This is painful to write, as I explain my stupidty... As others have done, I was hurrying and didn't realize I needed to do the whole EPB maintenance mode while doing the rear pads. 2016 CX-5. I actually was able to compress the driver side piston enough, with a C-clamp, to get it back on, but it sure took a long time! Then doing the right side, I just couldn't get it compressed enough and finally realized I had done exactly what I was worried about doing, which was kind of crushed/cracked the top of the EPB actuator black plastic cover, where I stupidly put the clamp, knowing it was plastic, but hoping it was strong enough (it wasn't). I then finally got on youtube and found out about the maintenance mode, came back, did that, and it sure made compressing that piston a lot easier! I put it all together, and took it for a test drive. Seems to work fine. Car stops. Emergency brake works, and releases. So a couple questions:
- when I was compressing the pistons, I'm not positive they didn't spin a little (didn't quite see that detail till later too...). So 1st question is, what happens if the slots aren't in the 3, 6, 9, 12 position? Would it be obvious it was screwed up? Would it still work for awhile till it didn't, maybe catastrophically? Should I take it all back apart to make sure they're properly oriented?
- The EPB seems to work fine, but I definitely cracked the plastic most of the way around the circle at the top (actually the face toward the middle of the car when mounted) of the actuator. I feel like I should probably replace those actuators, and found them on Amazon. There seems to be a couple cables running to them - and I cannot find anything, anywhere on how to remove/replace them? Is it just unplug the cables and unscrew something and put it back on, or can someone point me to where I can find the procedure, please?
- when I was compressing the pistons, I'm not positive they didn't spin a little (didn't quite see that detail till later too...). So 1st question is, what happens if the slots aren't in the 3, 6, 9, 12 position? Would it be obvious it was screwed up? Would it still work for awhile till it didn't, maybe catastrophically? Should I take it all back apart to make sure they're properly oriented?
- The EPB seems to work fine, but I definitely cracked the plastic most of the way around the circle at the top (actually the face toward the middle of the car when mounted) of the actuator. I feel like I should probably replace those actuators, and found them on Amazon. There seems to be a couple cables running to them - and I cannot find anything, anywhere on how to remove/replace them? Is it just unplug the cables and unscrew something and put it back on, or can someone point me to where I can find the procedure, please?