Stock Pad How To 

1. Jack up front wheel at appropriate jacking point
Viewed: 550 times.
2. I always put my wheel under the car, beside the jack, once it's off as an added safety measure.
Viewed: 533 times.
3. Stock front brake set-up
Viewed: 684 times.
4. Take pliers and squeeze here to un-hook clamp
Viewed: 724 times.
5. Hook coming out of hole when squeezing
Viewed: 689 times.
6. Unhook both top and bottom clamps
Viewed: 635 times.
7. Swing it open to reveal 4 pads (2 top, 2 bottom, on each side of the rotor)
Viewed: 655 times.
8. Use screw driver in little pry spot (you'll see a groove) back and forth to compress the piston to enable you to remove the pad
Viewed: 695 times.
9. Do the same thing on the bottom part
Viewed: 633 times.
10. Shimmy out the pad, and put the new one in. Notice 2 pads have 2 "bumps", the other 2 pads have 1 "bump" on them. The 1-bumps go on the front of the rotor, the 2-bumps go behind the rotor.
Viewed: 683 times.
11. Shimmy out the rear 2 bumper. If you have STOCK pads, you will have to unhook a sensor before removing this.
Viewed: 655 times.
12. Do the same thing with the bottom 2 pads
Viewed: 632 times.
13. If you're not using stock pads, you can short out the sensor and cover it with tape and use a zip tie to hold it out of the way.
Viewed: 694 times.
14. Example of little wire I use to short the sensor when not using stock pads.
Viewed: 786 times.
15. You can tuck the sensor wire under the little hook before closing the main clamp.
Viewed: 719 times.
16. Reconnect sensor (if stock pads) and wedge it back into its little holder/clip.
Viewed: 665 times.
17. Swing the clamp shut, use pliers on the top and bottom to squeeze the hooks back in the holes...and Viola!
Viewed: 675 times.
18. 2 bumps (back of rotor), 1 bump (front of rotor). These are Hawk HPS pads.
Viewed: 709 times.
10 minutes later...not even that dirty!
Viewed: 776 times.
Powered by Gallery v1.4.3-pl2