Thursday, August 8, 2013

Turning The Front Brake Disks

I had a long trip planned and before I did that I wanted to smooth out the brakes at high speed, since I had never done this before and knew the tires were balanced, I didn't expect any problems with the auto parts store, and none were encountered. First I went to the O'reily's auto parts storse and made certain that their machine was in working order. They wanted $8 a disk, and about one hour of machining needed. I took the car over the folks so I had a ride to the store, and followed the procedure to replace the brake pads. Once I removed them I hung the calipers with a bungy so the brake line would not strain itself. Then with a rather large phillips screwdriver (one with a 10mm wrench option for more torque) I broke loose the 2 screws holding the disk to the hub and removed the disks. Once back on the difference was very noticeable and after 2500 hard and fast miles, this job was well worth it.

You can't see much here, but the feel is what counts after all, and it's got that  brand new car feel to it now again.