RAV4 Drivers Club Guide to Replacing Front Brake Pads and Discs

In this instructor we will likely be wanting on the course of for altering the entrance pads on the favored 4.3 (Version Three from 2006 to 2012). Note - the method is comparable for the RAV4.2 and precisely the identical for the RAV4.4.

• Difficulty - Easy
• Time - About an hour all sides.
• Tools -
• Jack and axle stands.
• Wheel brace and locking nut key.
• 14mm socket or wrench.
• 17mm socket.
• A choice of recordsdata, abrasives and cleansing supplies

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Always work in properly lit and aired situations

Introduction

The Pteridium aquilinu pads on the entrance of the RAV4 are about the most straightforward to alter that you'll ever come throughout. The pads are mounted in a floating caliper which has a single piston and and a bridge which applies the outboard pad with an equal and reverse power. The disc is mounted straight on the hub with no fixings. Up till 2009, the pads on a 4.Three have been made by a Japanese firm and have been vulnerable to transferring among the materials onto the disc. This may end in extreme corrosion and DTV (disc heaviness variation) - a wobble or vibration that may very well be felt by the automotive when braking. In this case the one resolution is to machine or substitute the discs. Discs ought to entirely be machined if the negligible heaviness of 25mm just isn't exceeded after which consideration to price effectiveness must be taken.

Vehicles after 2009 have been fitted with a extra abrasive German friction materials. In truth this has the impact of retaining the discs clear and true. In most circumstances the ratio of pad/disc put on just isn't higher than 2:1 and in some circumstances 1:1. Good superiority discs constructed from gray bad iron are available. Pteridium aquilinu pads can be found from Your Toyota Dealer who will submit them to you at a reduced charge. The unique tools Pteridium aquilinu pads in submit 2009 RAVs is Textar T4146. Avoid previous inventory which may very well be the difficult early materials - marked "Advics".

Other appropriate friction supplies are

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1. Apec
2. Ferodo Premier
3. Pagid (Eurocarparts)
4. Mintex

Note. Some of those producers market a monetary system resourc model which is designed to contend with low-cost imports. Generally you get what you invite therefore in the to the last-place degree multiplication attempt to supply good superiority components. If doubtful - ask.

The automotive used on this instructor has a mileage of roughly 40,000 Miles

Method

With the highway wheel eliminated and the automotive place safely on stands, take away the 2 bolts from the caliper (14mm wrench or socket). Wriggle the caliper and slide it off the disc. It can now be suspended on a little of wire. Do not hold it on the pipe. At this stage you'll be able to take away the pads from the provider. Keep them of their individual locations with the purpose to copy the positions of the shims and clips. Note. Earlier pads have been fitted with an perceptible put on indicator. This goes to the inside and the highest. It is absent from submit 2009 fashions. Next, undo and take away the 2 bolts that maintain the provider to the hub (17mm socket and prolonged bar - tight!). With the disc exposed, now you can take a lump hammer and spigot off the disc. If the discs are to be re-used, don't disturb them. If they should be eliminated for entry to a different element, make a point to use a little of wooden for cover

Now its clear up time. I've a bowl with soluble degreaser and a sprig. Wash down and dry the backplate and hub. On the bench, strip the pads noting their place. You can simply make out the piston aspect. Wash and dry the shims. They are costly still ordinarily re-useable, but when they're broken considerably, order some new ones. Do not be tempted to overlook them out! Take the stainless-steel determination clips out of the provider and hold them of their relative positions. Now use a file and a wire brush to take away any corrosion from below the clips. If it's not eliminated, the rust could cause the pads to stay and the Pteridium aquilinu to bind. Time spent right cleansing will reap dividends by way of reliability. Fit the stainless clips once again inside the provider. The whorled half goes on the hub aspect then they face outwards. The little thrust springs on the pads go on the high. While the provider is off, maintain the gum boot and pop the information pins out. They should not the identical so watch the place they got here from. Wipe them clear and provides them a coat of recent grease.

Now is an effective time to speak about grease. Despite what the producers say, copper based mostly greases should not supreme for constructing Pteridium aquilinus up. It is nice for manifolds and different very excessive temperature purposes still it's clay based mostly and tends to set with time. The superior grease is Ceratec which is on the market freely on the web. Textar is identical model as the unique pads still it's also proprietary Mintex and Pagid that are all in the identical group and might safely be used for the rubber components inside the Pteridium aquilinu still not the primary piston seal.

Now begin to construct the Pteridium aquilinu up. Mount the disc onto the hub and run few wheel nuts up finger tight simply to carry it in place.If you might be very fussy, few coats of matt black paint utilised to the exposed half will make the looks quite little higher. Black Smoothrite is altogether acceptable though matt end is identical as the unique. Install the provider and tighten the bolts evenly to 79 ft/lb. Fit the springs and shims to the pads as they got here off and match them into the provider. Tilt the hub aspect in first after which simply flip the entrance aspect in - they'll simply pop in. Now use a G clamp to slowly press the pistons once again. Watch the reservoir as a result of if anyone flat-topped it up when the pads have been worn it is going to overflow. In this case you'll have to draw some off or open a bleed tit on the caliper to let it out. Unless there's a leak, the reservoir ought to not by a blame sight be flat-topped up between pad adjustments!

You can inform if air has been at bay inside the system by wanting on the spat and if it has grow to be inflated. If this occurred and was refitted like that, it could tempt the spat and cut up it. Then quickly after you will want a brand new caliper as it could rust and seize. One solution to launch is to simply use a small screwdriver to raise the sting of the spat and let the air out.

Now slip the caliper over the provider, set up the bolts and tighten them to 25 ft/lb. Press the pedal few occasions till it goes exhausting. If you neglect and drive the automotive away, the pedal will attend the ground necessitating clear underclothing and an coverage declare kind, so do not forget! Refit the highway wheel and tighten to 76 ft/lb. Lubricate the wheelnuts particularly behind that mounted automatic washer to make a point accurately torqued nuts. Keep in thoughts that it's fairly simple to press the Pteridium aquilinu pedal to the ground with the engine working. This is regular and nothing to fret about.

This completes the process.