I have already bought new rotor and pads for the passenger side rear caliper. What else am I suppose to do in order to take the caliper out, Im used to the front ones so Ive really never had that much to do with rear calipers. Im gonna have to bleed the brakes, am I gonna bleed all the brakes or just that one side im working on? Gosh thats one thing im scared about screwing up in. Feedback and or tips would be appreciated..
A punch hammer for the rear star bit's that seem to not want to move for us in colder climates. Use the box end for where the ebrake goes through the caliper. It's a bit of a PITA. Just bleed the one corner if the other calipers were bled recently.
Box end of a box end wrench.
The brakes should be bled once a year.
I read to not get the dyed version because of problems it was causing with ABS...?
Nope, not unless you have a race shop handy. Try Valvoline Synpower DOT4. Great stuff, available anywhere, and not too expensive.
Motocraft HD fluid is supposed to be pretty good IIRC. ... I use ATE. It works good and I like that they have blue and gold, so you know for sure when you got all the old junk out.
The word on teh intarweb is that Ford has sent production of their HD fluid to China and quality has dropped. There's a C int he part # if it's the new cheap stuff.
Thanks Rara. I have been flushing a lot so I haven't noticed any problems at all - I'll just recommend it for track cars that see frequent changes then.
I hope the new Ford fluid is still good. It's cheap and available, and always worked well for me. I'll give it a shot in the daiy driver if (when?) the Valvoline I just put in gets wet.
I've run ATE in mine for quite a while. I was able to pick up a jug of it from a foreign auto parts store that carries OEM stuff for VW/Audi/BMW/MB stuff like that. They've even got a good selection of Opel parts.
well i did the brakes today, the rears are a pita but the caliper was all screwed up, it was in rough shape, hopefully this ford remanufactured ones works well..looked nice anc clean though lol. I was reading in the brake bleeding howto's that you should also bleed the clutch, is that somthing i have to do since i only had to bleed like only one side?
You should flush the entire system including clutch since they all work off the same resevoir. Just for braking response alone.
maybe you can come down here once you get this all worked out hoooooney..
i started to notice a little bit of a squeak coming from my front left .. so when ever i hear it i just slam the brakes and the sound stops.. until it starts again.
