BRAKE COMPONENTS ARE PART OF A CRITICAL SAFETY SYSTEM. ALWAYS REFERENCE THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS’ SERVICE MANUAL.

1) Remove the wheel. Disconnect the wear indicator wire if present. Using a suitable tool, remove the pad retaining pins and support springs. Remove the body of the caliper, without disconnecting it from the brake hose.

2) Remove the bolts securing the caliper bracket to the knuckle.

3) Remove the screws that secure the brake disc.

4) Remove the brake disc from the hub.

5) Remove rust and debris from the hub surface using a wire brush or abrasive disc. Verify the hub surface is not damaged or deformed.

6) (For oil dipped disc) Clean the brake disc with soapy water and a scrub brush.

7) Install the new brake disc on the hub and install the retaining screw (If applicable).

8) Using a dial indicator mounted to the chassis, measure the disc runout, ½” or 13mm from the outer edge of the braking surface. Correct if beyond the OEM specification.

9) Remove the used brake pads and abutment hardware from the caliper bracket.  Clean old brake dust and any rust from the caliper and caliper bracket using wire brush and/or file.  Reattach the caliper bracket to the knuckle.  Tighten the bolts to spec.

10) Clean and lubricate all caliper slides, pins, bushings, and mounts.  High temperature brake lubricant should be used at every point there is metal on metal contact and on all moving parts.  This includes where the caliper piston touches the back of the inboard pad, where the caliper fingers touch the back of the outboard pad, and both sides of the abutment hardware where they touch the bracket or the ear of the pad.

11) Reinstall the caliper bracket.  Fit each new pad in its proper seat, following the direction indicated on the pad.  Install the new retaining pins and springs.

12) Open the master cylinder reservoir cap and push the caliper pistons back into the bore using an appropriate tool.

13) Reinstall the brake caliper.

14) Reassemble the rest of the system as appropriate torquing all bolts to spec.  Install the wheel, and tighten the bolts in a crisscross pattern according to the manufacturers’ toque specifications.

15) Test drive the vehicle to burnish the new brake pads and discs.  25-30 stops from 35 MPH/56 KPH down to 5 MPH/8 KPH, allow the brakes to cool for 30 seconds between stops.  Avoid panic stops or hard braking for approximately 200 miles/310 kilometers