Brakes
Front brake pads and rotors
A front pad and rotor swap is standard DIY territory with real stakes: the car is on stands, the fasteners are high torque, and the hydraulics forgive nothing sloppy. Here is the tool list, the hazard picture, and where verified per-vehicle data exists.
Effort
- Skill
- 2/5
- Physical
- 3/5
- Diagnostic
- Not rated
- Consequence
- 4/5
- Time
- Not estimated
Each axis is rated 1 to 5 against the catalog's shared difficulty scale. An axis without a rating is unknown, not easy. A time estimate appears only when BuildBay can stand behind one.
Tools this job calls for
Requirement levels come straight from the job catalog. Required tools block the job; the rest make it faster, cleaner, or safer.
- Breaker bar (1/2")Required
- Low-profile floor jackRequired
- Jack stands (pair, rated)Required
- Metric socket set (1/4" + 3/8")Required
- Torque wrench (1/2", 30–150 ft-lb)Required
- Wheel chocksRequired
- Brake cleaner (cans)Recommended
- Cordless impact wrenchRecommended
- Triple-square (XZN) bit setRecommended
- Work light / headlampRecommended
Vehicle-specific notes
Where verified data exists for this job, and how far each row is verified. The values themselves (capacities, torque) live in the product, attached to an exact vehicle: an unsourced value never gets printed, and this page prints no values at all.
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