Brake Replacement Tools

Series Summary

Brake replacement, like all car maintenance and repair, is an essential responsibility of all car owners. Most people are not really excited about replacing their brakes, whether paying for new brakes or changing their own; but eventually the squeal of the brake wear indicators makes all car owners brake down and replace those old brake pads. Replacing your car brakes does not have to be very challenging. Expert brake replacement instructions can help you replace your brakes quite easily.

In this free how to video series learn how to replace your brakes from expert mechanic Mitch Jones. Mitch will tell you what you need to know about brake replacement including what brake tools you need and when you should change your brakes. Mitch will demonstrate how to remove brake caliper bolts, how to compress brake calipers, how to remove brake pads, how to remove the brake rotor brackets, how to assess brake rotor wear, how to apply anti squeal brake lube, how to seat brake pads, how to replace brake caliper bolts, and how to check you brakes to make sure they are in good working order.

Video Transcript

"Today we're doing brake work, and we're going to start with the tools that you need to do this with. So basically you want to start, well first off you want to have a flathead screwdriver so you can relieve the tension off the pads, when you take the caliper apart from the breaking assembly. You want to find the appropriate wrenches to take the bolts out of the caliper housing. Then once you get the caliper off you can use a basic C clamp and just leave one of the old pads in, and find a good spot to put it in on, and then you wind it down until you get the piston retracted back into the housing itself right her. But then sometimes they have special tools to where you can leave the pads in it and wind it down with this caliper separator right here. That's it for the tools that you would need to do the break service."