Ford Fusion Rear Brakes 

I just did this job on my 2014 Fusion. As other commenters have pointed out, if you put the car in maintenance mode you can push the piston back into its housing with a screwdriver: just insert this between the old brake pad and the rotor before you remove the caliper, and the piston will slide right back until it is flush with the housing, Remember to first take the cap off the brake fluid reservoir to allow the fluid level to rise. My rotors, like the ones in the video, had plenty of metal left on so for $30 each I got them skimmed ( as opposed to $100 for new ones). It's worth noting that the discard thickness of the rotors is 9.5 mm (or about 374 thou). If you tell this to the machine shop they can calculate whether there is enough metal to safely machine the rotors. With 2 trips to the machine shop it took me a morning's work, and a total cost all in of $133.

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Thank you! You saved a lot of time because we didn’t have that square socket. You da man!!!

Sir, you just saved the day. Thank you for this video!

Great video good knowledge as well....thank you

Good video thank you.

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Chad, thank you so much exactly what a was looking now I'm doing my breaks bro..God bless u

Another way to turn the caliper is to use needle nose pliers in the indents that are there for the special tool. This way you don't have to worry about the boot. But the easiest way is to use parking brake maintenance mode, which some models need a scan tool to use, some can be done by doing a sequence with the gas pedal, the key, and the parking break switch. I see a lot of people saying "you can push it back with your hand in maint mode", and for me that was BS. I still needed a tool, I used a piston pusher similar to the one you made yourself. Just NEVER take it out of maint mode without putting something in there to hold the piston in place. I made this mistake (long story) and my piston over traveled all the way out. Ruined the caliper trying to rotate it and push it back in. I would also suggest cracking the bleeder if using the maint mode method, and putting a drip pan under to catch everything, and maybe a small hose to direct it.

Is there any procedure to put the electronic park brake in maintenance mode or can I simply remove the caliper per the video ?

If you put the emergency brake into service mode before you start you won't have to turn it you just push it in from that point

If put in maintenance mode you don't have to turn the piston

Im about to do the rotora and brakes all fours dotted slotted rotors

FYI for about 15 to 25 dollars you can get a nice Universal Disc Brake Caliper Wind Back Tool. Nice tool to have.

Do the notches on the caliper piston need to align with the notches on the brake pads. I'm doing mine in a few days when my pads and rotors get here.

Sir, can you tell me how to find the appropriate (original) rear brake pad model? I want to buy them online, but not sure which one is the original and fit excellent with my ford fusion 2017.

Is 9.5mm what the rotor can be turned to, or the minimum thickness before condemning?

How many miles, I have a 2010 fusion mine looked just like those at 15,000 miles.

Chad I have a 2015 Ford Fusion SE we did rear brakes the mechanic used a laptop to put the car in maintenance mode he changed brakes but my brake peddle in going to the floor now. I need to bleed the line or put the car in maintenance mode in the car? Help

Hello Chad, is a 2018 fusion Hybrid any different? Thank you

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