[All] [Generic] Changed brake pads & now it feels like the brakes are constantly on??HELP PLEASE

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lower
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Re: [All] [Generic] Changed brake pads & now it feels like the brakes are constantly on??HELP PLEASE

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so how did you use the hammer to retract the piston and what is the link to the how to you used?
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Re: [All] [Generic] Changed brake pads & now it feels like the brakes are constantly on??HELP PLEASE

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lower wrote:so how did you use the hammer to retract the piston and what is the link to the how to you used?



I used the other end of the hammer

mr2-tech.com/bgb.htm :thumleft:


Fancy lending a hand with my CV joints?? Or is there a how2 out there for them???
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lower
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Re: [All] [Generic] Changed brake pads & now it feels like the brakes are constantly on??HELP PLEASE

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I wouldn't have believed it if i hadn't read it.

Why on earth doesn't the BGB suggest using a clamp to push back the pistons.

I would help with your CV joints, but it wasn't something i ever had to do to my '2, and my '2's been gone for a few years now.
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