How to Change Rear Disk Brakes on a 1996 Cadillac Eldorado

The 1996 Cadillac Eldorado came equipped with a 4.6 liter, v-8 engine. It was a powerful family car, with a plethora of safety features, including anti-lock brakes, airbags and reinforced framework. The brakes are all disc brakes which is exactly what every at-home mechanic dreams of. Disc brakes are quite simple to change and to change the rear brakes should take less than one hour from set up to clean up.

Instructions

1

Remove the lug nuts from the tires using the tire iron. Set them aside. Set the wood blocks in front of the front tires to keep the vehicle from rolling.

2

Set the jack underneath the support strut that runs along the bottom outer edge of the vehicle. Raise the frame up until the tire leaves the ground. Remove the tire.

3

Loosen the bottom bolt of the caliper mounting bracket with the socket wrench. Tie the bracket to the car with the twine to keep the brake line from being strained. Remove the brake pads from the bracket.

4

Compress the brake caliper with the c-clamp. If the caliper has a groove running across it, it most likely will need the caliper compression tool. They both fit over the bracket and screw down to tighten.

5

Install the new brake pads. Place them so that the shiny metal side faces away from each other.

6

Rebolt the caliper mounting bracket to the rotor and set the wheel back on the rotor. Tighten all of the lug nuts. Lower the vehicle and tighten the lugs with the tire iron.