brakes

[Daly]

Time for brakes. Anyone done theirs lately and can maybe recommend a chain store. Pep boys wantedl$690 for new pads and new rotors, said it takes 1 1/2 hours to get our rotors off one axle. I know they are bs'ng.

[Mile High VX]

Had mine done about 3 months ago at BrakesPlus.

Didn't need rotors, but will next time...like in another 100K miles...

I'm happy with their work and it was about $350 out the door for all 4.

[Triathlete]

They are definately full of s#@&. It is not hard to remove our rotors. An hour and a half is enough time to do all four and take a nap.

[etlsport]

The rears are a breeze, def no more than an hour. The fronts are trickier. You need to remove and repack the bearings. I think my fronts took about 2 hours for the first side and about an hour for the second.

[Sculptor57]

I am a new owner so all the accumulated knowledge in the forum is new to me. I was looking for this procedure here but found a useful link for Isuzu captive rotor removal. I had never heard of this style brake system before. I hope it helps someone else.

https://youtu.be/ervit_vNHxc

[broadkast]

Hey Sculptor,
I did mine about a year ago, and if I recall correctly, the rears were easy, as etlsport says. The fronts can take a while.
I ran into two speed bumps.
The first, was removing the three small Philips-drive screws that hold the retainer washer in place. Two of the three were seized and looked so easy to strip that I decided to drill up the center of them with a small bit. Like 1/16 or so.
I drilled about halfway into the shank of the screw but not all the way through.
Applying more penetrating oil and using a small screw removal bit, I was not only able to get them out, but they were still serviceable and was able to put them back at the end of the job. It took some time, but since I didn't have anything to replace them with I had to be careful. If starting from scratch, try to get some of these screws in advance, in case you have to destroy them to get the washer off. I'm not sure what size the are, but I'd estimate 1.5x3mm or so.
The second hurdle was separating the old rotor from the hub.
This wasn't so bad, and you can do it on the bench. Lots of penetrating oil and a carefully placed hammer hits and they came free in about 15 minutes apiece.
Putting it back together went smoothly.
Have some bearing grease ready to repack the bearings.
If you suspect yours may be failing or if you have high mileage, may as well just replace them while there. They're cheap enough.
That's it. Mine worked out great and the brakes are now like new.
Good luck.