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Originally Posted by tangofox007
Did you happen to look at the rubber dust boots in the caliper? If they were torn, the pistons may have been contaminated/rusted, so that when you pushed it in to make room for the new pads, it's not quite as free as it should be.
Were the pistons difficult to retract?
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Boots looked good. Both pistons were difficult to retract at first but after they went in a little they went the rest of the way fairly easy. I'm not sure how difficult they should be to push in so it was hard to guage. I used channel locks and didn't have a lot of trouble ... opened the bleed valve and lots of fluid came out as i pushed them in.
I'll try the kicking. That sounds like fun.
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