The process of installing Wagner ThermoQuiet brake pads involves lifting your vehicle, removing the tire and swapping out the pads. It’s a straightforward process that can be completed without the aid of a mechanic, if you feel comfortable enough to use common hand tools and work under the car. Keeping the brake pads in your vehicle in good working condition is essential to your safety, as it can help to avoid accidents.
Things You’ll Need
- Floor jack
- Tire wrench
- Wrench
- Jack stands
- ThermoQuiet pads
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Park your vehicle on a flat surface. Maneuver the floor jack so that it’s set under your car’s undercarriage. Crank the jack so that it begins raising your car. You can stop lifting it once your tires are off the ground high enough to remove them. Place jack stands around the perimeter of your car to set it in place.
Loosen the lug nuts on the tire and pull them off. Place them aside, so that they won’t get lost. Pull the tire out of the well of the vehicle.
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Find the caliper that attaches the brake pads to the brake — the caliper is a rectangle-shaped piece, and the brake pads are positioned inside of it. Both pads are attached to the brake.
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Remove the bolts from the caliper and slide it away from the brake. Set aside these bolts, so that they don’t get lost. Flip the caliper over and you’ll notice that the pads are attached to the caliper by a bolt. Loosen and remove this bolt, also setting them aside, and strip the pads off the caliper.
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Press the ThermoQuiet pads in place inside the caliper, in the same manner in which the old pads were installed. Tighten the new pads by screwing the bolts in place. Reattach the caliper to the brake and tighten it, using the same bolts you had previously removed.
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Attach the tire back into the well and screw it in place by tightening the tire bolts. Take away the jack stands and carefully lower the vehicle back to ground level.