I'm back with the next installment on how to save yourself $400 by replacing your own brakes - Front Pad edition. This time however I'm only replacing the pads as the rotors were fine.
Like the rears, this is an 8-bolt job - six lug nuts (21mm) and two caliper bolts (13mm). I did the second wheel in <20 minutes from wheel up to wheel down and torqued, mostly because there is no need to mess with the parking brake maintenance mode. Also, I used a regular C-clamp to compress the pistons - no special tools required.
Jumping into the process photos after jacking the car up, securing it with a jack stand, and then removing the wheel:
Caliper bolts are 13mm:
Pry the caliper off with a flat head screw driver, preferably something with some strength:
Now pry the pads out of the caliper. I will note here that on the other (driver) side, my inside pad was stuck. The front pads had lots of material remaining and I was actually going to save them, but I destroyed the friction face on the other pad prying it out.
5 pic limit reached....continuing in next post...
Like the rears, this is an 8-bolt job - six lug nuts (21mm) and two caliper bolts (13mm). I did the second wheel in <20 minutes from wheel up to wheel down and torqued, mostly because there is no need to mess with the parking brake maintenance mode. Also, I used a regular C-clamp to compress the pistons - no special tools required.
Jumping into the process photos after jacking the car up, securing it with a jack stand, and then removing the wheel:
Caliper bolts are 13mm:
Pry the caliper off with a flat head screw driver, preferably something with some strength:
Now pry the pads out of the caliper. I will note here that on the other (driver) side, my inside pad was stuck. The front pads had lots of material remaining and I was actually going to save them, but I destroyed the friction face on the other pad prying it out.
5 pic limit reached....continuing in next post...