So same truck as in the sig. Vehicle has Rear wheel anti lock only on it and here is my question. My truck is still on the stock pads and rotors it rolled off the line with. I'm noticing a slight noise in the brakes up front.. only under a light stop from like 10 mph or less and light brake pressure.. just a little squeak.. So i'm thinking either my front pads are on the wear tabs or whatever these have that start making noise when they wear.. or they are just getting to that point where they are worn and starting to squeak a bit. truck has about 40k on it so I figure that's not too bad really.. My mom's escape had to get new pads at like 20k.

Either way I'm gonna replace the pads with Hawk HPS pads and quiet slot rotors. Rear will get HPS pads and well Hawk doesn't make rear rotors for my truck so IDK yet.

I'm planning on doing this myself but I figure while I have the wheels off I want to paint the calipers.. Figure I'll go to an auto parts store and get some black caliper paint. While doing this I plan to have the calipers totally off the truck. I know that the fluid won't come rushing out of the master cylinder due to the sealed system. But due to the truck having ABS is there anything weird I need to know when going to put the calipers back on and bleeding them? I've heard things before on certain boards and such that bleeding brakes on a vehicle with ABS is odd.. but i've never done it..

also while I'm doing this would it be a bad idea to just totally flush the brake fluid out? What all would that entail and does it require special tools from a dealership or something?

 

Your vehicles not really old enough to flush ALL the brake fluid, but it doesn't hurt to pump some more out. Usually once the brakes are bled, I've just reset the computer (touch the terminals together on the battery) and it's ready to go.

 

shoot, i havent done the reset. I just bled mine the other day when I switched brake lines from R to L on the front.

I dont know anything special about bleeding ABS brakes. I just did the opposites starting with the furthest away from the master cylinder

 

When bleeding brakes you start at the pass rear, then drivers rear, then pass front, then drivers front.

I bought this at Autozone last week when I completely flushed mine out and i did the whole truck in 20 mins.

Its called the One Man Brake Bleeder

 

What is the purpose of resetting the computer after a brake job or bleeding? I've just never heard of this before. Also can someone explain how touching the battery cables together resets the computer? A little off topic i know, but the question might not make sense outside this post.

 

I painted my calipers while they were on the truck. I used the duplicolor brush on paint kit. Still looks good 3yrs later. Sure there might be a spot on the backside that isn't painted, but you cannot see it.
Changing just pads and rotors does not require any bleeding, but if you were to take off the calipers, the fluid will slowly weep out of the lines due to gravity, so you'll wanna plug the holes while your working.

ABS system does NOT open unless you are in motion applying the brakes. You should be able to drain the fluid, bleed like normal and have no ABS issue's because it should be closed off so no air can get in and the old fluid doesn't get out.(of the ABS solonoid that is).

 

sweet guys. For some reason I thought I had heard somewhere that on vehicles with ABS it is odd when you bleed the brakes.. So i figured I would check in and seeing as it's just the normal.. start away from the master and work closer, then I'm not really that worried. I kinda wanna get the calipers off so I can inspect them and make sure everything is cleaned up and in good working order before I put new stuff on

 

getting the calipers off is a pain but if you wanna do it just to look then have fun!