Do It Yourself Brake Pad Change?

[Anker]

Go to any service station and have them loosen the bolts with an impact gun, or buy an electric impact gun and do it yourself. Then have the tightened to the proper torque before driving it. Someone must have tightened them with a torque gun, a no-no.

[steved0x]

That built in handle in the tool roll is way too short, a harbor freight breaker bar an 19mm socket, and a decent 1/2" torque wrench to reinstall them at 96 lb/ft.

[thstone]

Too much is never enough!

If something is really stuck, I use a 4 ft length of heavy gauge copper pipe that slides over an 18" Craftsman 1/2" drive breaker bar with a 19mm socket (just like the one shown in Husker's photo above).

Take your weight x 4 and that is how many ft-lbs will be generated by just using your weight.

Here is a pic of this tool on the Boxster (Note: this is only for REMOVAL - I would never use this to tighten a lug bolt - use a proper torque wrench!)

[brainles71]

Also best to replace both the left and right side at the same time

I recently did both rotors and pads myself and its not that hard Set aside a day to do it and don't forget to bed in the pads when done. Bedding them in is important https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/326526-how-do-i-bed-in-new-brakes.html

[JayG]

It takes longer to jack up the car and remove the wheels than it does to actually remove and replace the pads.

If you are doing the rotors, a little longer, maybe 10 min a wheel

Pads are one of the easiest DIYs on a Boxster