You
will be surprised to learn that you can repair and even change your vehicle’s
disc pads easily, quickly and even without specialized tools. In addition, you
will save a lot of money. Even if you are not interested in doing it yourself,
knowing what it takes makes it easier for you to understand what your Team Honda professional mechanic may tell you one day.
Majority
of the vehicles have front disc brakes these days. Front brakes wear out faster
than the rear brakes and thus should be changed more often. You should change
your car’s brake pads when they get thinner, especially when start to produce a
metallic grinding or squeaking noise when you press their pedal. You need to
predict when your car will need brakes repair through regularly inspecting your
vehicle brake pads thickness.
If
the front end of your vehicle vibrates when you apply brakes, then your car brake rotors might be warped. When the rotors appear uneven grooved, they might
be scored. In both cases, they might need to be replaced or repaired into a
brake lathe. You may require an expert to help you in this procedure.
Tools
you will require:
·
Mechanical gloves to keep your hand clean and
protect them
·
Jack and its stand
·
Lug wrench
·
Length wood or C-clamp to retract the piston
·
Wrench – socket, adjustable or open end wrench
·
Turkey baster for sucking out brake fluid
·
Piece of string, bungee cord or plastic tie
·
New brake pads
·
Can of brake fluid – check for the correct type
from your owner manual
Two things which you should know before starting your
repair:
Know your calipers
Most
of the vehicles have a sliding caliper brake system. Others have fixed caliper
assemblies. The procedure of changing these two type of calipers is quite
different but easy. You should know vehicle caliper so that you can decide on
which method to use when you start your car brake repair service.
Repair one side, then you move to the other
You
should change you vehicle’s pads on one side from the start to the end before
changing the other side. Because you are working on one side, you may turn your
steering wheel so that the wheel you are working on is angled out for easier
access to the brakes.
Above
are the important things which you should know before starting the process of
repairing your car brakes.
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