decent tyre fitters who are happy to thrown on new pads?!

Post by ed » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:17 am

In Edinburgh. Im trying to remember the place near MMC, is it CMCL?
or is that the place that does the geo etc?
Would they be happy to install my new pads cause im a big jessy!

cheers!

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:24 am

i'm getting dan at jude performance to put mine in while doing a whole load of other stuff too.

ninja

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:43 am

FFS - If you can remove a wheel then you can change front pads.

1. Loosen wheel nuts
2. jack up car
3. remove wheel
4. Locate caliper (it has lotus written on it) and two long pins that go right through.
5. Remove little R Clips with some needle nose plyers from the inboard end of pins (retain for future use)
6. Pull pins out
7. Watch spring clip sail gracefully over head into darkest recess of garage
8. Remove Pads
9. Push caliper back in with something flattish (I use a long spanner against the inside of the disc)
10. Insert new pads
11. Wonder where the hell did the spring go
12. Wonder if spring really does anything anyway
13. Retrieve spring, install with arrow pointing up (can you believe they now come with arrows!)
14. Insert pins, making sure that they go through the wee hole in the pad too
15. Insert R Clips
16. Put wheel back on and hand tighten bolts/nuts
17. lower car of jack and torque wheel bolts/nut.

Repeat for other side.

Dead simple

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:58 am

CLCM (which is near MMC) do geo and replace tyres ......not sure about pads though

Post by ed » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:00 am

Thats me told!

Cheers mandy, never done it before and dont want to bugger it up!
plus i dont have a jack, needle nose plyers, or even a tyre iron or better still a torque wrench!

Perhaps a visit to halfrauds is required!!

I need left and right tyres switched over so i thought id kill two birds with one stone.

cheers martin, will bear that in mind, if i chicken out!

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:12 am

Dont worry Ed thats my excuse to, us upwardly mobile urban types dont have the luxury of double garage dinkies with plenty of tool storage space.

Took Andy 20 mins to change mine last week and that was messing about chatting while doing it, was probably simple enough even for me not to bugger it up.

Post by **ironside** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:12 am

You can wind back the pistons by using the pads (they make great flattish things) by squeezing them against the callipers at the top and bottom using mole grips or pliers just before Mandy's step 8.

Simon

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:14 am

We don't have a double garage (yet) my poor wee car has to still out side in the rain

And I'm not going to be drawn into a conversation about Mac and his tools thank you very much!

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:26 am

yeah i could do it myself but the labour cost for getting someone else to do it when they're doing a whole load of other stuff too is fairly nominal

i'll be putting my central locking in myself tho cos labour wise that would cost a fortune! lol

ninja

Post by **simon** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:00 pm

Mandy wrote:FFS - If you can remove a wheel then you can change front pads.

robin · Post by **robin** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:01 pm

ed wrote:Thats me told!

Cheers mandy, never done it before and dont want to bugger it up!
plus i dont have a jack, needle nose plyers, or even a tyre iron or better still a torque wrench!

Perhaps a visit to halfrauds is required!!
I need left and right tyres switched over so i thought id kill two birds with one stone.

cheers martin, will bear that in mind, if i chicken out!

Bring it down to the spanners and sponges at Lawrence's this weekend and someone will change them for you.

Willie @ CLCM doesn't do mechanical work as far as I know - tyres and geo only.

Cheers,
Robin

Post by ed » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:53 pm

Unfortunately they havent arrived yet. If they had it would have been great!

How often does the s & s happen?