I am going to replace my rear brake this weekend and would like to confirm a few steps since I have never done rear disk brake before. According to Haynes manual,
remove emergency brake cable off brake caliper lever
> remove brake hose retainer clip to allow more hose movement
> remove bottom slider bolt to tilt the caliper up. remove shims or clips
then remove the brake pads.
Screw in the piston to create more room for new pads
> Check for slider movement if not remove and grease the slider
> install new pads
> install emergency cable and adjust emergency handle to have no more or
less then 10 clicks to engage the brake.
So I have one question... why do I have to remove the emergency brake cable to do a brake job?
I remove both caliper bolts instead of the above and just pull it off the rotor. Removing these clips/cables might make this a little easier for someone who is clumsy?
The pads come out THEN the shims/clips.
YES and it's MUCH easier to do if you get the tool for this. Looks like a cube with different sets of pegs on the face that you put on the end of an extension. Also get a pick/small screwdriver and lift the dust boot from the piston and put some sort of lubrication in the groove it seats into so the piston will rotate without twisting/tearing the boot up. You also have to line up the slot in the caliper piston at 90 degrees to the rotor once it's compressed so it will align with the peg on the back of the inner brake pad. This will be more obvious when you're doing the job.
Yes, I also spray the backs of the pads with "brake quiet" as well.
see above
Don't mess with this until you have driven the car. If the e-brake works now it shouldn't change from doing a pad change. You DON'T want to get the cable too tight and DON'T move the e-brake handle till you have pumped the pedal back up to put the peg on the pad into the slot on the piston. The arms on the calipers MUST return to their stops, this "less than 10 clicks" advice is totally bogus.
I never have. Same reason this manual tells you to remove the rocker arms to replace a timing belt, it's a -joke- of a service manual!
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