Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How to change brake pads on chevy cavalier?

1989 chevy cavalierHow to change brake pads on chevy cavalier?Get a repair manual for $20. It will give you step by step instructions. You will need a TORX socket to remove the caliper bolts, a C-Clamp to push the piston back in the caliper. Unless you are going to have the rotors resurfaced, I'd replace those at the same time, they are pretty cheap for those model cars.How to change brake pads on chevy cavalier?go to auto zone and buy a haynes manual for the car it will go step by stepHow to change brake pads on chevy cavalier?a haynes manuel will show you step by step how to do it. first after you have the wheel off and the car is secure take a c-clamp and push the piston back into its bore, if you have torx bolts in the caliper then you need a torx bit ( maybe a T-50), take the bolts out, change the pads, put the caliper back on and tighten the bolts, spray it down with some brake cleaner and go to the other side.