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MetroMPG · 07-24-2019, 01:47 PM

^ another Big Oil conspiracy! Fight the power!

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Last night I looked at adapting binder clips as return springs for the front brake pads, but they're a lot more convoluted (literally) than the rear springs. And much tighter clearance issues. Not an easy task.

So I ended up ordering a hardware kit for the front. It's $19 that I will never get back in a decade of hypothetical fuel savings, but it comes with new slider pins and bushings that are in poor shape on the car. Two birds, one $19 stone.

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