servicing brakes

scottac · December 26, 2003

I am going to be doing the brakes within the next week. I have never done this job before and was wondering if there are any helpful guides on here or on another forum maybe.

thanks in advance for all replies.

badass96z71 · December 26, 2003

I'd buy a good manual, six pack, and lots of patience. In other words when you go to do your brakes take your time. Always do one corner at at time. You can find all the specs in the manual as far as what the minimum thickness for all they parts are. Other than that, i have no further comment.

CapnDean · December 27, 2003

Brakes are easy....especially 4 wheel disc!

For starters look at your rotors real good...don't want any trenches in em, or badly warped. In the good ole days we would have rotors "turned" or resurfaced (translation...sanded smooth) Nowadays they are too darn cheap to fool with. I get 2 sets of pads out of my front rotors and 3 out of the rear...In general that is...

I am harder on brakes than probably 70% of us on the board here...I tow a heavy boat and on occasion a heavy trailer with a tractor on it - - NEITHER trailer has brakes of its own....

My suggestion to you is that you get PLENTY of the blue S@#$. Yeah some folks call it anti-squeal compound but most of us call it Blue tihs. You absolutley CANNOT put too much of it on the back of your new pads.

Friendly suggestion....if you're doing the job in your garage......wrap an old towel around your master cylinder - When you compress the calipers you will likely overflow your master cylinder with brake fluid....especially if you have added any since the last brake job was done!

Let us know how it turns out!

redvett · December 27, 2003

To keep from getting all that dirty fluid in you system in the ABS unit and ruining it you should use a suction and remove all the fluid from the master cylinder reservoir and refill it. Then Bleed the system until it comes out clear. BEFORE you do anything to the brakes. The reason to do this is to get the moisture & sediment out of the system instead of pushing it into the ABS unit and ruining it. They cost $1100+.