how hard are front brakes to do??

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:10 pm

So i am pretty sure my brake pads are shitting the bed and need some replacing in the front of my ACR. How hard is it to do on your own. Didn't find a "how to" but didn't look that hard either. Answer the question mofos

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:18 pm

easy as hell, 2 bolts and a c-clamp are all you need really once the tire is off. take the 2 retainer bolts off the caliper, remove caliper, rip off old pads, compress the caliper piston using the c-clamp, put on the new pads, then put everything back together
edit* you might want to also visually inspect the front and back of the rotors for gauges since you said your pads are trash. if gauges are present you'll have to take the rotors into a shop to be resurfaced

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:40 pm

best time to buy good pads like hawk or something

OB · Post by OB » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:54 pm

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Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:51 pm

on a scale from 1-10..10 being the harderst.. -5. lol.

it really is a walk in the park so get in there and change them yourself.

ill take pictures next time im in there for anyone needing a picture walk trough

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:46 pm

The hardest part is getting the slider pins back in the rubber boots when you take them out to grease them. Takes a few minutes to get that sorted out. Other than that, undo bolts and remove caliper, push piston back in (with reservoir cap off, just in case), install new pads, reinstall.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:57 pm

Neon4Life wrote:on a scale from 1-10..10 being the harderst.. -5. lol.

I'd say they're more like a 2...

lilnicko11 · Post by **lilnicko11** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:47 pm

thanks guys. ill get on it

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:01 pm

it's even more fun when your rotors sieze to the hub and you have to take a 10lb sledgehammer to them

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:24 pm

I would just pick up some new rotors before you start. Might save another trip to the store. More often than not, they can't be resurfaced. If they are grooved, it is going to take that much more to bed in, and that much more life out of the pads. Just my opinion tho.

Get some brake clean also.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:33 am

It's not by any means hard, but a -5..?

In that case you should just grab your local cat/dog and have it do it for you.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:13 pm

heydockyle wrote:It's not by any means hard, but a -5..?

In that case you should just grab your local and have it do it for you.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:41 pm

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:31 pm

easy as pie, just choose a couple hrs that you have nothing to do, and take your time, you will be done before you know it

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:48 pm

just pay attention to how the caliper comes off IIRC they hinge but diff on each side.. sec lemme check my fsm...

Coltrain · Post by **Coltrain** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:18 pm

dont even need a c-clamp, as i use a flathead and decompress them before unbolting them

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:03 pm

same here, i think i used a pair of channel locks...

Coltrain · Post by **Coltrain** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:54 pm

when i had a lift and air tools available i could do both side within a 15min time period

that was with wheels on to start and to finish

beachbrum · Post by **beachbrum** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:18 pm

Is there a trick to removing the rear rotor. Mine is not coming off easily. Does it have anything due to the parking brake? I have my parking brake released.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:29 pm

mallet

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:33 pm

Chainsaw.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:49 pm

beachbrum · Post by **beachbrum** » Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:28 pm

Got the rear rotor off just hand to loosen the e-brake adjustment a bit.

Thanks for everyone's help