First step is to break (loosen) your lug nuts. It's best to do this before you jack up the car.
Next, jack up the car (use a jack stand for safety) and remove the wheel.
Remove the bolts. There are two bolts holding the caliper in place. Don't forget: Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosy.
Pull the caliper off. Take note of how the top of the caliper looks. There are two pins that hold the brake pads in place and a metal clip. Remember how this looks so you don't put the clip in upside down.
You will need a center punch (or something equivalent) to knock out the pins. Take it slow so you don't miss the pin and scratch the calipers. The brake pads will come right out after you remove both pins.
You will need to use a "C" clamp to push the cylinders (pots) back inside the caliper. You can open the brake fluid reservoir to help get the pressure out of the lines. You can put a rag between the "
C" clamp and the caliper so you don't chip the paint.
You do the same for the the back side. You may have to redo the first cylinder (pot) because it may pop out a little when you push the back side in.
Time to put the assembly back together. This is where your kicking yourself in the ass if you didn't remember which way the metal clip went. Make sure you tap the pins in until they are fully seated.
Now, before you put the wheel back on, you can take some time to wipe down the caliper and get all the brake dust off. Then put your wheel back on and your done. Make sure if you took the cap off your brake fluid reservoir that you put that back on. Piece of cake, right? You just saved yourself some money.
Now all you have left is this pile of used and broken brake pads.
If you haven't figured it out yet, these pics are of the rear brakes. Changing the front brakes is very similar but the calipers have two cylinders (pots) on the front side and back side. So what you would need to do is use your old front brake pad and put it over both of the cylinders (pots) and use the "C" clamp to push them back into the caliper. We will add some pics of this in the near future. If you have a car other than an Evo, the set up for disc brakes are the same, it's just the pads are held into the caliper by another means. Most likely a clip on the backside of the pad that gets pushed into the brake cylinder(pot) etc. Now go out and get your hands dirty!
Here we have some pics of a brake installation on an Evo 9. Most (not all) disc brake set-ups are similar to this so you should be able to use this as a guide for your next brake job. If you have drum brakes, go out and update them with a nice set of disc brakes.
