How to Replace Brake Pads in a 2001 Chevy Silverado
- 1). Turn the Silverado's front lug nuts counterclockwise until they're hand tight. Chock one of the rear wheels to prevent the Chevy from rolling.
- 2). Lift the Silverado's front end with a floor jack and support it on jack stands, positioned under the frame as far forward as possible.
- 3). Remove the Chevy's front lug nuts and wheels by hand to expose the front disc brakes.
- 4). Put the drop pan under the left-front brakes and wash the brake dust off the rotor and caliper with brake cleaner. Unbolt the Silverado's left-front brake caliper with your socket set. Pull the caliper out of the mount and remove the old brake pads by hand.
- 5). Clean the caliper pistons and slide pins with brake cleaner to remove the road dirt and brake dust. Force the pistons back into the caliper with the caliper tool.
- 6). Insert the new brake pads by hand. Lower the caliper into the mount by hand. Bolt it in with the socket set.
- 7). Scoot over to the Silverado's right-front and repeat steps 4 through 6. Put the wheels back on by hand. Reinstall the lug nuts manually.
- 8). Lower the Silverado off the jack stands, move the wheel chocks to one of the front wheels and then perform steps 1 through 7 on the rear of the Chevy.
- 9). Put the Silverado back on the ground with the floor jack. Tighten the front and rear lug nuts to 140 foot-pounds using a torque wrench.
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