Raise the rear of the car and put it on stands or ramps. The wheels stay on and are not affected by this work.
Put blocks around front of the front tires, so the car is immobile.
Get under the car with a 15mm box wrench (to hold the nuts) and a 15mm air or socket wrench.
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- white is calipers. red is tie plate bolts)Take the plate off under the axle, I think its called a tie plate. 8 bolts and 6 bolts with nuts. Set it aside.
Find the 2 Calipers, use a 1/4" tube wrench to loosen and undo the metal brake line from each caliper. These are the lines that meet in a T at the center above the axle. (not the lines that run across the top of the calipers)
Use a screwdriver to push the 2 springs off the Emergency brake cable, push the cable out the side on the DS, and pull it back thru on the PS.
I used a pair of pliers to get it to turn a bit before it would slide out.
I used needle nosed pliers to remove the wire from the 2 bolts holding the calipers.
(Area circled is lower bolt, see the wire?)
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points to upper bolt loosened)Use a 5/8" or **mm wrench to unscrew the 2 bolts. You wont be able to remove them. HA you wont be able to turn them but less than 1/4 turn at a time so plan on working on this for a while. The lower bolt head is tough to get a wrench on, I used a open end wrench, and also was able to get a very thin sided 5/8" on it to break it free. I used a screw driver blade to turn it once it was loose (use the holes that the wire went thru)
Now the caliper is loose, it can rotate a bit around the disk. It seems that it could almost come out, LOL NOT
