Help Insalling Rear Brake Pads

On my 96' aurora i have rear disc brakes and im trying to put new pads on the caliper and something is not giving... and all i can figure out is the emergency brake line is hooked up to the caliper but is not engaged... does this brake line need to be diconnected in order to release the pressure on the cylinder to install the new brake pads?

The big thing I remember about the rears is that one caliper bolt comes out while the caliper actually pivots on the other one. So the whole caliper doesn't come off, just swings off the rotor. Then you can pop out the pads and use the correct tool to 'screw' the piston back in (it doesn't simply press back into its bore). My dad and I started taking out the big bolts for the backing plate before we figured out that the caliper swivel/pivots out off the rotor.

I had actually got the caliper off and was putting on the new brake pad and using a c-clamp being pressed on the pad against the cylinder i couldn't get it to go back in the chamber to install the new pads.

First of all when you are compressing the caliper back in did you unscrew the cap to the brake fluid resivoir on the master cylinder. If you did not it will be really hard to push that piston back in. You will have way to much pressure in the lines and can actually cause damage to various parts. If you did do that and the piston will still not compress you probably have a bad caliper. There could be dirt and debris stuck behind it just from being old. I don't think the caliper would be too expensive and they will probably give you a core refund for your old one!

The rear piston must be turned clockwise while pressure is applied to get the piston to compress. There is a tool that you can rent from advance auto to do this, or you can use a pair of needle noise pliers.

You do not need to unscrew the bleeder screw, although this is recommended to prevent pushing debris back into the master cylinder and through the ABS. The only thing is that if you undo the bleeder screw I would highly recommend bleeding the system.

If you don't want to bleed the system, don't unscrew the bleeder and you will be fine. There may be a little extra fluid in the reservoir when you are done, so check that after words.

I also like to use a baster to suck all the old fluid out of the reservoir. When you are done just replace with new fluid. It is not a requirement, just means every time you do your breaks you car will have nice new fluid