The braking system on the 2000 Toyota Camry is designed to stop the car by applying the brake pads to the flat portions of the brake rotor. When the driver pushes in on the brake pedal, the brake fluid travels down through the brake fluid lines and into the brake caliper. The brake caliper then compresses the inner and outer brake pads to the brake rotors. This is the complete braking process for stopping the Camry. Many mechanics recommend that the brake rotors be machine turned or replaced when the brake pads are changed.
Instructions
- 1
Park the 2000 Toyota Camry in a safe area with a flat surface. Open the hood and locate the brake fluid reservoir just below the master brake cylinder. Unscrew the cap from the brake fluid reservoir and stick the brake fluid removal syringe inside of the reservoir. Suck out a syringe full of brake fluid and set the syringe in a safe place. Put the cap back on the reservoir. Shut the hood but do not lock it down.
2Remove the hub cap from the front driver-side wheel. Loosen the lug nuts with a lug wrench or a tire tool. Move to the front passenger-side wheel and do the same thing.
3Slide the jack up under the Camry and position the jack under a secure jacking point such as the cross frame below the engine. Jack the Camry just high enough to put the jack stands under the jacking points on both sides of the car. Leave the jack in the upright position.
4Remove all of the lug nuts from the front driver-side wheel and pull the wheel off the hub. Lay the wheel down flat.
5Slide the flat-head screwdriver into the top opening of the brake caliper. Pry the brake caliper back and forth to the loosen the caliper from the rotor.
6Remove the caliper from the brake rotor by unscrewing the two upper and lower caliper mounting bolts with the 1/2-inch drive ratchet and a 14 mm socket. Pull the brake caliper off the brake rotor and hang it to one of the suspension components with a small rope.
7Remove the inner brake pad from the brake caliper. Position the C-clamp inside the caliper and compress the outer brake pad towards the caliper cylinder until it is completely inside of the caliper.
8Unscrew the C-clamp and remove it from the brake caliper. Pull the outer brake pad out of the caliper along with any shims and other brake pad accessories.
9Insert the new brake pads along with any shims and other new brake pad accessories into the caliper. Put the brake caliper with the new brake pads back onto the brake rotor. Then, reverse the same steps above for reinstalling the caliper and the wheel.
10Move to the front passenger-side wheel and follow the same above instructions for changing the brake pads. Then, jack the front of the Camry back up and pull the jack stands out. Lower the jack and slide it out from under the Camry.
11Put the brake fluid back into the reservoir by squirting the brake fluid out of the syringe back into the reservoir. Put the cap back on and close the hood.
12Crank the Camry up and push the brake pedal in and out five or six times to fit the new pads to the brake rotors. Then, turn the engine off.
