Guys and Gals: I once again turned to my trusted information BB/site for some well needed information.

I am about to change my front pads and rotors this weekend, as at 55K miles, they have started screetching something aweful. I am pretty sure this is just the wear indicator, although it sounds worse than any other wear indicator that I have ever heard, on any other vehicle that I have ever heard.
Is this high pitch screetching normal for the WRX's??

OK, next question. What are the torque specs for anything that I will be removing, ie caliper slide bolts, bracket bolts and anything else that I will have to remove in order to remove the pads and rotors??

I do not have a manual and like to make sure that I don't over torque anything important like the brakes. I have too broken many bolts on a variety of vehicles and have been told too many times that I don't know my own strength.

Also, from the post that I have already searched and read on this topic, there doesn't seem to be any special tool for pushing the caliper piston back into its bore other than the old trusty C-clamp, but I want to make sure that Subaru doesn't use the kind that you have to spin as you push it back in and usually need a special tool to do it. A regular C clamp will work OK??

Thanks in advance for all the help. Any other information that I should know would also be appreciated. Thanks again.

 

Here are the Brake Service Manuals for the wrx 2002.

They include the torque specs. Hope this helps.

- Ulysses

 

Whoops 1 more file.

 

Thank you very much Useful. I sincerely appreciate the information.

 

No problm, glad to be of service.

A C clamp is fine. I know a lot of manuals recommended. You wont mess up the piston using the trusty C Clamp.

- Ulysses

 

Thanks again for the help Ulysses. I did the brakes this morning and they turned out to be cut and dry. A lot easier than half of the German cars that I have owned.