Changing Brake Pads

[spitnshine]

Hello all you celica owners. I have a nice ST202 whci I need to cahnge the brake pads on, can someone tell me if there is anything special I need to know and whether the pistons push back or screw back.

Thanks.

[GT4 BOOSTER]

Hello all you celica owners. I have a nice ST202 whci I need to cahnge the brake pads on, can someone tell me if there is anything special I need to know and whether the pistons push back or screw back.

Thanks.

both front and rear push back - celica calipers are just as easy as ford escorts 1 bolt out caliper tilts , insert new pads lower caliper over them insert bolt , pump brakes job done.

[Jones~32]

both front and rear push back - celica calipers are just as easy as ford escorts 1 bolt out caliper tilts , insert new pads lower caliper over them insert bolt , pump brakes job done.

^^^ What he said

[Zuban]

Hello all you celica owners. I have a nice ST202 whci I need to cahnge the brake pads on, can someone tell me if there is anything special I need to know and whether the pistons push back or screw back.

Thanks.

yup as others have said, and when it comes to pushing the pistons I usually stick a bit of wood infront of the pistons and lever against it with a screwdriver.

[edamduke]

I did my fronts in less than 30mins inc. jacking up. It really is the simplest car I've done. However, both my rear calliper bolts sheared in the pad carrier and that was a real *****. Car was off the road for over a week. I'd seriously recommend WD-40 and be very careful when undoing them.

[Boro Sera]

WD40??

Plus Gas is a much better thing for freeing siezed parts.

( just ask anyone who's ever owned a Mini ! )

[edamduke]

true, it's just that WD-40 is normally more to hand in every garage

[yellowchinaman]

Which ST202 do you drive?

I had a hard time with Halfords and wasted a whole day and ended up with them ordering the wrong set of pads.

First the idiot tried selling me the GT ones which where TINY!!!!! I have a SSII 3SGE and they ordered a 3SFE for me. Turns out they don't sell 3sGE front pads and the idiot ordered me the 3SFE thinking that they're the same.

Anyway I ended up getting the pads from

http://www.brakeparts.co.uk/

I didn't realise that the UK spec has such uses such small pads?