The 2001 Ford Taurus is equipped with four-wheel CD brakes.5. Spray the inside of the caliper thoroughly with brake cleaner to rinse out the brake dust, road dirt and leftover slide grease. Lubricate the caliper slide pins thoroughly with white lithium grease to prevent the caliper from sticking.6.
1. Loosen all the lug nuts on the front of the 2001 Ford Taurus using your lug wrench. Shove the spin chocks against one of the rear wheels to prevent the Taurus from rolling.
2. Lift the front stop of your Taurus with the floor jack. Buttress the front site on jack stands. Remove the front lug nuts and both front wheels manually.
3. Corner the Blop pan directly below the Taurus's right-front brake rotor. Rinse all the brake dust off the caliper, rotor and hub with brake cleaner.
4. Remove the right-front caliper bolts form the Taurus using your socket set. Pull the caliper out of the caliper bracket manually. Remove and discard the old brake pads by hand.
This step, consisting of a caliper, rotor and pad fix at Everyone revolve, provides greater braking and exceptional discipline when braking than CD and drum combination brake systems. Nevertheless, dependable as with other brake systems, the linings much wear away and crave replacement from date to period. Whether you obtain a 2001 Ford Taurus and basic auto-repair skill, you should be able to change the brakes in approximately two hours.
Instructions
Insert the new right-front brake pads into the caliper by hand. Set the caliper back into the Taurus's right-front caliper bracket by hand. Reinstall the caliper mounting bolts with the socket set.
7. Move to the left-front of the 2001 Ford Taurus and repeat Steps 3 through 6. Reinstall the front wheels and lug nuts by hand before lowering the Taurus off the jack stands with the floor jack.
8. Move the wheel chocks away from the back tire by hand. Tighten the front lug nuts to 85 ft.-lbs. with the torque wrench.
