How do you install brake pads?
06-15-2007, 05:07 PM
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RE: How do you install brake pads?
ORIGINAL: Matts00GT
On a mustang, you may need the little caliper tool that looks like a square box to compress the piston. My pads werent very worn when I changed them so I didnt really have to compress the piston back in.
Take the old brake pad and put it against the piston/pistons and clamp it down slowly. The pistons will then move back into the caliper.
If it's a screeching sound you're hearing, it could just be the wear indicators. Basically they are small pieces of metal that stick off the side of the pad. They are there to let you know when your pads have gotten too worn.
If the rotor's grooved, see if you can get it turned. On the side of the rotor will be the minimum width that the rotor can be. It will be in millimeters. Measure it with a caliper/micrometer and if you have enough room left, just get it turned. If not, you will be picking up a new rotor.
Brakes are really quite easy. Get you a can of brake cleaner and spray off the brake assembly thoroughly after you take the wheel off. Be liberal with it. Brake dust is dangerous so you do not want to inhale any of it. Just spray it everywhere. I usually clean the rotor as well as possible so there are no contaminents when the new pad touch.
I think I pretty much covered everything?
ORIGINAL: ZW99GT
I bet the pad is cutting into the rotor. YOu can do everything that Matt's00GT says, but I had to push the piston back to compensate for the new(wider) pads.
So you can get a C clamp and push them in there (SLOWLY)
ORIGINAL: 97Cobra_kid
my front right wheel is making a noise and i was told it was the brake pad. what do you think it might be, the pad slipping off?
my front right wheel is making a noise and i was told it was the brake pad. what do you think it might be, the pad slipping off?
So you can get a C clamp and push them in there (SLOWLY)
Take the old brake pad and put it against the piston/pistons and clamp it down slowly. The pistons will then move back into the caliper.
If it's a screeching sound you're hearing, it could just be the wear indicators. Basically they are small pieces of metal that stick off the side of the pad. They are there to let you know when your pads have gotten too worn.
If the rotor's grooved, see if you can get it turned. On the side of the rotor will be the minimum width that the rotor can be. It will be in millimeters. Measure it with a caliper/micrometer and if you have enough room left, just get it turned. If not, you will be picking up a new rotor.
Brakes are really quite easy. Get you a can of brake cleaner and spray off the brake assembly thoroughly after you take the wheel off. Be liberal with it. Brake dust is dangerous so you do not want to inhale any of it. Just spray it everywhere. I usually clean the rotor as well as possible so there are no contaminents when the new pad touch.
I think I pretty much covered everything?
06-15-2007, 05:10 PM
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RE: How do you install brake pads?
ORIGINAL: yourmom6990
that little square box is for the rears only.
ORIGINAL: Matts00GT
On a mustang, you may need the little caliper tool that looks like a square box to compress the piston. My pads werent very worn when I changed them so I didnt really have to compress the piston back in.
Take the old brake pad and put it against the piston/pistons and clamp it down slowly. The pistons will then move back into the caliper.
If it's a screeching sound you're hearing, it could just be the wear indicators. Basically they are small pieces of metal that stick off the side of the pad. They are there to let you know when your pads have gotten too worn.
If the rotor's grooved, see if you can get it turned. On the side of the rotor will be the minimum width that the rotor can be. It will be in millimeters. Measure it with a caliper/micrometer and if you have enough room left, just get it turned. If not, you will be picking up a new rotor.
Brakes are really quite easy. Get you a can of brake cleaner and spray off the brake assembly thoroughly after you take the wheel off. Be liberal with it. Brake dust is dangerous so you do not want to inhale any of it. Just spray it everywhere. I usually clean the rotor as well as possible so there are no contaminents when the new pad touch.
I think I pretty much covered everything?
ORIGINAL: ZW99GT
I bet the pad is cutting into the rotor. YOu can do everything that Matt's00GT says, but I had to push the piston back to compensate for the new(wider) pads.
So you can get a C clamp and push them in there (SLOWLY)
ORIGINAL: 97Cobra_kid
my front right wheel is making a noise and i was told it was the brake pad. what do you think it might be, the pad slipping off?
my front right wheel is making a noise and i was told it was the brake pad. what do you think it might be, the pad slipping off?
So you can get a C clamp and push them in there (SLOWLY)
Take the old brake pad and put it against the piston/pistons and clamp it down slowly. The pistons will then move back into the caliper.
If it's a screeching sound you're hearing, it could just be the wear indicators. Basically they are small pieces of metal that stick off the side of the pad. They are there to let you know when your pads have gotten too worn.
If the rotor's grooved, see if you can get it turned. On the side of the rotor will be the minimum width that the rotor can be. It will be in millimeters. Measure it with a caliper/micrometer and if you have enough room left, just get it turned. If not, you will be picking up a new rotor.
Brakes are really quite easy. Get you a can of brake cleaner and spray off the brake assembly thoroughly after you take the wheel off. Be liberal with it. Brake dust is dangerous so you do not want to inhale any of it. Just spray it everywhere. I usually clean the rotor as well as possible so there are no contaminents when the new pad touch.
I think I pretty much covered everything?
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