You will need:
Jack
Wheel brace
Brake pads
Brake cleaning fluid
Copper grease
Clean rags
Long nose pliers
Hammer/mallet
Possibly a dot punch or similar
Firstly slacken the wheel nuts and then jack the car up from the rear.
Remove the bolts and the wheel.
You should now see a pin going through the caliper with a clip holding it in place.
You do not state whether it is an estate, saloon or hatch but the only difference is the way round the calipers are.
On the saloon/hatch the pin is at the bottom of the claiper, on estates it is at the top.
Remove the clip carefully, taking care it does not fly off and get lost.
You will then need to tap out the pin from the front using a hammer or mallet and a punch or similar.
Now the caliper can be opened on its hinge and the pads removed.
Now open the brake fluid reservoir under the bonnet (its helps to have an assistant at this point) and you should see the piston inside the caliper. You need to screw the piston back in as far as it will go (you can use long nose pliers for this to engage the grooves on the piston) As you tighten the piston, fluid will be displaced into the reservoir, and may overflow so have your assistant mop up any excess with a tissue or clean cloth (brake fluid is corrosive and will damage paint if spilt).
Now apply copper grease to the back of the pads and refitting is a reversal of the removal process, remmbering to topup the brake fluid if necessary.
Kal, May 2009
