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    4. : Replacement of front brake pads

Ford Focus - Video tutorial

Model: Ford Focus MK 1 - Years 1998-2004
Part: Brake pads
Operation: Replacement of front brake pads

Lift the car with a jack in correspondence with the wheel on which you want to intervene. Unscrew the wheel fixing bolts with a pneumatic screwdriver and remove it. Identify the plastic caps protecting the pliers fixing pins and remove them with the help of a small screwdriver. Loosen the caliper fixing pins with a 7mm hex wrench and remove it. Before removing the old pads, use a lever to retract the plunger and create the housing for the new pads which are obviously thicker. At this point, remove the old pads and insert the new ones, taking care to make the tabs of the rear one adhere to the inside of the piston and to correctly seat the sealing spring of the front one. Then reposition the caliper and tighten its fixing pins. Reattach the protective plastic caps and hook the retaining spring of the front pad into the appropriate housings. Then reassemble the wheel by screwing the pins with the pneumatic screwdriver and check their correct tightening after lowering the car and removing the jack. Before setting off, remember to pump the brake pedal until it opposes the appropriate resistance, thus repositioning the cylinder correctly.


Posted on 24 June 2023 by ScegliAuto

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