Racing this weekend, rear caliper piston gave up on life.

[CanuckFiST]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice. I am booked in to race this coming weekend and when I was swapping out the rear brake pads the piston just refuses to go back in.

I've read that this is fairly common but now that I'm looking for a replacement caliper I'm finding out that the OEM calipers are unobtanium in Canada.

Rock Auto says they could get it to me by Friday but I have my doubts. Ford dealership told me to buy a Mustang, jk.

Any advice? Rebuild the caliper?

 

[Jabbit]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice. I am booked in to race this coming weekend and when I was swapping out the rear brake pads the piston just refuses to go back in.

I've read that this is fairly common but now that I'm looking for a replacement caliper I'm finding out that the OEM calipers are unobtanium in Canada.

Rock Auto says they could get it to me by Friday but I have my doubts. Ford dealership told me to buy a Mustang, jk.

Any advice? Rebuild the caliper?

Were you pushing it straight in or turning it? You have to turn the piston to get it to go back into the caliper.

 

[CanuckFiST]

Were you pushing it straight in or turning it? You have to turn the piston to get it to go back into the caliper.

Thanks Jabbit, definitely turning. I think that I overextended the piston from burning down the rear pads at the track and it just won't reseat on the threads.

 

[Jabbit]

Thanks Jabbit, definitely turning. I think that I overextended the piston from burning down the rear pads at the track and it just won't reseat on the threads.

Haven't heard of that but I suppose it's possible. I have decent rear calipers I could sell you but I don't know how quickly you'd get them.