Does your car need brakes? Do you hear a little squeal when your foot is NOT on the brakes? almost like a little metal finger rubbing on a metal. That is the warning indicator built into your brake pads to tell you the pads are almost done.<\/p>\n
My neighbor needed help and they were low on funds so I did a quickie brake job for them before the problem became more expensive.<\/p>\n
When you hear that sound, do not wait any longer to get your brakes done or your pads will be gone and then you will get metal on metal grinding when you press on the brakes. If you get metal on metal your brake job will cost even more as you will have to replace the brake rotors.<\/p>\n
Before getting started, tell me does your foot “pulse” when press the brakes when trying to stop the car? Does the car pull to one side or another? If everything “feels” normal and you are just hearing the indicator squeal then you are ok to proceed. Any other problems and you probably aren’t prepared to do this yourself. If you can handle a bigger job then you wouldn’t be reading the post.<\/p>\n
Tools you will need:<\/p>\n
Before getting started, put the car in park and set the parking brake.<\/p>\n
Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Remove hubcap (if you have one), then I broke loose the lugs. From there I i proceeded to jack up the left corner of the car. Remove the lugnuts and remove the tire<\/p>\n\n\t\t