crawler#976
Expedition Leader
1. Jack and support the vehicle with stands.
2. Remove tires, place under frame as a safety measure.
3. Remove two bolts on caliper, remove caliper from rotor, and use a bungee cord to support the caliper.
4. If needed use a rubber mallet to tap rotor off studs.
5. Clean new rotor with brake cleaner, clean locating face on spindle, and put new rotor in place.
6. On caliper, remove wire retaining clip from cross pins.
7. Depress ends of pin retainer, remove pins.
8. Remove old pads (note: brake pad w/ wear indicator is to inside of caliper)
9. Use a C clamp to carefully compress caliper pistons.
10. Remove backing plates from old pads.
11. Add anti-squeel pads to new pads, add old backing plates to new pads.
12. Install new pads, reassemble caliper.
13. Install caliper.
14. Clean rotor with brake parts cleaner.
15. Rotate rotor to check for interferance.
16. Install tire, torque lug nuts.
Repeat on opposite side.
Breaking in new rotors and pads:
Make 6 stops from 60 to 10 MPH - do not come to a complete stop. Make 2 stops from 80 to 10 MPH, again, do not come to a complete stop. At this point, stock rotors and pads will be extremely hot and may be smoking - again, do not come to a complete stop to avoid imprinting pad material on rotors. Also, the pedal may have faded considerably - don't be concerned, that's normal. Drive for another 15 to 20 minutes to allow the rotors to cool.
Cost for NAPA rotors and pads (the best grade NAPA has) was $121.00, plus $2.99 for brake parts cleaner. It was cheaper to put on new rotors and pads than it was to have the rotors turned and new pads installed at a shop by over $100.00. It took about 90 minutes to complete the job at a very leisurely pace.
Mark
2. Remove tires, place under frame as a safety measure.
3. Remove two bolts on caliper, remove caliper from rotor, and use a bungee cord to support the caliper.
4. If needed use a rubber mallet to tap rotor off studs.
5. Clean new rotor with brake cleaner, clean locating face on spindle, and put new rotor in place.
6. On caliper, remove wire retaining clip from cross pins.
7. Depress ends of pin retainer, remove pins.
8. Remove old pads (note: brake pad w/ wear indicator is to inside of caliper)
9. Use a C clamp to carefully compress caliper pistons.
10. Remove backing plates from old pads.
11. Add anti-squeel pads to new pads, add old backing plates to new pads.
12. Install new pads, reassemble caliper.
13. Install caliper.
14. Clean rotor with brake parts cleaner.
15. Rotate rotor to check for interferance.
16. Install tire, torque lug nuts.
Repeat on opposite side.
Breaking in new rotors and pads:
Make 6 stops from 60 to 10 MPH - do not come to a complete stop. Make 2 stops from 80 to 10 MPH, again, do not come to a complete stop. At this point, stock rotors and pads will be extremely hot and may be smoking - again, do not come to a complete stop to avoid imprinting pad material on rotors. Also, the pedal may have faded considerably - don't be concerned, that's normal. Drive for another 15 to 20 minutes to allow the rotors to cool.
Cost for NAPA rotors and pads (the best grade NAPA has) was $121.00, plus $2.99 for brake parts cleaner. It was cheaper to put on new rotors and pads than it was to have the rotors turned and new pads installed at a shop by over $100.00. It took about 90 minutes to complete the job at a very leisurely pace.
Mark
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