Replacing Rear Pads

[BatleyBoy]

Anyone got instructions (or pictures) on replacing the rear brake pads?
A reference number for pads would be helpful too!
Thanks.

[That Daddy]

I would be inclined to use genuine ford pads,unless your going sports compound.

[Ribol]

They are Cosworth Sierra 1985>1993 rear pads(all the same) the EBC number for them is DP2617(Greenstuff).
Won't get into the debate about what make you should have, buy whatever make you are happy with.

You will need a piston wind back tool to fit them.

[TVR keith]

And you need to slacken off the handbrake adjuster accesible through the O/S/R wheelarch

[softtop]

Ribol said:

They are Cosworth Sierra 1985>1993 rear pads(all the same) the EBC number for them is DP2617(Greenstuff).
Won't get into the debate about what make you should have, buy whatever make you are happy with.

You will need a piston wind back tool to fit them.

What about opening the nipple and letting fluid flow out as you manually push the piston in?

[TVR keith]

Playing with nipples!
Whatever turns you on !

[Ribol]

softtop said:

Ribol said:

You will need a piston wind back tool to fit them.

What about opening the nipple and letting fluid flow out as you manually push the piston in?

The tool turns to screw the adjuster/piston back in.

Did mine the other day in minutes, no nipples undone, no handbrake cable undone. Wind pistons in, put new pads in, job done.

[That Daddy]

The only reason you would have to release the handbrake cables to wind the pistons back is because the cable is over adjusted,this makes for a poor handbrake,before you put the wheels back on make sure the levers are back on the stops when the handbrake is released,you will have quite a high handbrake travel till the pads bed-in however,fitting is as Ribol suggested.

[Ribol]

That Daddy said:

The only reason you would have to release the handbrake cables to wind the pistons back is because the cable is over adjusted

Hey, TD, whilst I have your attention, you must have some cr@p round you place:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[TVRleigh]

you may want to take the res. cap off and also make sure its not over full and some fluid with get push back into the res.

[That Daddy]

TVRleigh said:

you may want to take the res. cap off and also make sure its not over full and some fluid with get push back into the res.

Good point TVRleigh,thats why its sometimes easier to release the nipples when you wind back the pistons or you can syringe the excess from the master cylinder res.

[TVRleigh]

Problem with releasing the nipple you can get air in. and you need to bleep the system, but that's not a bad idea anyway as you have the access at the time, but is not 100% required.

[GreenV8S]

The reservoir overflowing won't be a problem unless somebody has been topping the fluid up as the pads wear down, which you shouldn't do. Remember to seat the pads on each corner as you go round by pumping the pedal until it goes firm.