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Have your brakes been grinding for the last couple months? It's probably time to go ahead and take care of the brakes, the most important part of the vehicle. Why put your safety in jeopardy when updating your brakes could cost you very little? To inspect and replace your brake pads and rotors, take a look at the simple steps outlined below.

1)      Loosen the wheel lug nuts while the vehicle is on the ground. This will facilitate loosening the lug nuts while the wheels are off the ground.

2)      Jack the vehicle up at the specified lift points recommended by the manufacturer of your vehicle outlined in the owner's manual. This could be at the subframe or the frame of the vehicle.

3)      Place two jackstands underneath the vehicle. Again, follow your owner's manual when it comes to jacking points and jack stand locations. However, generally speaking, your best bet is to place the jackstands at the pinch weld right behind the wheels. You will see two markings designating where to place your jack stand.

4)      Go ahead and completely loosen the lug nuts and remove the wheels

5)      Look at the rotors. Are they pitted? Grooved? Are there blue spots on the rotor? Any of these conditions will require a resurface of the rotors or better yet replacing them for new ones. Some auto parts stores do rotor re-surfacing but many parts stores have now abandoned that and sell new rotors only.

6)      Now take the caliper off. The caliper is the component that applies brake pressure against the brake pads to slow the vehicle down. There are two bolts holding the caliper to the caliper bracket. Remove these two bolts. It may be difficult to remove the caliper from the caliper bracket. Take a long flat head screwdriver and pry the caliper off.

7)      Now all that's left to remove is the caliper bracket. There are two bolts holding the bracket onto the steering knuckle. Remove these two bolts and remove the caliper bracket from the knuckle.

8)      Remove the pins from the caliper bracket and lube them up with brake caliper grease. This will allow the caliper to float freely, thus preserving your brakes for as long as possible.

9)      I recommend getting some brake hardware along with the brake pads and rotors you purchase. This will include new caliper pins and brake pad holders.

10)   If you don't purchase the hardware you will have to get out some sand paper, 200 grit should do, and sand the brake pad holders, which will allow the brake pads to move freely and not get stuck.

11)   Place some grease on the brake pad holders and insert the pads onto the bracket.

12)   Put the new or resurfaced rotor onto the steering knuckle.

13)   Place the caliper bracket with new pads installed onto the knuckle and tighten the two nuts.

14)   Spray brake disc quiet onto the pads to inhibit brake noise.

15)   Remove the brake master cylinder cap. This will allow you to compress the caliper (if needed) without damaging the master cylinder.

16)   Compress the caliper with a C-clamp or adjustable pliers to allow the caliper to slide over the pads. Do NOT force the caliper onto the pads.

17)   Tighten the two bolts holding the caliper onto the caliper bracket.

18)   Place the wheel back on and torque to the manufacturer's specification.

You have now completed your brake job. Wasn't that simple? You can now cruise your car without feeling embarrassed when you get to a red light with your brakes grinding and squealing!

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How to maintain your disk brakes

Brakes are one of the most important parts of a vehicle; they are the stopping devices of any moving thing. There are different kinds of brakes system, but the two most common types are the drum brakes and the disk brakes which we usually see on cars, bikes and other land moving vehicles.

Brakes are a necessity for they save lives, thus, we have to make sure they are in tip top condition at all times. Here are some ways and procedures on how to maintain your disk brakes.

Brake Pads, there are a lot of different compositions designed for different purposes. Brake pads that are used to stop a street car may not be effective on a race car. And racing brake pads will be so hard that premature wear will occur if they're used on a street car.

When to change a brake pad? Brake pads are equipped with some method of alerting the driver when it's time to replace them. Commonly they have a thin piece of soft metal that causes the brakes to squeal when the pads need replacing. Or the indicator could be a soft metal tab embedded in the pad material that lights a warning light when the brake pad gets too thin.

Brakes rotors should be periodically replaced, but usually less often than the brake pads. Remember the harder the brake pad is, the faster the disc will wear out. Discs rotors start out at some particular thickness. But it could be damaged by warping, scarring and cracking. The easiest way to correct this problem is with a brake lathe.

Manufacturers have determined the minimum thickness for their discs rotors; when reached, the disc is no longer safe to use and it must be replaced. Using too thin brakes rotors will warp and may cause other damages under hard braking.

When the vehicle is pulling to the left or right side of the road when you apply your brakes, it may be warn or warped rotors. So get them checked also and keep safe.

Lastly, brake fluid should be replaced and flushed as needed. But as manufacturer recommendation it should be flushed once a year and take note the type of brake fluid to be applied it could be dot 3 or dot 4.

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My front driver side brake pads is already worn after 6 month, What is wrong with my brakes?

The brake pads on the front driver side is already worn after 6 months, but the front passenger side brake pads are still in great shape, what is wrong with this man, now I have to replace both of them again, tell me whats wrong so I dont have to keep replacing my brake pads............
Both rotors are in great shape...
Do I have to bleed it????
Ok I will replace both calipers tommorow morning, I have everything ready for tomorrow, (Brake pads, rotors, calipers,) Parts are so cheap I will install them myself in the morning. Thanks guys

your caliper is sticking and it has nothing to do with your alignment when you change everything out make sure you use NEW brake fluid from a sealed container start with the right rear left rear right front left front make sure master cylinder is clean and dont put nothing in it but brake fluid make sure you get the right kind for you vehicle as there are different kinds dot 3 4 5 . make sure to get all air out of the lines no air bubbles or you will have a soft pedal break the brake fitting loose then snug lightly then have someone pump it till tight 4-5 brake presses should do it and hold when you open the fitting the pedal will go to the floor make sure they hold it there until you close up then do it again and again till there no air only brake fluid comes out repeat for all wheels make sure you keep the master full at all times or you will have to start all over and make sure you dont get brake fluid on paint it will eat it up

1996 Toyota Camry LE review from North America
What things have gone wrong with the car? Bought car with 150,000, and 2 weeks later check engine light came on. Solenoid was broken. 3 weeks later the brakes got so hot that it melted the plastic rims on the tires. Needed to replace the master cylinder and the brake pads.

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