My rear pads are needing a replacement job done soon, so I was curious how hard it was to just install them? Instead of bending over for the dealer.

TIA.

 

VERYYYYYYY easy,

Take off wheel

take off brake caliper (2 14mm bolts)

presto thas all basically.

 

You dont really need to take off both 14mm bolts. Just take the bottom or top one off. flip up or down (which ever screw you removed) change pads, compress piston slowly, slip back to caliper. j

 

you mean your fronts? fronts wear out MUUUUUUUCH sooner than rear

 

^^ that to00.

 

How many miles do u have anyway?

 

ohhhhh shoot, your wheel caps

 

lmaoo yea.... was going to just pm you about that

 

uhm.. if you know what you're doing then it's easy... if not... kinda more difficult..

but that applies to anything....

the question depends on what you know and what you don't...
so i really can't say if it's easy or not for you.

for me... not difficult.

 

Sounds easy, except for the compressing the piston part, I'm not sure what tools I would need.

 

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=86011

 

Thanks brian.

 

Just make sure that when compressing the piston with the c-clamp, you go VERY slowly and monitor the brake fluid as it COULD overflow if you're not careful - maybe have someone monitor the level as you compress it slowly and use a turkey baster to remove any fluid if necessary

 

yes... make sure and go slow... you'll mess up the abs if you don't.

 

*looks down at stomach*

Really?

 

Don't use a c-clamp. Get a brake piston spreader.

NAPA Auto has them.... any auto parts store should:

http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...e+Pad+Spreader

 

I'm bookmarking this thread.

 

You know, I picked up one of those puppies for doing my dads v6 camry brakes. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get it to push the piston back in (if that really is the purpose of it...) I ended up using a c-clamp which could not have been easier

 

Uh... wow that tool was easy as heck to use. Brace it against 1 side of the caliper with the other side on the actual brake piston itself, then crank it down 'till the piston is compressed fully.

 

I have changed my front brakes 3 imes and never once my back breaks,(they still have 1/2 the pad left) Very simple to do. I have never even seen a disc brake setup until i attempted my brake pad change and beginning to end only took about 25 minutes.