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Old 02-23-2015, 08:18 AM   #5666
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rear pads/rotors
probably the first time I worked on the car without my back aching afterwards...finally something that's so accessible without needing to throw out my back
didn't have the right tool for the caliper piston...had better luck with a fat flathead screwdriver than a channellock that the DIY video suggested.
Depending on the type of caliper you can sometimes get an open end wrench on there going points-in, and then clamping vice grips on perpendicular to it. Hard to explain without a picture but it worked great on my RX7 which has two V shaped groves cut into the face of the piston.
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