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Finally got the front pads on today. What a pita those dang guide pins are!
I started to change them last weekend and discovered the rust welded guide pins, so put off to this weekend to get all new brake hardware. What a POS design too. I mean, i'm used to measuring my time spent changing pads in minutes, not hours! I soaked them PB Blaster last weekend, yesterday and today, hammer tapping on 'em, and resoaking them ever once in a while and when I go to change them today, it was a battle all the way. One pin I couldnt get to even move for like a half hour. I beat that punch and cursed and finally ....movement! Other 3 not much better.
Anyway, thanks to all advice received on last weekends post. I did use a drill to ream out the holes b4 reassembly, and gave a good coat of anti-seize to those pesky NEW guide pins and back of pads too. All is well that ends well I guess. Gave it a break in test drive and is stopping real nice. Now I can work on the tranny from my F150. It blew the input shaft gear. Common to Mazda M5OD's when the fluid gets low I just found out.
I started to change them last weekend and discovered the rust welded guide pins, so put off to this weekend to get all new brake hardware. What a POS design too. I mean, i'm used to measuring my time spent changing pads in minutes, not hours! I soaked them PB Blaster last weekend, yesterday and today, hammer tapping on 'em, and resoaking them ever once in a while and when I go to change them today, it was a battle all the way. One pin I couldnt get to even move for like a half hour. I beat that punch and cursed and finally ....movement! Other 3 not much better.
Anyway, thanks to all advice received on last weekends post. I did use a drill to ream out the holes b4 reassembly, and gave a good coat of anti-seize to those pesky NEW guide pins and back of pads too. All is well that ends well I guess. Gave it a break in test drive and is stopping real nice. Now I can work on the tranny from my F150. It blew the input shaft gear. Common to Mazda M5OD's when the fluid gets low I just found out.
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