2000 Disco2 front brakes
Bundy
05-22-2007, 12:00 AM
what tools are needed to put new front rotors on it???
haditwithdodge
01-04-2009, 10:24 AM
what tools are needed to put new front rotors on it???
i've done the brakes and rotors on all wheels a couple years back. They are no special tools required for rotors. If this is your first time doing it on a 2000. You will definitely need a sludge hammer to get them to move as they will be corroded on the studs. Please be careful with the hammer you don't want to hit your studs, if you do you will either bend them or screw up the threads and you won't be able to get your lug nuts on. For the brakes you will need the caliper tool to back it out when you are ready to install new pads as you will need more surface for the new rotors and pads. That's it.. It was a rather easy job for me. it took about 4 hours for all 4. Lessons learned use locktight when puting the spindle blots back on ( the spindel is what keeps your caliper in place) they will be a bitch to break free and when i put them back without locktight one of them rotated free and caused the whole caliper to fall free and touch the inner alloy of the wheel. So i was scraping the whell from the inside and plus i was driving with only 3 operational brakes..trust me you don't want that to happen make sure all of them are tight in place with locktight. if you don't want to use locktight you need to research the proper torque those bolts need to be torqued to.
i've done the brakes and rotors on all wheels a couple years back. They are no special tools required for rotors. If this is your first time doing it on a 2000. You will definitely need a sludge hammer to get them to move as they will be corroded on the studs. Please be careful with the hammer you don't want to hit your studs, if you do you will either bend them or screw up the threads and you won't be able to get your lug nuts on. For the brakes you will need the caliper tool to back it out when you are ready to install new pads as you will need more surface for the new rotors and pads. That's it.. It was a rather easy job for me. it took about 4 hours for all 4. Lessons learned use locktight when puting the spindle blots back on ( the spindel is what keeps your caliper in place) they will be a bitch to break free and when i put them back without locktight one of them rotated free and caused the whole caliper to fall free and touch the inner alloy of the wheel. So i was scraping the whell from the inside and plus i was driving with only 3 operational brakes..trust me you don't want that to happen make sure all of them are tight in place with locktight. if you don't want to use locktight you need to research the proper torque those bolts need to be torqued to.
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