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Old May 27, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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Changed my pads today, first time I've done it myself on 2007 Scion tC. Now I have pretty much no braking power. Probably the 5th time I've changed pads in my life, never had this problem with other cars. Any suggestions?
Old May 27, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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did you pump your brakes. and did you close you fluid res.. ?
Old May 27, 2010 | 11:39 PM
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yes, and yes, pumped them a lot, didn't seem to change anything.
Old May 27, 2010 | 11:54 PM
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did you try bleeding them after?
Old May 28, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Thats probably next, just seems like I shouldnt need to since I didn't open the line or anything
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when you pushed back the caliper piston did you you have the res.. cap open or close ?
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