My first brake job :)

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Hey,

I had been hearing some odd noises coming from my front tires and I decided to take a look at the brake pads to see how they were doing...low and behold:

Pretty **** close to having no pad left lol, my neigbour showed me how to do it all and everything worked out great, not too hard to change disc brakes, and I probably saved like 200$ on labor by doing it myself. Only cost 120$ to replace the front discs and pads

It was fun //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

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[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

glad u r still alive.

 

[dakotap 10+ year member]

I changed the pads on the front of my tacoma the other day. Brake jobs really aren't all that hard and save quite a chunk of change.

 

[tv559 10+ year member]

****!! Its good you changed them.. I remember one time where I really needed to change the pads and didnt when I finally decided to change the brake pads and was on my way to the shop they came right off and started leaking brake fluid all over. Came out to $400 worth of work just for being lazy lol..

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Yeah when my mom saw the pads she **** near killed me herself lol. Yeah like I said its really not hard to do, and once you know how to do it it doesn't take long either.

Only trouble I ran into was that one of the 2 pistons on the calliper had rusted up and was jammed, It took some time/force/releasall/wd40 and other things to break it free and clean the piston out and get it going smooth again but it worked out.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

****!! Its good you changed them.. I remember one time where I really needed to change the pads and didnt when I finally decided to change the brake pads and was on my way to the shop they came right off and started leaking brake fluid all over. Came out to $400 worth of work just for being lazy lol..

Ouch that sucks lol, yeah I cut it too close this time:

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[Andrew12 10+ year member]

Doesnt Just Brakes only charge $89 for 1 pair of wheels and $99 for all 4?

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Maybe for just the pads, I changed the discs too.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

The set of pads only cost 35$ for 4 (2 per wheel)

The discs where 40$ each.

That deal is prob pads only.

 

[lostsuspect21 10+ year member]

rotors //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

Oh well in either case, good work. ey.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

rotors //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Ah rotors, thanks. I'm no mechanic, just learning about cars and stuff, I really like it.

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

changing the brakes is easier then it sounds, just don't pump the brakes while there aren't any pads in... the hydraulic cylinder poped out and spewed brake fluid all over my drive way.

 

[Nevalite 10+ year member]

Haha yeah. I used a clamp to push the cyclinder all the way back in, only thing is I forgot I had recently added some fluid to the system and a little bit spilled out from the reservoir before I realised, not a big mess tho. EMptied it a bit before doing the other side.

 

[kauai808 10+ year member]

I've done hundreds of brake jobs. One's on hondas and toyotas are super easy. I always like to put nevercease on the back of the brake pads so they don't squeek and clean the rotors before i mount them. Good job on doing it yourself. Now you gotta check the rears.