Thank the stars the info from the parts guy was wrong! [He did glance at the wrong year] I used the penetrating fluid and the hand sledge on the "good side" first and it came off. It took quit a bit on the toasted side. No one can answer why no bolt holes on the rotor. I don't think I have ever worked on one that has had them.
When I got the good side off I noticed some spring type clips that were missing on the bad side so I went back to the parts store and bought the kit for it..glad they had it.
Was a mess trying to put the above and below clips on, then the pads. [not the spring clips that go on after] I finally took off the whole mess and put the clips and pads on first, then bolted the whole assembly back on.
All was looking good until I tried to push back the piston on the bad side!! arrrrrrgh!
Another trip to the parts store for a new caliper. That is a lesson learned!!!!!!! If you have a toasted rotor check your caliper before the end of the job. That might be something to do all the time....maybe a few pros will chip in on that.
All was done except for the bleeding and my vacuum thing is shot so I needed a helper and it was late at night. BUT my son shows up and as we head out...Strong Rain!...Wind! ... Hail (small) and all is lost.....having your garage burn down is not a good thing.
Oh yeah, while peaking around underneath this thing I noticed two of the three exhaust bolts are broken [from the exhaust pipe to the manifold]
Did I say this is my GF's daughters car? She had to be deaf to not hear this WW III noise coming from this car!
It's been keystone time for a few hours now!
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... hope this makes sense ... will check in the morning
