Thursday, June 2, 2011

How to change front brake pads on a 2004 ford focus?

It is very simple to change the brake pads on a ford focus. You will need a hex key set and something for leverage(metal pipe works well).



Open the hood and take off the cap for the brake fluid. Take off the wheel and there are two rubber pieces with plastic caps in the tops of them, one on top of the caliper and one on the bottom of the caliper. If you remove the plastic caps there is a hex bolt under each of them. Take those bolts out with the hex key and pipe for leverage.



Once you do this you will be able to take the caliper off of the bracket holding it over the rotor. When you have the caliper off you will be able to take the outside pad off (just release the clip with a screwdriver and push it in). After that take a C-Clamp and while the inside pad is still on Compress the caliper piston back to its lowest setting. After this remove the inside pad, it should have a clip on the back of it which fits inside of the hollow caliper piston. From here you should be able to reverse the steps and put everything back on. Just make sure that you use the spacers/squealer plates and use the grease from the brake pads on the outside of the pads to reduce noise.



After one side is complete, put everything back together and lower the car and go inside the car and slowly pump the brakes until you have good pressure than complete the other side. After you finish the other side, make sure to put the cap back on the brake fluid and you should be ready to go.
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