New brake pads.

[MMissile]

I couldn't tolerate the brake-dust at 850 miles, So, yesterday my friend and I decided to switch-out the brake pads on my Hellcat. WOW....can't believe how long it took. Being super careful, and detail cleaning everything, it took all day. I've done lots of brake-jobs in the past...but this one kicked my ass. Thank God we had it on the hoist, and had everything we needed on hand. I'm sure my brother will have us do his. I also installed the ZL flaps. Another PITA.

 

[vortecd]

Wow all day? I have done it a couple of times and it didn't take long

 

[MMissile]

First time doing Brembos, not scratching or chipping anything, and never had to remove suspension arms to get to caliper bolts. Just a learning curve. Plus, all the detail cleaning and flaps installed.

 

[vortecd]

First time doing Brembos, not scratching or chipping anything, and never had to remove suspension arms to get to caliper bolts. Just a learning curve. Plus, all the detail cleaning and flaps installed.

Hmm, suspension arm removel?

 

[1971demon]

I couldn't tolerate the brake-dust at 850 miles, So, yesterday my friend and I decided to switch-out the brake pads on my Hellcat. WOW....can't believe how long it took. Being super careful, and detail cleaning everything, it took all day. I've done lots of brake-jobs in the past...but this one kicked my ass. Thank God we had it on the hoist, and had everything we needed on hand. I'm sure my brother will have us do his. I also installed the ZL flaps. Another PITA.

Geeze..mine were a piece of cake..(on the lift as well)..and also was anal bout detail...regardless..it will be well worth it..brake dust..GONE..

 

[vortecd]

There should have been no need to unbolt the calipers, the pads slide out

 

[Bobo]

There should have been no need to unbolt the calipers, the pads slide out

Do they slide out on the smaller 4 piston SS and Demon calipers also?

 

[vortecd]

Do they slide out on the smaller 4 piston SS and Demon calipers also?

Yes

 

[BULL]

Oops

 

[MMissile]

I'm extremely anal about clean stuff. Everything is cleaner than when I picked it up, new. All my nice stuff is never dirty. My dragcars are as clean underside, as topside.

 

[Bobo]

I'm extremely anal about clean stuff. Everything is cleaner than when I picked it up, new. All my nice stuff is never dirty. My dragcars are as clean underside, as topside.

My buddy that has the 69 Charger and 63 Fulie Vette borrowed my Miller Mig welder and cart one time when he was working on the Vette and when he brought it back...he had WAXED the welder and the cart!! Talk about anal for clean

 

[BULL]

Well I'm not one to talk, I've taken my wheels off to clean the barrels and the inside tire walls, and also taken the calipers off just to clean them as well.

As long as you understand that the pads can come out the top of the calipers without removal, that's what's important.

 

[BULL]

Also, on the rear calipers, when the suspension is "hanging", the rear calipers do have that lower bolt that's trapped, if you use another floor jack and somewhat raise the rear corner you're working on, that lower bolt will have enough room to come out by only raising that corner by about half of the droop.

 

[vortecd]

I'm extremely anal about clean stuff. Everything is cleaner than when I picked it up, new. All my nice stuff is never dirty. My dragcars are as clean underside, as topside.

So it wasn't changing pads but cleaning all the brembo dust off of everything. I had my daytona 2 weeks and the brake pads where changed out

 

[vortecd]

Some of you have some real bad OCD I like my car clean and it looks good to me but by far it isnt spotless

 

[MMissile]

So it wasn't changing pads but cleaning all the brembo dust off of everything. I had my daytona 2 weeks and the brake pads where changed out

Yup, entire wheelhouse area is near perfect.

 

[Hunter]

I couldn't tolerate the brake-dust at 850 miles, So, yesterday my friend and I decided to switch-out the brake pads on my Hellcat. WOW....can't believe how long it took. Being super careful, and detail cleaning everything, it took all day. I've done lots of brake-jobs in the past...but this one kicked my ass. Thank God we had it on the hoist, and had everything we needed on hand. I'm sure my brother will have us do his. I also installed the ZL flaps. Another PITA.

When I changed mine out, it was a PITA also.

 

[DGatzby]

Oops

We did the Durango in 45 min? We thought I was being anal cleaning off 7500 miles of Brembo dust. But we had a QuickJack.

 

[DavidKFla]

Mine has 25K of brake dust on them since it's still on the original pads.

I like to run it hard and deep into the windies when they're present. I've had 0 problems with the stock pads.

 

[Hunter]

Well I'm not one to talk, I've taken my wheels off to clean the barrels and the inside tire walls, and also taken the calipers off just to clean them as well.

As long as you understand that the pads can come out the top of the calipers without removal, that's what's important.

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