How to install brakes.?

How do i install brakes (pads,roaters the whole 9)



I want to do it right so please leave as many details as humanly possible.



i Have a 1998 ford contour. 2.0How to install brakes.?Get a book for your vehicle: Drive to auto parts store and find book for your vehicle and take it to counter and purchase it.



The basic do-it-yourself:

1.Go to auto parts store and buy the correct disk pads for your vehicle.

2. Open the hood of car. Check to see how much oil is in the brake booster reservoir.

3. Break the lugs nuts loose on the front wheels.

4. Raise the vehicle with a jack and place a jack stand under car.

5. Remove the lug nuts on each and remove wheel.

6. Now each caliber is different on each car. Usually there are 2 pins holding the pads in the caliber so remove the pins.

7. Now take a small pry bar or screwdriver and wiggle it between the pad and rotor. You need to move the pistons in the caliber all the way back to allow the new pads to fit. You need to do this slowly and check to see if the oil level in brake reservoir is getting too full.

8. Now remove the pads from the rotor.

9. Now put the glue on back of new rotors so they don't make noise while you are driving the vehicle. Place the pads in so the steel part of pad is towards the piston.

10. Install the pins so the new pads are locked into place.

11. Place wheels back on and hand tighten lug nuts.

12.Lower vehicle and properly torque the wheels or get then as tight as you can by hand.

13. Close hood and start car. Pump the brake petal a couple of times. If petal feels good then take for test drive.How to install brakes.?How do you not know how i learned when i was 8 dummassHow to install brakes.?go pay 16-18 bucks for a repair manual for your car it will explain it along with pictures.How to install brakes.?Get a Haynes manual at Murray's or autozone, pepboys for your car. And remember.NEVER EVER take both sides apart at the same time, you can take both wheels off, but don't disassemble both sides, because if you forget how one side goes back together, all you have to do is look at the other side. OH, and be prepared to get your hands dirty and knuckles skinned.How to install brakes.?Go to AutoZone or someplace similar and buy a Chilton's or Haynes repair manual for your vehicle. If you've never done it, my advice is to leave it to the pros, especially for something like brakes. It's not hard, but it's high risk if something goes wrong.



If you really want to do it yourself, find a mechanic friend or someone that knows how and ask him to show you. Do NOT take the risk by yourself.How to install brakes.?If you want to do your own repair, I strongly recommend that you purchase the 'Service Manual' that was written for your specific vehicle. Ford makes excellent manuals at a reasonable cost. There should be an order form in your owner's manual. Or, you can go to www.helminc.com They produce the original owner's and service manuals for Ford as well as many other car makers.



Every repair operation is detailed in these manuals. They will not only tell you how to make the repair safely, but efficiently. You will be glad you purchased them.How to install brakes.?the best answer to your questions is for you to purchase a repair manual ,there's too many details involved with doing brakes,that's something you don't want to leave to chance when your doing brakes a good Haynes repair manual will cover this in full details,and that would be the best thing you could do at this point,good luck with it.How to install brakes.?jack the car.

take off wheel.

look for 2 bolts holding brake calibre and take them out.

take away the calibre and take away 2 moon shaped black objects that are rubbing against your brake disk. put in your new brake disks. You have to push the brake disk pressure back into the calibre and fit it back with the 2 bolts...remember to pump your brake peddle before driving off..this is a job you have to see rather than read about.