How do you change front brake pads on a 1996 Chevy Silverado pickup truck 5.7L?

Answer 1

I have done this and it was pretty easy. It takes about three hours. The best thing to do is buy a manual or go to the auto parts store and read it. You probably will have to buy a large Allen wrench socket to get the calipers off. Then compress cylinders with C clamp, insert new pads and replace calipers.

First have all your tool ready. you will need a T-55 torx socket to remove the two bolts holding the caliper in place. make sure before jacking the truck up you are on concrete or asphalt and flatground. Start by taking your jack to the front of the truck, look underneath and find the main frame of the truck, this will be solid steel. Set your jack underneath the truck and center it on the main frame. Start to jack up until you just start to touch the main frame then STOP. Now go to each front wheel start braking lose your lug nuts, once they break loose only turn them once around do not take them all the way off yet. Once you are done, *NOTE* you will need jack stands for this (safety purposes), have your jack stands ready. Start to jack up the truck, while keeping an eye on your jack as your jacking up so that all is looking safe, and the jack isn't slipping. If it is, slowly bring it down and start over. Jack until your tires are off the ground about 2inches. Now set your jack stands under the main frame, one on the left side, and one on the right side. Try to get them about the same. Or you can put one under each side of the door. NOTE if you do put under each door look to make sure that your not going to smash your fuleline, brakeline or any other line. Once your stands are in place slowly bring the jack down just till you have about a 50% of the truck weight on the stands and 50%on the jack it self. take off tire. Turn the steeringwheel all the way left or right so you can work easier taking out the 2 bolts "Halfway" with your T-55 torx. After the bolts are out halfway, take a large regular screwdriver and pry the top part of the caliper. It will start to come off slowly. Once you have the caliper off look at your brakes, match them up before you take the old ones off. Take one old brakepad and set it against the caliper piston, take a C-clamp and clamp on the old brake and the back side of the piston, slowly drive the piston back in. Now just set the new pads in, and put it back together. If you get suck and your not sure how it goes back together. take digital pictures of the caliper before you get sarted and as needed as you go along. Then view the pictures later as you need to help you. And you can always go to the other side of the truck and look at the other caliper. Only work on one side at time just for this reason.

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