Easy, Illustrated Instructions on How to Change Brake Pads

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If you wished to check whether the brake pads really needed replacing, you could peer through this center view port. There you could see how much brake pad remained.

These didn't appear to need replacing. It looked like there was plenty of brake pad remaining. 

However, these brakes were squeaking, and I already had everything ready to go, so I replaced them anyway.

 

 

On many cars, if you remove the lower bolt, most of this big hunk will swing up and away from the disk and brake pads, making it a breeze to repair.

On the Hyundai, the top bolt is a great place to wrench onto and pivot the caliper housing out of the way. 

Once the housing is out of the way, the old brake shoes will just be sitting there on both sides of the disk, ready to be plucked like a pair of ripe rusty apples. You may wish to make a mental note, or sketch or photograph of how the brake pads are aligned as they sit in the caliper housing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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