sti555

can anyone offer a quick guide/tips for popping in some rear pads and more importantly the best way of replacing the brake fluid.

The brakes are abit poor at the moment, front pads are recent, rears are rubbing on the indicator now, hoping changing the fluid and rears will give me abit more feel/bite.

Car is classic sti btw

Cheers

Red Rocket 11166

sti

If it were me i would get the brake pads sorted first. Run them in for a few hundred miles and then if your still not happy with the brakes, bleed them or change the fluid.

Red.

sti555

Cheers Red will give it a try tomo

WRX_monkey

What caliper have you got, single or twin pot ?? I did my single pots last weekend, very easy, takes five minutes.

Undo the bolt at the back lower part of the caliper, its the only bolt there, think its 14/12mm can't remember exactly, it might be a bit stiff too. Pull the bolt out and the caliper half will lift up revealing the pads. Take the pads out, put the backing plates on the new pads and put them in.

To get the caliper to fit over the new pads, you have to push the pistons back a little bit, they move very slowly but you can do it with your hands. I removed the cap from the brake fluid resevoir when doing this, don't know if this makes any difference.

Once back down refit bolt, I re-greased it just because I could, tighten up and thats it. Do the other side and put resevoir cap back on. When I pressed the brake pedal first time there was loads of travel, but soon stops.

Then bed the brakes in, jobs-a-good-un.

ps I used copper-grease on everthing, including backing plates and piston surface, brake cleaner is usefull to remove all the crap too.

enjoy.

sti555

Think there single pots..

I'll give it a try on Saturday, thanks for the info mate