I never bothered to see what that was on them new, I always thought it was since they were already cleaned. Good thing I always used brake kleen on them anyway just being pedantic. Thanks for letting me know that guys, I still have things to learn too.

 

I also use the anti-squeak on the back of the pad and anti-seize on the bolts. Forgot to mention that.

that_guy, I learn something new everytime I come to this forum too! No same in it, but now I take photos of the work I do for reference and to share on here if someone else has a question on a "how to" something.

 

I always use the Blue anti-squeak on the back of the pads as well, and don't forget to lubricate the pad arms and slides, also grind divots out of the the knuckle slides (this can only be done safely once or twice depending on the ware). I also grease the slide bolts so the caliper can slide easily.

I don't put anti-seize on the bolts because of the heat, but each to their own.

 

Well there is a little nugget of info I never knew. It sure pays to troll the boards.

In regards to the grease/cosmoline on the rotors. When I did my rango last time, I forgot to clean em first. Stunk like a skunk for about 20 miles till the friction burned it off.

So put the same rotors/pads on my son's Dakota - cleaned them this time. Right from the go and no smell.

Last lesson learned, when you put that BFC-lamp on the caliper to seat the piston, first vertically affix a 10 inch acrylic hose to the bleed screw. Apply a little pressure and open the bleeder. Then seat the piston and close the bleeder as soon as it's seated. That way you force the brake fluid up bleeder and into the hose (you will see the fluid rise in the hose) and not flush (nor back pressure) that cr*p towards the Master cylinder.

 

Yeah i learn quite alot from reading alot of posts on here. I do the whole anti seize thing as well and greasing up the caliper pins/bolts.

 

BTW..... Advance Auto was more expensive, but I found a good Coupon online. BUT, I just got an email today from Auto Zone for 30% off all brake supplies and I plan on going to Auto Zone now instead and going ahead and getting ALL my rotors and breaks done. If anyone wants me to FWD the email to you LMK, I have it on my FaceBook page also if you want to see it there. Just look for my name Sean Hoagland in Clayton, NC. A pic of my 76 Cobra II is my avatar. Hope this helps someone else out.

 

I tend to only buy from the SAME advance auto parts store for everything, I buy online, use my coupon codes 20% off every time, sometimes more, depending on how much I spend.

 

I plan on doing a large rebuild on the front end of my truck with lots of parts, but don't plan on it until it warms a bit. I plan on using Duralast parts from Auto Zone just because they are under great warranties and if something goes out I simply just take it back and get a new one. That is the problem with buying on line, if you need a new one you have to buy it again and what happens if they send you the wrong part, it's not like you can just run don't to the store and get the right one.

On some things I order the parts, but most things i just pay the few bucks more and bend over.

 

yea hydra, but you like bending over . . .

 

I have never seen a new rotor come without COSMALENE on it and YES you DO need to cleen it off or you will be F'n up a new set of pads.
Doing rotors is very easy to do but make sure you clean them rotors.
The rear drums are super easy as well - just do one side at a time so you can easily reference the spring setup from the side you have yet to takle apart.