ok so i know i need my break pads changed, yet i dont have the money to take it to some shop and have some guy jack up prices on me because i am a girl...... so i want to do it myself...is it that hard?

 

Another girl on this site ALRIGTH!!!!!!!!!
No it is not hard at all, but you shouldn't mess with your breaks if you never wached anyone do it before. So please ask someone to help you when doing it, because you don't want something happening to your breaks while you are driving. Trust me I know that happened to me, and that is why I hate FORD.

 

I suggest getting a Chilton's manual from the library. Those are great, and should help. Changing the pads is pretty easy once you know what you're doing. If you want, I can post a walkthrough or something.

 

i have never had any problems with changing brake pads on my FORD

 

hehe...i did end up doing them myself.....and putting one of the pads on backwards...oopps! i drove it for about 10 miles, only cause i had too, and then parked it and fixed the prob....yet now i have the new problem of the grooves in my roter.....anyone changed those before? ROFL!!! I called and they were only 11.99 so i guess that is my next project.[sm=smiley35.gif]

 

I've been driving with grooves on my rotors for a few months now. It shouldn't cause a problem, but the pads will not las as long. As for removing rotors:

1) Take the car to the closest shop, and get them to get the two screws on the front of the rotors out (two on each rotor, located on the sides of the big bolt in the middle of the rotor). It's really tough to do by yourself, unless you got a blow torch. However, the shop, we took the car to, did this for free).

2)Remove the caliper

3)unscrew the big bolt

4) You may need to pound the back of a rotor with a hammer (my favorite tool) or something to get it out.

 

thank you for all your help!!