Car folk, caliper question help.

[orphan]

Forgot to add... it is very important to change your brake fluid periodically because the fluid absorbs water even though it's a "sealed" system. Water in brake fluid hinders the performance of the fluid itself and will corrode brake parts from the inside and lead to failure of components (i.e. sticky calipers, leaky master cylinders, etc.)

[scales owner]

Popping a master cylinder? No clue.

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[dsirkle]

Popping a master cylinder? No clue.

Just remove the top (lid) of your master cylinder (where you put the brake fluid in) under the hood before changing your pads. If you don't, you may have trouble pushing the cylinder in because the system is closed. Also sometimes the right and left caliper are not mirror images of each other and it is easier to get the c clamp right in the center of one piston so it is easy to push it in, and if you are off center with the other one it is harder to get that one to go in. I doubt that you need to change the caliper, and as you know you will therefore not need to bleed the brakes. You are smart to change the pads before the rotors are damaged. It costs almost nothing to change the pads yourself. I don't think that you want to get into changing the brake fluid yourself if you are trying to avoid bleeding the brakes. Don't involve a mechanic this time.

[littleindiangirl]

Just remove the top (lid) of your master cylinder (where you put the brake fluid in) under the hood before changing your pads. If you don't, you may have trouble pushing the cylinder in because the system is closed. Also sometimes the right and left caliper are not mirror images of each other and it is easier to get the c clamp right in the center of one piston so it is easy to push it in, and if you are off center with the other one it is harder to get that one to go in. I doubt that you need to change the caliper, and as you know you will therefore not need to bleed the bleed the brakes. You are smart to change the pads before the rotors are damaged. It costs almost nothing to change the pads yourself. I don't think that you want to get into changing the brake fluid yourself if you are trying to avoid bleeding the brakes. Don't involve a mechanic this time.

Aha! Now I know what a master cylinder cap is! lol. Well, that should definitely make things go a lot smoother next time around.

Thanks Dale, exactly what I was looking for.

[littleindiangirl]

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Didn't get to it today, so I have yet to try it.