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They looked exactly like these:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Raybesto...RoC1zEQAvD_BwE

You slip them in the calipers, and they provide a very small force to help the pads pull back from the rotors after braking.

Normally disc brakes have no way to retract the pads, unlike drums.

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