So I left the house to pick up the last few things at about 9:10 this mornign and have just finished showering now... So about 5 hours all up from couch to couch.

As expected the first (drivers front) took the longest as I learnt what to expect.

I only made a couple of mis steps, that first front rotor I forgot to reinstall the dust caps on the sliders or the retaining spring thing on the front before putting the wheel back on... easy enough to whip it off and back on with the Ryobi One rattle gun.

Speaking of rattle guns. Seems my GMC 2HP 30L compressor and GMC air gun are totally worthless. Could undo the lid of a tightly closed coke bottle. The Ryobi cordless job though performed like a champion, not only was it handy to get wheel bolts off and on it undid the claiper retaining bolts without too much fuss at all!

The front ones are pretty accessible to undo and then later torque up correctly, but the rears are a bit of a bastard. If it wasnt for the cordless rattle gun I may very wall have put the rears off for another day as it was getting hot and I was just about over it.


The new parts:




Pretty please to get to use my triple square bits again:



The rotors had a very small lip but looked like they would probably have survived another set of pads without any issues... maybe machine off the lip? But since I had all the parts the old ones are now in the boxes in the garage for later inspection.


Even the pads dont look that worn down to me:


But then that wear indicator thing is just about there (the new ones have a huge amount of pad above that!).



My eBay tool worked fine with a small block of wood to push the fronts pistons back in:





The rears thought presented a problem with the little pins needed to screw that piston back were *just* too close together, but a little gentle modification using my dremel trimmed them back enough to engage and work without problems.


Everything was in very good condition, not coroded or bound up at all, just very dusty. A quick spray of cleaner, a wire brush and quick hose and it was very easy to reassemble.


I was reminded that working on a gravel driveway sucks and that one day I need to build a shed with a hoist in it. Ive also inhaled more brake dust than a human should. I think it would be worth putting the can on the grass, jacking up each wheel and taking to it with the gurney before starting this sort of job again.

I got a bit hot and a just a little dusty:



Bottom line, job done. Id rate it a pretty straight forward job that anyone comfortable with a few tools could tackle at home.