I believe those are to keep the pads off of the face of the rotor when depressed. The vehicle while stop just fine. 70% of the cars on the road don't have those tension springs, it will be fine!
I needed to watch it again, painful watching yourself haha... so to address your comment, it technically will work in either orientation. The wear on the pad, will naturally wear at the leading edge, all things being equal, the finger being on that side, will give you ab earlier warning of the bad wear. It will be fine, at etiher end with this style pad. The finger is a spring type, that is suspended, not riveted tightly to the metal backing plate. Thanks for the eagle eye!
I open the bleeder before pushing the pistons back. That way the system gets new fluid through the top reservoir rather than using all of the old stuff.
Nice work! I use a vacuum pump. To insure air doesn't get pulled in through the bleeder valve. To viewers who wonder, how often you should bleed your brakes... periodically, more so in colder climates.
Thank you for the video. I've also seen a few other tutorials where they put brake grease on the hardware, but notice you didn't put any on. Is the brake grease only a recommended item but not actually necessary?
Short answer- Yes you can use a high temp grease to lubricate the slides. Is it required, no. Long answer- haha The brake pad moves maybe 1/4-1/2 over it's lifetime. If you have stainless steal slides, they shouldn't corrode before your next brake pad replacement. Brake pads ride just infront of the rotor, when you let off the brake pedal. So I only move in one direction. Grease if you like. I normal only apply it on the corners of the metal pad, and slightly more towards the rotor, since that's the path it will be taking. Hope that helps.
@@andrewscribner5983 Thank you for the explanation. I did attempt the job over this past weekend and everything worked out smoothly. I did ended up applying brake grease just to be on the safe side. Thanks again for the great tutorial, the job was way easier than I expected.
Thanks
Great video thank you and I want to know are those springs really needed because I broke one and I took them both off?
I believe those are to keep the pads off of the face of the rotor when depressed. The vehicle while stop just fine. 70% of the cars on the road don't have those tension springs, it will be fine!
You said the squeeler should be on the trailing end of the wheel rotation, but it’s actually on the leading end, as you have shown.
I needed to watch it again, painful watching yourself haha... so to address your comment, it technically will work in either orientation. The wear on the pad, will naturally wear at the leading edge, all things being equal, the finger being on that side, will give you ab earlier warning of the bad wear. It will be fine, at etiher end with this style pad. The finger is a spring type, that is suspended, not riveted tightly to the metal backing plate. Thanks for the eagle eye!
Awesome job bro thanks for your time and expertise!🙏🏻
I open the bleeder before pushing the pistons back. That way the system gets new fluid through the top reservoir rather than using all of the old stuff.
Nice work! I use a vacuum pump. To insure air doesn't get pulled in through the bleeder valve. To viewers who wonder, how often you should bleed your brakes... periodically, more so in colder climates.
Thank you for the video. I've also seen a few other tutorials where they put brake grease on the hardware, but notice you didn't put any on. Is the brake grease only a recommended item but not actually necessary?
Short answer- Yes you can use a high temp grease to lubricate the slides. Is it required, no.
Long answer- haha The brake pad moves maybe 1/4-1/2 over it's lifetime. If you have stainless steal slides, they shouldn't corrode before your next brake pad replacement. Brake pads ride just infront of the rotor, when you let off the brake pedal. So I only move in one direction. Grease if you like. I normal only apply it on the corners of the metal pad, and slightly more towards the rotor, since that's the path it will be taking. Hope that helps.
@@andrewscribner5983 Thank you for the explanation. I did attempt the job over this past weekend and everything worked out smoothly. I did ended up applying brake grease just to be on the safe side. Thanks again for the great tutorial, the job was way easier than I expected.
YES the brake grease does serve a purpose, and is necessary.
how about the rear bake pad
Yo save me $80. I did it myself after watching the video ...Thank you!!!
That's awesome new. Great job!
🙏🙏 many thanks!!
Very good video !