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inkednculinary

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i have an 07 mustang and I was recently changing the rear brakes on it. when i took the calibers off in order to put them back on with the new brake pads i had to use the c-clamp to pust the caliber back to fit over the new pads. now my back brakes arent working at all. theres no air in the lines everything is fine. but i found out that apparently you have to use some certain tool to push the caliber back on some newer model cars. what should i do. did i royally screw my calibers up by using the c-clamp to push them back withouth the tool or can this be fixed easy without alot of work. need some input thanks.
 

BlownFiveLiter

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You'll need new calipers, sorry. Brakes are one area where you definitely don't want to start rigging things to work, such as attempting a repair of a damaged caliper. You're not the first person to find this out the hard way, unfortunately. to :SNSign: though!
 

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the rear calipers need to be rotated, not compressed. you now need new calipers. try OEM Parts & OEM Wheels - Original Equipment Parts from NewTakeOff for a cheap fix.
 
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