This car belongs to Josie and had recent crankshaft sensor replaced, then brakes started grinding. I drove it up to Sparta and put new pads in both sides of the front. The calipers came off real nicely, but there are two pistons in each caliper on this car. I had a problem pushing in one of them on the left front. I needed two C-clamps to finally bully it in far enough to get the new pads on. The inside pad was worn off right down to the rivets. The rotor scoring was moderate and I did not replace the rotor even though it will probably wear the pad down more quickly.
The real problem will be that the tight piston will also wear more material off that inner pad. I put it all back together and it brakes nicely, with no travel with hands off steering wheel while braking. I told Josie that it may wear down within a year and that if she keeps this car and I redo them later, we will replace the rotor and also extrude the piston and steel wool it off until it travels without resistance.
Josie traded this car in for a Subaru.
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