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Yesterday I was trying to change my rear brakes but I could not find the calipar bolts? also after speaking with a friend he advised me that if they are anti lock rear brakes, I can't use a C-clamp to push the calipar back in?

How else would you push the piston back in whether you used a C-clamp or brute strength? It's gotta push back in (unless it has a screw-in type piston).

I also was told to clamp off the brake line to prevent brake fluid going back into master cylinder AFTER I finished replacing pads on my Honda with ABS. I opened the bleed screw and used a C-clamp to push the piston back in. I thought it a little odd that nothing came out of the bleed screw and then my master cylinder overflowed with the brake fluid I was pushing back. Sounds like I did everything wrong but I've had no problems with my brakes since. With metal re-inforced brake lines I couldn't have clamped off the line anyway.

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Yesterday I was trying to change my rear brakes but I could not find the calipar bolts? also after speaking with a friend he advised me that if they are anti lock rear brakes, I can't use a C-clamp to push the calipar back in?

How else would you push the piston back in whether you used a C-clamp or brute strength? It's gotta push back in (unless it has a screw-in type piston).

I also was told to clamp off the brake line to prevent brake fluid going back into master cylinder AFTER I finished replacing pads on my Honda with ABS. I opened the bleed screw and used a C-clamp to push the piston back in. I thought it a little odd that nothing came out of the bleed screw and then my master cylinder overflowed with the brake fluid I was pushing back. Sounds like I did everything wrong but I've had no problems with my brakes since. With metal re-inforced brake lines I couldn't have clamped off the line anyway.

thanks for the reply

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