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Re: Any Special Tools Needed to Change Pads & Rotors
Posted by RobSaab [Email] (more from RobSaab) on Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:11:59
In Reply to: Any Special Tools Needed to Change Pads & Rotors, Malbec, Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:04:16
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A couple of things other than the torx bits you will need.
1) Expect the rotors to be siezed on. Spray with your rust spray, try and pry them off. But expect that the prying may not work. In that event, have a block of wood and a mini-sledge hammer. A few good wacks will get them off.
2) On the rears, there is little to no room to get your ratchet behind the caliper bolts because of the suspension. You should have a hex set that can fit your ratchet. However, use a wrench on the back of the hex socket if you have trouble fitting your ratchet back there. I did and a wrench is fine.
3) I put some anti-sieze around the area where the back and inside of the rotor fits on so hopefully a hammer won't be necessary next time.
4) Also have some C-clamps to push the piston back in on the caliper, otherwise you won't be able to get the pads back in.
This job took me 4 hours because of the siezing of the rotors and the minimal room to work on the rears because the suspension is in the way. Now that I have done it - I would probably take me half that time. About 30 min. per.
Have fun, you are saving yourself some pretty big money.
'01 Aero Wagon
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Posts in this Thread:
- Any Special Tools Needed to Change Pads & Rotors, Malbec, Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:04:16
- Re: Any Special Tools Needed to Change Pads & Rotors, AeroSC, Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:35:09
- Re: Any Special Tools Needed to Change Pads & Rotors, RobSaab, Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:11:59 <-- Viewing This Message
- For 2002+, you need a E-20 socket., Jeff Cunningham, Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:22:45
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