I changed my front brakes last night. 21 min. start to finish. I love air tools! If I had an air jack I could shave off 20 secs!

 

Good, now change the back ones that fast.

"Oooo, lookie at me, I know how to change my front braked real fast. Aren't you proud of me? My brakes like to be changed, and they change real fast, and I'm special. "




I now have more money in my brakes than my truck is worth. In the past two months, EVERYTHING has been replaced, from master cylinder to lines to drums and disks. I'm coming to hate brakes...

 

That's not nice!

 

I think Beagle1 was just funnin'

 

Sheesh...
I certainly didn't mean it like that. Just sharin' with my friends.
mark

 

Beagle has no friends. He just likes making people feel as miserable as he is.

Liberals are like that.

 

Soon, I will attempt to replicate that feat of speed... with no hope of success. Any words of wisdom for a brake noob?

 

Don't listen to Beagle, he wanted to put a Cummins into a Gremlin for crying out loud


Good lime on the brakes- thats about how long it takes me to find my tools Man I need to get organized

Michael

 

You'll speed things up if you buy a 3/8" allen wrench socket. The calipers are held on by these bolts, on my "99" anyway.

 

I got to call a "flag on the field". Is this the start time from beginning to end? Finding tools, putting tools away, getting beer ready, turning on the radio, thinking about it for an hour? I call a foul here and add a 15 min penalty for staging tools, jack, and beer BEFORE the clock starts.

BTW what is the hurry? I take 4-5 hours and tell my wife I've been working hard all dang day!

Geicoislearningfrom5erBob.

 

Next time I do a dump trailer I'll call ya. Eight on each side. It'll take ya more than 20 minutes.

 

The Beagle's just jealous. He only learned which end of the screwdriver to hold about a year ago.

 

That's 21 min from pull in to the garage to pulling out, and yes, toolbox time was included (the only flaw was I put my wheel lock in the toolbox with the sockets by accident). Hey, it was a good day, and besides, a cold front was due any min. and they come up fast around here. I suspect the rears will take closer to an hour, but I'm going to blast on it anyway.

I don't like to linger on truck projects, mainly bacause I don't want to be without it, and I don't want to become distrated by something else that might keep me from getting it done.

mark

 

Here's what I use:
Big floor jack that I can lift the whole axle at once
Big screwdriver (flat) for driving out the retaining key
Impact wrench for the lug nuts
Large "C" clamp to compress the piston into the caliper (done before the caliper is removed)
Allen Wrench for the (one per side) caliper retaining bolts (I'm not sure of the size, I just know which one it is by sight )

I jack the axle, remove the lug nuts and tires, remove the hex nuts, tap out the retaining clips, compress the calipers, remove the caliper gently, and holding it in one hand (as to not damage the brake line) remove the old pads and put the new ones in, slide the caliper on, push it up with one hand to gain clearance for the %&^$ retaining clip and "c" spring and tap them in. Then the retaining bolt, tire, etc. Drop her, pump the brakes, back out, slam the tools in the box and "THAT WAS A NEEEW STATE RECORD".

Don't bust my chops!

mark

 

did you repack the front bearings while you were in there? unless you go through brakes like my girlfreind goes through Mydol, you should probably repack the front bearings while your at it, which brings me to MY question: is a special tool needed to get at the front wheel bearings on a 92 W250?