replacing your Brembo pads
replacing your Brembo pads
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making this thread in here will help me find references faster.
https://g35driver.com/forums/florida-g-club/92495-my-brembo-pad-replacement.html
making this thread in here will help me find references faster.
Originally Posted by dothemath
Ice Pick to push out the pins after removing cottar pins
Push back pads with towel and large pliers
Remove shims
Watch brake fluid level
Clean parts
Apply brake squeal reducer on back of pads and shims and insert after 10 minutes
Cottar pin
Place spring and insert second pin and cottar
Done
Move to the back...but now the pins come towards you
Use 130 or so grit to sand the rust from the hubs where the wheels make contact and clean the old brake material off of the rotors...per instructions on hawk hps sight. Now bed your pads per manufactures directions. Mine were approx 8 moderate force stops from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from 45, then let brakes cool.
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nice instructions...too bad my lazy azz won't do it.
i just got my drilled slotted rotors and hawk racing pads today...
$100.00 labor...
nice job...!!!
how about posting "rotor" DIY?
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i just got my drilled slotted rotors and hawk racing pads today...
$100.00 labor...
nice job...!!!
how about posting "rotor" DIY?
bobs
Originally Posted by SagiSRP
Make sure they bleed your brakelines as well
Why do you say that???
You didn't open up the system so no air could get in.
Make sure you properly bed the pads in......and you really should flush and bleed the entire system at the same time you change the pads.
Last edited by Brando; Feb 8, 2007 at 03:35 PM.
removing the rotors are easy. just remove the two 21 or 22mm bolts and remove the 10mm bolt holding the brake line onto the knuckle, then remove caliper upwards. may take some force.
Another way to compress pistons without risking damage to caliper paint is to kep the pads and place, insert long durable flat head screw driver in between pad and rotor and pry. a lot easier also because you will be compressing 2 pistons at a time versus 1. when compressing pistons if you compress them too fast, the opposite piston will tend to come back out so go slowly. slow and steady wins the race.
Another way to compress pistons without risking damage to caliper paint is to kep the pads and place, insert long durable flat head screw driver in between pad and rotor and pry. a lot easier also because you will be compressing 2 pistons at a time versus 1. when compressing pistons if you compress them too fast, the opposite piston will tend to come back out so go slowly. slow and steady wins the race.
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Thanks for the DIY...did my brakes this week and went pretty smooth except taking off the rotors. They wouldn't budge even after I hit a few times with a rubber mallet. Finally came off after spraying something to loosen bolts and screwing in the little bolt that initially came on my rotor to pop it loose.
