hello,
I m sorry, but I write from Spain, and my english it s very bad, and when I read in these forum, i don t understand a lot of thinks.
Well, I have a 3.1 V6 firebird, with the rear arm of a 87 trans am, with rear rotors brakes. The right side doesn t runs as well as left, and I have bought a repair set seals kit. I have change some of them, it s very dificult because the caliper have a spring, and it must be screwed. There are any special tool to do it ?
My brake is this ( what a bad photo !!)

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I have seen another similar :

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My question is what must be the distance between the caliper head and his base to put new pads, if I need an special tool to put into, and if I must take over this clip. Because the new pads doesn t fit with the rotors.

And do you know how diassemble the caliper to put the new seals ?
If you could put photos, it will be better for me.
Thanks a lot

 

That spring is a configuration I've never seen before, so I don't know
if it's unique to the V-6, or because the car may be configured to
some european standards.

What I can offer, is that it's quite common for caliper pistons to be
extended so far out, that new pads won't clear the rotors. Simple
solution is to get a big enough C-clamp and move the piston back
down in the caliper. Best solution is to service the caliper with a new
repair kit -- internal O-ring and dust seal. (I just summarized the procedure
in another thread about flushing calipers.)

And by the way, there's a pretty good language translator at
www.google.com/ig.

Good luck,
kk

 

mikiman,

I can not see your pictures. The differential is out of a 1987 Trans Am? With disc brakes?

If so, you need to get the piston back into the caliper. DO NOT use a c-clamp. You will brake something. The piston needs to be screwed in. Use needle-nose pliers in the grooves on the top of the piston and turn the piston counter-clockwise. It will go back into the caliper.