Has anyone replaced rear brake pads on their Roadsmith, if so, looking for any advice before I get started on this, and how did you bleed brakes afterwards?
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Has anyone replaced rear brake pads on their Roadsmith, if so, looking for any advice before I get started on this, and how did you bleed brakes afterwards?
I've done this twice / so here's my write up and I'll include photos also, this works on most Roadsmith and quite a few Champion calipers as they are the same / VW Calipers:
Installed the New EBC pads last weekend so not that many miles yet but a great improvement. Here is what I found when I removed the Original pads and I'll post some photos... took all of 30 minutes to do. Step one was getting it on the lift and stable and removing the wheels and tires. Step two was staring at the new pads and the calipers to see what to remove (took longer than changing pads). Step three - there are two pins that the pads slide & move on, those two pins are held in place by two very small clips between the caliper and the pads on the inside, needle nose removing the clips (don't loose them, hard to find VW parts), once the clips are out take a screwdriver the same size or smaller and push the pins back till you can pull them out to the inside. Step four take the spring retainer, the pads and the shims out noticing how the retainer is positioned.
Here's another picture of how the shims ride on the pads, the shims are not long enough to be fully pressed by the brake piston, they only catch half of the piston (maybe caused a lack of full pressure against the pad). You will notice the EBC pads have the shim fixed to the lower portion of the pad and in line with the full piston. Prior to reassembly lightly scuff the brake rotor front and back to remove any rust from setting up and giving the pads something new to bite against.
Step five is reassembly, you will need a piston compressor or a small square piece of wood to pry against with a long screwdriver to move the pistons back, (don't pinch the piston boot or you get more work) to allow the new pads to be installed / Check your brake fluid reservoir that it is not totally full prior to doing this, if its to full you may need to remove a little fluid to have room for the fluid to flow back to the master cylinder / remember you have (2) side to do.
Once you have the pistons pushed back reassemble (No Grease of any kind) in the order you removed and make sure the rotors only lightly drag the pads / No Pedal Pressure yet!! / your done with that one so now do the other side same as this one. Once both sides are installed pump the rear pedal to seat the pads and check for the sight drag of the pads on the rotors and your done.. sounds involved but really doesn't take that long.
Here are the photos: the Roadsmith Caliper, close up showing assembly and he (2) clips in the pins, ETC. They do work better already and I have a few more miles to go breaking them in totally. I think the shim not centered was the main problem it didn't matter when it was a VW as it had more pedal pressure. Contact Roadsmith and ask for a set of #DP4105R EBC pads or purchase them online at a number of places, guaranteed better stopping power... Hope this helps .. ThumbUp
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