Hello everyone, I'm sure plenty of people have asked for help on this subject matter but, here it goes. i am planning on replacing my front brake rotors and pads on my 1996 Audi A4 tomorrow and i was just wondering if any of you'll had some tips for me, also is it necessary to blead the brakes. Thanks in advance to all your help.

 

Pretty straight forward. It's the rears that have a little 'twist'. As for bleeding, it just depends on if it needs it or not. How's the brake pedal feel? If you've been topping off the reservoir as the pads wore, you will probably have to take out a little fluid with the new pads.

 

Now, I know this is was probably the stupidest thing to do but, it happened anyways, I changed the driver side rotors and pads fine but, before i got to the passenger side for some godly stupid reason i pumped the brakes, so as some of youll can guess by now, the other side brake pads are stuck to the rotors??? so how do i lossen them up, can anyone help....

 

I belive you can just start the car and It will fix that. Oh and on a side note, don't pump the brakes with the caliper off the car. you won't like it.

 

Sorry for the late update for those that helped me out, i got the problem fixed and i finished changing the pads and rotors. What i did was grab a small size sledge hammer and just lightly tapped it off, and it worked. Thanks alot you'll.

 

Did you do the rear brakes? How did that go? any specialty tools required?

 

You need a rear caliper tool that screws the piston back in. The fronts compress but the rears have to be rotated back in.

 

For future reference to anyone who reads this. The best tool for compressing pistons on front calipers is a large 6-8" C-Clamp and 1 old brake pad. It will give Constant and Even pressure when compressing the piston back into the caliper.

*!DO NOT!* Forget the brake pad - The C-Clamp WILL punch a hole in the piston!

Also - Buy the nice rear caliper tool for 20 bucks and save your knuckles! - That little square is the devil.

 

Bleeding the brake lines should be done about every 2 years. That's just me.