Front brake pads. Easy job, good design. Big saving!

[hitop]

Just done me pads and no kidding you could do it in half an hour. Quick fit quoted me £200, most places just don't want to do it. Bought my pads from Stockwell motors, £20. Saving, loads. Just jack it up. even the wheel nuts are easy, 19mm socket and a bit of tube on your bar(loosen before you jack it up). Get behind the caliper and remove domed whitish dust cap (fingers only needed), get your 35 torx bit on a 3/8 ratchet and take care, pull the shouldered bolt out, a little tap and the whole assembly will pivot up and out the way. Pull the old ones out, slip the fresh ones in with a smear of copperslip on the back. Take the lid off the master cylinder and wrap a rag round it. Get a g clamp (4 inch, I think) and gently force the pistons back untill assembly will slip back down, now you just might need that clamp to compress the springs on the pad a little and line the holes up, wack the bolt up,, replace dust cap, wheel back on(I swapped my fronts to even tyre wear) bit of copperslip on your threads, tighten(don't go mad). Job done. Easiest vehicle I ever had to do the job on. 10 out of 10 Ford and me of course. There are even little scoops out of the side of the disc which show you how worn they are. New discs for me soon. Anyone now about that? Do I need pullers and stuff? Cheers.

Don't forget to replace master cylinder cap and pump the brakes back up before you drive off in your sorted Tranny.

[MarkM]

Discs are NOT a 30 min job, sometimes they really don't want to come off, splitting them off the stub axle can be fun, but a nice bit of encouragement from the complaints dept (club hammer) and it soon frees up. Bearings can prove to confuse the issue, siezed castle nuts are awkward (imperial not metric), new split pins will be needed also a drill to clear out the remnants of the old pin.
It took me about an hour each side when I did my MK3. I needed to replace a steering rack gator so perhaps I didn't need to remove the trackrod ends but maybe you do, I can't recall exactly since I had three jobs to do, gator, brake pads and discs. I have the tools for the job plus a few spare, but did borrow a nut splitter.