Step by step guide - changing front brake discs

[Northern Banana]

Hello - To assist me as I've never changed them before does anyone have a guide they could post or BM me, or does anyone know of a posting along the same lines (I've done a search but nothing has come up).

 

In case it matters it a k series with big brakes (4 pot).

 

Thanks

[Stationary M25 Traveller]

Basically ...

 

Loosen wheel nuts

 

Jack and secure front of car

 

Remove wheel

 

Remove securing clips and pins that retain brake pads

 

Remove brake pads

 

Remove split pin and undo big hub nut.

 

Unbolt caliper (note where any spacer washers fit before you lose them)

 

Pull hub/disc off shaft and catch any bearing bits !

 

Refit caliper loosely to save stressing brake hose.

 

Sit hub into wheel so studs are in the usual holes, so you can get a socket on the bolts that retain the disc to the hub. Remove these four bolts and bash the disc off the hub.

 

Clean the mating faces meticulously, as you don't want any debris under the new disc.

 

Refit in reverse of above, using loctite on the bolts that secure the disc and on the caliper bolts.

 

Do a search on how to adjust the wheel bearing, and use a new split pin (ideally).

 

Once all back together, make sure you press the brake pedal a few times before driving off !!!!!

[Northern Banana]

Thanks for that...bit more complicated than my bike discs!!!

 

Maybe I should hunt down some local volunteers

 

[bob-the-b]

If I remember correctly, the Get to Know Your Seven's articles in Lowflying talk about adjusting the split pin on the front wheel bearings.