Yeah that anti-seize **** came with mine I used just cause it was there, but never used it before and always been fine. Yeah as for parts leftover I have that happen the occasional time but with electronics not car parts ...

 

to lazy to read if there's a difference ....

Is there a difference between doing drum brakes(back of my the wifes van) and the front disc brakes on my truck?

 

There's abit I haven't touched mine ever but bound to some day when needed, I had the other car for 2 years and never touched the back brakes so I got another year before I even think of it.. but it the cylinder where you insert the rear pads into or something then connect the top or bottom which ever it is with springs I think.. like I said never opened them up to see 100% but doesn't see all that more difficult.

 

The hardest part of disk brakes is getting the piston to go back into its bore in order to get the new pads to slip by the rotora when all mounted up.

Drums, would be getting the springs to go back on, possibly the little short springs and retainers to hold the shoes to the backing plate.

I would say the hardest have always been the front discs for my Toyota. Usually packed full of mud and crap, making the pistons sieze.

If you ever need to replace the front disc pads, look into the Bosch pads. About twice the price of Crappy Tire pads, but these have the stainless steel backing pads, dont corrode up and come with slotts in the pad to reduce dust buildup and heat when braking. They are worth the $120 for my application.

 

i just changed my brakes in my truck and it took me 1 hour from start to finish and they work great.

 

Back drums are WHOLE different world. If you've never done it ,I highly recomend you get someone that has to help! There can be a mess o' springs in there that will baffle the most logical mind. If you go it alone, take a instant pic or lift BOTH wheels and compare 1 side to other as you go. Best of luck.

 

dude man am i lucky i am taking a mechincs course right now. so i know how to do this kinda stuff. next week is bring in your own project week. i'm going to bring in my friends truck and put a new muffler system on it. it's going to be awsome. hopefully the teachers will let me do this.

 

Brakes are so child's play.

I can do a set of pads in 5 minutes per side.
Unless I strip the thread for the caliber! Opps

Now changing a clutch in my car was a bit more challenging but 6 hours later we had her done and I was back to my pink car burnouts! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Back on to topic though, looking at on side to figure it out works good. Just take your time.

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I just put on some ceramic pads and the best part is...zero brake dust!! Pricy though...

 

took 3 of us 9 hours to do my last brake job...

Apparently the rumble strips on the pads broke off, and the rumbling sound I heard was the rivets that hold the pad on wearing down, and making grooves in the rotors...

If you ever take the wheel off and the entire rotor is purple, take it to a professional!!! It was the first time I'd worked on the car at my (at the time soon-to-be) In-laws, they thought I had no idea what I was doing.. but the rear drums went fine, it was the discs on the front that were hard.

Ended up using a big wheel puller on the disc.... and breaking it. Then tried a sledgehammer, which only broke the rotor part off, and left the hub portion of the rotor still firmly welded to the car. so I took a cold chisel and cracked it down the side (we tried a torch multiple times but no luck with that either) then after it was cracked, we finally got it to pop off with the torch.