How to Remove a Caliper on Trucks

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Nate McCullough on behalf of Expert Village. In the following clips, we're going to talk about the correct procedure for replacing your upper and lower ball joints on a two wheel drive full size vehicle. In this clip, we're going to talk about removal of a couple of brake components in order to perform our ball joint service. This being that the braking system is hydraulically connected to the rest of the suspension, and in a way, for the most part, we're going to disassemble the caliper grid and we're also going to compress the piston in the caliper. In order for piston compressing, we're going to use a flat bed screwdriver, I'm going to insert it through one of the inspection slots, and pry against the surface of the rotor. Not a whole bunch of room is required in order to slip the pads off, that right there is plenty as you can see I got the caliper to move a little bit. I'm going to take my three inch socket wrench, with a thirteen millimeter socket, and take the mounting bolts loose for the caliper. This is your upper caliper mounting bolt. You may have one, you may have two. It may take a various style of tool. It could be an Allen wrench, things of that nature. This one happens to take a socket. Go ahead and break it loose and unscrew it. If you have more than one fastener, you're going to repeat this procedure for the other one. Alright, and there is our caliper mounting bolt. Once you have all the fasteners out on your vehicle, you can go ahead and wiggle your caliper off, just like so. Once you have your caliper off, you can slide out the brake pad. And that is the proper way to remove your caliper and brake pads."