How do you change brake pads on 2005 Toyota Highlander?

Answer 1

Just did the job today. Keep car in park. Jack front wheel on one side. Remove wheel and be careful of touching a hot rotor. I did and it hurts. For rt front wheel, turn wheel to the left as far as it will go. For left front wheel turn to the right. Remove rubber cover on brake bleeder and loosen the bleed screw. Use a very thin screwdriver or equivalent to start pushing back the brake piston. Push piston back as far as it will go, and close bleeder screw while holding the piston back. This keeps air from entering the caliper. Remove two 14mm bolts and lift caliper up. Secure caliper with a piece of wire or bungee so the barke line is not harmed. I used "Prostop Ceramic pads" and no grease was needed. The pads just pop out and pop back in. Make sure the pad with the wear indicator is nearest you. Just put the two bolts back in attach bleeder cover and mount wheel. I then check my master cylinder for fluid and top it off. Repeat for the other three wheels except the back wheels will not turn of course. This is a very easy job. The hard part is removing and mounting the wheel. The jerks who rotated my tires last time used an air impact gun set to the max! I had to literaly stand on a breaker bar to loosen the nuts.