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Old 05-18-2007, 02:59 AM
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I did my rear brakes today and rented the caliper tool from Auto Zone. It took waaaay too long. Mostly because the caliper tool I rented from AZ was already broken when I got it and I didn't realize until trying to **** with it for 2 hours. [:@] Oh well, it's done now. Thank God.
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Old 05-18-2007, 03:15 AM
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when i did mine, i locked a vise grip on the piston and just rotated it while forcing it inward
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Old 05-18-2007, 03:16 AM
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i did mine yesterday. 300 bucks at firestone
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Old 05-18-2007, 03:16 AM
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ORIGINAL: Brute03

when i did mine, i locked a vise grip on the piston and just rotated it while forcing it inward
+1 that. I did the exact same thing and it worked fine.
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Old 05-18-2007, 04:24 AM
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Well, the tool worked great once I got one that wasn't broken. Also, I only spent $110 on parts and had fun with my buddy while doing it so all in all, it was a good experience.
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Old 05-18-2007, 07:52 AM
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i did mine yesterday. 300 bucks at firestone
Holy crap.

You realise its about 50 bucks in parts right? For 300 you could have done the cobra upgrade on the fronts.
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