it's amazing what a little searching can get you. this was posted over a year ago:

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

 

so should i disregaurd that post.. the origional one that say just take the top bolt of for the front and just the lower one for the back wheels?

 

I tried that and found that it was easier just to take the whole thing off - it litterally took me an extra minute and I was able to see what was going on easier.

 

ok just checking.

 

thats fine - its better to ask before you start. Overall ...after I got done I was like "i heard people say it was easy to change the pads ....but it was even easier"

The main factor is time. It prob will be easier to change one set at a time ..front or back. Make sure you have a few hours and dont drink too many beers cause you might over torque something (hehe). Other then that ...you should be good. I bled my line just so it was easier to push the caliper piston in. I bought a self bleeding thing from the autobody store for like $4-7.

 

how does the brake bleeding thing go again.. i forget last time i did that was in 2000

 

^ on the back of the caliper there is a rubber nipple thing over a small bleeder screw. Take the self bleeding kit from the store....hook the hose up to it .... then slowly open the screw. Put a bit of pressure on the piston - the fluid should drain easily into the bleeding bottle thing. If it doesnt drain when you put pressure on the piston open up the bleeding valve a bit more. Bleeding requires very little strain. If the valve is open up enough you should see it drain into the bleeding bottle easily. Since I used the bleeding kit it was very easy to compress the piston w/ the clamp I had because I was not pushing the fluid back into the line.

 

Holy crap dude... You've obviously not had to bleed the entire system.

I had to use 2 feet to get my brake pedal down. Ask Matt & Gary - they helped me with it. You should feel my brakes now!

 

^^ Should take no more force than normal hard braking. But again, not needed for simply swapping the pads though.

 

Yeah, well, I switched brake lines, pads, and rotors too that's why.

 

謝謝所有您的幫助人

 

你很欢迎

 

haha cool.. i though i was the only one who spoke chinese in here.

 

我仍然学会从我的女朋友

 

how is my chinese so far?

 

我用一个词翻译和中文不说话.虽然有趣.


Okay, no more chinese lol...my translator is bugging out, i think we threadjacked this anyway...lets stick to brakes

 

I'm sure it was better than mine, I was using the translator lol

 

haah ur translator?

 

haah babel fish?

 

Yea, it works well:

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en