Honda Car Forum

I once owned a Nissan Sunny and got the same problem of uneven worn of brake
pads in the one brake. And its because one of the two piston got stuck.
Finally, I used a C-clamp as you have mentioned to forced it back into
position and renewed the brake pads. Fortunately, it moves again afterwards.
Now my Civic only has one piston and the brake pads worn evenly.

"George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D
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> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:43:50 +0000 (UTC), AC <cookster666@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I attempted to change the front pads and rotos on my 99 civic but it
seems
> >like they are stuck in the retaining clips. Also they haven't worn
equally
> >on the inside and outside of the rotor. So I left them as is for now. Any
> >thoughts on what's wrong?
>
> It's rare that they wear identically between inside and outside pad -
> sometimes one is completely worn while the other still has plenty of
"meat"
> left. Your pads are probably not stuck in the retaining clips - it's just
> that they are jammed in by residual pressure from the piston, with maybe
> the lip on the edge of the rotor helping to lock them in. You could try a
> pad spreader tool to loosen them up, if you can find one for your car. I
> normally just use a 4" or so C-clamp to pull the piston assembly towards
> the caliper frame - you only need to move it a small amount to get enough
> play to get the pads out. Then you can use the C-clamp to force the
piston
> back in enough for the new pads.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
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