Jhyten

I bought new rotors and pads for my rear brakes cause they need replacing is there any tech articles on how to do it myself that is easy to understand and thorough?

thanks guys!

BobbyG

I'm sure if you spent some time searching you'd find something. Pictures are worth a thousand words and a manual wouldn't hurt either.

Before you remove any of the brake components spend some time familiarize yourself with the components that you are about to remove.

Basically do the following,

1. Raise car or wheel
2. Remove wheel
3. Loosen bolts and remove caliper
4. Support caliper, do not hang by brake line
5. If the star retainers are on a couple of studs, cut and remove
6. Remove rotor, you may have to tap with a rubber hammer
7. Install new rotor
8. Remove master cylinder cap
9. Using a c-clamp gently force the pistons to their home or retracted position, watch the brake fluid level and do not let it overflow.
10. Remove old brake pads from caliper
11. Install new brake pads
12. Install caliper over new rotor
13. Clean caliper bolts and coat with Loctite thread locker
14. Torque caliper bolts
15. Replace wheel
16. Torque lug nuts

Here's an article I found on the Z06vette.com web site..

C5 Brakes

Good luck