Rear Brake Caliper on a 97
02-21-2006, 10:45 PM
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RE: Rear Brake Caliper on a 97
Only had mine 2 months.. I'll let you know when I change them sometime this summer if you want 
But I'll be nice.. word for word, step by step from my used haynes manual I got for 5 bucks on e-bay:
But I'll be nice.. word for word, step by step from my used haynes manual I got for 5 bucks on e-bay:
ORIGINAL: Fisher Price
3.6a: Wash down brake caliper assembly and the disc with brake cleaner to remove brake dust. DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR
3.6b: To make room for the new brake pads, compress the piston into the caliper with a large C-clamp
3.6c: Remove the caliper mounting bolt
3.6d: pivot the caliper up, off the brake pads, and slide it off the pin at the top
3.6e: Hank the caliper from the coil spring with a pice of coat hanger wire; Do NOT hang the caliper from its brake hose!
3.6f: Remove the outer brake pad
3.6g: Remove the inner brake pad
3.6h: Apply some ant-squeal compount to the backing plateds of new pads
3.6i: Install inner brake pad
3.6j:Instal the outer brake pad
3.6k: apply high temperature grease to the caliper mounting pin
3.6l: make sure the anti rattle spring is seated firmly in caliper
3.6m: slide the caliper onto the upper mounting pin, pull it down over the new pads, install the caliper bolt and tighten it.
3.6a: Wash down brake caliper assembly and the disc with brake cleaner to remove brake dust. DO NOT USE COMPRESSED AIR
3.6b: To make room for the new brake pads, compress the piston into the caliper with a large C-clamp
3.6c: Remove the caliper mounting bolt
3.6d: pivot the caliper up, off the brake pads, and slide it off the pin at the top
3.6e: Hank the caliper from the coil spring with a pice of coat hanger wire; Do NOT hang the caliper from its brake hose!
3.6f: Remove the outer brake pad
3.6g: Remove the inner brake pad
3.6h: Apply some ant-squeal compount to the backing plateds of new pads
3.6i: Install inner brake pad
3.6j:Instal the outer brake pad
3.6k: apply high temperature grease to the caliper mounting pin
3.6l: make sure the anti rattle spring is seated firmly in caliper
3.6m: slide the caliper onto the upper mounting pin, pull it down over the new pads, install the caliper bolt and tighten it.
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