Need help with brakes

Well, tonight I decided to change the rear brakes on my CRX (disc brakes). The top bolt came out fairly easily. The bottom one I hat to cut the head off using a dremel, and got it out that way.

Now here's my problem, the part that needs to be pushed in with a C-clamp, that part seems to be frozen in place. I bent a solid steel 6-inch C-clamp, but still nothing. I do not have a brake press.

First of all, what is this part called, so I can search for creative ways of undoing it, and second I need suggestions on how to release this. Would Autozone have something that I can borrow that would release it?

Its the piston, and you dont push it in you screw it in beacuse it uses a spring type parking brake. They make a tool that fits into the grooves and you can use a ratchet, but its just as easy to use a pair of channel locks, just be careful not to tear the boot.

Thanks, I'll try that.

Try it my ass, you better do it and do it good soldier!

Try it my ass, you better do it and do it good soldier!
:lol: I don't know, out of the 4 bolts that I needed to take out, 3 of them broke (2 for the shield) and 1 for the caliper. My car is just really rusted out. I'll do it tomorrow afternoon.

the fat kids ownz you.

shield bolts?

I always used the edge of the old brake pad to turn the piston back in. It fit in the slot when I didn't have a screw driver around and you won't run the risk of tearing up the boot like you would with the channel locks.

I always used the edge of the old brake pad to turn the piston back in. It fit in the slot when I didn't have a screw driver around and you won't run the risk of tearing up the boot like you would with the channel locks.


That's sorta what I do. To back up the piston I put the old brake pad on it, and c-clamp that and turn...