Changing brake calipers.. How hard is it?

K4MR411 · Post by **K4MR411** » Sat May 05, 2012 2:09 pm

Ive been waiting for a while for my mechanic to change my brake calipers. I got a set of ATR calipers, to replace my seized standard ones. My mechanic got an m3 last week and i think he will be working on it most of the time so ive decided to have a go at it myself.

Ive read a few guides and i think i am confident to do it myself

Can anyone give me any pointers on taking the calipers off? Any special tools i require? How to bleed the brakes?

Any sort of help and tips would be great, as the only thing i can change on the car is the suspension.

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:56 pm

yeh it not difficult, you can even bleed them yourself with no help (with a piece of wood for the peddle

) i did my mrs car a couple of months ago simply because the bleed nipples sheared off (needed new hoses - changed them then couldnt bleed the brakes as the nipples sheared)so brought some second hand callipers

have a look on youtube for 1 man brake bleeding

K4MR411 · Post by **K4MR411** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:32 pm

littlefeller wrote:yeh it not difficult, you can even bleed them yourself with no help (with a piece of wood for the peddle ) i did my mrs car a couple of months ago simply because the bleed nipples sheared off (needed new hoses - changed them then couldnt bleed the brakes as the nipples sheared)so brought some second hand callipers
have a look on youtube for 1 man brake bleeding

I watched a few videos on youtube. Seems easy enough to bleed the brakes, but do i have to do all 4 calipers?

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sat May 05, 2012 7:36 pm

K4MR411 wrote:
littlefeller wrote:yeh it not difficult, you can even bleed them yourself with no help (with a piece of wood for the peddle ) i did my mrs car a couple of months ago simply because the bleed nipples sheared off (needed new hoses - changed them then couldnt bleed the brakes as the nipples sheared)so brought some second hand callipers
have a look on youtube for 1 man brake bleeding
I watched a few videos on youtube. Seems easy enough to bleed the brakes, but do i have to do all 4 calipers?

You don't have to do all four but it could be advisable , when was the last time the fluid was changed ? believe its every two years on a honda....
It's an ok job to change calipers , easier with the right equipment...

Paul

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Sat May 05, 2012 9:26 pm

i removed both front calipers and hoses and i didnt need to bleed the back, if changing just callipers there wont be much fluid loss (pinch hose union between finger and thumb whilst changing) of you can use pieces of flat rubber in grips.

Post by **rob quilter** » Sat May 05, 2012 9:51 pm

littlefeller wrote:i removed both front calipers and hoses and i didnt need to bleed the back, if changing just callipers there wont be much fluid loss (pinch hose union between finger and thumb whilst changing) of you can use pieces of flat rubber in grips.

This.

Its a piece of body lemonade to do mate