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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Did you have to force the pads into the caliper..........or did they slip right in?
Did you happen to clean the caliper with a wire brush where the backing plates ride?
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They slipped right in. The only thing I noticed was that I kind of had to smoosh the metal clips on the edge of the pads down to get the caliper to close all the way .. it didn't really want to go down all the way, even though it had clearance at the piston.
I did clean the areas of the caliper where the back and sides of the pads touch with a wire brush and brushed the excess dust off with a shop rag. I didn't use brake cleaner or anything and they didn't look shiny clean when done, but I got a lot of dust off.
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