BTW, wincing at you poking around with a screwdriver. I've always used wood or plastic if possible. I have some heavy plastic vehicle trim removal tools that I plan to use to work at the caliper pistons, and something metal and blunt if that fails :-)

After a bit of a fight I put the outside pad in first, followed by the inside. There are no pistons on the inside to catch on and with a smear of copper grease I found it easier to judge when it was ready to slide in. The video was invaluable, and saved me a lot of time.

Action cam controller

You still had pad left! Lol

I don't break much. I guess that depends on where do you live. I don't ride hard all the time.