Rear Brakes Day! Alfa Romeo 159 2.2 JTS

Today, I am going skim my rear disc, change new brake pads. I was initially going to change out the old brake hoses and bleed the brake fluid but unfortunately the front hoses were the wrong parts.
So I just did my usual servicing of oil and oil filter. Hoses and bleeding for another day.
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[@DashCamSerbia]

I used Brembo discs and pads. Pads came with new shims and bolts too (with red threadlock) and they all fit perfectly.

[@ElginLim]

Yes. Brembo always fits better. But it is a little hard getting them here. Parts are cheap but shipping for discs are crazy expensive nowadays. So I decided to skim them first cos they are making noises and pads are old.

[@DashCamSerbia]

I had the same problem with those carrier bolts. They start to unscew easy, but at the middle and especially at the end they do feel as if they are cross threaded. BUt they are not. The way to remove them is to unscrew them untill they start making resistance, then spray them with WD-40, screw them back. Spray WD-40 on the other side (where the bolt is sticking out a bit), then unscrew them untill you feel resistance again. Spray the threads with WD-40 again, and scre the bolt all the way in again, and spreay the end of the bolt again. Do this as much times as needed, and at the end, they will unscrew so easy, even with your fingers. I had to do it about 6-7 times.

[@ElginLim]

Yaaaa…. That’s what I was doing, took so long that my friend started to help me, he says I taking too long…lolol The threads are very dry, I am just afraid to strip the threads. I have removed them before and it was easy, maybe I didn’t lube the threads when I installed them back before. All is good, rear brakes feels better now especially when the handbrake is engaged.

[@DashCamSerbia]

Ha! I beat you to it. I did mine two days ago. 😁

[@ElginLim]

Haha…great minds think alike!

[@DashCamSerbia]

@@ElginLim Yeah. Well, two days before you released the video, but in reality you did them first probably. :D

[@abangnizamla]

I see you have a pair of novitec, how does it sound?

[@ElginLim]

Woah… so dusty like that you also can see! They are quite loud from 2,500 rpm to 4500 rpm, from here up to rev limit it tapers off. But they sound very nice on cruising speeds. Measured at the inspection centre when getting it approved was around 86 db.