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]

I did my front and rears today. sorry, I didn't take any pics during the whole thing. but basically, if you want to change your rear discs:
1: make sure your emergency brake is not set!!!
2: jack the car up and remove the wheel
3: remove the one 12mm bolt on the bottom of the caliper (you don't need two wrenches like you do on the front, and there is only one bolt, not two)
4: remove the two 14mm bolts holding the caliper onto the rotor (pretty tightly on there, and kinda hard to get to. I had to use a deep socket to get the top one, and a short socket to get the bottom)
5: pull the caliper off, it kinda flips open instead of coming apart in two pieces like the front
6: pull the rotor off. if it doesn't want to budge you can take the long 12mm bolt you pulled out and screw it into one of the two holes that are near the center of the rotor to push it off.
7: compress the caliper, it's easiest with a c-clamp, but a big pair of pliers will work too. or whatever other tools that you have laying around that you think could push the piston back in. just make sure you either open the lid on the brake fluid resevoir or open the bleeder valve on the caliper first.
8: put your new rotor on
9: put new pads in
10: put the 14mm bolts back in
11: put the 12mm bolt back in
12: put the wheel on and lower the car
13: break the new pads in with 2 or 3 hard stops (I think it is recommended you go 45mph and brake to a complete stop, at least with hawk pads)

enjoy!