- Park your Toyota in an area that offers the best platform for your work---an area away from traffic and on a level surface, with ample room to work on either side of the vehicle.
Give yourself enough room to rest the tires once you have removed them. If you have a stool or other type of seating, use it, as you will otherwise have to sit on the ground or in a squatted position for several minutes during the installation.
Place the Toyota transmission in "park," and engage the parking brake. Place tire blocks behind the rear tires when changing the front brakes and against the front tires while working the rear. - Remove the lug nuts from the Toyota's wheel using the socket end of the tire iron.
Lift the vehicle using a lifting jack, and place jack stands beneath the frame of the Toyota. Make sure that when rested on the jack stands, the tires have at least 2 inches' clearance from the road surface, which will allow you to remove and replace the wheels easily.
Pull the wheels from the lugnut bolts.
Remove the caliper. The caliper is the bulky apparatus that surrounds the brake rotors. The caliper bolts are on the inside of the wall facing away from you. Reach around to feel the location of the two bolts. Use a 13 millimeter socket and ratchet to remove the bolts. Pull the caliper from the rotor.
The brake pads are housed within the calipers and are fixed to the two sides of the calipers by metal clips. These clips can be slid from the caliper walls for removal. - Any rust on your Toyota's brakes can make removing the brake pads difficult. If you have trouble sliding the metal clips of the brake pads off of the caliper walls, spray the metal clips with lubricant. Let the lubricant rest on the clips for 10 minutes, then attempt to remove the pad again.
If you still have difficulty sliding the brake pads free from the caliper, pry the metal clip away from the caliper with a flat-head screwdriver. Do not worry about damaging the clip; you will discard it, along with the brake pad, after removal.
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