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I finally changed my brakes today. It took and absurd amount of time because what I thought was metric Hex bolt (allen wrench) was, in actuality, a star tip bolt :banghead (the bolt I speak of is the one holding the caliper in place, can't remember the name to save myself right now). I had to make two trips to the store before I could even get started (first trip was for metric hex keys. Of course this was after I took off the front wheel. Luckily my wife knows me well enough to watch the car for me as I ran to the auto parts store). All I had to do was ask:
"Uh, hun. Could you watch the car for me while I run to the store?"
"Jackass. You don't have all the tools do you? Make sure you get all the tools cuz you know never have all the tools. Damn family curse." (this was for the first run. She just laughed at me when I told her I had to go back :banghead :banghead ).
So anyway, I changed them :bravo . The first side took longer because I wrestled with the caliper for about 45 minutes (belching out curses like a madman on fire :cya ) before I thought to use my C-clamp to push the damn piston back :blush . The second side took me about 15 minutes from start to end. Everything I've read said the bolt was a Hex bolt (allen wrench) so I wasn't prepared. Anyone else run into this sorta thing?
"Uh, hun. Could you watch the car for me while I run to the store?"
"Jackass. You don't have all the tools do you? Make sure you get all the tools cuz you know never have all the tools. Damn family curse." (this was for the first run. She just laughed at me when I told her I had to go back :banghead :banghead ).
So anyway, I changed them :bravo . The first side took longer because I wrestled with the caliper for about 45 minutes (belching out curses like a madman on fire :cya ) before I thought to use my C-clamp to push the damn piston back :blush . The second side took me about 15 minutes from start to end. Everything I've read said the bolt was a Hex bolt (allen wrench) so I wasn't prepared. Anyone else run into this sorta thing?