Your 1997 Corolla is equipped with front CD brakes that accommodate the majority of the stopping capacity.
The front brakes on your Corolla are CD brakes with pads. When brake pads are ready to be changed gone, they Testament effect to cause a squeaking or low-level hissing babel. Your front brakes version for sorrounding 70% of the braking gift, so general alarm and continuation are critical to the unharmed method of your vehicle.
Instructions
1. Lift the front extremity of your vehicle up, and flotation it on jack stands. Remove the lug nuts on the wheels using a tire iron. Slide the broken down brake pads away of the brackets. Remove the anti-squeal shims, springs, pad wear indicators and pad support plates, using pliers if necessary. Inspect the rotors, calipers, pistons for damage prior to reinstalling new pads.
Grab the calipers from last and pull it to seat the piston into the bolt. Loosen and remove the two caliper mounting bolts using a socket wrench. Remove the adequate caliper meeting and establish aside while affliction the brake path intact.
4. Place the rotate aside.2. Siphon brake fluid elsewhere of the adept cylinder reservoir to prevent overflow the crackerjack cylinder when installing latest pads.3.
5. Install the four pad support plates onto the torque plate. With the arrow pointing in the direction of the rotation, install the pad wear indicators. Install the pad assemblies into the torque plate and then install the two anti-squeal springs.
6. Place the caliper over the brake pads using a C-clamp to gently force into the bore if necessary. Replace the caliper mounting bolts and tighten to 25 ft. lbs.
7. Replace the wheel and tighten lug nuts using a star pattern. Lower the vehicle and check the brake fluid level, filling if necessary. Pump the brake pedal until normal pedal travel resumes in order to seat the brakes against the rotors.
