A brake pad replacement was one of the 1st things I ever did on a car, grab yourself a handbook from Supercheap and they're full of everything you need to know from changing tyres, brakes, clutch and even engine reconditioning.
I brought one of these with my first car and that was how I learned about cars.
What you'll need:
A friend who has some decent knowledge (or the book)
Some spanners
Socket set
2-3 hours (for your first time)
Basically, your pulling the wheel off, on every caliper there are usually two bolts that hold the calipers on 1 at the top and 1 at the bottom,
Might be easier to just hinge it like this though.
The brake pad is the bit you can see there with a round looking mark on it, these will literally just slide in/out, sometimes there's a bit of wire holding them in.
you undo these and the caliper will come off pretty easily, make you get an old coat hanger and you suspend the caliper so it's not hanging by the brake line.
From this point you'll be able to see the brake pads, at this point it's a very simple procedure of just grabbing out the pads on each side and slotting the new pair in. Then simply do the reverse of above.
This pretty much applies to all cars I've ever worked on.
Good luck!
- Mitch
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