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botom line is that there is no easy way to do the rear brakes on this car, pliers work the best but it does take time and patience. Hammer is a big NO NO it may damage the seals and you have to bleed the system, I did it, so it is possible but it is messy and maybe expensive down the road...

that is what I did too, the hamer way on my first brake job, although i did bleed the system then, on my second try I used pliers, worked much better then the hammer, but still was a pain, next time Im renting a tool from the shop and see if it will fit, I dont know why they made it so damn hard...

ok, its autostickshift, and no i dont use it too often, mostly Im too busy looking at my radar detector and for cops, hehe

yeah, very harsh here too (rant) ,I will talk to the dealer on my next oil change, they have to replace/check that airbag sensor, so maybe they will change the fluids in the transmision, but thats a big maybe, will have to wait and see

whens your oil change is due? I noticed on mine that if I go more then 3000 it gets lower, plus I get 235/tank, but I drive hard, anyhow, check the time/miles for oil change, also did u get the gas at the usuall gas station, sometimes that can be a problem,lower quality gas=less miles traveled

and I hope u chose that offer where the mazda will pay off your balance incase u total your car and the insurance company will not write you a check for the remaining balance on the loan, just in case u loose the case in court, cause it will be hard to explain how it was the rear brakes fault...

yeah, too bad that nobody have pads for the rear except Mazda dealer, even the front are hard to come by, :bs:

so then simply turn it clockwise and it will slide back? thats it? damn that is simple then (cool)and will it work on the front too? or dont know? so will it work on front too? or not? or do u need another tool to get it that one done?

so how big is that tool for piston? must be really small, so yeah, im buying it, also I will have to see how hard it is to replace that filter, it is as easy as it was in the Grand am then Im doing it myself, if its more like the honda civic then the dealer will see my car for the oil change...

ok, plus cheaper shipping, so hes better off buying from the other place ,and now I know where to shop for tires in Canada, cool

Gold I was talking about the tool for the oil filter, isnt it like 80$? and not the one for the calliper, also u read the post the calliper on 3 is diffent then the one on Protege, plus I didnt see any holes to put that tool to a good use, anyhow, if or better yet when U change the rear brakes...

hey, Mike444, if u are getting those tires get them where I gat it for, which is here http://www.tirerack.com the list price is only 93$ plus shiping campered to yours 133, I hope u will get this message before u buy, also this tire gets my thumps up, since I am happy with it

yeah, get them changed , check the pic on my post about rear brakes, and think how long before I would have to buy new rotors because the pads were gone completly, and yes the mazda changed the compound on the new rear pads, so I dont have the problem with dust no more, (2thumbs)

so how much did u pay for that special tool that only dealer will sell?

yeah, but thats why u buy better quality rotors too, also tirerack has pad but only for the front and not the back

yeah, oil change 28$, brakes almost 300$, so yeah, thats a big difference, also I gat the car on 11/26/2003, and according to the dealer mine was the first one sold in the north america, but how do I check it out, dont know, plus i need that tool from the dealer to unscrew the filter, then pay...

around 34000 I know, one year, or 12000 and yes i spent to much on oil changes ,but dont want to do it myself,

Not really, cause Iam talking about my last pic, where the part im taking about is this rusted part in the middle, that pushes the pads toward the rotors, too bad its rusted already, but they work fine, so are the rotors, and what u are taking about are those two nuts u see on the next pic i...