Not 73-87 but it is a Chevy-rear brakes on 2005 Impala?

[AJMBLAZER]

My sister in law is coming up today and her 2005 Impala needs new rear brakes.

1. Drums or discs in the rear?

2. Anyone knows the torque specs and such on these?

3. Any advice would be great.

Got a lot of stuff to do but sorta contemplating doing it and saving her some cash if it's discs in the rear and not drums. I hate drums...

 

[Jason4x4]

disc, piece 'o cake, parking brake is shoes inside of the disc. so nothing special to push in the caliper.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Thanks.


Depending on how the rotors are I might just slap on a new set of pads for her. Even if they don't last for a very long time $20 for another year is hard to beat.

 

[4X4HIGH]

Thanks.


Depending on how the rotors are I might just slap on a new set of pads for her. Even if they don't last for a very long time $20 for another year is hard to beat.

If you're going to do the job then do it right. You still need to remove the calipers to install the pads and once the calipers are off the rotors just slide right off. Take them to a machine shop and have them resurfaced.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Don't have the time to do the job. Open house today so I spent all yesterday mowing the yard and making the house pretty. This morning I've already been cleaning for an hour. Waiting on breakfast and my MIL and SIL and nephew to get around and leave.

We decided best to just get it fixed...especially after I stuck a flashlight in through the wheel...holy crap batman I've never seen rotors that rotted! Supposedly a place downstate put all new brakes on it last November but these were either the originals or they used some potmetal junk crap rotors.

New rotors and new ceramic pads in the rear. Fronts are fine and everything works as needed.

I know you're the machinist, but for the record I've slapped new pads on non-scored or lightly scored rotors before and had them do fine for a good long while.

 

[chevyuser74]

if the rotors look good and dont pulsate we will slap pads on them as well without machining the rotors, 98% of the time works out just fine, but sometimes it will lead to brake noise. but most of the time on rear rotors they rust so bad u cant machine them all thats left is to replace em.

 

[pauly383]

I don't know why the rear brakes are worn out , does she speed then stop at the last minute ?

Our 2003 , at 80,000 miles , had more than halfway pads in the rear . I changed them anyway since I did buy a full set of front and rear , but they didn't need them .

And my wife just completed traffic school for speeding

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Lord knows. She's a good driver, her husband isn't, they piled the miles on this car very fast (already at 68k) and they live in Lansing, MI (the capital) so the salt is heavy and deep down there. Don't want the governor to slip and fall ya know.