Remove the two slider screws that hold it in place.
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Remove the tire and wheel from your 1994 Mercury Cougar. Remove the brake spring and brake caliper. The brake shoes will come off.
1. Remove the brake hose to caliper bolt from the brake caliper. 2. Remove the brake hose from the brake caliper. 3. Remove and discard the 2 copper brake hose gaskets. These gaskets may be stuck to the brake caliper and/or the brake hose end. 4. Cap or plug the opening in the brake caliper and the brake hose to prevent fluid loss and contamination. 5. Remove the 2 brake caliper pin bolts. Remove the park brake cable from the caliper. 6. Remove the brake caliper from the brake caliper bracket.
Lift the car, remove the tire, remove the brake shoe/caliper, and remove the old brake pads. Put in the new brake pads, replace the brake shoe/caliper, replace the tire, and lower the car.
On the back side of the brake calaper there should be either 2 bolts or 2 torx head bolts. Just loosen them until they come back freely. Don't remove them completely from the caliper. You will be able to remove the caliper now, some times you may need to use a screw driver to loosen it up
Lift the car on a jack, remove the tire and set aside, remove the brake shoe/caliper and remove the old brake pad. Next put in the new brake pads, put the brake shoe/caliper in its place, put the tire back on the car and lower the car to the ground.
Remove the tire and wheel from your 1999 Mercury Cougar. Remove the brake spring and the break caliper. The brake pads will come off. Reverse the process to install the new brake pads.
remove the wheel, remove the brake caliper, the rotor should come right off. If the caliper has never been removed, there may be a keeper holding it in place. This retainer looks like a star lock washer and should be carefully removed so that it can be reused.
Many Ford and Mercury models have 'Torx' or 'star-bit' type bolts which you will need a special socket (or screwdriver, if you're a gorilla) to remove. These are available from automotive stores, or Seers-type department stores. Also, a C-clamp is handy to push the piston back into the caliper (so you can fit the caliper and new brake pad assembly back on to the rotor). A good socket set and a set of screwdrivers are also required.
Remove wheel, remove the bolt holding brake hose to the caliper, remove the two pins that hold the caliper to the caliper bracket using a 3/8" allen wrench, remove caliper. Inspect brake pads and brake hose for damage, replace if necessary. Install new brake caliper in reverse order. Bleed system.
Remove the brake caliper and hang it out of the way, then thread 2 8 mm bolts into the holes provided on the disk. Screw them in and the brake rotor will come off.
You have to remove the brake caliper before you can remove the brake pads. I recommend you use a piece of wire and tie the caliper up to the spring to hold it. Now that the rotor is out of the way, you can remove them by sliding them out.