Heres Another How-to Enjoy.

How To: Replace Your Brake Pads

Tools Required:

Socket Wrench
14mm Socket
C-Clamp
Brake Pads
Jack
Jack Stands
Lug Wrench/Impact Wrench

Lets Get started....

1) First step is to untorque your lug nuts but DO NOT UNSCREW THEM. I picked up this handy 12v impact from walmart for cheep, untorques the lugs in seconds.



2) Now jack up your car and place a jack stand under it. I used stock jack as i left my real jack in my girls car.



3) Now unscrew all the lugs and remove your wheel.

4) Take your socket wrench and 14mm socket and undo the bolts pictured. theres only 2.




5) Carefully slide off the center part of the caliber and DO NOT let it hang. Simply place it on top of your rotor so there is no tension on the brake line.



6) Simply slide out the old pads and slide in the new ones. Make sure there in the right way as they should follow the curve of the rotor.



7) Take your C-Clamp and gently clamp it to the piston and the back side of the caliber and tighten it till the piston is pushed back into the caliber. This is NOT how its supposed to be done but this was all i had. works fine.



8) Re-attach the caliber and tighten the screws back in. Get in your car and turn it on. Now pump the hell out of the brake petal till you feel it getting harder and harder to push. Take your car out and enjoy new found braking you had at first test drive

BTW HUGE probs to Uneek with there excelent rotors and these brake pads. I would suggest PMing uneek for all your rotor and pads needs!.

Here are my uneek rotors after 10k miles.

Light surface rust from my rims. otherwise no rust at all!

Here is a comparison shot of stock pads and the uneek pads.


^^^ seems like i still had alot of life left on my stock pads after 47k miles. but wanted an upgrade anyway to go with the rotors.

If you kill yourself i am not responsible. If you injure yourself...oh well.

 

Approved.

I already did a front brake job how-to once:

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-guide-43/front-brake-job-59062/

But there are lots of other repeat how-tos.

 

I remembered you did after i typed this but oh well, already had pics and this was short and sweet

 

How do you do the back drums? No one has any how to Guides for that one

 

take your wheel off, take rotor off and the front should slid off...

 

We actually don't have a rear drum wheel how-to yet. Probably because nobody has had to do them yet. They last a long time.

 

According to my dealer I only have 3 mm left on my rears... so I gots to do them very soon

 

Actually, 3mm is a lot when it comes to shoes. They aren't very thick to start with.

 

what's all this talk about a dodge caliber in the how-to?

 

I looked all over walmart for that impact you bought, no luck finding it though.

 

hey man thanks for the how to i just replaced my pads today and seeing this helped alot cuz iv never done a pad change before thanks

 

very nice, may very soon be needed, thanx~

 

Nice write up Mike, I will be getting my rotors and pads soon....Uneek took to long so I got the same thing from EBAY for the same price.

 

Fixed for you. It said "probs"

 

i bought some for gifts for family. but they arn't that strong but yet they are decent. look over by the auto stuff like at a superwalmart store to.

 

With ABS i thought they said we have to open the bleeders slightly before compressing the pistons, so no grit or whatever would go inbackwards through the ABS module.

Other than that question, nice write-up man! I need to do my breaks soon myself.

 

Are your pads and rotors loud? Any Squealing?
Nice write up.

 

FYI, when you push the piston back in, you're supposed to loosen the bleeder screw so that whatever fluid you push back does NOT force debris back into the ABS pump. After the pads are changed, you're supposed to bleed the system again rather than just pump up the brakes. YMMV.

 

I just bought a Cobalt LT a couple months ago with 88K kms, at about 90K kms the right rear drum ceased. Had to get whole new assembly from the dealer cause I hate drum brakes.