There's a how-to on how to change the front brakes, but what about the rears? I doubt it's the same, or is it?

 

Thats cus it is the same as doing the fronts, except you dont push the caliper piston in the same way. On the fronts you use a c-clamp or pliers to push in the piston. On the rears, the piston has to be twisted in. There is a special tool you can get from like autozone, but I just use some needle nose pliers. Just grab the piston and twist it clockwise as you also push in.

 

Put some blocks under a front tire and the back tire that's still on the ground and release the parking brake. Then just take off the bracket that holds the parking brake cable and that will give you enough slack to unhook the end of the cable from the caliper, then you pull it off like the front. Twist in the calpier piston (with needle nose pliers or the little tool that you can buy from autozone for like 5 bucks), stopping every so often, or reversing a little to keep the boot from twisting up.

 

dont have to touch parking brake... U can just unscrew the top caliper pin bolt and take the caliper out from that end and swing it down on the loosened lower caliper pin bolt.

 

Get a haynes manual... saves time trust me!

 

Here is link

 

awesome thanks.

 

quick question... why is there a need to turn the piston clockwise?

 

The ebrake tightens the brake by rotating it. So the piston moves in a screw-like fashion.

 

As the old pad wears the piston comes out to accomodate for the pad wear. Your new pads will be at full thickness so you need to make room for them by retracting the piston to make room....

 

ic, thanks. so i should turn it all the way till it stops correct?