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YOUR RESEARCHbrake pad sensors-how to get them off?
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Use small blade scewdriver
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I used a small blade scewdriver to get under the clip and pry it up.
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Now, in the spring when I take the car out of winter storage, I just check the pads myself since its so easy to see how worn they are.
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There are tabs that run fore-aft, so you can squeeze those and pull up.
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just trying to put new rotors and pads in and i can't for the life of me figure out how you get the two sensors out of the back of the pads? do they pull straight out or slide out the side or are there tabs to push in to get them out?
any help would be great, had to abandon the brake job tonight cuz i'm
There are tabs that run fore-aft, so you can squeeze those and pull up. I slid mine out sideways, but they had worn away enough to allow some lateral movement of the sensor inside the pad. The sensors fit tight into the hole, so if they are not worn then they aren't moving sideways much.
A tip..you don't really need one sensor at each corner. The pads all wear at about the same rate so if you have only one sensor installed, or one at the front and one at the back, you will get the same warning at roughly the same time as if you had four sensors.
For those corners where you don't install a sensor, either because it's worn down or because you wrecked it on the way out, cut the wires about and incch away from the plug end. Strip the wires and crimp them together. The computer sees a complete circuit and figures the pad sensor is whole.
Not trying to be cheap exactly, but it sure makes troubleshooting easier when the light on the dash comes on.
Acetylene torch, a big crow bar, and, if they are really stuck in there, a pipe bomb! Works every time!
I agree with Jasper except, I took all mine out and closed the circuit. Now, in the spring when I take the car out of winter storage, I just check the pads myself since its so easy to see how worn they are. It also helps to get in there and do a visual inspection of the area - takes about 30 minutes from lifting, taking wheels off, inspecting, and then remounting wheels. Gives me a certain piece of mind that it was done correctly. Good luck.
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