# brake help **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [August 10, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415 "2004-08-10T20:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/1 "2004-08-10T20:08:57Z")
ok im going to attempt a brake change myself tormmowo ive done it before but with supervision , i cant remember are there any special tools i need to do the change? ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/2 "2004-08-10T20:17:53Z")
Front or Rear? You will need a pair of large vise-grips to compress the caliper pistons in the front and to spin the caliper piston out back. Other than a good can of penetrating lube and a socket set you should be fine. Just make sure to TQ. all the bolts to spec if you don’t have a TQ. Wrench Just Reef the Bajebious out of the Bolts. ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/3 "2004-08-10T22:36:27Z")
lol thanks Adam but i remeber using a pry bar instead of visegrips though but it was on some oldsmobile :lol: im going to attempt both front and back 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/4 "2004-08-10T22:47:22Z")
Front Pry Bar will do, so will a 2x4 but for the rear you need visegrips or a Caliper Tool. ---
**Author:** ![ndto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@ndto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ndto)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/5 "2004-08-10T23:30:33Z")
ive never done the rears before i know for the front all you have to do is move the caliper pistons in but what do you mean by spin the rears? ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/6 "2004-08-11T09:12:28Z")
You don’t have to spin them, just use the vise. Apparently if you spin them they screw in … but I had real trouble getting that to work. Pressing worked better for me. ---
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/7 "2004-08-11T09:21:47Z")
i couldnt get them to press in so i spun them. i just put a flathead in the slot for the pad and turned. ---
**Author:** ![smurf6x6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@smurf6x6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smurf6x6)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/8 "2004-08-11T09:34:48Z")
For the rear use needle nose pliers and spin the pistons back in. For the front I always found it easy to use a big C-clamp to push the pistons back in. ---
**Author:** ![r6punk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@r6punk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/r6punk)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/9 "2004-08-27T17:20:26Z")
hey guys, tried changing out the rotors and pads tonight…freak’n front rotors were rusted solid!!! help! how do i get it off??? does it just come off or screwed off?? should i use a torch on it and heat it up? ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/10 "2004-08-27T17:40:02Z")
If you have a torch yeah that helps alot, it not use alot of pen lube and rock the rench back and forth to brake the rust. ---
**Author:** ![r6punk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@r6punk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/r6punk)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/11 "2004-08-27T19:39:17Z")
is there a screw that holds the rotors in place? someone told me about a screw in the middle? true or not? there’s a cover in the middle and i can’t seem to get it to budge. :?: ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brake-help/81415/12 "2004-08-27T19:54:59Z")
The cover is a dust cover for the bearing and does not need to come off. As for the stud that holds the rotor to the hub I don’t think Nissan ever used those though I could be wrong.