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- OVERALL DIFFICULTY INDEX: 3/10
- IF YOU HAVE NO TOOLS YOU SPEND $ 100 TO GET THEM FOR THIS JOB
- IF YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE YOU SPEND 1 HOUR TO CARRY OUT THIS JOB
- SAFETY : RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH JACKING A CAR, SEE BELOW
BEFORE YOU START
- Please check our tutorial for safely lifting and jacking a vehicle
DISCLAIMER:
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
Replacing the front brake pads of the Renault Clio 4 (Clio IV)
Put the front of your car on jack stands, you can proceed wheel by wheel or remove both at a time.
Wash well the brakes with water, simply by using a bottle or a small bucket and throwing water onto them to avoid breathing brake dust.
Then unscrew the brake caliper holding bolts, which are hidden inside a rubber cylinder.
Then unscrew the brake caliper holding bolts, which are hidden inside a rubber cylinder.
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Use a flat (slotted) screwdriver to take out the caliper spring and then the caliper out of its fixing support on the wheel hub:
Remove the pads, noting that the inner one has a fixing spring that fits inside the piston.
Use a C-clamp to push back the piston till the end.
Use a C-clamp to push back the piston till the end.
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Fit your new brake pads inside the caliper.
The inner one goes into the mobile part of the caliper, the external one is fitted to the fixed part on the disc.
The inner one goes into the mobile part of the caliper, the external one is fitted to the fixed part on the disc.
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Apply a drop of threadlocker glue to the caliper bolts and re-assemble everything.
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Apply some graphite grease where the spring will be touching the calipers and put back the spring using pliers and a flat screwdriver.
This could be a bit tricky for unexperienced diyers but you will always find a way to fit that thing back, just be patient and use the screwdriver as a lever.
This could be a bit tricky for unexperienced diyers but you will always find a way to fit that thing back, just be patient and use the screwdriver as a lever.
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Final checklist before driving your Renault Clio 4:
- Turn on the engine WITHOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
- Press the brake pedal several times until it becomes stiff as usual. Do not continue to "pump"..
- Drive and test gently the brakes. Avoid strong braking during the first 100Km after pad replacement.
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