1997 Buick Park Avenue Front Ceramic Brake Kit

Item Condition: New

Lifetime Warranty

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step : Remove the wheel (1:15)

• Pry up the center cap with a cloth and flat blade screwdriver.
• Loosen the lug nuts with a breaker bar and 19 mm socket or lug wrench.
• Raise and secure the vehicle.
• Remove the lug nuts and set the wheel aside.

step : remove the brake pads and rotor (2:00)

• Observe the wear on your brakes.
• Remove the 15 mm bolts on the caliper with your socket and breaker bar.
• Use a flat blade screwdriver to pry between the rotor and brake pad in order to compress the caliper piston.
• Pry off the caliper and use a c-clamp to compress the piston.
• Tuck the caliper out of the way.
• Remove the brake pads and remove the caliper bracket by unbolting the 15 mm caliper bracket bolts with your socket and breaker bar.
• Use a wire brush to clean up the caliper bracket.
• Remove the rotor.

step : Install the new rotor and brake pads. (6:35)

• Clean the rotor with brake cleaner.
• Mount the rotor onto the hub.
• Install the caliper bracket and torque the 15 mm bolts to 85 ft lbs.
• Clean up the slides that mount onto the caliper brackets for the brake pads with a wire brush.
• Mount your new pads, dabbing a bit of anti-seize grease where the pads meet the slides.
• Put the caliper back on, and torque down the two 15 mm bolts to 25 to 30 ft lbs.

step : Replace the wheel (9:50)

• Hand-tighten the lug nuts and lower the vehicle
• Torque the lug nuts to 100 ft lbs in a star pattern.
• Pump your brakes to reset the caliper pistons.
• Do a couple test stops in the drive way before test driving the vehicle.