Help a newbie! PLZ?!
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LINY4Runner
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i don't have a diagram, but it's pretty straight forward...
out of the top of the caliper theres a little notch on the break pads that you can squeeze against the caliper to compress the piston a little bit, then you can take out the 2, 17mm bolts from behind the remove the caliper. from here you can slide the rotor right off (might be tough, you're replacing it anyways so hit the face of the rotor a couple times with a nice sized hammer, it'll come off). make sure you clean the hub (where the rotor sits) well with a wire brush or something so no rust comes between the rotor and the hub. then you can finish compressing the caliper and remove the pads...the pads have two pins that go through the caliper and hold them in place, and they're held in by a long spring. take this spring out first, then tap the pins out (thy might be a little tough, hit 'em with WD40). now you can put the new pads in and just reverse the order! and you're done! hope that helps
out of the top of the caliper theres a little notch on the break pads that you can squeeze against the caliper to compress the piston a little bit, then you can take out the 2, 17mm bolts from behind the remove the caliper. from here you can slide the rotor right off (might be tough, you're replacing it anyways so hit the face of the rotor a couple times with a nice sized hammer, it'll come off). make sure you clean the hub (where the rotor sits) well with a wire brush or something so no rust comes between the rotor and the hub. then you can finish compressing the caliper and remove the pads...the pads have two pins that go through the caliper and hold them in place, and they're held in by a long spring. take this spring out first, then tap the pins out (thy might be a little tough, hit 'em with WD40). now you can put the new pads in and just reverse the order! and you're done! hope that helps
DewRunner
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Cador said:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/re...geId=0900c15280262059&partId=0900c15280262059
hopefully that link works, but if not go to autozone website under repair guides and its under the brakes section
have fun!Thanks guys, I appreciate the help.
You are correct, it would have been a breeze if one of the 17mm bolts on the drivers side hadn't snapped off in the spindle
I have spent all weekend trying to extract it, but all efforts have failed. I now have an extractor snapped off in the bugger, and a machine shop is my only hope.
And of course, I messed up the ball joint boots taking the spindle off, so there goes another $100 bucks.
Boy, I sure wish the little lady had warned me about the brakes earlier, so it would have been a simple pad job, and not a rotor replacement.
Again, thanks for the help, and I'm sure this won't be the last time I'm here.
You are correct, it would have been a breeze if one of the 17mm bolts on the drivers side hadn't snapped off in the spindle
I have spent all weekend trying to extract it, but all efforts have failed. I now have an extractor snapped off in the bugger, and a machine shop is my only hope.
And of course, I messed up the ball joint boots taking the spindle off, so there goes another $100 bucks.
Boy, I sure wish the little lady had warned me about the brakes earlier, so it would have been a simple pad job, and not a rotor replacement.
Again, thanks for the help, and I'm sure this won't be the last time I'm here.
