Thread: Front brake pad replacement
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Old 11-30-2005, 01:52 PM
maheath maheath is offline
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I've never gotten a C Clamp to work without removing the caliper. MB makes a special tool that will depress the caliper pistons with the calipers still attached to the rotors. I've attached a picture of one.

I bought a similar one off of eBay for under $50 and it seems to work OK.
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