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- Mazda CX 5 Touring
Well I made one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made for a while. I replaced the pads and rotors on all four wheels myself. I had an electric scissor jack and jacked one side and put jack stands at both ends. I did it so I could rotate the tires also. So I did a side at a time and got it all done. I was a mech a long time ago at an American Motors garage and in my mind I could still do these simple things. However with a hip that's wearing out and torn miniscus on the knee getting down on the ground to place the jack and stands then back up was he**. Oh to make it harder I have had rotator cuff surgery and I'm 74 years old. The job is simple but things have gotten heavier or I've gotten weaker (that one LOL). There was a time I changed an automatic tranny laying in my driveway laying on my back. Funny how you still think youcan do things you did when you were younger. I did save some money from an estimate of 900 bucks to do it but I'll pay to have it done next time.