Brembo front rotors installation, how to... Options

[malpaso]

I have decided change my brake rotor to better ones and here is my story

1. Brembo max disc ordered...

not cheapest but reasonable price for "plug-and-play" part.

2. removing wheel
nice to have tools...
- usual tools for wheel take off
- something for stubborn screws (like WD-40)
- hammer (handy every time )
- wrench 17 and 14


3. removing caliper
by those two screws remove caliper away...

...by two wrenches (like picture below showing... one for holding, and second for un-screwing... sorry I can't describe that better )


4. removing brake pads and caliper mounting
remove pads is easy, that hardest part are caliper mountings held by two screws...

those two bolts were rusted and stubborn unbelievably!!! W/o WD-40... (and hammer help sometimes) it could not be done... my car almost fell off the lifting jack during that .


5. removing rotor

nothing but rust holds that disc -> just gently knock on and it fell off...

you can see all that rust (after hammer work ) and really bad condition of inner part of rotor.

6. just make it look good and re-assemble everything...
now it's done... just put everything back on (plus in my case use some direct-to-rust-metal-paint for rusted parts).

note: you maybe would need push back caliper piston if new rotor is wider or you change brake pads (recommended) by some pliers like this:

(I don't know how you call that)

plus:

...just as a tip, lubricate the inside of the pistons inside the rubber seal.

And results you can see below :




enjoy

This post has been edited by malpaso: Feb 20, 2007 - 1:56 AM

[6strngs]

ah, you beat me to it. I was gonna do a write up when I did my brakes, I have the pads and rotors in my garage I just need to get my darn wheel locks off!

anyway, you forgot to mention that when compressing the caliper piston you need to pull the cap off the brake fluid resevoir in the engine bay, otherwise it won't compress.