> I would recommend getting a repair manual like Haynes, etc. These
> manuals usually have a pretty good description of the brake pad
> replacement procedure.
>
I've already got one. I looked at the directions, and understood everything,
and it all jives with what you say. I have two problems. One is confidence.
I just don't want to be messing w/ brakes 'cause that's serious. I mean I
want to, but not alone. Also, I don't like the fact of having my truck up on
jack stands with a total of two wheels on and having something go wrong. I've
got a friend a home who has helped me out once, I might give him a call when I
get back.
> The only real inconvenience is taking your rotors and drums to a shop to
> get them turned (any brake shop, Pep Boys, etc.) if the Dak is your
> primary mode of transportation - you will need a 2nd set of wheels to
> get them there and back.
>
I don't totally understand brakes, but I'm about to read the brake chapter in
my manual, but... if I'm just replacing pads, do I need to turn rotors and
drums? Did you just mention this as a brake related thing that's not as easy
as pads, or must you turn the rotors/drums when you change out pads? Disc has
rotors, right?
> As Norm would say, "practice shop safety", and use jack stands. Not that
> I ever do, of course... ;}
>
> Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
> >
> > Robert I've helped change brakes before, it's really not that hard, the
> > hardest part is avoiding squirting brake fluid on you when you bleed the
> > brakes off, otherwise it's pretty easy....
>
> > Bruce
>
Thanks,Robert Trottmann
rotrottmann@davidson.edu
Davidson, NC and
St. Louis, Mo
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