On 1 Jan 2005 17:59:01 -0800, "John Edwards" >
wrote:

>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 ?

Yeah, get a big screwdriver and pry.

> Do we need to push the pads towards
>the rotor with a C-Clamp to get the caliper out ?

No. But the park brake mechanism may be rusted and sticking.

>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 ?

Yup. The rears have a park brake mechanism.

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/Brakes.html#ScrewIt