Rear Discs

[JRWR]

I'll be changing discs and pads all round next weekend so in readiness I've printed out the FAQ for front discs (including steps and pictures).

 

For the rear discs should I be looking out for anything? There looks to be a disc shield but that should be straightforward I hope.

 

I hope to have my Dad on hand, mainly to take pics, so maybe I'll be able to do a rear disc FAQ soon.

 

Cheers all,

JRWR

[familyman]

I'll be changing discs and pads all round next weekend so in readiness I've printed out the FAQ for front discs (including steps and pictures).

 

For the rear discs should I be looking out for anything? There looks to be a disc shield but that should be straightforward I hope.

 

I hope to have my Dad on hand, mainly to take pics, so maybe I'll be able to do a rear disc FAQ soon.

 

Cheers all,

JRWR

you might have to wind the pistons in (clockwise if i remember rightly) and open the bleed nipple to allow the brake fluid to escape-an ABS valve won't let the fluid back towards the master cylinder ,at least i had to on my 96 gal-yours might be different,other than that a pretty straightforward job

[JRWR]

you might have to wind the pistons in (clockwise if i remember rightly) and open the bleed nipple to allow the brake fluid to escape-an ABS valve won't let the fluid back towards the master cylinder ,at least i had to on my 96 gal-yours might be different,other than that a pretty straightforward job

Yes, thanks familyman, I'd read that before and so I've bought a 'rewind tool' (The rear discs are also operated by the handbrake). That's the sort of info I think would be good in a rear disc 'faq' so I'll hope to do that with a few pics. I have the Ford TIS CD so I'll also try to include what I think are the right torque values (obviously these will vary from model to model.)

 

Cheers,

JRWR

[JRWR]

Well, all discs and pads done. No pics as no one seemed interested but one thing for people to perhaps watch for:

 

I bought Mintex pads and discs. They were all fine apart from the front pads. Only one of the front pads actually needs wires but my set came with 2 pads with wires. That was OK as I just cut the wires off one of the pads but neither of the Mintex pads with wires had wires as long as the original OEM pads - they were about 25mm too short. (I had to relocated the plug/socket and secure it with tie-wraps to make it work.)

 

Also note if you undertake this job - the brake fluid reservoir appears to be inaccessible and it almost is and you need to remove the air filter cover (3 screws) and pipe with clamp (mole grips?) to get anywhere near it. The MAX/MIN indications are as good as useless.

 

JRWR