PoolMike's pictures disappeared for his writeup of replacing the front brakes and rotors.
So here is my set:
Tools needed: 13 and 19mm wrenches/sockets, T-50 with at least 3/8 drive, miscellaneous hammers, crowbars, screw drivers, grease
A proper set of pads and rotors, in my case my van's front brakes are Bosch and the parts a match set from Europarts-SD. What you are looking at is a van with 78,000 miles, first front brake job, no brake-worn signal showing, and I was doing this as preventive maintenance.
Jack up van, use jack stands, and expose the brakes:
With 13mm wrench remove different size bolts (at least for Bosch) - long top, short bottom; pull the brake warning wire from its mount on the suspension:
Now the start of the fun with rust. The calipers will have to be pried from the rotor. :
PoolMike talked about a piston tool - so I got one and used it on the first set of brakes. But it is a royal pain, as the Bosch design makes it difficult to get both pistons even without resetting. I still prefer pushing the pistons back at the point of first taking the calipers off.
So here is my set:
Tools needed: 13 and 19mm wrenches/sockets, T-50 with at least 3/8 drive, miscellaneous hammers, crowbars, screw drivers, grease
A proper set of pads and rotors, in my case my van's front brakes are Bosch and the parts a match set from Europarts-SD. What you are looking at is a van with 78,000 miles, first front brake job, no brake-worn signal showing, and I was doing this as preventive maintenance.
Jack up van, use jack stands, and expose the brakes:
With 13mm wrench remove different size bolts (at least for Bosch) - long top, short bottom; pull the brake warning wire from its mount on the suspension:
Now the start of the fun with rust. The calipers will have to be pried from the rotor. :
PoolMike talked about a piston tool - so I got one and used it on the first set of brakes. But it is a royal pain, as the Bosch design makes it difficult to get both pistons even without resetting. I still prefer pushing the pistons back at the point of first taking the calipers off.
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