If your brakes are starting to squeak, it's probably time to change your brake
pads. But why take them to a shop and spend all that money on labor when you
can do it yourself this weekend? And, while you're at it, why not upgrade your
rotors as well? All it takes is a set of jack stands, a floor jack, a few beers
and a couple of hours.
As you can see from
this episode, the process is fairly simple. Just jack up your car, remove a
wheel, then the caliper bracket. If all you need to do is replace your pads,
then you're more-or-less set. The only tricky part to replacing your pads is
generally the pistons in the brake calipers are auto adjusting, so they are
going to be too tight for your new thicker brake pads. In order to open them up
a bit, you'll need a couple of tools.
For the S197 Ford Mustang GT (2005-2009)
you'll need to grab a brake pad spreader for the front calipers and a brake
piston tool for the rear. Both toolsare available at your local auto parts store
for a few dollars.
The rotors are real
easy to replace -just remove the old ones and put the new ones on. If there's a
metal retainer clip (as was the case on our Mustang), just cut it off; you don't
need to keep that around, as it's just used at the factory on the assembly line.
The full step-by-step can be seen in episode
#26.
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