Good evening steemians!
Today I had the pleasure of working on a 94 Nissan D21 truck. The customer wanted only new brake pads installed, so it was brought to the house and I went to work on it. Brake pads are possibly one of the simplest jobs to do, so I wanted to walk you through it to save money at the shops!
Start by lifting your vehicle and support it with jack stands (note the emphasis. In the event that a jack fails, you'll live to be glad you had stands.). See your vehicles owners manual for proper lifting instructions, every car has different lifting points. If you don't have this, just go on the frame of the vehicle. Then remove your tire. You should see something like this:
Locate the 2 caliper bolts. These can be found at the top and bottom of the caliper. Remove them using a socket or wrench. Mine required a size 14mm, again every vehicle is different.
Now just slide the caliper off, and do not let the caliper hang, it will put stress on the rubber hose and damage it. Hang it up with wire or set it on top of something. Now pull the brake pads out, they just slide out. This is a good time to inspect the brake hardware. The caliper has what is called "guide pins" if these get rusted and stuck, it can cause improper and premature pad wear. Check to insure they move freely like so:
Now, lube the pins if needed, while also lubing all of the contact points on the pads with brake caliper grease (which can be found where you buy the pads), including where the caliper touches the back of the pads and where the pads slide into the bracket. You can see the lubed contact points below.
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Now reinstall the tire and you're all done! You'll want to test drive the vehicle to be sure everything is working, but remember to PUMP THE BRAKES BEFORE MOVING.
If you tackle this yourself and get injured or die, I am in no way responsible.
I did not instruct you to hurt yourself.