Brakes on Olds Aurora

[xtn]

I just rent the tool or actually they loan it to you at advance for free, you keep it and use it then next time you pass return it for a refund. A lot of those GM cars that size have it.

I just use needle nosed pliers. I'm still curious about 98 Mustangs and how their pistons screw in but don't have any provisions for the tool.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I am not around many GM's but have seen this before. Now for Fords, I have never seen it.

Chris

 

[dstig1]

I am not around many GM's but have seen this before. Now for Fords, I have never seen it.

Chris

I have. My '92 SHO Taurus had rear discs and had the screw-in-and-push pistons on the rear calipers.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have. My '92 SHO Taurus had rear discs and had the screw-in-and-push pistons on the rear calipers.

Interesting. I will have to add that tool to my box. I have not owned a Ford car since 1989. I have had about a dozen Ford Trucks and SUV's since that time.

Chris

 

[955Lincoln]

dodge man....I have a 1995 Aurora as my daily driver. They are getting rare and it doesn't take much to send them to the scrap yard. There is a really good forum (aurora club of north america) if you have future questions/problems.

 

[dodge man]

Yeah, I'm a member of that, under the name, you guessed it, Dodge Man. I don't think I get a lot of respect because of my name, but its a good forum. I had problems with the headlight switch (multi function) and they showed how to take it apart and clean it, which I did, and its been 100% since.

The Aurora is a car that was under my radar until we bought one used for $4500 about a year and half ago. It was a $40,000 car brand new in 1999. Its a very solid car, and with 115,000 miles on it, it is still rock solid. Your right though, it wouldn't take much to send it to the junk yard at this point in its life. Its a driver for my 16 year old son, and so far its working out.

 

[955Lincoln]

Ahh yes....the old metal flakes floating in the grease trick.

My dad passed in 2006 and no one wanted his Aurora. CarMax offered us $1200 for a '95 with 32,000 miles on it so I ended up paying my sisters $800 and keeping the car. It has been quite reliable so far. I took it in to a Caddy dealer just a few weeks ago for a free safety fuel rail recall.

Try not to overheat the engine....although you may have the stronger head bolts.

 

[jayste]

It's stange to see this thread. It just so happens that part of my Memorial Day weekend fun was doing a rear brake job on my daughters '99 mustang. Last Friday I checked out some info on them and found a little chatter about the different style of piston on the rear of the car. When I went to buy the pads the guys that I talked to didn't even know about the "screw-in" style of caliper. So, I grab the pads and head home, which by the way is 25 miles from any parts house. I find out in the middle of the job that these cars do, in fact, have the screw in style. I did some calling and went ahead and did the loaner tool program from the parts house. It cost me 2 round trips to the parts house and about 2 hrs time...Lesson learned.

 

[xtn]

... was doing a rear brake job on my daughters '99 mustang. I find out in the middle of the job that these cars do, in fact, have the screw in style. I did some calling and went ahead and did the loaner tool program from the parts house.

So they DO have provisions in the face of the pistons for the tool.

 

[jayste]

So they DO have provisions in the face of the pistons for the tool.

Yep. Which is the dead give away for the screw-in style. Parts house guy wasn't sure until he viewed his computer image of caliper for the '99 mustang (which he showed me when I went in there). Also, youtube vid showed how to properly "clock" the piston to the caliper so it would line up with small pin on back of pad.

Below are the tool I used and a close up of the face of the piston I found on the internet.