Question: Changing Brake Disc

[ejf]

I changed the brake disc on my 87 many moons ago. It was very easy. Take the wheel off, Pull a pin, Remove old Disc, Push pistons back and put the new disc in etc. My neighbor has a 97 that needs disc, the caliper/brakes look to be the same as my 03. It seems to me that the caliper will have to be pulled to change disc, Or at a minumum remove one bolt (lower) and loosen the top and pivot the caliper? Has anyone done this before?
Thanks in advance for your reply
ejf

 

[wishuwerehere82]

Piece of cake!
Remove the two mounting bolts on the caliper (the two big ones - upper and lower), and pull the caliper off the rotor. Cock it a little at an angle to spread the pads apart as you take it off the rotor. It saves having to compress the pistons manually.
Pull the rotor off the bearing hub and put the new one on.
Replace the caliper.

The rear ones are sometime a little harder.
It is a combination disk brake rotor, and parking brake drum.
The parking brake is inside the rotor on the back side.
Same procedure, but pull the rotors straight off the hub so the parking brake doesn't get hung up inside the drum.
If it doesn't come off easily, don't force it!
The brake shoe can get hung up on a rust ridge on the edge of the drum, and pulling on it causes the shoe to cock at an angle inside the drum. If it hangs up, try rotating the rotor to free up the shoe.