Monday, December 22, 2014

Switch The Rear Brake Pads On My Small Silverado 2500

The Chevy Silverado Two thousand five hundred is a 3/4-ton, mid-duty pickup Motor lorry. The Two thousand five hundred has a larger, enhanced primary, brake method than the One thousand five hundred Silverado. The heavy-duty, four-wheel CD brake transaction is expedient to blank wall the Motor lorry with weighty loads in the Bedstead. The brake pads are larger than those on the One thousand five hundred on the other hand wear at roughly the alike ratio. While there is no fix extension for brake pad replacement, you should see them every duration you rotate the tires and transform the back brakes when the pads fall below Three mm in thickness.


Instructions


1. Shove turn chocks against the front and back of the Silverado 2500's left front tire. Turn all the rear lug nuts counterclockwise to loosen them with a lug wrench.


2. Lift the rear deadline of the Silverado Two thousand five hundred with a floor jack.10. Re-torque the lug nuts to One hundred forty ft.-lbs. with a torque wrench.



4. Place a drip pan under the left rear brake rotor. Wash all the brake dust off the caliper and rotor with brake cleaner.


5. Unbolt the left rear caliper with a socket set. Remove the caliper from the mount by hand. Extricate the old brake pads and discard them.


6. Wash the inside of the caliper with brake cleaner, paying special attention to the pistons and slide pins. Lubricate the caliper slides with white lithium grease to prevent seizing.


7. Force the caliper pistons back into the caliper with a caliper tool. Remove the tool and immediately insert the new brake pads.


8. Set the caliper back into the mount and bolt it in with the socket set.


9. Move to the Silverado 2500's right rear and repeat Steps Four through 8. Remount the back tires and lug nuts. Lower the truck off the jack stands with the jack.


Advice the rear deadline on jack stands placed under the rear axle.3. Pull the rear lug nuts and back tires off the Silverado 2500 to access the back brakes.