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Re: piece of cake
Posted by JohnK (more from JohnK) on Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:39:50
In Reply to: Info on Changing break rotors and pads, Tom, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:23:45
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Straightforward, you should have no problems. Good tip from thereuare.
-Get some synthetic brake grease for sliding surfaces and backs of the pads. Less squeel.
-Chock wheels so car doesn't fall off jack or stands when you crack the bolts on the back of the caliper mounts. They can be tight. Occasionally I have to use my 18" breaker bar to crack the bolts.
-if rotor mounting scres are frozen a mnual impact hammer gets them out. If the heads get bodged, just drill the heads off. These screws are not necessary anyway, since lugnuts really do the work of holding the rotor against the hub.
-if the rear pads are loose in the caliper, you can bend the pad mounting ears to not be sloppy. I use a hammer.
-You will have to set the pad clearance on the rear calipers with a 4mm allen wrench. The allen adjuster is behind a cover bolt. Do not over tighten this adjusting screw. You just seat it and back off 1/8 to 1/4 turn. sometimes it is hard to tell when it has seated(rotor won't turn when seated)
-If you're ambitious and it isn't too cold, now is the time to flush the fluid. Rears use the ABS pump and the fronts can be bled with pedal or a home made pressure bleeder. Use a pint at each caliper.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Info on Changing break rotors and pads, Tom, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:23:45
- Re: Info on Changing break rotors and pads, Tom, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:00:05
- I did this not long ago for the first time>, ChipJ, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:44:45
- Re: piece of cake, JohnK, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:39:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- ABS cars, Jim Moncrief, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:58:12
- Re: Info on Changing break rotors and pads, pursang, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:27:16
- Re: Info on Changing break rotors and pads, thereuare, Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:03:15
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