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1st time brake job sort of S70

The front and rear calipers are not the same.

For the front:

Take the rubber cover off the slide pins. Depending on the caliper type, you will need a hex or torx to unscrew the slide pins. After they are completely unscrewed, they pull out so that you can clean them and regrease them.

Then unbolt and remove the caliper.

Pull out the outside brake pad. Then pull off the inside brake pad which has 3 spring clips that hold it on to the piston.

Push the piston back into the caliper. I use a pair of channel lock pliers to do that.

Put the new pads in and reassemble the claipers, put the clean slide pins back and you are done.

The rear brakes:

If you have the old style calipers, they will have 2 pins that hold a spring plate that keeps the pads in place. The pins look like nails that go through the caliper. They get punched out with a hammer and punch, and hammered back in place.

Klaus
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