How To: Easily Replace Your Brake Rotors/ Discs And Pads

Welcome Bluudies, I remove and replace the front Discs and Pads on the Vauxhall Astra 1.9 CDTi.
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[@bluudysgarage]

Brand new website and Car Tuning Parts Shop now open. www.bluudysgarage.com

[@adcalrow]

Great video guys, changed my brakes on my own using this video yesterday saved a good £200 by not taking it to a garage.

[@bluudysgarage]

adcalrow great comment, glad it saved you money!

[@mmmmmlemons]

Changed my discs today after watch this guide. cheers fellas

[@bluudysgarage]

Excellent comment, thanks! glad it helped!

[@grenster35]

Great video lads, im a diy'er and rely on quality videos off KZbin to help me with my motors. Brakes are a bit of a dodgy area for me as I'd rather someone else do it but feel more confident doing this myself after watching this 👍

[@bluudysgarage]

great news. thanks for watching. I did try to make it as easy as possible on the video.

[@vforvendetta4538]

proper job !!! better than most mechanic videos on KZbin keep up the good work lads !!!

[@madbrianthepirate]

Cheers lads, just done discs/ pads on my combo like a boss thanks to you.

[@steve810810]

Never mind. Ive sorted it. I put the wire clip on wrong. Excellent vid!!

[@bluudysgarage]

Sorry i didnt get chance to response quick enough, glad you sorted it. feel free to join our drivers club- link in description if you want to ask any more questions

[@BigArch6564]

Cracking honest detailed vlog. Thanks for sharing buddy!

[@maxfx68]

Well done guys. Saved me a lot of time. Saved me from hungry mechanic.

[@duncanajpv8]

Great video, thanks for posting!

[@bluudysgarage]

thanks for the comment!

[@ScottPC]

Good video! Changed my disks as the owner before just changed the pads...

[@bluudysgarage]

good work!

[@Chxbz]

Will be attempting to change front brakes on a clio using this :) Thanks guys!

[@jamiesevenoaks6899]

+Joshua O'connor (Velocity95) Hi Josh, I am considering doing this myself on my Clio 05. Did you manage to do it easy enough?

[@Chxbz]

+Jamie Sevenoaks yes mate. This was a while ago but brakes are a fairly easy part to change on a car.

[@paulmalherbe2473]

top video ,and i could understand them

[@richardb2468]

you have to check disc runout when fitting new discs otherwise broke judder after a while, also copper grease is a no no these days, attracts dust and crud and pads all come with inbuilt backing to stop noise

[@MySparter]

A well presented video,excellent many thanks again

[@bluudysgarage]

Thank you very much!

[@comus01]

Good video lads. I followed it step by step. I've replaced my pads before but did the discs as well this time. Just one thing I put the pads in the same as what you show in the video with the low indicator clip to the top of the pad but my brakes are still screeching when braking even after a month now. I look at the pad on the outside and the pad looks slanted and I'm sure it should be flush to the disc. Basically the whole lower edge touches the disc and slopes Away towards the top. Have I put the discs on the wrong sides? The passenger sides to the drivers side. Should the clip be at the bottom not the top!

[@brendan2858]

Oh! forgot to mention in my previous post GET CHUBBS A CHAIR slave driver lol

[@bluudysgarage]

haha! someones got to do the recording lol!

[@nisarzaman]

Very concise... Good video

[@WarthDader74]

Don't you have to open the bleed nipples when you press the caliper piston back? I have read that you can ruin the abs unit if you don't do that on the Astra H

[@michaelbarron9855]

Tip tip kid good video followed it to a t no problems when I did mine 😁😁😁😁

[@bluudysgarage]

Thanks, great comment!

[@CivicYt]

It would be nice if you could write what Product you change to in the descriptions. Good videos!

[@rupsurfer]

good vid. torque settings would be handy in your vids :)

[@VinnyGerstrokes]

Ace video that mate. Was that a Bosch system? About to do a Renault Megane MkIII but noticed the pads dont have a bracket to hold them in the piston like yours did.

[@brendan2858]

You guys saved me a fortune I cant thank you enough. Easy step by step guide. Many thanks From a happy Cardiff lad.

[@bluudysgarage]

Your welcome!

[@wendykiffen1991]

i have a proton person ,i only need to replace the pads is it the same as doing disc brakes and pads

[@bluudysgarage]

Your welcome, glad the video helped you out! kwik fit is a big rip off :=) Share the videos, come join the forum =)

[@TURBOPossum]

No concern about opening the bleed nipple so you don't flip the ABS and Master Cylinder seals pushing the piston back? I was under the impression that that's the thing to do with Astra H's

[@Troops-y6h]

Best vid ive seen on this so far nice camera work ' guna do mine this weekend ' can you tell me what size spanner or socket fits the carrier bolts cheers.

[@hrvojetopolovac1841]

It's a great video! It helps a lot! Did you used a metal sliders which are inserted between brake caliper and brake pads? I didn't get a new ones with pads. Maybe it is not necessery for my Astra.

[@bluudysgarage]

Theres nothing wrong with a quick wirebrush to clean the originals ones up. :) thanks for the comment

[@fundraiserworld9762]

Great Video

[@jennifermaxwell4637]

Great video well put together 😊

[@tacobell6826]

Great tutorial.

[@leewilliams170]

I have a vauxhall vectra 1.8 estate is your guide universal to all cars or specific to the Astra ?

[@wordreet]

Useful video you guys. Nice wheels too. Words from a retited tire fitter. :¬) Everyone, you need to be careful with your wheel bolts on all alloy wheels. They should be undone gradually and in a triangular/star point pattern, so that each bolt is followed by it's opposite number, sort of thing. Set your torque wrench to 50ft/lb to undo and do all of them to the click. After that, then you can spin them out. And, obviously the same for doing them up.

[@Reaper139139]

Very informative cheers guys

[@amybuttrum4267]

Need to know how to replace front brake pads on a 2006 Mitsubishi raider

[@markz5062]

if you have ABS and push the pad back in which will force the fluid back in you will ruin your ABS the correct method is to clamp the brake line put a hose over the bleed nipple crack the bleed screw then compress the piston

[@varvaraconstantin8896]

No more music on future videos. Just technical explanations.

[@bluudysgarage]

Would make it more boring

[@varvaraconstantin8896]

Technical explanations are not boring for technicians. Try music elsewhere not to lose your mind by being bored in technical issues.

[@hopkins007]

Thank you for making this great video. A newbie question, aside from the lubricating you did int he video....does the caliper piston itself ever need lubrication?

[@theshootinterviewman]

no all you need to do with the caliper piston is push it as far back as you can before fitting you're new pads in

[@r12daf]

Great video lads. I'm guessing it's the same on the vectra c ?

[@bluudysgarage]

I would expect it to be more or less the same yes.

[@bluudysgarage]

Thanks. Glad its helped you.

[@davidcollins4227]

I've seen 2 questions on hear regarding the danger of damaging the abs module and nobody has answered them? Let me also add that I have also heard that by doing it this way and forcing fluid back to the master cylinder that you could damage the seals on the master cylinder , any comments on this guys? As a new master cylinder would cost a fortune to replace. I have a Meriva 12 plate and I have done it this way without issue , however I was really worried after wood that I could of damaged something, but also undo the calliper nipple and use a one way bleed tube might be a safer way, but then using a brake clamp may damage the brake pipe ".........hmm what's the best and safe way I wonder to do it like a professional would??

[@bluudysgarage]

David Collins great comment. we are fully trained mechanics and this is the way we are taught to wind back the pistons abs module or not. your other option would be to remove each caliper. wind them in. re attached and re bleed all the brakes. regards Bluudy

[@davidcollins4227]

Absolute Modicts thanks for the reply and appreciate your comments, I am not a professional like you guys I am just a competent DIY, but always trying to learn. I must admit this is a great way to do it in my opinion. Thanks again

[@bluudysgarage]

David Collins no problem at all.

[@satemo0081]

good job

[@comus01]

To my lower comment I mean have I put the pads on the wrong side not the discs??

[@bluudysgarage]

The vectra will be very very similar. if not the same.

[@nathan19942012]

What size socket is the carrier ?

[@edutuga1]

hello there! I'm thinking of changing the brake discs on my car, and I'm just wondering what's the name of the tool used on 4:40, I coundn't understand! Very helpfull video by the way!!

[@bluudysgarage]

Edutuga thank you. It's part of a brake rewind back kit

[@bluudysgarage]

Excellent!

[@fizzylettuce850]

My disc screw was tight as fuck! Rounded off big time, yours seemed to be loose?

[@free-me2453]

Is this the same way for doing front breaks for a Nissan primera 98 Camino?

[@bluudysgarage]

Hey, it may not be exact, but it will be similar!

[@bluudysgarage]

great news!

[@davidjohn4387]

Good Video

[@1991568]

Can someone please help me by telling me if replacing the break discs can have an effect on wheel balancing and alignment

[@theshootinterviewman]

no your wheel balancing if effected by your tyres and your alignment is effected through repairs to your steering system, most typically track rod ends :)

[@richardb2468]

+Hugo Paul no

[@stealth5580]

With the bolt that holds the disc on, 5:53 - the one on my Vauxhall Agila is a screw, not allen key; it's seized and I've fucked the screwdriver thread trying to get the screw off and used a ton of WD40. I've had to put the old brake pads back on and seek advice. Any ideas how I can get the discs off? Thanx in advance :D

[@golfgaz]

stealth5580 drill out the screw

[@rdow1988]

Great video, but can you address the questions regarding opening the bleeding nipples....I can't risk doing this until I know I'm doing it correctly.

[@bluudysgarage]

The video is the correct way for it to be done. Any doubts contact me on our forum, links in the video description, i will happily ask any questions and queries there.

[@evsy21201]

Make sure you don’t leave that calliper hanging around like that without a bungee cord or summit

[@jonolid]

7:25 cold lad?

[@bluudysgarage]

nope same one buddy

[@raymondwilson1368]

Thanks mate

[@radekm.1228]

źle założony klocek!! wskaźnik akustyczny zużycia powinien być na dół a nie do góry

[@hgerrard2745]

Nice camera work and nice English accent

[@woodsry]

Thanks guys, managed to change all my discs and pads using your video. Cheers!

[@keithpaw]

Great informative video well done lads..

[@MrZimmaframe]

Cracking video lads

[@CalMUK91]

You never mentioned cleaning and luring the slide pins! It's what caused a sticky caliper on my astra.

[@GaryThomo]

do you need a different wind back tool for near side and off side ?

[@AikidoTubeSock]

Leaves the caliper hanging from the brake hose at 3:49. This can damage the brake hose which will require replacing the hose and having to bleed the system. A rookie mistake.

[@bluudysgarage]

If your caliper weighs as much as the moon perhaps. But in reality the toughen rubber hose can handle the little bit of weight for the sake of a couple of minutes. Amateurs often make the mistake. Most veteran mechanics and people who do this for a living will hang/place the caliper on the wish bone.

[@TheCheetahang]

hi I can't remove bolt holding disc it's rusted.

[@shanekneeshaw3483]

Gurkhas soldier drill it out and leave it wheel holds the disc on

[@zmiles364]

so useful guys thanks!

[@Belfast911]

Great video fellas... Gave me great heads up before I attempted, what was a successful job. Many thanks!

[@IronFist561]

lefty loosy, righty tighty

[@steve810810]

Thx for the share. I followed this today and I'm losing pressure when i brake. Any ideas?

[@fence22]

nice

[@djredhareaus38]

is this the same on a astra tr

[@djredhareaus38]

/mk3

[@r0t8n]

Any issues with replacing the discs and NOT replacing the pads? Pads are only a couple months old, but discs are in dire need of replacement...

[@bluudysgarage]

I would not recommend. any deformation on the old disc would have marked/ grooved the pads and this may cause the new disc to wear incorrectly. bluudy

[@r0t8n]

Thanks mate. Was hoping to not have to go buy more pads. Oh well.

[@bluudysgarage]

+Tim Gilding my opinion would Be to use new pads. I'm sure someone will comment saying you would be fine. but not me.

[@r0t8n]

I've read you can remove the pads, reface the friction side, and re-use them?

[@bluudysgarage]

+Tim Gilding perhaps so. I generally wouldn't know.