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03-19-2011, 12:28 PM
#41
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Posts: 517
thx fink,
OMFG I FINALLY GOT IT TWISTED AND PUSHED IN.... i lost some blood twisting with these needle nose pliers, sent my thumb right into the rotor.
anyways, these two hook things sticking out of the pad, am i supposed to put them through the slot of the caliper? or just bold the caliper on?
OMFG I FINALLY GOT IT TWISTED AND PUSHED IN.... i lost some blood twisting with these needle nose pliers, sent my thumb right into the rotor.
anyways, these two hook things sticking out of the pad, am i supposed to put them through the slot of the caliper? or just bold the caliper on?
03-19-2011, 01:36 PM
#42
See what you get for using pliers 
If it's those spring like do dad things they go in the slot at the top of the caliper to give tension on the pads. Not sure exactly how they function cause to me they look like they do a whole lot of nothing.
If it's those spring like do dad things they go in the slot at the top of the caliper to give tension on the pads. Not sure exactly how they function cause to me they look like they do a whole lot of nothing.
03-19-2011, 01:58 PM
#43
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Posts: 517
finally got that **** on... omg.................... im about to start the left rear now.. idk if i want to. and save it for another day lol.. I ended up just leaving them where they are.
im a college student, i'll do the cheapest crap possible lol
im a college student, i'll do the cheapest crap possible lol
03-19-2011, 03:17 PM
#45
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Posts: 517
yeah, well for my first time, i usually want to see all the options. Im probably going to end up buying the tool though. I just finished........ took me a couple of hours lol. took some breaks... but im done... and my hands are all black and my cut got grease and **** in it lol. probably not going to do it again with pliers.
my friend told me about bleeding the brakes?
probably not going to do it again with pliers.my friend told me about bleeding the brakes?
Last edited by 99'PEGASV6; 03-19-2011 at 03:23 PM.
03-19-2011, 04:18 PM
#46
You only need to bleed the brakes if you remove the calipers (in other words unplug the brake lines from the calipers). Aside from that there should be no reason to bleed the brakes cause, if everything is fine, then you should have no air bubbles in the lines.
03-19-2011, 04:50 PM
#47
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 302
Yea you dont need to bleed them, only if for some reason they feel spongy then you should try bleeding them... As for the needle nose vs tool.... I prefer bleeding cuts to spending $100 some odd dollars for a tool thats not 100% necessary... plus scares on my hands make me feel pretty BA
03-20-2011, 11:57 PM
#50
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Location: New York
Posts: 517
alright then, sounds good. another mission accomplished lol; but i've found an oil leak while doing this process, and my coolant has been "disappearing" but we'll save that for another thread by me lol. thanks for the walk-through fellas.