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Old Oct 3, 2002 | 03:30 AM
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MrChad
THE RED 6th GEN Coupe
 
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Its easy.

Make sure your E-brake is off. And block the front tires from moving. Use jackstands to hold rear of car in air. Make sure tranny is in a low gear 1 or R or P if auto.

1. find the soft line running to the caliper and run your hand along it. When you reach were it bolts to the lower control arm remove that bolt. (the bolt in question holds a small clip that hangs the brake softline onto the lower control arm to keep it from moving around, it takes up slack. It is not a connection fitting for any fo the fluid.) This will give you movement for the caliper when you have unbolted it.

2.Then remove the 2 bolts that hold the caliper in place on the monting bracket. They are on the back inside of the caliper. One on top and 1 on the bottom.

3. Once the rear caliper is off remove the pads.

4. Loosen the cap on the brake resivor. (optional.)

5. 'Spin' (not push like the front) the rear caliper piston back down into the cylinder to make room for the wider new pads. ( at this moment I can't remember if its clockwise or counter clockwise.) In any case, it should only take 2 or 3 full turns.

6. Now test fit with pads. Make sure the raised mark in the pad lines up in one of the groove lands of the piston you just turned in. You may want to turn the piston back out some to get a tighter fit with the new pads. Once happy, reinstall pads and shimes as original. Install all the bolts we removed in 1. & 2.

7. Tighten up the resivor cover again, please! or you will make a mess and ruin your paint.

Start car--pump up brakes a few times and carefully test at slow speed. You are done.
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