I was surprised to find the pads completely worn in the front of my wrx at 19K miles, but whatever. So I'm going to replace them today, but rather than buy the shop manual just yet, I was wondering if anybody knew if I can apply backpressure to the caliper to make room for the new pads or if that would break the ABS system. I've heard in some cars you HAVE to bleed the brakes to release pressure on the caliper because backpressure causes the ABS system to fail. Anybody know about the wrx? Also, is it one of those calipers where you have to spin it to get it to retract? Thanks for any info.
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