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This guide shows how easy it is for someone with little skills to easily change brake pads & rotors in a Minivan. 2 bolts, and all by hand afterwards.
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Loosen the lug nuts one half turn while the tire is still on the ground. A large amount of force may be required and the tire will just rotate if the car is on jackstands.
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Take a 13/16" socket and breaker bar to remove the lower caliper bolt. A large amount of force may be required.
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Take the 13/16" socket and remove the upper caliper bolt. A large amount of force may be required.
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Be ready when the two bolts are backed out enough, as the caliper will be free to fall. The bolts don't have to come out all the way for the caliper to be free.
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This is the caliper freed from the car and supported.
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One should take off the brake fluid resevoir cap, since later we'll be pushing old pads back, and raising the overall level.
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The cap itself says to clean it first.
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The new pads are thicker than the old, so the piston will have to be pushed back. Leave the old pad in place for now since the piston is hollow. Use the C-clamp or a disc caliper tool to gently push the piston back. Go slow and steady - you are forcing brake fluid back up to the reservoir and it needs time to equalize the pressure.
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The old pads now come out by hand. Some jiggling may be necessary, but in my application, I didn't even have to tap them with anything. The pads sit passively in little channels, and come out towards the inside. There should be little clips remaining.
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The new pads are thicker than the old, obviously.
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With the caliper moved aside and supported, the rotor comes right off by hand. In my case, it was not rusted solid in any way.
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A peek at the old rotor alongside for no reason.
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Make sure to use a good quality brake cleaner on the new rotors and do not touch it with your bare hands after cleaning.
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The red/pink goo is Anti-Squeal, which when put on the back of the pad, can later prevent high pitch squealing. It takes a while to dry, so one might put a light coating on the pads before beginning....
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The pad goes into the carrier, inside the channels defined by the clips, and up against the retracted piston. One can see here the tabbed-end of the pad, in the carrier's channel, and the clip peeking out, keeping order....
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The business end of the new pad.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Thank you ! !
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Very precise and effective instructions. Sincere thanks. At 73 years of age I am happt to be able to do these things thanks to help like you offer.
I have a 2006 dodge caravan, when we put new rotates and pads on and did everything right ,when we tested the brakes the tire wouldn't turn,it was like locked up why or how do we fix this,we ended up putting the old pads and rotar back on because we tried 2 different size pads but same thing happened again.HELP CHERYL Portland Oregon
the problem has to be one of two things, mechanical (bad fit of metal parts, pads wrong size) or hydraulic (fluid pressure not releasing when brake pedal is released or has not been depressed. Or, your parking brake could be on?
You need to bleed the air out of your system. There are plenty of guides on how to do that online.
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Help My pads and roters when put new ones on my tires ceize up the hose are clear that carry the break fluid to and from the calipers, and still they are scizeing up what can this be?
Nice description n easy to follow instructions
I already did my brake job but couldn't find the torque spec. This site is thorough and comprehensive. I wish I had seen this before I put the tires back on. Fantastic explanations and pictures are spot on!
Thanks so much! I lost my manual and just don't want to bother watching long boring videos when a quick step by step is all that is necessary!
I haven’t done a brake brake job in years and was concerned about special tools, didn't need any. Only took an hour.
One point though: all modern cars are all metric (except body bolts on US built cars, usually), this actually took 19mm and 22mm sockets.
I have a 2000 dodge caravan and need this done and I am wondering what would be a fair price for me to pay someone to do it?
It's very likely that any shop that you'd take your car to will want to replace all pads and rotors. They also don't like you supplying the parts. This way I was quoted $680 for brakes all around in Scarborough, Toronto - ON.
So just replaced the pads myself with premium pads And it only cost me $74 plus my 2-3 hours (I didn't rush though)
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