OK, Today I went ahead and changed the brake pads on the right rear of my car. In doing so I think I did well up until the brake calipers piston wouldnt go back in. After like an hour of screwing with it I take the fluid line off and commence to disassembling it till its just the caliper in my hands. So at which point it still will not retract back. OK a litlle more insite, i am using a 8" C-clamp, the same one I used saturday on my LR3, which did work very well...Saturday, not today though. imthinking that the caliper in stuck, which in that event would mean I could hit it with a hammer, my frustration level was met,then relieved by the tender loving taps with the hammer.... so it begins to move back inside the calipers housing. I put it all back together, so I could at least move the car out of the way.

BTW, the clips on the back of the pads... what is their function? and where do they go?

I come in to order the calipers. Come to find out, theres a dang ol' tool designed to turn the calipers piston back inside. Going to order that too.

Also the light on dash was lit, a yellow triangle with arrow around it, after I change the caliper will this light go off?
Will these calipers be an acceptable replacement for the OE ones on the car?
http://www.partsamerica.com/productd...03&PTSet=A

 

research my man...

yeah, the rear pistons need to be turned while you retract them. The metal tabs on the back of the pads, if I understand what you're talking about, slip into the piston to hold the pad in place, and keep the noise down.

 

Yeah, hind site is 20/20.

The tabs I was talking about are the spring like ones on rear of pads. Do they get squeezed together or spread apart?
Found this, I think I should have used this info before my little fiasco

http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs...ic.php?t=44401

 

That is the traction control light. I dunno why that is on. Try pushing the esp button.