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How To Change Breaks
The brakes are the most important part of your vehicle and need change. learn How to change breaks. It is essential for yours and everyone else's personal safety to ensure that your brakes are working properly. You Should not be afraid to change your brakes, but you should be comfortable with your skills. If you do not know the difference between a head and a Phillips screw driver, flat head, you must bring your car to a mechanic.
Preparation Tips for How to change breaks.
Obviously you will buy the mats before beginning. Cheap generic carpets wear out quickly and even though you may spend less money now, you'll finally spend more time and money in the long term. More expensive pads are less inclined to let the front wheels covered in unsightly black dust.
Changing the Pads:
Tighten the parking brake put something behind the rear tires so the car can not move.
To work properly it is important to raise the car using the jack or other means. Now loose the nuts and remove it along with the wheel.
Most car has a brake pad secured with brake calipers. There are 2 brake pads per wheel. Use a C-clamp to compress the caliper piston in the caliper housing. This will allow the Assembly to remove the caliper and create enough space for the increased width of the PAD new brake pads.
Unbolt the mounting bolts of the caliper and remove the caliper rear rotor. Sometimes the mounting bolts of the caliper force you to use a Torx or star bit instead of a normal setting. Plan ahead and make sure you have the right tools for the work that you will win a trip for storing parts of the front brakes are disassembled.
Dismental both brake pads from the caliper. Check it carefully for any sign of wear. If you find any problem then best thing to do is replace them.
It is also a good time to examine the state of the rotors.
Change new brake pads in the caliper. Usually, it is preferable to place the first inner CCA, then the outer pad second. You may have to push the plunger completely into the slot of the bracket for provide sufficient space for the new pads.
Once the pads are properly seated in the caliper, put the caliper back on the rotor and bolt firmly in place.
If everything is correct, you may put on the rear wheel, hand tighten the lug nuts and lower the car floor. Finish tightening the nuts in a star so they are same.
Replacing your pads is fairly simple if you know what you do and having the right tools. If this is your first time you could call a friend over just to make sure not to skip any steps. Important: test your brakes before taking your car in traffic. Stopping and starting a few times just to make sure everything is properly installed.