Note, due to forgetting to take a picture here and there one or two of the pictures could be for either side but mostly they are of the rear driver’s side.
1. Jack up the car, put it on axel stands and remove the wheels (disengage the hand brake).
There is a small bar holding the bottom of the pads in place with a lynch pin holding the car in place. Pull out the lynch pin with a pair of pillars and knock out the car with a screw driver and hammer (just tap it horizontally) – this is the bar half way out. It goes from inside to out.
2. Remove the two large metal spring clips holding the pads/stopping them from moving about.
3. If things are quite tight the pads may need a bit of a shove from the inside to push them out but generally they are quite loose and sometimes just drop out. Here is one half pulled out:
4. Upon removing both pads you can see the brake piston exposed, see how it’s sticking out by about 1cm and how the disk is corroded/lipped
5. Remove the star shaped bolts holding the disk on the hub, there I’ve already removed the bottom one and the top one is circled in red.
6. Quite often the disc is stuck fast on the hub, give the disc a tap with a hammer on the top or bottom which will make it come loose. The disc then just slides out to the right.
7. Using a brake calliper wind back tool you need to turn the piston clockwise to push it back into the housing.
Although I couldn’t get my tool to line up so I decided to remove the rest of the calliper by undoing the two big bolts.
8. With this removed you can see the piston and wind it back easily using the tool and a little light pressure. When you are finished make sure the piston head has the grooved horizontal (ish) as the knobble in the back of the pad slots into this and uses the grove as a guide.
9. Next, it’s time to put the calliper back together but as you’ve it apart you may as well clean it up with a wire brush or sand paper to get rid of the road grime, rust or general corrosion.
10. Put the calliper back on and tighten the two bolts that you removed earlier:
11. We’re now ready to put the new disc on, first cover the hub assembly above in copper grease to stop things sticking together for the next time you do this job, don’t go overboard, just a nice covering around the central collar (don’t get any on the surface of the disc). Put the disc in place and put the two star headed retaining bolts in:
12. Now, we’re ready to put the new pads in, again put a good covering of copper grease on these to stop them squealing at a later date, don’t get any grease on the surface of the pads:
13. Slot them back in and put the spring clips back on, the retaining bar in and the lynch pin.
14. Pump the foot brake a few times and make sure there is good pressure in the system, refit the wheel and lower the car off its stands. Applying the hand brake first. Tighten the wheel bolts properly and do a gentle road test.
I hope this helps and let me know if you want to add anything or have any questions.
