Brake Job pitfals?

[xqqme2day]

I'm about to do the front pads on my '97 LXi. Anyone have any good/bad experience - or is it straight forward?

[buckroo]

Originally Posted by xqqme2day

I'm about to do the front pads on my '97 LXi. Anyone have any good/bad experience - or is it straight forward?

Just watch how the little clips, don't know what they are called, are positioned on each end of the shoe. A friend of my daughter tried to redo her brakes and didn't watch how the clips were positioned and she had to carry her car to a shop to get it serviced correctly.

[wafrederick]

Stay away from cheap pads( from AutoZone and Advanced),they do not last and I have heard of this.Also get the rotors turned,I have heard this complaint a lot:I hear a thumping sound after replacing the pads,the rotors are warped.Turning the rotors is a part of a brake job