One time I didn't tighten my lower caliper bolt enough and it fell out while in a road trip through the Mojave desert in August. It was way too hot to try to fix it right there and I ended up driving the rest of the trip using my gears and e-brake. Fun stuff
Fantastic tutorial! All the info, at the right time, and the tip about the bolt size, thread pitch, and using a radiator support bolt to remove the old disc was genius. You helped me do this job in an hour vs all afternoon. This is what DIY videos are supposed to be... Well done, Man!
Just did my 2012 Subaru front brakes. It went off without a hitch. Good knowing the socket sizes, taking the hose clamp off and the need for the extension on the top bracket bolt. Thanks man!!!
when greasing your pins you should clean out the slide holes and use a wire brush to remove rust from where the rubber seals up, the caliper grease goes on the side of the stainless that touches the bracket and the pad with the squeaker goes on the inside not the outside...
Good video but if you have rusty brakes like this (live in the rust belt)- Watch South Main Auto's disk brake tutorial. He goes over cleaning rust off the caliper brackets to prevent/delay future rust-jacking. Very important step- don't overlook it!
Never understood why when doing front brakes people don't turn the wheel where the caliper is more exposed so you can have more room to work. This is something I learned as a kid.
The correct torque for the caliper bracket bolts is 80Nm or 59 ft lbs. I broke a 6" 3/8 extension undoing mine because come gorilla had over-tightened them almost to destruction, luckily I was using new mounting hardware anyway so it did not stop me from getting back on the road.
Great video!! This was a huge help to me. Thank you!! My only recommendation would to put the pad with the warning tab on the inside. I have a 2010 so maybe it's different but initially that tab was very close to my rim which didn't look right so I just put it on the back.
Removing those bolts that held the body of the caliper was...oof...not fun. Suckers were on there tighter than Siegfried and Roy’s leather pants. Anyway the tutorial was great! Thank you!
You put the inside pad on the outside and you bent the warning squealer tab all out of place.. The pad with the long warning tab goes on the inside and you compress it to fit in the holder.
thatfrenchcanadian yes all my pads have long warning tabs but he did put the wrong pad on the outside (the leg that he bent, supposed be at the bottom). Not sure if it makes any difference though.
Couldn't tell from this whether you sprayed the new rotor with BrakeKlean or other solvent to remove factory anti-rust coating before mounting to vehicle. Highly suggested (as I'm sure you know, but am stating for others).
currently dealing with a squishy brake pedal with a full brake fluid reservoir. Came here to get started, if the pads and calipers are fine then what next?
hi. great video. i bought some new Brembo brake pads. But these don't have the thin plate on the back of the brake pad, which is in between the brake pad and the brake caliper. are these plates mandatory?
How come you don't open the bleeder and let the brake fluid leave there when depressing the caliper piston? I've heard from various sources that otherwise you might screw up the ABS via old fluid contamination, or is this just an old wives tale?
I see most people not doing that. It kinda seems like your making more work for yourself if it isn't really needed, since you gotta bleed the brake lines of course, which i know is a must when changing calipers.
Any chance your car has the electronic e brake? If so, is there a way to bypass using the Subaru select monitor to disengage the parking brake and remove the rear rotors?
I do have the electronic parking brake! I just make sure that it is off any the front tires are blocked when changing the back brakes. Is there a better way?
Cool Stuff Guys Like nope, I was under the assumption that you needed a computer to turn off the parking brake to do the rotors and pads in the rear. Did you do anything special? Such as put in neutral? Or just don't touch the parking brake button?
