Simple Question about Rotors and Pads

I have changed pads before but not on my '95 Camaro Z28. I am replacing my rotors and pads but cannot figure out how to take both off. I dont think i have to remove the caliper do i? There are two bolts behind the caliper, do i just take a Hex Tool and unscrew that and i will losen the pads and rotors? i bought a hex tool with 9 pieces and none of them fit, do i have to go to an auto store and get a special piece to take these off? Sorry for the stupid question but i have no idea what piece i am supposed to use to take these apart. I have tried every hex tool and they are either too small or too big. Thanks for any input you guys here can give me, would really appreciate it.

you need a torx head

Ok, now sorry i dont know what that is. What exactly does that tool do and how much would that be? and is something i can get at any auto store or hardware store?

autoparts stores have them, you just need to find out what size you need.

So after i find the right tool all i ahve to do is loosen those two screws behind the caliper and everything should just come out? and then i can replace them with my new rotors and pads?

i'll see if i can sum it up good enuff...

remove the 2 torx bolts that hold the caliper to the bracket, it won't just slide off because the pads are pressed against the rotor. remove the fluid cap from the master cylinder. once you get the caliper off, don't just let it drop or hang, that can damage the brake lines, you'll wanna hang it off to the side somewhere, i usually use a metal hanger and hang it from a spring coil, as long as you don't have weight on the brake line it'll be fine. the pads you can just pull out of the caliper, but before you put the new pads in you hafta use a c-clamp to press the piston back in, do it slowly or else you'll have fluid shooting out of the master cylinder under the hood. all these steps are in the haynes manual, do you have one or no, if not I can scan the pages for you.

well I scanned them anyway, I was bored, here ya go...

http://home.comcast.net/~genopsyde91/brakes1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~genopsyde91/brakes2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~genopsyde91/brakes3.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~genopsyde91/brakes4.jpg

looks like it is actually an allen head wrench needed, I don't know why I thought it was torx.

Wow. You really put alot of effort into this and it helped alot, i did have that manual but it is still at my parents. I've only had this car about a year and a half, trying to get it up to show and race quality. Slow process, but i am working on it, one more thing: If you can tell em how to post pics on here and i can show you what my car looks like as of now, i am still working on my cardomain.com site, but still tinkering around with it. It will be up soon. Thanks for all the help. Now i know why you are the president. Very knowledgeable.

glad to help, I host all my pics on the space that my isp provides and you link them like this..

{img}http://home.comcast.net/~genopsyde91/brakes1.jpg{/img}

but instead of the {} brackets, you use the ][ ones

I would also know how to post pics...I tried several times in several different ways, but it never works...
What format do I have to use? Max pic size? Please pe specific as I am a little slow...lol
Thanks

I tried posting pics in the space provided by the forum in the gallery under my user name, but it didnt work...what am I doing wrong

if you host them yourself it doesn't matter what size, but .gif and .jpg are the formats you want.

I don't know, but there's a bunch of ppl who say that the gallery isnt' working at all. who is your ISP, i bet they have something where you can upload stuff to them.

Adelphia dig cabl

do you have aim or yahoo msg?

yahoo...but I dont use instant messaging

well it would just make explaining things a lot easier, go to www.adelphia.net then log into the site with your username and password, then click on where it says photo's at the top, that looks to me to be a place to upload your own picture files and such.

Il try that...if you have any other ideas, you can email them to me
thanks

hey go to imageshack, you can post pic on there and copy the url and paste it on this reply thing.

you hafta use a c-clamp to press the piston back in, .

Except for when you have rear discs with the screw type e-brake (where the piston threads into the caliper)

You'll need another tool for that, also readily available. Caliper bolts are either a t-50 or t-55.

i've never done rear disc before, what's the tool needed?

It's basicly a c-clamp but is fit to cover the whole piston and has a corresponding set of 'nubs' in it to lock on to the piston to aid resseting.

Half the time they're seized up and you better off replacing the caliper anyway, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever actually threaded one back in, just replaced em becasue it's cheap and easy.

I just thought I'd throw that out there tho, I love going over to people's houses after this conversation:

"hey, i'm going to do my brakes, do I need anything special"
Are the rears threaded?
"umm, no"
then the answer is no.

a few hours later..........

"hey I can't get these back ones in, they seem really stiff"
sure they're not threaded?
"yeah, I'm sure"
Ok, your not doing something right.

another hour goes by, phone rings again.....
"hey."
yeah im' coming.

Get there, pry the c-clpam off, and what do you know, the damn things threaded. :twak:

3/8 allan head is what it would be