About to do Brakes...

[03Mach]

about to do brakes on my mach and figured id ask on here to see if there were any tips or tricks before i get started. never done brakes on a mustang before..? my last car was a 02 honda accord and doing the brakes on that was pretty straight forward. any help would be appreciated. going to do them on sunday.

*btw the brakes are just stockers*

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[01bluesnake]

They are fairly straight forward, front or rears?

 

[wolfe]

I know some fords you need a tool to twist the rear piston in on the caliper. I do not know if the mustangs are that way or not. Other than that they should be straight forward and like I said, it's only on the rears.

 

[03Mach]

im doing front and rear. i have a tool that i used on my honda to do the rears. i think its universal..?

 

[01bluesnake]

It should work on the mustang, the piston size is about the same in the rear. on the fronts there is a slide pin on the lower portion of the caliper, which is how it stays in place. remove the E clip on the inner side and slide the pin towards the outside of car. other than that, simple.

 

[stangman]

brakes on a mustang are straight forward and simple. you shouldnt run into any problems.

 

[03Mach]

hey guys thanks for all your help.. brakes were a breeze on the mach. other than the little bump in the road being sold the wrong rear rotors!! when i got the rears off and compared them to the replacements, the new ones were substantially smaller than the "orig's" after going back up to napa i found out that the mach 1's rear rotors (in their computer) come up the same as the gt's. when i had them look up the cobra rotors they went and grabbed them and they were a perfect match. so as far as doing the brakes, it was no problem. but i wanted to come on and say thanks for the tips. as always you guys were very helpful.

so thank you:headbang: