Checklist for Replacing Brake Pads
- Break lug bolts loose. (19mm socket.)
- Jack up car.
- Remove lug bolts.
- Remove wheel.
- Remove cotter pin. (Pliers.)
- Remove outer wear sensor. (Tweezers.)
- Remove retaining pin.
- Move spring clip aside.
- Remove inner wear sensor. (Tweezers.)
- Separate Boxster S vibration dampers from pads. (Putty knife.)
- Optional: Connect bleeder hose, open bleeder screw. (10mm or 3/8" wrench, bleeder hose, and bottle.)
- Compress pistons. (Screwdriver, pliers, or spreader.)
- Remove old pads.
- (If replacing rotors, skip to rotors checklist below, then come back here.)
- Insert new pads.
- Place (new) spring clip over pads.
- Insert (new) retaining pin. A little anti-seize paste is nice.
- Insert (new) cotter pin.
- Re-attach wear sensors to spring clip and re-insert into new pads.
- Now is a convenient time to bleed this caliper.
- If you opened the bleeder screw, close it and remove bleeder hose.
- Replace wheel and align lug bolt holes.
- Replace lug bolts and hand-tighten.
- Lower car.
- Torque lug bolts to 96 ft-lbs. (19mm socket and torque wrench.)
- Press brake pedal a couple of times.
- Check brake fluid reservoir level.
Checklist for Replacing Brake Rotors
- (Remove the pads as per the pads checklist above.)
- Detach brake line attachment bracket. (10mm wrench.)
- Remove caliper bolts. (10mm hex head.)
- Remove caliper, rest it on something in wheel well.
- Loosen rotor attachment screws. (Philips head impact driver.)
- Remove rotor attachment screws. (Philips head screwdriver.)
- Remove old rotor.
- Put anti-seize paste on rotor's hub contact area.
- Place new rotor on hub, secure with rotor attachment screws.
- Inspect piston seals.
- Re-attach caliper with new caliper bolts. (10mm hex head.)
- Torque caliper bolts to 63 ft-lbs. (10mm hex head and torque wrench.)
- Re-attach brake line attachment bracket. (10mm wrench.)
- (Continue with the rest of the pads checklist above.)