Changing Front Disc Pads

[Oldman]

Courtesy Rev (Ian):

Got some time today to replace the pads on the front discs on my 1975 camper. It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought.

Once you remove the front wheel, remember to loosen the wheel nuts while the wheel is still on the ground – they are a lot easier to loosen with the wheel on the ground. With the wheel off you should see something like this.



To change the pads you need to remove the two pins that hold them in place. This will take a hammer and center punch. I couldn't find my punch so I used the flat end of an old drill bit and hit the pointed end.

Hitting the pin


Removing top pin


Both pins out


Note: The fluid mark on the bottom pin was a squirt of WD40 as the pin looked a little rusted and wasn't coming out as easy as the top pin.
 

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With the pins removed, taking out the old pads required a little help from a screw-driver. I also used a hammer for leverage.



With the old pad half-way out I was able to wriggle it out the rest of the way. 

I did the same with the second bad.  

There were also two metal spacers (not sure what else to call them) between the pad and caliper which I put back in with the new pads.




This the difference between the old pads and the new. 





Putting in the new pads required pushing back the pistons which I did with a large screw-driver. I used the wooden handle of my hammer to protect the disk. Not sure if this is the way you are meant to do it but it worked for me.

 

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With the old pads out and the pistons pushed back it was an easy task putting in the new pads.



Don't forget to put the metal clip back in that sat between the two pins.



I put the bottom pin in first with a a few taps of the hammer and then put the above clip in before replace the top pin.

And that's it. Shouldn't take any longer than around 30 minutes.

Do the same on the other side and your done.

All that is left to do is bleed the brakes.
 

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