Fixing Breaks
Also can anyone tell me how I go about replacing breake rotars, pads, and calipers, ive got metal on metal and I need to fix this fast without hiring a mechanic. Thanks.
if possible, get the entire car raised up, so you can walk under the car, if not, get the car on a level surface and use a jack or jack stands. You NEED to replace the brakes in pairs, but I would recommend replacing all of them at the same time.
-First take off the wheels in the same way you might draw a star always go diagonally accross the wheel and loosen in order).
-Drain the master cylinder which is on the drivers side at the top of the engine.
-clean the brake discs AND brake pads with brake cleaner such as brakleen or similar. Water will do in a pinch. Do NOT blow it out with air or inhale the brake dust
-remove the calipers by removing the guide pin bolts with a wrench
-the calipers will still be attached to your brake lines, so hang them from somewhere without letting them hang from the brake lines (letting these things break is a BAD thing)
-pry the retaining spring (it's kinda cross shaped) off of the brake pad using a flat head screwdriver. Be careful with them, you'll need them later.
-remove the brake pad once it's free from the spring
-remove the guide pin bushings
That's all for the brakes
I've never enountered caliper replacement, I've always left it up to the mechanics on that one. You'll probably have to ask some of the other guys on the board, or consult a Haynes or Chilton manual.
One final note: don't forget to top up all your fluids once you're done everything. You'll probably lose some fluid once you take some of the other components apart.
-First take off the wheels in the same way you might draw a star always go diagonally accross the wheel and loosen in order).
-Drain the master cylinder which is on the drivers side at the top of the engine.
-clean the brake discs AND brake pads with brake cleaner such as brakleen or similar. Water will do in a pinch. Do NOT blow it out with air or inhale the brake dust
-remove the calipers by removing the guide pin bolts with a wrench
-the calipers will still be attached to your brake lines, so hang them from somewhere without letting them hang from the brake lines (letting these things break is a BAD thing)
-pry the retaining spring (it's kinda cross shaped) off of the brake pad using a flat head screwdriver. Be careful with them, you'll need them later.
-remove the brake pad once it's free from the spring
-remove the guide pin bushings
That's all for the brakes
I've never enountered caliper replacement, I've always left it up to the mechanics on that one. You'll probably have to ask some of the other guys on the board, or consult a Haynes or Chilton manual.
One final note: don't forget to top up all your fluids once you're done everything. You'll probably lose some fluid once you take some of the other components apart.
Caliper is not that bed, follow the procedure listed above, then
Remove brake line from caliper (use a old valvstem or something equivelent to stop fluid flow out of the loose brake line
install new caliper and switch over anything nessicary.
To bleed the brakes once everything is done, you will need 2 people, have a friend pump up the brakes about 3-5 full pumps then have that person hold the brake pedal to the floor, now loose then bleeder bolt and let fluid or air out of caliper (usually takes a couple seconds)
repeat as nessicary until pedal is firm and no air comes out of the bleeder bolt on caliper
Remove brake line from caliper (use a old valvstem or something equivelent to stop fluid flow out of the loose brake line
install new caliper and switch over anything nessicary.
To bleed the brakes once everything is done, you will need 2 people, have a friend pump up the brakes about 3-5 full pumps then have that person hold the brake pedal to the floor, now loose then bleeder bolt and let fluid or air out of caliper (usually takes a couple seconds)
repeat as nessicary until pedal is firm and no air comes out of the bleeder bolt on caliper


