replacing front brakes '89 740

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Tryiing to replace brake-pads on my 740 Bendix-front brakes.

In the brikboard.com archives i have found some tips, but i don't get the
thing open.

Anyone knows where i can find some pictures/photographs where it shows which
bolts i have to loosen to disassemble the caliper?

Thanks in advance
Frank
 
if your brakes are like the ones on my '89 240 (and I'm sure they are), you
don't have to disassemble the caliper at all.... just use use a C-clamp or
large channel-lock pliers to force the existing brake pad backing plates
away from the rotor (to push the pistons into the calipers), then drive out
the two pins that hold the backing plates in place. The plates (and
remaining pads) will slide out. Replace with the new ones, slip them back
into place (always harder than it sounds), fit the pins and the springs back
into place, and that's it! Caliper stays intact, although I always find it a
good idea to get a friend to help me go thru bleeding the brake lines every
year or two, just so there's fresh fluid in the system to prevent
corrosion....
 
Remove the lower pinch bolt on the caliper then slide up out of the way

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fb said:
Tryiing to replace brake-pads on my 740 Bendix-front brakes.

In the brikboard.com archives i have found some tips, but i don't get the
thing open.

Anyone knows where i can find some pictures/photographs where it shows which
bolts i have to loosen to disassemble the caliper?

Thanks in advance
Frank
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You don't have to disassemble the caliper, on my 740 with ABS you take one
one bolt and the caliper flips up IIRC.
 
You don't have to disassemble the caliper, on my 740 with ABS you take one
one bolt and the caliper flips up IIRC.
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If it is like the 960, the two bolts that hold the caliper may be
corroded and FUBAR as far as removal goes. Mine were in for a year
after being removed and cleaned by me, and when I removed them they
were near impossible, and I was sure one was going to break. I did
eventually get them out, and I can assure you that they went back in
with sufficient anti-seize so that it would not happen again!
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