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Topic: '98 Mustang rear brakes
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V8 Thumper
Gearhead Posts: 4378
From: Arizona
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-04-2004 02:42 PM
   
Pardon my ignorance  Not having done rear pads on this car (Sis-in-laws car), can anyone give me any tips? Does the e-brake incorporate the calipers, and if so, any specific procedures I need to know? Thanks for all input  ------------------
1965 GT coupe, 333ci aluminum headed/solid cammed stroker, four speed, 3.70:1 9" All Blue Oval, no blue bottle
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26242
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-04-2004 03:24 PM
Piece of cake.  The emergency brake cables are attached to a lever on the caliper.
You should not have to even dissconnect them.
There is a cheap tool sold at most parts stores (expensive from a tool truck) that screws the rear caliper pistons back in if needed. They turn in and out for the emergency brake.
It can be done with a long pair of good needle nose if they aren't too rust also. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
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Ked
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From: Fayetteville, N.C.
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posted 03-04-2004 09:17 PM
Alex makes it sound soooo easy. I gotta better idea ~ Take it to Precision Tune! 
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V8 Thumper
Gearhead Posts: 4378
From: Arizona
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 03-04-2004 10:12 PM
Thanks Alex and Ked ------------------
1965 GT coupe, 333ci aluminum headed/solid cammed stroker, four speed, 3.70:1 9" All Blue Oval, no blue bottle
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SUBMARINER MUSTANGER
Gearhead Posts: 1079
From: Grandview, Missouri
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-05-2004 12:12 AM
OOH, have to disagree with Alex on this one. I know we've debated this topic before on here, and the tool is really the only way to go. If you even attempt the needle nose pliar trick, you're going to get really pissed as you really have to put quite a bit of pressure on those pistons AS you're rotating them clockwise. That's really not feasable with needle noses. There are basically TWO tools for this job. The expensive one from the tool truck...the one I use as I'm a Ford tech...and a cheapy tool that looks like a 4 sided metal box with each side having metal divots that match up with different vehicle rear disc brake pistons, and you use a 3/8 drive ratchet to push against the piston and drive the piston in at the same time. Try NAPA, that tool there should be about $10. Good luck!------------------
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