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Re: Replacing Front brakes
I did it this Saturday. Wow was it easy.
After spending about 30 mins on gathering tools in my father-in-laws garage I spent about 45mins on the first side and 15 mins on the other side.
Before I could get the caliper off the rotor and bracket I had to use a screw driver to pry on the piston to get it to back in so I could get the caliper off off the pads. Just because the pads had little rivits on them that held the caliper on.
After the caliper was off (2 bolts) the pads pop out and the bracket came off (another 2 bolts) then the rotor falls off.
I used a lug to hold the new caliper on while I cleaned it and put the bracket back on. I cleaned up the bracket and the back of the wheel and put the new "shims" (can't remember what they are called. They go between the bracket and the pads on the top and bottom) pads poped back in and the caliper bolted back on ...
It was so easy. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 1.5. Slightly harder than changing a light bulb, but not much.
When the old pads were out, they were cracked. Only about 2 mm of pad left and on both of them the pad was broken off the backing plate (not good). I can't understand how we were braking at all.
In about 2 weeks I'm going to do the back brakes and bleed and flush the lines (just to get better pedel feel.
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