Anyone aware of a write up on changing the rear brakes?

Does the emergency brake complicate things?
The brakes started making noise yesterday. I want to change them myself but have no time for the next few days.

If they are not much more complicated than the front, I should be able to find the time.

 

Just as easy as the front...the rear caliper is a single piston. I just replaced mine this weekend and it was a breeze. The rotor took a little more pounding to get off but it was easy.

 

E-Brake is on the inside of the rear rotors. As long as you do not have to remove the rotors it only takes about 1.5 Hours total to do both sides at the most.

 

Why would you only replace the pads and not have the rotors turned or replaced?

 

Didn't need to. Rotors were in great shape only needed to be scuffed. I used sandpaper clean them up, blew them off with brake parts cleaner and installed new pads. I do not tow anything so there was no severe wear on the rotors.

 

Rear brakes only do about 30% of total braking and pads and rotors last much longer than the fronts. Chances are good that his rear brakes have never gotten hot enough to warp the rotors, so a scuff up was all he needed

 

To me that doesn't make any sense. Regardless of how little braking the rear does, if I have to replace the pads, the rotors will get turned or replaced. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.

 

never understood turning rotors. if they're warped, turning them will probably make them so thin they will warp twice as easy. may as well replace them.

 

If you have a perfectly good rotor and just change pads you are doing it right. I've never in my life seen any literature requiring anyone to change rotors everytime they change pads. As a matter of fact, if I have good smooth pedal pressure with no pulsing, I'm sure not going to turn or buy a new rotor that may or may not be as good as the one you took off . If it ain't broke don't fix it

 

This I wholeheartedly agree with^^^^^