Rear Rotor Replacement

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10-24-2012, 09:22 AM

#21

jb721

Join Date: Oct 2012

Location: fl

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Originally Posted by ayrton02

You have to remove the bracket that holds the caliper on too. Remember to take some high temp grease to the sliding pins everytime you disassemble the caliper from the bracket as well.

Somebody told me I should replace the seals in the caliper while I'm in there. How easy/hard is that? I'm getting ready to do rear rotors, brakes, and front brakes this weekend and I don't have any experience working on brakes but I plan on grabbing somebody who knows what they're doing to help. Thanks

10-28-2012, 04:21 PM

#22

rbowmar

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Join Date: Jun 2012

Location: Littleton, Colorado

Posts: 247

Since the caliper slides side-to-side, if the sliding mechanism freezes up, the piston-side pad will wear very quickly. It was a mess when I took it apart, but my guess is that the previous pad changer neglected the high-temperature grease.

The brakes looked fine when I got the car 2 months before, but by the time I got home from my trip to RockyMountain National Park, the LR brake had ground through the pad backing plate almost to the piston!