Started To Change The Discs

[grinder]

i do have some new pads for the front - but i have green stuff in at the mo and they dont look TOO bad - need to have a nosey at them

back pads have done about 50 miles tops - so will reuse them

humm didnt think about pads to be honest - need to look at the fronts - as i have said - i have some mintex ( i think ) pads somewhere

[grinder]

right then - got the week off work - so thought i would crack on

first thing was first , unbox the discs - they have some surface rust - but a few miles should sort that out

put the front disc on - superb fit

so off it came again - gave the inner face a smear of copper grease and shoved it on

the bolts i bought fit superb and work a treat

[grinder]

bolted every thing back on - the pads got a smear of copper grease at the back - so shouldnt squeel , the pins got some aswell and so did the wheel bolts

[Brett]

Good work :wave

[grinder]

jacked the car down and started on the other side - not being funny - but the other side was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy

i reckon 30 mins tops from jacking it up - to jacking it back down and tighening the wheel bolts

the 2 silly screws came out no probs - the caliper came off no probs .. it was wonderful

so then onto the rears

so - first thing first here - crack the wheel nuts - cant do that with it in the air - and then jack it up ( i use the diff for this - see pic )

got the wheel off , the 2 screws holding the disc... ... rounded the first one - so thought stuff it - drill em out - battery drill was flat so thats now on charge and will continue this tomorrow ( with more pics )

no idea how to get the back caliper off to be honest - but im sure its only 3 nuts - one to pivot the top to get the pads out - then 2 for the caliper ??

[antnicuk]

good work stu,  you will get quicker with practice  I changed a friends pads, discs and fluid on his FD last week in under 2 hours on my drive, it was raining and hail stoning so it made me work quicker!

[grinder]

its surprising how easy it is to do the other side after doing the first one first ( if that makes sense )

i have never changed pads and discs - so it was a bit of a learning curve as to what should come off and what shouldnt - but once i did the passenger side - i knew exactly what i had to do for the drivers side

and i reckon that these discs will prob outlast the car ! LOL - if they last 10K miles that prob 15 yrs of motoring

dave has done a great write up about doing the rears ( and just in time for me to do mine if the weather holds out tomorrow ) http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55956

[Brett]

LMAO!  Knowing you, a tank of fuel will out last the car! :rollin

[grinder]

thats not funny - but very nearly true mate

[grinder]

ok - whose idea was it to use cast discs and alloy hubs

been at it for about 6hrs and only managed to do the drivers rear - i reckon neigh on 4 hrs just to get the disc off - and the passenger side is looking the same

pics and write up to follow once i calm down

[antnicuk]

a tip (although maybe a bit late) get a small hammer and keep hitting the bell while spinning the disc,  do this lots and lots of times, the vibration cracks the rust and definately works.

[grinder]

the bell ?

all i have been doing is using a mallet and hitting the rear of the disc , the turning it , hitting , turning , hitting , turning , swearing , hitting etc..

im not being heavy handed as i dont want to damage the bearings - so its taking a long time

[antnicuk]

the bell is the centre part of the disc where the studs poke out,  hit the outer face and the lip with a small METAL hammer. A mallet is no good until you have fractured the corrosion joint

[grinder]

ahhhhhhhh - i will give it a try and see what happens

[t2rew]

nothing will happen if they are in that state. i  had to drill cracks accross the bell (a line of drill holes) so i could take the disc off in pieces. it took forever