Front Wheel

To Remove
1. Raise the car and remove the wheels.





2. Press back the piston with a pair of slip-joint pliers.
3. Remove the clip from the brake caliper.
4. Remove the dust caps from the guide pins and then remove the guide pins.





5. Lift the brake caliper off the brake disc and suspend it from the suspension strut.
6. Remove the brake pads.
Clean the inside of the brake caliper with a soft wire brush and inspect the dust caps.

To Fit





1. Fit the new brake pads in the brake caliper.

IMPORTANT: The outboard brake pads are different on the left-hand and right-hand sides. The pads should be fitted with the metal acoust warning strip facing downwards.

2. Fit the brake caliper, clean the guide pins and tighten them using a torque wrench.
Tightening torque 28 Nm (20 ft. lbs.).





3. Fit the dust caps and clip, as shown.
4. Fit the wheels and tighten the wheel bolts, using a torque wrench.
Tightening torque 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.).

IMPORTANT: The wheel must hang freely when the wheel bolts are being tightened.

5. Lower the car to the floor and depress the brake pedal to force out the brake pistons.
6. Check the level of the brake fluid.