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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 01:55 PM
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i have a 1996 and cannot figure out how to get the caliper loose?? changed the brakes on a million cars, never seen this before!
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for the front brake there is a pin with a cir-clip on bottom of caliper pull cir-clip then pull pin out, pull caliper bottom toward back of car and pivot up and back comes right out. the pin is next to silver clip in picture to the right
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