does anyone know any good diy for changing some kia brakes.if you do it would be appriciated.

 

drum? disc?

 

disc and the pads

 

www.kiazine.com

 

http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/how...7/article.html

 

just look for any disk brake DIY they are all 90% the same.

 

Generally:

1) Compress caliper piston using a c-clamp
2) Remove caliper slide pins
3) Remove caliper
4) Remove old brake pads. Then, take one of the old brake pads and place it on top of the caliper piston. Use c-clamp again to compress piston until it is completely retracted.
5) Remove the two bolts that holds down the caliper mounting bracket. Use a 6-pt socket and slip a 18" piece of $2 PVC pipe from home depot over your ratchet.
6) Remove rotor
7) Clean hub flange, caliper mounting bracket, slide pins, and caliper with brake cleaner.
8) Install the new rotor onto the hub flange. If you want to be picky, use a dial indicator and measure the runout to make sure that it's no more than 0.003"
9) Apply synthetic caliper grease to the "pad abutment points" on the caliper mounting bracket. Reinstall the caliper mounting bracket and use loctite "blue" on the allen nuts.
10) Install the new pads. Apply a thin layer of synthetic caliper grease (do NOT use disc brake quiet, or any of that tacky stuff) onto the back of the brake pad shim
11) Reinstall the caliper slide pins. Be sure to grease them with synthetic caliper grease as well.
12) Burnish the new pads. IF they are just normal brake pads, do 30 stops, from 30 mph, with a 30 sec cool down in between each stop.

On a Kia, instead of resurfacing the old rotors, buy new "chinese" rotors from your local parts store. They come under the Wearever, Duralast, or Aimco-GS brands. Napa has their own brand of these as well. They run about $20/rotor and work great for a lot of the passenger cars.

Get Akebono ProACT pads or at least the mid-grade ceramic pads from Raybestos.

 

thanks yall