Brake Caliper Pot Popped Out

[Mick1988]

Long story short... I removed my brake caliper to take a wheel hub off my car (my friend needed to borrow a decent one to pass the pits). As I am wrecking the car I had someone come and look at the engine to hear it running. As I am an idiot I started the car with my foot on the brake (habit I guess). Now I need to relocate this car to my grandparents place before I strip it so I was going to get a permit to drive it there.

However due to my idiocy one of the pots on the caliper has popped out and I can seem to push it back in with my thumb. Anyone know a way to rectify this or should I just cut my losses and replace the entire caliper with a spare one from the shed. Only pain then is having the bleed the brakes and I'll also have to bin the set of front calipers from this car instead of potentially selling them.

Any input would be appreciated I'd like to be able to get this car rolling again tomorrow if possible.



Thanks
Mick

[Hangman]

Why do you have to bin the front calipers? And you'll have to bleed the brakes either way if the piston came out. Assuming you mean piston by pot.

EDIT: The pic wasn't there when I posted

[Mick1988]

I tried to push it back in but it won't go. If I undo the bleed screw (i have a one man bleed kit that is a one way valve that goes onto the bleed nipple) and push it will it go back?

[Hangman]

It should push back in.

[Mick1988]

It doesn't as it is now so I'll try with the bleed screw open? It wriggles around then I touch it that's why I was thinking it had popped out completely or something

[pablo]

Crack open the bleed nipple and push it back with a 'G' clamp. Though now that the piston is out, it will be contaminated with dirt, so the whole unit should be dissmantled and re-assembled clean, to do the job correctly!

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

The dust boot that is on the caliper needs to be pulled out a bit and fitted over the base of the piston without it coming out of the caliper for the piston to go back in. The lip of the boot would be stopping it from pushing in.

[Mick1988]

Cheers for that mate, I'll give that a crack today. Maybe next time I won't be so stupid to apply the brakes when a caliper is loose..

[strgas]

when you push the pot back in place a block of wood or something to stop the other pot from popping out .