DIY - Complete Brake Rebuild F&R

B&W_Evader

I see what you mean about the splatter on the exhaust. I'll take a closer look when I get back home and find out where it's coming from. As far as why I'm rebuilding... The first time I did the front I didn't have any of the seals and saw a couple of the piston boots were not in good shape. I decided then that then next time I went in there I would replace them. Then, thinking about the chance of dirt getting inside while I was messing with them made me decide to do a complete teardown and replace the seals since I would probably damage them while removing them.

On to more pictures.... These show the screws and nut that holds the brake line in. You'll need to remove them to get your caliper on the workbench. I usually try to remove as little as possible and initially tried doing it without completely removing the calipers. It became obvious very quickly that removing the calipers is required. Using CDA you can pop the pistons out. I just let the first one come out and then used this trick to get the second one out. The pad material gives the piston something semi-soft to bang into as it comes out. To remove the dust seal, you need to remove the metal clip first. I used a metal pick to get under it and it came right out. You don't have to worry to much here because there's rubber between the pick and the caliper. I used the same pick to get the seal out of the bore. Here you need to be very careful not to scratch the caliper. Using a hard plastic pick or o-ring remover would be best for this one. Once the caliper is off, the rotors should come right off. Make sure you don't have your had brake on since the hand brake shoes press against the inside of the rotor where you can't see them. Now is a good time to transfer over that little rubber grommet to your new rotors. That way you won't forget about it later.

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	Brakeline_02.jpg (132.7 KB, 68 views)
	Caliper_02.jpg (103.3 KB, 73 views)

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