HELP! Replacing pads.
#1
HELP! Replacing pads.
I need new back brake pads and I just bought them today at the ford dealership (Motorcraft pads). I have never worked on back brakes, especially on a Mustang. Any info will be great. Thanks. 2001 GT.
#3
Yes you will need a caliper tool. The cheapest ones look like a cube with nubs. Each face fits different OEM calipers. The more expensive ones come in a kit with a number of face plates that rachet as you turn the tool.
There is a spring that's used for the parking brake....DO NOT REMOVE IT!!! If you do, it makes rotating the piston back into the caliper easier but fuggin A it is a bee-****** to put back on. Took me 4 hours of fighting and a busted pair of pliers (I threw them) to get it back in.
There is a spring that's used for the parking brake....DO NOT REMOVE IT!!! If you do, it makes rotating the piston back into the caliper easier but fuggin A it is a bee-****** to put back on. Took me 4 hours of fighting and a busted pair of pliers (I threw them) to get it back in.
#5
yea there are several diff kinds of caliper tools but when i did mine i went to auto zone and they have the tool rental program thing and paid like 50 dollars and once i returned them got all my money back
#6
That works too. I just buy the tools when I need them unless it's something like a P/S pully puller...oh wait bought one of those too! I just hate having to make the return trip to return the tool. My time and wasted gas > money saved on rental tool
#8
Nope, no bleeding required with this job. Just leave your caliper all bolted up and you're fine. As you are working on the brakes, rest the caliper on the A arm so that the brake line doesn't sag or bend or any of that.
#9
Actually considering the fluid has probably never been changed in your car and you have a 2001. I would flush the old fluid out completely. You can get a one-man bleeder kit and bleed each side since as you put the caliper with new pad back on before putting the wheel on. Take an extra 10 minutes a side.
Then do your fronts. Overall it will take an extra hour but you'll feel the brakes will be a lot more solid and not as prone to fadding. Dot 4 is the best to go with and it's compatible with Dot 3, just has a higher boiling point.
Just make sure you never let the Master Cylinder resivoir get empty.
Then do your fronts. Overall it will take an extra hour but you'll feel the brakes will be a lot more solid and not as prone to fadding. Dot 4 is the best to go with and it's compatible with Dot 3, just has a higher boiling point.
Just make sure you never let the Master Cylinder resivoir get empty.
#10
Actually considering the fluid has probably never been changed in your car and you have a 2001. I would flush the old fluid out completely. You can get a one-man bleeder kit and bleed each side since as you put the caliper with new pad back on before putting the wheel on. Take an extra 10 minutes a side.
Then do your fronts. Overall it will take an extra hour but you'll feel the brakes will be a lot more solid and not as prone to fadding. Dot 4 is the best to go with and it's compatible with Dot 3, just has a higher boiling point.
Just make sure you never let the Master Cylinder resivoir get empty.
Then do your fronts. Overall it will take an extra hour but you'll feel the brakes will be a lot more solid and not as prone to fadding. Dot 4 is the best to go with and it's compatible with Dot 3, just has a higher boiling point.
Just make sure you never let the Master Cylinder resivoir get empty.