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Old 03-25-2007, 12:23 PM
Will_w202 Will_w202 is offline
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thanks....went pretty well once we figured out the bolt arrangement and that you don't remove what looked to be slider bolts (?) at the top of the calipers. We also didn't have to remove any pad sensor screws as the sensors just popped in and out, which appeared to be the proper way to remove and reinstall them (?)

The REAL issue was rotors that had been on the car for 10 years and 150k miles.....wow! Had to go to the store for a bigger hammer and a can of "PB" something or other.....labelled as "the original bolt and nut buster" - lol. Whatevr it was, it worked, ate right through the rust (and hopefully NOT the hub).

In retrospect we should have scrubbed the coating off the rotors, but it seems to be burning off. Drove it around last night and all seems fine. Took maybe 4 hours, but I think if we had known the procedure and gotchas from the beginning, it's a 2 hour job tops. The dealer wanted $700 but I estimate with all the parts, including the hammer and liquid wrench, I got out for under $300
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