Replacement Front Discs and Pads - Fiat Tipo 2

Loosen the wheel bolts (17mm socket). Place the jack under the car, using the lifting point visible on the underbody of the car as a guide, and raise the vehicle.

For added safety, place a wooden block or wheel chock on the rear wheels and use jack stands.

To make the following steps easier, do not hesitate to turn the wheel outwards to allow more accessibility to the caliper screws.

Undo the brake hose retaining clip using a flat screwdriver by levering it and removing the hose from its support by pulling slowly but firmly on it.

Undo the screws (14 socket) to release the caliper and its pads

Do not leave the stirrup hanging in the air by its weight, use a support (a plastic container for me) or wire to hold it to the strut.

Remove the pads by pulling them in the direction of the arrows.

Once the pads have been extracted, remove the pad retaining blades and change them if supplied with the kit or clean them with a wire brush.

Also clean the areas where the blades are positioned before reassembly.

Remove the yoke by unscrewing the screws using an E16 female torx socket and then removing the disc.

Loosen the 12mm screw, and remove the disc. If the disc remains stuck, do not hesitate to tap it with a hammer to unstick it.

Once the disc has been removed, clean the hub with a wire brush to remove any corrosion residue; this will make any future work on the discs easier.

Thoroughly degrease the hub with brake cleaner as well as the new disc before reassembly.

Refit the new disc onto the hub and replace the 12mm screw, which will secure it to the hub.

Replace the new plate retaining blades; they are inserted by pressing firmly on them.

Add a very light drizzle of copper grease to the location of the pad heads.

Reassemble the pads from the outside by pushing them inwards.

Make sure that the metal mark is always on the side of the columns

Open the brake fluid reservoir and push the piston inwards using a pair of pliers (direction of regrowth on the 3rd photo).

Then reassemble the elements in the following order.

Caliper bracket and its screws using a female Torx socket

Caliper yoke and its pads

And the caliper which is fixed with the new screws supplied with the pad kit.

Once everything is reassembled and tightened, close the brake fluid reservoir, put the wheel back on and lower the car.

Pump the brake pedal several times so that the pads are seated properly before driving.

For the first few hundred kilometers, go easy on the braking to facilitate the running-in of the discs and pads.