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Does your car need to be in neutral and have the emergency brake off when changing your brakes and rotor's?
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∙ 11y ago
your car should be in park. you should also have a wheel chock in case the car decides to move when it is being jacked up and always use jack stands to support the car/truck etc do not leave car upon a hydralic or any other type jack. if you are doing the rear brakes then you would want to have the emergency brake off so you can remove the rotors or drums.some calipers on the rear need to have the pistion screwed back in all the way so you can get the new brake pads and calipers back onto the rotor and after assembly will require you to pull the hand brake or emergency brake a few times to unsure the rear pads are touching the rotors.pump the brake pedal with car off after any brake job to ensure you have brakes and a good brake pedal before you go for a ride. failure to do this might give you a scary ride if the brakes are not pumped up.
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Does your car have to be in neutral with the emergency brake off when changing your brakes and rotor's?
Yes, I understand the emergency brake has to be off so the pads wont be up against the disc or drum when attempting to change the brakes and rotors.
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