i've got a caliper spreader, i just ended up pressing one of the plungers and the other plunger came up, and i tried using the caliper spreader on it and it's not going back in even with the bleeder valve opened, it's sort of stuck.

 

got it fixed, retried the c clamp and walla, got it. took 4.5 hours on the right front and 10 minutes on the left front, lol. the truck stops great now, no shudder and a good solid stop every time, thanks y'all!

 

did you have the rotors turned?

 

nope, got brand new ones.

 

I do like Dirty dog says and leave the inside pad in against the pistons and then use my 8" C clamp to push them back in with. Works every time

 

so what exactly did you use for rotors and pads?

 

i got NAPA economy rotors (52 bucks apiece) and some pads i forgot the name of, got those at NAPA as well, they're the premium pads, 89 bucks for a set.