Any tips/advice replacing brake pads on 2005?

[WalkGood]

Any tips or advice for replacing brake pads on a 2005 Liberty Sport 4x4?

Anything special?

Standard c-clamp to squeeze the calipers is OK? Piston doesnt need to be spun to compress?

Any special tools needed to R/R the calipers?

Thanks in advance.

 

[icarl]

Very easy. 2 bolts and its off. take old Pads out. take lid off of brake reservoir and compress piston with c-clamp if needed. throw new pads in. bolt up. easiest brake pads i've ever changed.

 

[k99jk99j]

no need to spin the caliper piston! these are conventional calipers.

 

[WalkGood]

no need to spin the caliper piston! these are conventional calipers.

I just wanted to make sure. On some cars the calipers need to be twisted/rotated while compressing, since they are on a threaded shaft internally. So it's like a big screw. If you just compress them, the threads get stripped and the caliper doesnt work.

 

[JeepJeepster]

I usually like to leave the old pads on when compressing the piston back in with the c-clamp. Puts even pressure on the piston.