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I have done brake jobs with nothing more than a pair of vise grips,allen wrench, screwdriver, and a c-clamp.
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Same here. I am a mechanic retired by disability and still work on cars sometimes. Most people cannot afford a complete brake overhauls which I rather do but I patch them up. In your case you need to look at your rotors see if there is discoloring or cracks. If you see fine cracks it must be replaced. If it's discolored it's not getting help from the back brakes. It's possible to put pads on those but better to replace the back shoes also. As long you didn't disconnect your calipers from the lines or the wheel cylinders in the back from the lines then you won't get air in the lines but make sure the master cylinder didn't go too low on fluids. You do not need to disconnect the lines to do a brake job unless you are replacing those parts. Anytime you do a brake job and not replace the master cylinder be prepared for a possibility of a master cylinder failure. How to check your master cylinder? Stick your finger in the fluid reservoir and wipe the bottom. How much black did you come up with? The more black you got the less rubber (cups) in the master cylinder. To tell you the truth, brakes are nothing to cut corners with.
\o/ Billy
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