Honda Civic Type R EP3 2003 rear brake issue

[Grant Chalmers]

I got a issue with 1 rear brake.

I changed the rotors and pads about a month back and 1 side was wearing down the front pad more than the rear so did the tips that ETCG has shown on all his brake videos.

As I was changing the brakes I did have a small issue of the piston not wanting to get pushed back in.
After much hassle I did get the piston pushed back in with quite some force.

I managed to get it all changed over but trying to refit the caliper it is requiring some force to get the bolts in place which I thought was down to new pads.

Now I have noticed that the rotor is getting rust on it like the pad is wearing down at an angle.

I am now getting very worried that I have damaged the caliper or either bent it if that possible or I have damaged the piston.

Some help on this would be great
Do I need to replace the caliper or is there something I am missing that has caused this to happen

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[Ty]

If the caliper is not properly aligning on the guide pins this could be the issue or there’s an issue with the piston is hanging up to one side of the cylinder.

It sounds like to me that the caliper needs to be rebuilt or replaced.

[Grant Chalmers]

Thanks for the advice.

Just how could the guidelines be out of alignment and what’s could cause that.

When trying to put the caliper back onto the housing it did sit at an angle and I had to push the caliper down towards the front to get the guide pins to get screwed in.

I hope I making sense as it’s hard to describe what happened when trying to replace the pads and rotors.

[Dave Tidman]

I’m not sure if that car has the e-brake in the caliper or in the rotor hat. Did you push in the piston with a clamp or did you screw it back in with a caliper reset tool? I’m worried if the e-brake is in the caliper and you pushed in the piston with a clamp, the ratcheting mechanism could have been damaged.

[Ty]

From what i see online there screw in pistons not push in so there’s the answer.

[Grant Chalmers]

The ebrake is on the cliper not the rotor.

When I was compressing the piston I was trying to twist it but was very hard I open the bleader valve.

I have a reset tool so was trying to twist it but could not get the piston to budge so pushed it in till I could twist it in.

So with what you have said I think you may be rite that I have damaged it. Would it be worth a rebuild kit taking apart and refurbishing or just replace the whole caliper

[Ty]

Not knowing what you may find before rebuilding i would save myself the hassle and just replace it.

[James]

Replace it if the price is reasonable. Rebuild it wrong and you’ll be right where you started.

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