How do you change the brake pads on a 1995 Legacy Sedan?

Answer 1

ok here whats you should do: put the car on the jack on one side and start by removing the tire. (Note: you losen the nuts before putting the jack up.) for covenience turn the steering so that the caliper, the thing that holds and applys the brakes, is pointing outwards. now heres a list of tools you may need: a rachet with 13,14,15 sockets, key wrenches of the same size, 13 14 15, a flat screwdriver, grease, and WD-40. looking the caliper you will see that's it is mounted with 2 bolts. now if those bolts are or appear to be rusted then apply WD-40 and let it soak. when looking at the caliper you will see a hole in the front-middle. through that hole you will see the caliper psitons that pushes on the brakes. use the flat screwdriver and try to push the piston back inside as much as possible. then proceed with losening the bolts. BECAREFUL!! DONT APPLY CONSTANT PRESSURE WITH THE RACHET OR THE KEY, HOLD IT SECURELY WITH ONE HAND AND GIVE BANGS WITH THE OTHER HAND. this technique will prevent the bolts from breaking. when the bolts are open just remove the caliper from the disk and put away so it does not bother when changing the pads. don't forget to note how the pads are placed on the disk. look at the new pads very carfully and see wether they are all the same or are in pairs of two. just keep that in mind. now put the new pads (after removing the old ones) and turn to the caliper and check if the piston is all the way in. if not then use somthing to push it in DONT USE ANYTHING THAT WOULD DAMAGE THE PISTON AND DONT PUSH THE PISTON FROM THE INSIDE. USE THE WALLS OF THE PISTON TO PUSH IT IN. when done with all this simply put the caliper back on and tighten the bolts not too much or too less. put the tire back and put the nuts on and lower the jack and tighten the nuts. then perform the same procedure on the other side and after the pads have been changed then press the brake pedal a few times until the brake feels though. this should take about an hour or so depending how fast you can do it and the condition of the brakes, bolts etc.