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TRQ brake kits are designed to restore your brake system to like-new performance. TRQ brake pads are positive molded, thermal scorched, chamfered, and utilize a multi-layer shim for enhanced performance and service life. TRQ rotors have a non-directional finish that reduces the break-in period for new rotors as well as reducing vibrations throughout the rotor’s lifecycle. All products are fit and road-tested in our Massachusetts R&D facility to ensure we deliver on our promise of Trusted Reliable Quality.
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Hi, I'm Don from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the front disc brakes on this 2004 Chrysler Sebring. It's the same process on the Sebrings from 2001 to 2005, as well as the Dodge Stratuses from the same time. The items you'll need are a new brake pad and rotor kit from 1AAuto.com, flat blade screwdriver, 7mm Allen bit, 18mm and 19mm socket and ratchet with a piece of pipe for leverage, a zip tie or string, large C-clamp, brake cleaner, brake grease, a wire brush and a torque wrench, as well as a jack and jack stands.
You'll want to remove the wheel and tire. If you don't have the benefit of air tools, start with the vehicle on the ground and loosen the lug nuts first, then raise and secure the vehicle, then remove the lug nuts the rest of the way and the wheel and tire.
Now, you want to just turn your wheel so you can have better access to the brakes. You want to inspect your brakes. You see the brake pads here. This one's in pretty good shape, you can look at the outside one from the side here and see what shape it's in. Then your rotor, you want to check for any deep gouges, or it being really rough. Ours is actually in pretty good shape.
To remove the brakes, you want to start off by removing this wire retainer. Now, you see there are these two caps here; you just want to pry these out. Now what you've uncovered is two 7mm Allen wrench bolts and you want to just loosen these up, and we're going to fast forward as Don does this. Take a flat blade screwdriver and separate your outside brake pad from the inside of the caliper. You want to pull that caliper up and off. Then, your outside brake pad just pulls right off. You can pop your inside brake pad out of your caliper piston. Now you want to remove these 7mm Allen wrench slides. You can just pop them out with a flat blade screwdriver. Then using a large C-clamp, you want to press the caliper piston back into place. Now, using a zip tie or string, you want to just secure your caliper up and out of the way.
Now, you want to remove these two 18mm bolts. If they're stuck, you may want to spray some penetrating oil on them, just to help remove them. Then, you can see we use a piece of pipe for some extra leverage. Once those are removed, your caliper bracket comes right off and you can just pull your rotor off too.
You can see the old rotor and brake pads on the right, and the new ones from 1A Auto on the left. You can see everything's identical and it's going to mount and fit exactly the same. Using a wire brush, just clean up your caliper bracket along the slides where the brake pads fit into. You want to clean off your brake caliper slides as well. Then, using some brake cleaner, you want to just wipe down your rotor. Now, you want to just apply some brake grease to your brake caliper slides, as well as the hooks on either end of your brake pads. You also just want to clean up your hub a little bit with a wire brush.
Then, you can put your new rotor into place, as well as your caliper bracket. Then, just replace those bolts. We're just going to fast forward now as Don finishes tightening those up. Then, you want to just torque those bolts to 75 foot-pounds.
Then, you can put your brake pad back into place, put your outside one into place, pull down your caliper, and then, you can push your inside one into the caliper piston. Then you can put your caliper back into place and push your caliper slides back in. Then we're just going to fast forward as he tightens up those 7mm Allen bolts. You can put your retaining wire back in place. Replace those two caps.
Now, we're going to fast forward as Don replaces the wheel. You want to replace your 19mm lug nuts and then lower the vehicle and tighten them the rest of the way. Then you want to torque them in a crossing pattern to 100 foot-pounds.
Once you've repeated that whole procedure for the other side, then get in, pump your brakes until you get a nice firm pedal, and just do quick test stops from 5 or 10 miles an hour, just to make sure everything's working well before you road test the vehicle
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