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

[TomPoz]

Good write-up, Martin. I will use it when putting my spacers on.