I'm trying to change the front brake pads on my 2006 Pontiac Montana SV6 and I can't compress the caliper. Do I need to twist the caliper piston while squeezing it?
No that is only the older rear calipers on gm and others. the fronts do not have that style caliper and sound like the calipers are frozen and may be way your changing the pads. try opening the bleeder screw and then compressing them if they go then you need need brake hoses and if not you need calipers. god luck man
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Use a z clamp,Or us big azz pliers,Or use a hammer handle and put one of the old pad in and put the hammer handle in the and twist it will work.I hope this helps
The calipers turn to retract, they do not compress. This is covered in a post for an 06 Montana about retracting calipers. See link.
Hope this helps someone.
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Thanks for the comments. I got a C clamp and twisted it down while the bleeder valve was open. It was messy, but got the job done. Thanks again - really appreciate the help.
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