Rushman04 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 hey, i have a 1992 grand prix se with the gt package on it. i love the car ever since my parents bought it brand new. I finally have it now. But over the years the rear brakes have been replaced and it is usually replaced with new calipers and pads. They sound like the pads in the rear need to be changed but i don't want to buy new calipers. I have done a search on the fourm to see if the question was asked and it wasn't clear. The calipers are almost brand new only a year or two old. I was wondering if it was possible to do a normal brake job on the rear brakes. Iam trying to do this before my parents come home in a couple of days and give me crap about it. Ill take all the help i can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby1870 Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Yup, you can change just the pads, easy as pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Whenever the brakes pads on my Lumina are replaced the calipers are usually replaced because the damn things keep seizing.. and sometimes the rotors also as a result of the rear brakes doing shit all to stop the car.. - Jeff L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigEpCutlass Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 unless the calipers are not working properly or seized than you can just change the pads. do your parents have a problem with you messing with the car lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman04 Posted December 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 yea my parents always think iam going to screw something up since iam not proffesional but i keep fix things on the car and they are surprised each time. I love proveing them wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Pads are an easy fix. If there gone for more than 2 hours, that *should* give you plenty of time to do them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 yea my parents always think iam going to screw something up since iam not proffesional but i keep fix things on the car and they are surprised each time. I love proveing them wrong. Fuck 'em. This is how my friend's parents are and they constantly make him go to the shop for the SIMPLEST repairs (break jobs, idler pulley, etc). Get yourself a cheap Haynes repair manual and prove them the fuck wrong. A brake job is pretty easy, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 When you pull the rear pads. Pull the sliders from the calipers as well. If the slider boots are in top shape (without any tears in them) clean them up, the slider and inside the slider housing on the caliper. Make sure these are clean of rust and other contaminents. Then when they are all cleaned up. Put some grease on the sliders and the cleaned boots and put them back together. Depending on where you live you should at least do this every 6 months so as to prevent seizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughtracing Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 you will a special tool to turn the caliper piston in so you can install the new pads if you try to use a c-clamp to push the caliper piston in you could reck the caliper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SigEpCutlass Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 you will a special tool to turn the caliper piston in so you can install the new pads if you try to use a c-clamp to push the caliper piston in you could reck the caliper not true. Get a thin piece of wood and use it in combination with the C clamp. That's what I did the last time I changed my pads. My calipers work just fine. Granted I have different & larger brakes in the rear of my cutlass, so someone correct me if I'm wrong for the older models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughtracing Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 if the parking brake uses the caliper piston to apply the parking brake you can't use a c-clamp using a c-clamp could brake the parking brake mechanism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPdriver1986 Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 I used a c-clamp on my rear brakes, it works if the clamp gets a grip on the piston it'll turn it back in. I know this seems impossible but it actually worked for me. I also recommend getting the improved slider kit at GM, not sure the part number but it costs around 30$, it will help the rear brakes alot since the stock aluminum ones stick. If not be sure to take them out and clean out the rust inside and use a whole bunch of anti seize. If you don't know where the slider is (I didn't know), its that rubber/metal thing on the caliper, if it doesn't slide it needs to be cleaned and antiseized, otherwise your brakes will suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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