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Hi Creepy, the pads I buy from Pepboys have fairly good instructions in them with full on color photos for reference. So go buy a good set, but ask the parts person if there are instructions included. If they are not the same department may have a good print out for you. Also buy a bleader kit so you can open the bleader cock while depreesing the brake caliper as straight as possible. I suggest you buy a small container of brake fluid to. You will need a large C clamp to.
It is fairly easy and you should give yourself 1 to 1-1/2 hours including clean up. Some of the shops will true up or "turn" the disks for $10 or $15 bucks each, but its not always neccessary. I bought my pads from Pepboys and they gave me a coupon for $8 turning.
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Exceptional write up in the Mod Bible over at PTCrew.com
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Thanks guys for the help. Between this post and the PTCrew post, it was a very easy change.
Unfortunately, I unded up changing out the rotors as well. The passenger side was in fine condition, and smoothly worn. But the outside pad on the driver side was worn completely to the metal underneath, and had chewed on the rotor pretty good. Fortunately I'd gotten the rotors, just in case, so I didn't have an extra trip to make. Plus, when I went back to the passenger side to replace that rotor, I found I hadn't gotten one of the pads seated correctly, and one side of the spring clip was popped out through the outside of the caliper. So changing the rotors also kept me from finding a mistake later at a potentially worse time and place. Once again, thanks to all for your help. Car information is all over the place, but getting car specific information is always so much more helpful. |
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