Guest EnthuZiast Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I just bought a 280ZX and am in love. But, before I get this baby moving on the road I need to fix the rear brakes and give her a tune up. My question is how hard is it to put new shoes on my car? And what would I need to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Very simple. First thing, they are pads, not shoes. Also, you have 4 wheel disc. Now, -remove wheel, 19mm lugs -compress caliper with screwdriver by prying in between the pad and rotor gently -remove 14mm caliper bolts -remove clips holding pads in -remove pads Install is reverse order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 It is very easy. Just but some new pads, take off the 2 caliper bolts, SPIN not push the piston into the bore, place new pads in with som Anti-squeal goop on the back of the pads(optional but recommended in my book), and put the caliper back on and away you go! I learned my lesson about screwing in the caliper piston the hard way. I use a C-Clamp and ended up majorly messing up my left rear caliper. I ended up just replacing both calipers though because all the seals were shot! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Motorsports Ltd Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Use some large pliers to carefully rotate the caliper back into it's bore, or a robertson screwdriver placed in one of the 4 notches progressively...or you can buy a tool to do it but if you're just doing the one, pliers work great, be careful so you don't rip the seals...clean up the piston face and seal first so you don't work grime into the seal/piston interface as you turn it back in. Also see that your seal will rotate freely from the piston when you first start to turn it in, otherwise it will tear.......and you want it to spin and stay intact BTW, I have fine street pads in stock that will greatly prolong your rotor and pad life while performing better than stock, check my web if interested. I just about had a fire with OEM pads years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 On the piston back in, you sometimes need to 'push in' gently while turning. The e-brake lever on the caliper ( rear) adjusts piston outward so you can crank it out to help save e-brake adjustime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EnthuZiast Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 So, is the rear disk brake assembly the same as the front disk brakes? Are the disk brakes on these cars the same as on the 1st Generation Z cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Originally posted by David Karey:Very simple. First thing, they are pads, not shoes. Also, you have 4 wheel disc. Now, -remove wheel, 19mm lugs -compress caliper with screwdriver by prying in between the pad and rotor gently -remove 14mm caliper bolts -remove clips holding pads in -remove pads Install is reverse order. I didnt pay attention that he was asking about rears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpt jack Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 im doing my brakes now to and am kinda confused about the spining of the brake piston? does anyone have a pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 im doing my brakes now to and am kinda confused about the spining of the brake piston? does anyone have a pic? You spin the rear piston clockwise into the caliper just like you spin a bolt into a nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpt jack Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 You spin the rear piston clockwise into the caliper just like you spin a bolt into a nut. do you use a certin tool? or something im just sceard im gunna mess up my seals.... since my dd broke down im stuck drivein my track z lol.... and its brakes are donezo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 do you use a certin tool? or something im just sceard im gunna mess up my seals.... since my dd broke down im stuck drivein my track z lol.... and its brakes are donezo I just use a screwdriver layed down in between the grooves on the caliper and rotate clockwise until its all the way in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbesheer Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 your talking about just the rear brakes right ? well anyways I used a pair of angled needle nose pliers and used that. but anyways autozone sells the tool for like 9 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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