frmula1

anything in depth about this?

looks fairly simple to me...

take the caliper off as you would to change pads, only pull off the brake line... and change the caliper instead, right?

or am i missing something?

respectirocz

dont forget to bleed your brakes
i'm sure you'll rememebr once the pedal goes straight to the floor

rngilliland

Use new crush washers on the brake line to caliper bolt.

frmula1

i don't bleed the brakes after i change pads...

i just pump them a few times to uild the pressure back up... then check the fluid level... is something different?

shoebox

If you remove the brake hose, you are going to need to bleed the brakes. No way you can get by with not doing it when you open up a brake line.

5.0THIS

The piston in the caliper has fluid behind it. That is what moves the piston out. A brake system is a sealed system, that cannot have air in the fluid if you want it to function properly. When you take off the line, air will get into the brake lines, not to mention the fact that you are putting on a new caliper that has no brake fluid in it to begin with. If you were to just bolt it back together there would be no fluid to provide pressure on the back of the piston. All you would be doing is compressing the air that was in the lines and the caliper. By bleeding them you force all of the air out so that there is only fluid. If you dont have any concept of what bleeding brakes is, you should have someone help you that has done it before, since your brakes are rather important and it needs to be done right.

respectirocz

i dont bleed after i change pads, but i do bleed after i change calipers