gave up and all worked out just fine with leaving the cable attached. But of course, I wasn't changing the caliper, just pads and rotor.

Take a look at the "Related Questions" below for more detailed information about both front & rear disc brakes.