Upgraded Brakes and Clutch with DP-Brakes

14 John started on the disc brake pad replacement with the right front brake. The left front procedure is exactly the same except that the pad orientation is reversed. Just match how the old pads come out and you’ll be fine. John loosened the two pad pins.

15 Next he turned the front wheel so the master cylinder reservoir was level, taped a shop rag around the reservoir to catch leaks, and removed the cover.

16 He pried the inner and outer pistons back into their bores using a thin blade putty knife to protect the brake rotor from scratches.

17 With the pad pins removed, he loosened the upper and lower caliper mounting bolts.

18 The old pads then dropped out. John made sure that the anti-rattle spring on top of the caliper stayed in place.

19 Here’s a comparison of the new DP pads and the worn stock pads. Yeah, the old ones were used up.

20 John installed the new pads with the friction material facing the brake rotor and made sure the pad orientation matched the orientation of the old pad.

21 Finally for the front left, John inserted the pad pins to hold the pads in place, tightened and torqued the caliper mounting bolts, and tightened and torqued the pad pins.

22 The rear brake procedure is similar to the front brakes but typically done one pad at a time because it’s too hard to loosen the caliper. John loosened the pad pins (shown here), removed the rear master cylinder cover, pried the inside piston into its bore, pulled the pad pins partly out to allow the old pad to drop, then inserted the new DP pad. He pumped the rear brake pedal to push the inside pistons out holding the new inside pad in place.

23 Next he pried the outside pistons into their bores and removed the pad pins dropping the outside pad.

24 The new DP pad was inserted matching the orientation of the old pad. He then installed, tightened, and torqued the pad pins.

25 Here’s a close-up of a new rear pad in position against the brake disc—lots of new braking surface. To complete the brakes, John pumped the brakes to seat the pads, checked the fluid levels, installed the reservoir covers, and finished off with a testride.