On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 21:04:03 -0500, Alex Rodriguez >
wrote:

>In article .com>,
says...
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Having replaced my 98 accord's front brakes earlier, I tried to replace
>>the rear brake pads. To my astonishment, the caliper was so tight that
>>even after removing the two caliper bolts, the caliper would not come
>>out of the caliper stand, it is tightly fixed to the pads / rotor. Did
>>anyone have a simliar situation ? Do we need to push the pads towards
>>the rotor with a C-Clamp to get the caliper out ?
>>
>>Also I noticed that in the Haynes manual, there is a different way to
>>push the piston, they say to rotate the caliper piston instead of just
>>pushing it back with a C-Clamp, is there a difference between the front
>>and rear disk brakes ?
>>
>>Any ideas, appreciated ..
>
>Release the parking brake.
>------------
>Alex


the parking brake is integral with the caliper. you have to
rotate the piston clockwise while pushing in. it changed back in
1998.
Chip