#2018 EQUINOX REAR BRAKE REPLACEMENT FREE#

You want to clean all the rust off and any dirt so the pads have a nice sliding surface. If it's not in the budget, let's just do it right. That's if you don't feel like cleaning them. You can also buy brand-new caliper tins and caliper slider boots on 1A Auto. First thing I like to do is take a wire brush to clean the surface rust off. I use that with a small screwdriver or a pry bar.

So we're going to make sure we take the old one out and transfer it over. That is an indicator window for the ebrake shoes, the emergency brake shoes right on the inside of this hat. You're going to see a rubber boot on some manufacturers. Here's your new product from 1A Auto, Nakamoto, nice clean fins cooling down, same size hub, same weight distribution. You can see the rust that forms on the hubs and the inner well on that ring. This is the outer pad and wear right down there, right past three millimeter, so that's probably right around 1/32 in, one millimeter. Here on this 2012 Equinox we're going to compare the old to the new and what to look for. When removing the rotor from the hub, I like to use a penetrating spray right around where the hub hat meets. This Equinox 2012 has a little mounting bolt. Now we're going to remove the rear rotor. Now I'm going to clean up the caliper bracket and sliders. Noting once again the indicator goes on the inside of the bracket. Now with our caliper bracket on our bench I'm going to hammer out the pads. I use a pry bar especially when the bracket is frozen a little on there. Now it's time to remove the caliper bracket from the knuckle. On this Equinox we have no place to hang the caliper to put no strain on the flex hose, so we'll just set it aside, right there on that upper control. Once closed, I re-tighten the bleeder screw. And this also is a good way to test the caliper, to make sure that it's not a seized caliper piston. If you were to find them, you would have to replace the caliper. This also gives me a chance to do a quick visual on the caliper piston boot. I use a pair of welders clamps that I like to put inside the piston and I just give it a slight squeeze, till that piston bottoms out. Screwdriver or pry bar, slide this caliper right up. Use a catch basin to catch your brake fluid. I like to turn it just about a half a turn. I'm going to put it on the bleeder screw, give it a quick snap. When dealing with ABS on a brake service, you have to push the piston back with the bleeder screw open to avoid any ABS module damage. Now in this particular 2012 Equinox it has ABS in it.

#2018 EQUINOX REAR BRAKE REPLACEMENT FREE#

Now I'm going to break free the caliper from the caliper bracket by removing these caliper slider bolts. Now with your vehicle up in the air or supported with jack stands, you remove the lug nuts. We're going to take a 22 millimeter socket and a breaker bar and we're going to break the lug nuts off the wheel. Today we're going to do rear brakes on a 2012 Equinox. We've been selling auto parts for over 30 years.

If the fixes below don’t work or if your car isn’t on the list, you’ve got other options, says Michael Crossen, Consumer Reports’ mechanic and longtime master technician.Hi. Below, you’ll find detailed instructions for resetting recent infotainment systems in most vehicles from major brands.

Then the experts at Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center put their fixes to the test on our own fleet of test vehicles. We asked automakers to share the instructions they give their own dealerships and service technicians for resetting frozen infotainment systems. You can do it yourself-and we’ll show you how. Kind of like hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete or selecting “Force Quit” on a computer, a reboot or reset can stop your car’s infotainment system from acting up or even return it to factory default settings. But occasionally, the fix requires resetting or rebooting your car’s infotainment system. Sometimes fixing the problem can be as simple as unplugging your phone from the USB port and plugging it back in, or turning the car on and off again.

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