Brake replacement

Doing your brakes? Here's what to check before replacing parts. Chock the wheel front and back. Loosen your lugs before lifting the vehicle, but keep the lug nuts on. The jack lifts it, the stand supports it. Remove the nuts from the wheel. Now, the pad that you can see right here only tells half the story. I'm going to start out by removing these slide pins. Pull the caliper. Don't just leave this hanging. That can put stress on your brake line. Pull your pads off. The outside can wear differently from the inside, and if that's the case, then you're going to need to do a little bit more investigating. But, these pads don't squeeze themselves. This piston applies force, and these slide pins let the floating caliper move. And everything needs to apply pressure and release it properly. That's why I'm replacing mine. A new caliper isn't always needed when you need pads, but even with the new caliper and brand new pads, they still need a good surface to squeeze to. After the heat from my caliper locking up and these deep gouges right here, I'm going to go ahead and replace both of my rears. I'm going to go ahead and pull this caliper mounting bracket off to get access to my rotor. These two bolts right here hold your caliper mounting bracket on. These can be a pain to remove. Once you got the rotor off the hub, you want to inspect it for any cracks, gouges, or deep scoring. What's behind the rotor matters as well. I'm just going to spray brake clean on mine, and then wipe it off. I'm going to prep my new rotor for install. Pop these clips off. You want to check these for rust and build-up, as well as check your slide pins. Pull the pin out and grease as needed. Once you got your new clips in, remount your caliper bracket. Put your brake pads in. I like to apply a small amount of grease. Get yourself a small C-clamp, compress your piston, and install your caliper. But, now what if you need to replace your caliper? Make sure you have the correct caliper with the bleeder on top so air can exit. You're going to want to put each one of these crush washers on either side of your hose. Disconnect your old caliper. Make sure you remove the crush washer on both sides. Insert your new banjo bolt. Put a crush washer on this side, and install your banjo bolt. But, just bolting this on and adding pads doesn't finish the job. We introduced air into the system, so now we got to bleed them. Get a hose and a bottle. 1 2 3 pump. Crack your bleeder. Close it. Pump. Crack the bleeder. Make sure that it's solid. And don't let your reservoir run dry. Put your wheel on. Start your lug nuts by hand. Pull your stands. Lower the vehicle. Torque to spec in a star pattern. Anyways, I got the fronts to do. I'll catch you guys later. Peace.