How do I adjust rear calipers when putting on brakes
Jun 25, 2006 at 9:07 AM
Ford Taurus Rear Calipers
ROXANNEMILLER
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Calipers are self adjusting. When you remove the old pads, the piston(s) in side the calipers will be extended from their cylinders. They make a tool to shove the piston back in the caliper, but I'm sure since your asking that you don't have one of these. If you just open the bleeder screw and use the handle of a hammer, you can carefully push the piston back in. Then tighten the bleeder screw. Put it all back together and bleed the system, starting with the caliper on the passenger side, then the drivers side. If your going to do all four wheels, then bleed the right-rear first, left-rear second, right-front third, left-front last. After the system is bleed, the calipers squeeze the rotors and after you release the brake pedal, they back off just a couple hundereths of a inch. I hope this helps.
Apr 5, 2021 at 4:35 AM
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Suggested Repair
Rear calipers are self-adjusting. Retract the extended piston with a caliper tool, or carefully open the bleeder and push the piston back with a hammer handle, then close the bleeder. Reassemble and bleed the brakes, starting with the right rear, then left rear, right front, and left front if all four wheels are serviced.
Conversation Summary
The owner asked how to adjust the rear calipers when installing brakes on a Ford Taurus. The expert explained that the calipers self-adjust, so the piston must be pushed back before the new pads are installed, then the brake system should be bled in the proper order.