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I'm going to replace my rotors and pads rather than have the dealership do it this time. I went from doing all work myself on every vehicle I've owned, everything from Corvettes to Excursions back in the day, to getting so busy with work that I simply let the dealership take care of everything. That said, I'm a little rusty (no pun intended) and just received the full brake kit for my LR3 from AB. Only have a few questions for you guys.

1. I'm short the 12 point 21mm socket, the 15mm and 17mm slim wrench needed, but I assume I can find those somewhere close? Any advice on where to find would be helpful, as Sears (which is now closed) would possibly have had the slender wrench, maybe NAPA?

2. The new rotors appear to have a little oil on them to avoid rust during transit. My memory is that I used to clean the crap out of them with brake cleaner after install, but maybe I'm getting old and wrong?

3. Is it necessary to replace the caliper bolts with new, or can I simply add loctite to the existing bolts during install?

I don't have the rust issues that some of you have in the NE, in fact my backing plates still look brand new, even glossy black new despite the LR3 being 13 years old. Always garaged since new, so I'm not expecting any surprises of rot or rust. Anything else I should be thinking of?

 

1 - All the home improvement stores carry metric.

2 - Yes, best to clean. But I typically clean the running surface post install.

3 - You can reuse the hardware. The issue is if the bolts got exposed to corrosion and no longer slide smoothly. Then replacement is advised. They are very inexpensive, so I myself typically always buy a set and replace them along with the boots. They make kits. But if you think yours are fine them simply clean and lubricate them. I myself have never used loctite on them.

Sounds like you have dont this stuff before, I dont think you will have any issues.

 

I have more tools (metric included) than many mechanics, what I don't have is the slim versions. I'm talking about a wrench for example that is 1/8" thick rather than the standard 1/4 width. Haven't measured them, just throwing out numbers to give you an idea. The 12 point socket is easy to find, and for whatever reason I don't have the one needed, yet I have 12 point in just about every size 12-19, and 22-34, in addition to all in 6 point 4-34. Deep and short for both, my wife gives me a hard time for the amount of tools I have. Just annoyed me that I don't have a 21mm 12 point despite my huge collection of tools.

 

1. I'm short the 12 point 21mm socket, the 15mm and 17mm slim wrench needed, but I assume I can find those somewhere close? Any advice on where to find would be helpful, as Sears (which is now closed) would possibly have had the slender wrench, maybe NAPA?

- I bought them at one of the two terrible (but handy) big box home improvement stores

2. The new rotors appear to have a little oil on them to avoid rust during transit. My memory is that I used to clean the crap out of them with brake cleaner after install, but maybe I'm getting old and wrong?

3. Is it necessary to replace the caliper bolts with new, or can I simply add loctite to the existing bolts during install?
- I replaced these with new, but that is mainly because I err on caution's side.

I don't have the rust issues that some of you have in the NE, in fact my backing plates still look brand new, even glossy black new despite the LR3 being 13 years old. Always garaged since new, so I'm not expecting any surprises of rot or rust. Anything else I should be thinking of?

Google, Bodsy's Brake Bible. I used this. Really quite simple.

 

I ended up grinding down one of my open ended 15mm wrenches to make it skinny, and I had a cheap 17mm for whatever reason that was skinny enough. Took about 60 seconds. No big deal I had 3 of them. Total time for front and back was about 5 hrs.