81 brake pads
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 9,192
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From: Boca Raton Florida
Its definately cheaper to do it yourself and its not hard at all. Do you have a shop manual?
Chock the wheels
Loosen nuts on the wheel your working on
Jack the wheel with floor jack
remove wheel
remove 2 bolts on the back side of the caliper
remove the cotter pin and retainer pin and the pads will fall out
Install new pads, pin and cotter pin
Use a piece of wood to spread the new pads or they will not slip over the rotor
Reinstall in reverse order.
Drink a beer
Repeat...
Torq wheels to 75 ft lbs, caliper bolts to 60? 45? I'll have to look
Chock the wheels
Loosen nuts on the wheel your working on
Jack the wheel with floor jack
remove wheel
remove 2 bolts on the back side of the caliper
remove the cotter pin and retainer pin and the pads will fall out
Install new pads, pin and cotter pin
Use a piece of wood to spread the new pads or they will not slip over the rotor
Reinstall in reverse order.
Drink a beer
Repeat...
Torq wheels to 75 ft lbs, caliper bolts to 60? 45? I'll have to look
Racer
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 433
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From: Show me a cold beer and I will show you a happy man Maryland
Drifting
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 1,480
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From: Circleville Ohio
Vader vette
Get A Big C-Clamp put it in the caliper turn the handle until the Piston end of the caliper draw it back until its even with the face of the caliper (inside) slap the caliper on and try to get the pads ion befroe it starts to open again.they also sell a thing to keep the piston apart till you get the brake pads in. But it is easy, grease the two cotter pins with light grease so they slide as there used up.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,892
Likes: 3
From: Springfield Illinois
Get A Big C-Clamp put it in the caliper turn the handle until the Piston end of the caliper draw it back until its even with the face of the caliper (inside) slap the caliper on and try to get the pads ion befroe it starts to open again.they also sell a thing to keep the piston apart till you get the brake pads in. But it is easy, grease the two cotter pins with light grease so they slide as there used up.
Use a C Clamp to spread them apart...
Good Tip... However, you could just take the top off of the master cylinder.
