noob has fitted brakepads himself !

[Alex5]

Well I am a noob when it comes to mechanics how ever it hasn't stopped me trying to learn as much as I can myself and hopefully one day I'll be fairly competent

Today I set out to change my front brake pads all by myself , I had my Haynes book ready and had watched some videos etc so I was all set.

I was pretty sure I would have some problems along the way as its a 15 year old car plus I didn't know exactly what I was doing but actually it went really smoothly and took me by suprise when I finished

I was particularly worried about getting the piston back in but that turned out to be really easy just a long screw driver and levering it back in. I had the brake fluid cap off and had to empty some of the fluid to make sure it didn't over flow.

The biggest problem was one of the retaining plates holding in the pads was pretty stuck, a bit of hammering and it was out.



I get the first pad out.

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As you can see the old pads were pretty old..

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Then I decided I shouldn't stop there , I had some high temperature paint so I sprayed both the callipers and rear drums in black. I didn't want anything too chavy like red/yellow as its only a 106!

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Well over all I pretty chuffed I managed to do it all and I can't wait to continue the learning and attempt other things.
Next is refurbing the wheels to remove all the scratches and give them a fresh coat of silver.

Thanks for looking

 

[S1MON]

Something looks wrong to me in the 4th photo? Or is it just a shadow. Plenty of life left on those pads too should of seen my old ones haha.

 

[Sam@NP]

Not bad but the L bracket goes at the bottom of the pads

 

[dmallett]

Something looks wrong to me in the 4th photo? Or is it just a shadow. Plenty of life left on those pads too should of seen my old ones haha.

Thats what i was thinking, i think i got the moneys worth out of this set

 

[Alex5]

Not bad but the L bracket goes at the bottom of the pads

which bit is the L bracket ? Do i need to change or can i leave it as that?

 

[banther]

From one noob to another; Congrats!!!

 

[Alex5]

Thats what i was thinking, i think i got the moneys worth out of this set

hahahaha holy moly , well my brakes were terrible so i wanted some peace of mind with new pads, plus the learning experience

 

[plymcl172]

confused, you have a Clio in your picture?

 

[Sam@NP]

The L bracket holds the pads in place with a small retaining spring on the inside. I don't know if you can get away with it as I've never fitted at the top lol.

 

[bmh.01]

which bit is the L bracket ? Do i need to change or can i leave it as that?

Yes they want changing over there's a greater chance of them coming/falling out like that.

 

[Alex5]

The L bracket holds the pads in place with a small retaining spring on the inside. I don't know if you can get away with it as I've never fitted at the top lol.

Ah i called it the retaining plate ? well it was on the top when i took them out and its also at the top in the haynes book so should be okay

@plymcl172 - The clio is one of my old cars , The car being worked on is a peugeot 106

 

[ben lee]

the plate needs to be at the bottom or the pads can fall out. also the tension clip nearest the piston is fitted wrong.

 

[Alex5]

the plate needs to be at the bottom or the pads can fall out. also the tension clip nearest the piston is fitted wrong.

think i sorted the tension clip, in that picture i hadn't compressed the piston against the pad yet so there was still a bit of room. should be okay now but ill look tomorrow cheers for pointing it out

 

[S2H]

Did you forget to copper grease the pads??

Good effort.

 

[stephen chadwick]

Did you forget to copper grease the pads??

Good effort.

pads look like they have squeal pads on anyway so should be ok

 

[Sam@NP]

pads look like they have squeal pads on anyway so should be ok

​Its a dry assembly so doesn't need any. Ever seen any on a brand new car?

 

[Alex5]

Did you forget to copper grease the pads?? Good effort.

i didn't have any copper grease and asked here if it was essential i go and buy some, the consensus was that is wasn't

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...pper-grease-to-new-pads&p=9701830#post9701830

 

[Hammock123]

Well done Pal... I figure the best way of learning is just giving it a go! My first time with brakes was adding Corsa C 1.8 SRI brakes ( Calliper and carrier) to my 1.2


​Did both sides in like an hour n fifteen minutes which I didn't think was bad for a first timer!

 

[Alex5]

Well done Pal... I figure the best way of learning is just giving it a go! My first time with brakes was adding Corsa C 1.8 SRI brakes ( Calliper and carrier) to my 1.2 ​Did both sides in like an hour n fifteen minutes which I didn't think was bad for a first timer!

straight into the deep end eh , good work!

 

[theduck]

Well done fella. Loads of life left in those old pads mind.

 

[Alex5]

Well done fella. Loads of life left in those old pads mind.

i just presumed they were shot! 106 pads are dirt cheap any how so no big loss

 

[chaski]

Grats!

Tempted to dig the laptop out and find the pics of the brakepad/disc from one of the Renault trafics transfer vans I drove last winter season in France. Scraping... mmmmmm.

Edit: I dug the laptop out!

 

[ksykes23]

^ look in good nick mate

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

My old ones

IMG_00000428 by Thomas Brentnall, on Flickr

 

[Alex5]

how do you even stop the car with brake pads like that!

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

how do you even stop the car with brake pads like that!

Haha, the other three wasn't anywhere close to being as bad as that!

 

[harrison88]

Well done mate, good effort. The best way to learn is to chuck yourself in at the deep end. Stick at it and you'll save yourself a fortune over the years!

 

[Alex5]

i have just managed to bag myself a day following a mechanic at my local small independent garage.. so excited

 

[Leeshez]

Good effort on doing it yourself. I did my mates Astra on Tuesday and they were a lot more worn than them. .
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[Gandi69]

next step bleeding the fluid, or indeed better brakes - even up to VTR/S spec would be a good move in my move

 

[levaz]

Ah i called it the retaining plate ? well it was on the top when i took them out and its also at the top in the haynes book so should be okay

@plymcl172 - The clio is one of my old cars , The car being worked on is a peugeot 106

It's on the top of my 106 aswell, it came out the top when I last changed the pads, so it went back in at the top, done 20,000 miles like that and never shown any signs of moving.

 

[Dan519]

Those pads you've fitted appear to be massively thicker than usual, I think you've been supplied front pads for a small engined 106/205

 

[Fred@BTM]

that's a 106/saxo/old clio i think Danny

 

[Dan519]

oh f**k me so it is, lol, wasn't looking further out than the caliper

 

[Alex5]

oh f**k me so it is, lol, wasn't looking further out than the caliper

​Yea pug 106