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The Kia Optima is a mid-size car produced by Kia Motors beginning in 2000 and marketed globally with various names. Firsts-generation cars (2001-2005) were generally sold as the Optima, though the name Kia Magentis was used in Europe and Canada when sales in those regions began in 2002.

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2005 Kia Optima rear brake pad replacement

How do you push the rear brake pistons back into the caliber to replace the pads. Is the emergency brake cable a problem? Do the pistons screw back in using a special tool?

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Randy,

Use a C-clamp and one of the old pads. Turn it in slowly.

That's what I do.

Frank

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I just replaced rear and I used a large pipe wrench turned it til it was all the way pushed in the right spot

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