Replaced front and rears last week. It had been years waiting for the pad sensor light to come on... it didn't... my mechanic told me I needed brakes when he was installing a control arm.
Anyhow... the pads wouldn't come out. Did some research upon these pages... got a paint spatula... squeezed it in between the damper and the back of the pad... wrested it... peeled off the damper... pad came out.
Tossed the dampers. Little grease. Popped in the new pads, all around. Been working great since.
