brakes

CHEVROLET MALIBU
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THINGS44
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I need new front brakes on my 98 chevey malibu. I being a girl asked my dad to do it. He said no problem hes been fixing my cars since I started driving. Anyway he couldn't get the caliper off to change the pads. How do you do this? I gotta get these fixed asap.
thanks for any info
Jul 6, 2006 at 10:18 AM
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RUNTICH
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First get a c-clamp and compress the caliper with it still bolted on then unbolt it and it should come right off. There is a knob on the brake pad that goings into the piston of the caliper and since the caliper is right up against the brake pad the knob is holding u up.
Jul 6, 2006 at 4:31 PM
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