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Originally Posted by minifridge1138
The easyout may have saved you the trouble of replacing the caliper.
But it seems you've already done the work.
An set of easyouts is a good tool to have available if you're going to be doing your own work. A set of reverse drill bits is also useful.
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Thanks - I've got all the tools and done many taps but with 120k miles I just figured replacement was the way to go.
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Originally Posted by The Cleaner
Don't clamp brake lines, you are not going to save any time and you will damage the hose.
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Thanks - definitely learned the lesson on that one. Having never removed a caliper I was worried about catastrophic loss of fluid, but now I know that is not the case - it only drips. Clamping seems like a very bad idea. The only conceivable reason to do so is to cheap out on the bleed. Anyone replacing a caliper should be doing a full bleed anyway.