When the brake rotor on your Tracker 4WD gets damaged, you need to replace it. The damage may come from bad brake pads cutting into them, or perhaps you noticed it was getting a bit on the thin side the last time you serviced the brakes. Brake calipers that are too thin or have other damage are dangerous, and you need to replace them right away to ensure your safety when you are driving the vehicle.
Instructions
- 1
Park the Tracker on a level surface and place wheel chocks behind the rear wheels. Remove 2/3s of the brake fluid from the master brake cylinder. The master cylinder is located in the back of the engine compartment on the driver's side. Raise the vehicle on the side that you will be working on with an automobile jack. Place a jack stand under the vehicle near the jacking point and raise it up to the frame.
2Unscrew the lug nuts with a lug wrench then remove the wheel. Seat the brake piston into the caliper by placing a C-clamp on the back of the caliper and the back brake pad and twisting it tightly until the piston bottoms out.
3Remove the retaining bolts on the back of the caliper with a socket and ratchet. Pull the caliper off of the rotor.
4Pull off the rotor from the axle. If it will not come off, use a rubber mallet to strike the rotor several times until it breaks free.
5Install the new rotor into place on the axle then replace the brake caliper. Tighten the caliper bolts with the socket and ratchet.
6Remount the wheel and tighten the lug nuts with the lug wrench. Remove the jack stand from under the Tracker and lower the vehicle to the ground with the jack. Repeat the process on the other wheel if necessary. Once you are done with the project, pump the brakes several times until the pedal is firm when you push on it. This ensures that the pads are firmly seated against the brake rotor. Check and add brake fluid as needed.
