How to Change the Brake Pads on a Taurus
- 1). Shove the wheel chocks against the front and back of the left-rear tire. Loosen all the Taurus' front lug nuts with the lug wrench.
- 2). Lift the front of the Taurus with the floor jack and support it on jack stands. Remove the car's front lug nuts and wheels manually.
- 3). Position the drop pan under the left-front brake assembly. Wash the brake dust off the rotor and caliper with brake cleaner.
- 4). Remove the Taurus' left-front caliper bolts with the socket set. Lift the caliper from the caliper bracket by hand. Pull the old pads out by hand and throw them away.
- 5). Wash the inside of the caliper with brake cleaner to remove the brake dust, road dirt and old grease. Lubricate the caliper slides with white lithium grease.
- 6). Position the Taurus' new brake pads in the caliper by hand. Lower the caliper into the left-front caliper bracket. Bolt it into place using the socket set.
- 7). Move to the Taurus' right-front brake assembly and repeat steps 3 through 6. Reinstall the wheels and lug nuts by hand.
- 8). Lower the front end off the jack stands. Tighten the front lug nuts to 85 foot-pounds with your torque wrench. Move the wheel chocks before driving the Taurus.
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