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Hope this is an easy question.
I need to replace the front pads and rotors on my 96 GL.
I'm formiliar with doing brakes , but not the specifics of a Contour.

Are the rotors seperate from the hub and bearings or are the bearings press fit or problematic in any way?

Are the calipers easy to remove? Sliders or bolts?

Other than the pads and rotors, do I need to get anything else?

Originally posted by wallee:
Hope this is an easy question.
I need to replace the front pads and rotors on my 96 GL.
I'm formiliar with doing brakes , but not the specifics of a Contour.

Are the rotors seperate from the hub and bearings or are the bearings press fit or problematic in any way?

Are the calipers easy to remove? Sliders or bolts?

Other than the pads and rotors, do I need to get anything else?

I did them two weeks ago, and they were not that hard. But I guess I didn't do them totally right, since one was hanging badly.

The rotors come off of the hub. They arn't pressed on or anything. There may be some clips on the threads to keep the rotor against hte hub.

The calipers are pretty easy to remove, there are two 15mm bolts on the back of them.

I would get some slider pin grease also.

I hope that if any of this is wrong, somebody will correct me... but it should all be right, I am running on memories of taking them off yesterday.

you can see the disassembly of the caliper and rotor (fronts) in the HOW-TO under the Duratec Maintenance FAQ, in the link for "HUB replacement"

while not specifically FOR changing the brakes, it still encapsulates the required steps to remove the caliper and rotor.

there is also a how-to FOR brake changing, (without pictures) and you can use both of those together to get whatever you need out of them!

(btw: you are correct in your memories..)

Ray

when i did the breaks on my 98 mystique LS the front left side rotor was pressed on to the hub. it did not slide off. i put a gear puller on it and just snaped the rotor after i bought the whole new assembaly i ground the old one down and found that it was pressed togather as one peice to this day i have never herd of this on a mystique.

Originally posted by skifast87:
when i did the breaks on my 98 mystique LS the front left side rotor was pressed on to the hub. it did not slide off. i put a gear puller on it and just snaped the rotor after i bought the whole new assembaly i ground the old one down and found that it was pressed togather as one peice to this day i have never herd of this on a mystique.

It wasn't pressed on; it was corroded together.

Thanks for all your input guys.
I just finished. Took about an hour and a half, mostly due to stuck bolts on the calipers.
Drivers side inner pad was wearing into the backing plate of the pad and had 2 nice deep grooves in the rotor.

Passenger side pads fell apart before I could get them out of the caliper. Lots of friction material left on them though.

Got the parts from Automotive warehouse in St Catharines. $65 tax in.

Drivers side inner pad and rotor.

Passenger side pads.

no buddy becuase when i took it off i toook a grinder to it. i ground down at the rotor and the hub and it was made as one peice. they have machines at my shop to turn these rotors on the car becuase they cant be removed with out taking the whole hub assembly off.

No - Rara is correct and you are not. They most definitely ARE NOT pressed on. They are corroded adn therefore can be a PITA to remove.

When installing your new rotors make sure you use some anti-seize compound to reduce the chances of the rotor sticking to the hub.

im telling you it was made togather. becuase if it was not that was some sick corrsion and what did i grind in to iv never seen meatl or soild steal that looked like rust and corrosion. befor i put the grinder on it. i put it on a 20 ton press and it would not move and put a gear puller around it and it dident move. it was made as one thing. i asked the guys at the ford dealer they said its like a 1 in 50,000 thing but it did happen to the contours

Then I am sure there is a part number out there that proves you are correct then.

do you think i just make this sutff up. like i sit here and think hey lets tell them this. give me a break man its w/e i saw it and i did the work

no hard feelings

Originally posted by skifast87:
do you think i just make this sutff up. like i sit here and think hey lets tell them this. give me a break man its w/e i saw it and i did the work

no hard feelings

weird, then you are the only one with a CDW-27 car that has rotors like that.

The rotors are NOT part of the 'hub'. They are seperate. Yours was rusted together...search in here and read the many posts about this corrosion.

Originally posted by skifast87:
do you think i just make this sutff up. like i sit here and think hey lets tell them this. give me a break man its w/e i saw it and i did the work

no hard feelings

Sorry but you're an IDIOT!

Thr rotors are by no way on earth pressed on - I know I sell them!

Yours, as with many others I've seen, was rusted onto the hub.

No, you're not making stuff up, you just have no idea of what you're talking about - end of story!

not to keep this goin but im gonna try and go back to my buddys shop and find the stuff and take a pic cuz i deff was not corssion there has to be another explanition i know i sound really dumb like im an idiot and theres a simple anwser for this but really you will see what im talkin abou ill try and post them for you tomarrow

wow i cant speel lol

Whatever makes you feel better. Fact of the matter is that you're 100% wrong. Thanks for coming.

I feel his pain, I busted up a roter with a sledg hammer swering it was welded!! It wasn't, piece of sh*@"#.

Talk about giving the pot a stir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!