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Hello, My friend has a old Subaru 79' DL Front Wheel Drive Automatic and the both of us cannot figure out HOW to Compress the damn Piston on the Front Caliper to make enough room to install new Brake Pads. We both use to own a 85-88 Sub's GL HatchBack and It's simple,Press and turn to Compress the Piston down enough to put new Pads in. I'm no stranger to Subaru's but this the very first time that both of us Tinkered with a Gen.1 Subaru. Sorry there's no Pic. I'll try to explain.......... The Piston has a Slot,about a 1/4", running through the middle of the Piston, the rest is Solid Metal. If you know what I mean.....Like most cars nowadays That Piston is totally Hollowed out and some cars have two of them Compressing the Pads to the Rotor. Anyways, Please Help............. We both tried to Use a C-Clamp, Needle Nose Pliers, Pushing and Turning/Rotating down on that Piston but NOTHING!!!! If there's a neat little trick or special tool to do this simple job, Please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all:D

Have looked into Discount Tires or Les Schawb??? 185 size is the way to go with your brat unless you want the skinny looking tires as the Gen 1 Subies. Here in Utah the 185/70/R13 go for $45-$65 per tire, higher end are $75 for Goodyear or Michellen.

Thanks for the input.....Now the Hunt truely begins:grin:

Pictures........ https://picasaweb.google.com/100849766811314611662/79DL1?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLH2paj5wp7ozAE&feat=directlink

I got a Friend looking for a Driver Side Window for a 79' DL 2-Door Coupe. My Question is, Does Anyboby know for sure if a 77-80's model Subaru, ANY model, will fit the 79 DL?? Such as, a 79 Brat ,79 GL wagon,77 wagon, 80 brat and so on...... Called everyone Locally and nothing !! We may have found one in Oregon but not sure yet. One more thing.......Wondering if it's Even Possible to just Custom make a damn window from Plexi Glass or Real Glass???? Thanks Guys/Gals. Subie4Life.