I can't figure it out. I am assuming the rear passenger side, the caliper goes on the front not on the rear like the driver side. I cant get the pads and the caliper on together. I don't have any room in the brake cables to get the passenger side on. I don't have enough slack to get it able to slide on easily. What is going on? I took my rear end apart and I am putting it all back together but the rear passenger is not cooperating.

 

Bump. Need to finish ASAP!

 

You need to insert the piston back in the bore before you install the pads on those calipers, they screw back in. You can rent a tool from a parts store or do it with a steady hand and needle nose pliers.

Cable: you need to loosen the adjuster in the trans tunnel so you can get the cable back on, then readjust it back to where you started, as seen here:

 

??? I dont know what you are talking about. I am asking if the passenger side caliper is on the front and the drivers side rears caliper is on the back.

 

You should only do one side at a time. That way you have something to look at if you get in a hole.

 

IIRC, that positioning is correct.

JamesC

 

It is kind of hard to do one side at a time when both axles need to be removed to remove the carrier.

okay, cool

 

If your 9-bolt has Saginaw (cast-iron) calipers, then yes, that is correct. It's a Saggy thing, not a 9-bolt "feature". Some other 9-bolts with the aluminum PBR calipers, would not be like that.

Just a guess; but it looks to me like they did that so the same caliper part # could be used on both sides. If the calipers are both on the same side of the axle, they couldn't be the same, would have to be mirror images.

Your parking brake cable routing would be a clue as to that.

I don't think it has anything at all to do with the pads being too close together to fit over the caliper.