Monday, September 12, 2011

1991 grand voyager front brakes

i recently had to change the front breaks on my junk van, a 1991 Plymouth grand voyager. we hate to sink any money into it so to save money i try to do it myself. Some are more easy then others, the front breaks were quite easy. 
The first thing you should do is gather all your tools. You will need a jack and stands, a socket set with extensions,a breaker bar, a four-way lug remover, pry-bar, a large c-clamp (very important), screwdriver, and break cleaner. First put the vehicle in park and block the wheels. Then you roll the jack under the vehicle till it is under the frame, you want to jack it up till it is holding only a little weight. You then want to go around and loosen the lugs on the front tires, you will use either the fourway or a breaker bar and socket. Once all lugs are loose you will then want to jack the vehicle up the rest of the way placing the jack stands under the vehicle frame. Carefully  you want to lower the vehicle down on the jacks till they are supporting the weight. you may then remove the lugs the rest of the way, and remove the tire as you go. The break assembly should be on the front side of the routers. To make it easier you may turn the wheel accordingly for each side.To make it easier to remove, you should use a pry-bar and compress the back side where the caliper piston is.  Next you remove the two bolts on the back of the front break caliper, one on top and one on bottom. The caliper could then be removed. On this vehicle you then remove the outside pad, followed by the router, then the inside pad. At this point you want to look at your routers and feel them looking for deep gouging or uneven wear, you might have to take them in to get looked at to see if they can be milled down and reused or if you need new ones. I got lucky and they were able to save my routers. You can then go back and install the  new inside pads followed by the router and finally the outside pads. Next you will have to put the caliper back on, but to do that you will have to compress the piston the whole way, to do this you use the large c-clamp. Once compressed you can then put the caliper back around the pads and assembly. When you do this the bottom side will go in first and it will be on the inside of the pads the top the slides down till the bolt holes line up. You may the put the bolts back in place and put the tires back on. tighten the lugs as tight as you can in the air while staying safe. when both wheels are back on you want to use the jack and lift the vehicle off the stands. Remove the stands and lower the vehicle back down. Then you want to go back around and give the lug nuts on the tires a second tightening. You can then remove the break and blocks. Then you are done you want to bake up and hit the breaks and test it out on a road before continuing to far. That's all there is to the front breaks on a 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager. 

1 comment:

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