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I discovered that you need to remove the entire assembly in order to remove the rotor.So all I needed was the socket to remove the hanger that the caliper was attached to.
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You have to rent the tool from autozone about 60 dollars refundable. The tool will reset the caliper by turning it in, the front you can use a C-clamp. Be very careful to turn the caliper in the correct way. Inquire clockwise or counter clockwise at the counter of autozone or rental auto supply store.
You will need a big C clamp and a 21 mm socket.
Remove the wheel.
Use the C clamp to compress the front brake piston:
Just put the screw side of the c clamp on the outside brake pad and the frame part of the c clamp on the back of the caliper and turn the c clamp in until it won't compress further. You don't have to over-do it. Don't force it and don't do this with the back brakes...they require a tool that rotates the piston as it compresses... Hint: rent it from auto zone for free.
Once the piston is compressed, use the 21mm socket to remove the two caliper bolts and then tie up the caliper so it doesn't hang down in the way and stress the brake lines.
Then you need to bang on the rotor with a mallet until you free it and it will come off.
You may need to hammer it pretty hard.
That's it.
Assemble in reverse.
That should be all you have to do to remove the caliper. 2 bolts. Sometimes you have to separate the pads from the rotor with a little bar or screwdriver to free up the caliper.
front rotor is slip on design..just may be stuck to hub..remove caliper and caliper bracket..remove rotor knock broken stud out with hammer/punch..install new stud with washers and nut
you need to baseline brakes by replacing all components ..rotors and loaded calipers...hoses need to be replaced also from hard lines to calipers if at all suspect for internal collapse...thats your primary safety issue.. then yes your strut tower bearings likely have failed and / or lower control arm bushing or ball joint....good luck
I am on vacation and need to replace my front disc pads. What tools do I need to buy( C-Clamp, sockets, what tool is needed to remove caliper bracket)?
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