ta for this…..leaving the old pads in place and gently prizing them apart with a large flat bladed screwdirver(by turning it when it’s between the pads) used to do the trick on my last bike ….didn’t do the pad surfaces much good but they were usually toast by this time…..the bike had only done...
Just had a lengthy session, trying to push back my pistons(sram code r) when fitting new pads…they did seem quite stiff…...in the end, I managed to get a mini g cramp in the calpier to retract the pistons….did the job although, it was a fiddle, using a spacer to stop the clamp marking the paint...