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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the front brakes on this 2010 Buick
Enclave.
We show you on the passenger side, but the driver side is the same procedure.
The items that you'll need for this are a new brake pad and rotor kit from 1AAuto.com;
13mm, 21mm, and 22mm socket and ratchet; a piece of pipe for some extra leverage; flat
blade screwdriver; T30 Torx bit; hammer; torque wrench; large C-clamp; brake cleaner; brake
grease; and jack and jack stands.
Start off by prying off your hubcap and then remove these 22mm lug nuts.
You want to just loosen them while the vehicle is on the ground and then raise the vehicle
up and remove them the rest of the way.
Now the wheel will pull free.
Okay, check the condition of your brakes.
Run the back of your fingernail up the rotor and do it on both sides, just checking for
any harsh grooves or anything.
You're going to feel small grooves, those are okay.
Then you can see there's the wear mark in there.
The pads have a little bit of life left on them, that's the inside pad there and the
outside pad.
We can see just through here, the pads have a little bit of life but the owner of this
car has complained about pulsating when they are braking so we're going to remove and change
the pads and rotors.
Take a big screwdriver or a small pry bar and put it right in here.
Pry out on the caliper on the rotor just a little bit, just to get things loosened up
so the caliper comes off easy.
Now remove these two 13mm bolts, and we'll fast-forward as Mike does that.
Now the caliper will pull free and you just want to set that aside.
Then pry out your brake pads.
Then just pull off your brake pad slides and you want to check these slides, make sure
they go in and out.
If not, we'll show you how to deal with that later.
For now, remove these two 21mm bolts.
Once you remove those, the bracket will pull free and then you can remove this T30 screw.
Now that that's removed just put a lug nut back onto the rotor and then hammer it from
behind to break it free.
Then remove the lug nut and pull the rotor off.
On the left are the old brake pads and rotor, on the right are the new ones from 1AAuto.com.You
can see they are identical and they'll fit exactly the same.
Take your new rotor and slide it into place.
Then replace that T30 screw and just tighten it up.
Now wipe down the rotor with brake cleaner or mineral spirits.
Then put your caliper bracket in place and replace those two 21mm bolts.
Then just tighten those up.
Then torque both of those to 100 foot-pounds.
All right, so this slide is a lot stiffer than I like to see them.
I'm going to pull it out, clean it off, back in and out a few times.
Put some new grease on it and we'll repeat this for any other ones that need it.
Much better.
Push the brake pad slides back into place.
All right, take your pad, you really want to push the top slide up.
The tabs here should hold them from coming out, but they should go against and then pop
back out.
Back ones it's the same thing, back ones have the wear tab on it.
Take a old brake pad and put it in the caliper.
Use a large C-clamp and force the pistons back in.
Put the caliper back into place.
Once it's back in place, replace those two 13mm bolts and tighten them up.
Now torque both of those to 35 foot-pounds.
Put your wheel back into place, then replace the lug nuts
and then tighten them up in a crossing pattern.
Now torque each of them to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing pattern.
After doing any work on the brakes, you want to just pump the brake pedal until it firms
up.
Then do a stopping test from 5 miles per hour and then 10 miles per hour.
We hope this video helps you out.
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