I was gonna do it myself but i've bottled it now haha

 

Nice pics and guide.

I also like to clean the caliper pad guides before popping the new pads in and it's worth checking the fluid resevoir level after all the new pads are in and have been seated with a few brake pedal depressions.

 

Tight.. i don't know what you mean..

I'll have to take mine to renault i guess .. Poor!

 

isn't it worth using a bit of copper grease to try to stop the common squeeling

 

I should of mentioned hat you can take the calipers off, which makes it easier but I didn't have the right tools. As you can see there are two blots that hold them on and they are a weird 10mm hex key.

 

No real need to drop the calipers off just for a pad change though. Just makes more work.

 

good picture guide mate, do u need to undo the brake fluid cap when pushing the pistons back in?

when you doing a guide for the discs?

 

Matter of personal taste. Reservoir caps do vent.

You have to have know the amount of fluid in the reservoir before you change pads, if you are changing fronts, rears or both and depending how worn the old pads are, the amount pumped back on piston reseating is a variable. If the res has been topped up before with worn pads, with new pads, you can reach reservoir overflow limits.

 

i changed mine before i deployed and the brembo pads that where in where a complete mess, chipped cracked and flaking off from the pads, god knows what had happened to them but they where hanging out!

only ever seen pads as bad as that on land rovers that had been ragged about for years!

easy enough to change, give the calipers a scrub to so you can see the shiny silveryt behind the black wheels...looked like new!

 

its easyer to one side of caliper at a time.

dont bother messing with retaing clip just knock pins out with thin punch/drift then prise large screwdriver ect between pad and disc then prise the pistons right back, remove old pad, clean pad landings in caliper, place copper grease/brake fett on to back off new pad and fit into caliper then repeat for other side of caliper.

make sure everythings cleaned and greased as brembo 4 pots are a pain in the ass for squealing.

 

Retaining clip? Is that the clip at the front?

you need to put grease on?

Getting a mate to do mine but not sure if he knows how to do it. He works on other cars.. I take they all aren't the same?

 

^^^ put copper grease on the back of the pad :go:

 

Yep, not nice on the pad side that contacts the disc.

 

yeah DONT put grease on disc side that would have terrible effects, just grease up backs of pads and pins.

the clip is just like a spring clip that sits on top of pads and under pins to stop pad chatter.

brembo 4-6 pots are the easyest brakes to change pads on, if you can remove a wheel you can change these pads.

 

Just changed mine and it really is proper simple to do.

The dealer said my brakes were crumbling.. and they were right. I have some pics but i can't remember me log in for photo bucket.

Anyway.. they were wrecked.. my mate said it was from over heating and all the sides were crumbling. One even had a lil crack in it.. was tiny like..

So .. don't get the dealers to do it.. they were gonna charge me £185 for new brakes and it only cost me £110 in the end .. nice nice

 

Great post gonna have ago at mine now
But what pads shall i go for ???!!!!!
:cursing::cursing::cursing:

 

Well i ended up going for the brembo's again.

I was gonna get the ferrodo's but deiceded against it because some people have said they spit off to much dust and it marks the paint work.

Seriously .. its so easy.. just need to pop the pins out and then put the clip back... simple.

 

Nice guide and good tips guys...