Brake Pad: Service and Repair

Brake Pad Removal and Installation
Removal
1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
2. Remove the front wheels.
3. Remove the lower bolt of the caliper assembly retaining frame.
4. Pull the caliper piston housing up.





5. Remove the brake pads.

Installation
1. Measure the minimum lining thickness.
2. Install the brake pads into the caliper.
3. Push the piston inward, if needed.
4. Pull down the caliper piston housing and secure it to the retaining frame with the lower bolt.
Tighten: Tighten the retaining frame-to-caliper housing bolts to 27 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).
5. Install the front wheels.





6. Lower the vehicle.