Long story short my dad leaves with "Thumper" early tomorrow for St. Joe and my front driver side caliper is bad... He needs to do a kitchen install all weekend down there and will need all the time he can get... He already has the truck, and said he could swing by early tomorrow if i can fix it quick enough and get him back on the road... So...

How quick could you change the caliper out and rebleed the line??? Keep in mind i have an impact and all the tools i could possibly need...

It's just pulling the wheel, a couple caliper bolts and disconnecting the break line right??? Or am i missing a step? no special tools needed right???

 

Thirty minutes to swap a brake caliper if you don't take too many coffee breaks.

 

30 minutes or less sounds about right, as long as things go smoothly. You don't know until your into it if you'll snap the "bleeder" off or run into a bad brake line or flare fitting, cracked rubber line, etc....

......if all goes well though, 30 or less.

 

well i've already sent dad to the store for PB blaster for the fittings on the caliper! Thanks guys!

 

If I were doing the job I would replace the hose also. No more time involved.

 

I've done it in 20 minutes on a '95 Bronco I had but I had all the tools I needed out, the caliper ready and a lot of motivation to get it done, cleaned up and out the door. 30 minutes would be a bit more comfortable pace and help make sure you don't bugger something up in the rush.

 

pinch the hose off with vise grips so you dont loose too much fluid & dont forget the 2 copper washers on the hose bolt, change over the pads & then you can bleed it & go. Top up the master cylinder with brake fluid, 30 min max.

 

30 Min max from tire off to tire on (I've done it on my F250 and my old 90 Bronco), also, DO NOT go and clamp the rubber brake line off with a set of vise grips unless you want to end up replacing the hose later (if not right then when the grips tear up the hose). Either use a true set of hose clamps, or have your someone just hold their fingers over the hose end to keep it from dripping too much. Even without sealing the hose end you won't lose much fluid from the time you take it off the old caliper until you bolt it to the new caliper

 

Not sure I would pinch off a hose that hold up to 3000 PSI pressure. Maybe that is just me? I just put a catch pan under the area and let it drip.

Normally I do this, I pop old caliper off mount and set it up on spring or zip tie it off some place, mount new caliper with pads on truck, make sure master cylinder is topped off, then remove to banjo bolt from the old one letting the hose hang and drip in catch pan, pop the old copper washer off the bolt, replace top copper washer, insert in flex hose, attach bottom copper washer, thread in to hole, tighten up, check fluid level and top if needed, open bleeder and let it gravity bleed out, dripping in to catch pan ( some times I'll put a hose on bleeder ), Once fluid comes out of bleeder, I'll close and have someone peddle bleed it 2 or 3 times to be sure the air it out.

 

15 min..

I use to be able to swap a front axle shaft in 30 min when I had 39s on my D44....

 

When plugging a brake or fuel line for just a few minutes (not hours) I use an old tapered style ear plug. When done pull and toss.

 

just called the auto parts store and they have both the front hydraulic hoses so I'll probably pick one up for a "just in case i break the old one" instance... I just hope the heat hasn't warped my rotor yet...

Thanks guys... I'll let you know how fast I can do it tomorrow! LOL!