How to install brake pads
10-25-2002, 02:07 PM
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How to install brake pads
With so much talk going on about brake dust, I wonder how difficult or easy it would be to install the brake pads by yourself. Is it really a DIY project? Any one care to come up with a step by step instruction?
10-25-2002, 03:24 PM
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Yes, its very easy to change them. Takes longer to jack the car up and take the wheels off than it does to actually change the pads.
It is intuitive once you see them. I didn't write anything down, but basically (from memory), on the front, you'll see two bolts holding the pads in. I think they are 10mm or 13 mm. Take the bolts out and pull the pads out. Reassembly is reverse (although you may need to push the piston calipers back to get the new pads in, if your old pad are worn and thin).
The rears are even easier, they are held in by a single push pin. Using a punch, you just drive it out. The pads can then be pulled out.
Of course you have to pull the sensor from the pad. Just pulls right out of the pad. Most aftermarket pads don't have a spot for the sensor, so just tie-wrap it out of the way (don't unplug the sensor from the wiring harness - your light won't go out if you do that - just pull it from the pad and tie-wrap it out of the way).
That's what I recall. Someone can probably fill in the details.
It is intuitive once you see them. I didn't write anything down, but basically (from memory), on the front, you'll see two bolts holding the pads in. I think they are 10mm or 13 mm. Take the bolts out and pull the pads out. Reassembly is reverse (although you may need to push the piston calipers back to get the new pads in, if your old pad are worn and thin).
The rears are even easier, they are held in by a single push pin. Using a punch, you just drive it out. The pads can then be pulled out.
Of course you have to pull the sensor from the pad. Just pulls right out of the pad. Most aftermarket pads don't have a spot for the sensor, so just tie-wrap it out of the way (don't unplug the sensor from the wiring harness - your light won't go out if you do that - just pull it from the pad and tie-wrap it out of the way).
That's what I recall. Someone can probably fill in the details.
10-27-2002, 06:37 AM
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I don't know about the pad install, as I had a friend do it and resurface the rotors just for thuroughness at the same time.
But he didn't know about the sensor and gave me the old pads with it still in.
The computer went off but when I removed the right front wheel (guessed it was that one becuase started to get a front right blinker light out error at the same time, though bulb was good) and just connected the sensor and tie wrapped no more errors.
Just so you don't have to struggle with it.
But he didn't know about the sensor and gave me the old pads with it still in.
The computer went off but when I removed the right front wheel (guessed it was that one becuase started to get a front right blinker light out error at the same time, though bulb was good) and just connected the sensor and tie wrapped no more errors.
Just so you don't have to struggle with it.
10-27-2002, 04:01 PM
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Doing the brakes pads was really easy for me, dropped the car off, got an E320 loaner, came back later, before the E320 had any dust on it's wheels and for $48 I got a car wash and brake pads installed by the MB dealer. Didn't even get my hands dirty. I recommend this for any beginner.
