I love my brakes!

Just replaced front pads on my '95 yesterday. The factory pads lasted 70K miles which is not bad, but they were getting close. Real Close. I'd had the parts since last year so I set about doing it. It could not have ben easier. Once the wheels are off, there is precisely one bolt that needs to be removed. The seals on the sliders had done their job and the pins were clean. No rusted up parts to deal with. The pads came with all of the little metal bits so I didn't have to reuse any of the clips or springs. It even had a little packet of grease. I wasn't sure exactly what the grease was for, so I smeared a thin film on the pins and put a bit between the shims and the backs of the pads. Some applications need somethinbg on the backs of the pads to avoid squealing like a stuck pig.

Anyway, the job was a piece of cake. Kudos to Mazda on a good brake caliper design.

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Hank Barta
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Same sort of thing on the 626, at least the '79-82 models. Swapping brake pads on those takes *MAYBE* 10 minutes plus jacking and wheel removal/replacement time. Mazda tends to find something that works, and then sticks with it for ages, even across model lines.

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Don Bruder

All of the front disc brake pad replacements that I have done have been very easy to do and similar in procedure, even going back to my '76

280Z, a '87 Toyota Celica, '94 Nissan Sentra, amongst others. Most of the cars I have worked on have drum brakes in the back, which I find much harder to deal with. Luckily, the Miata has disc brakes all around.

Pat '96M

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pws

Hank,

Don't want to ruin your sense of euphoria but the grease that came with the pads is for the slider pins but not for the back of the pads. You need anti-squeal for there. I think you're going to find that the pads will start squealing within a couple thousand miles and you'll have to redo the job with the anti-squeal. No big deal, just not the proper application of the slider grease. Shouldn't hurt anything if it doesn't work its way outside the shim and onto the pad itself, at which point you'll need another set of pads. But, you're right, it is one of the simplest brake jobs I've ever done, especially if using the factory pad kit w/hardware.

Tom

92 Red

Hank Barta wrote:

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Tom Howlin

Thanks for the clarification. Time will tell. I didn't put much grease in either location so I doubt that I'll have a problem, but of course disk brakes really like to squeal!

regards, hank

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Hank Barta

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