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These step-by-step instructions and video detail a brake caliper replacement on a 2004 GMC Sierra, and will be similar for your 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 and Chevy Silverado 1500. These replacement instructions will also be similar for Cadillac DTS models from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, and DeVille models from 2003, 2004, and 2005. Replacing worn brake calipers helps you maintain a safe, working braking system, and can help you avoid an accident. If you notice that your truck pulls to one side, squeals, or makes rubbing noises when you apply the brakes, or if you see brake fluid leaking from the caliper piston seal, it is important to replace the brake calipers as soon as possible.

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0:00 Welcome Back
0:39 Remove the Wheel
1:22 Remove the Old Caliper
2:07 Remove Old Brake Hardware
2:34 Install New Caliper
2:46 Detach New Caliper From Bracket
3:08 Reinstall Brake Pads
3:52 Reinstall the Caliper
4:14 Attach Brake Line to New Caliper
4:29 Bleed the Brakes
4:43 Reinstall the Wheel
5:02 Test Your Brakes

Your GMC Sierra 1500 or Chevrolet Silverado’s brake calipers help stop your truck when the brakes are applied using hydraulic pressure from the master cylinder. Replacing failing brake calipers on your 1999-2007 GMC Sierra or Chevrolet Silverado can improve your truck’s braking time and braking distance, and prevent uneven brake pad wear. If your GMC Sierra 1500’s brake calipers are failing, you may experience pulling to one side when braking, a squealing, or rubbing noise, or you may see a brake fluid leak coming from the caliper piston seal. Use, age, and weather conditions can cause the rubber seal of your truck’s brake calipers to harden, which increases the chances of the pistons sticking or the piston seal leaking. It’s recommended that you replace failing calipers to prevent a brake fluid leak or brake wear and failure. Our detailed instructions will help you perform a brake caliper replacement on your 1999-2007 GMC Sierra 1500 or Chevy Silverado 1500.

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Park on a level surface. Carefully remove the plastic caps on your lug nuts with a 21mm socket, if your truck has them.
Loosen the lug nuts on the front wheels with your 22mm socket. If you’re only changing one caliper, you only need to remove the wheel where you’ll be working.
Jack up the front end and put it on stands . Remove the lug nuts and wheel. [lower third: turn the steering wheel for easier access to the caliper] It’s not a bad idea to spray the bolts you’ll be removing with penetrating oil. Remove the two caliper bolts with a T55 and breaker bar.
Slide out the two caliper slide bolts. Detach the caliper, and move it to the side.
Remove your brake pads and hardware from the caliper.
Use a 18mm socket to remove the two caliper mounting bracket bolts… and remove the bracket.
If you’re replacing both the bracket and caliper, they may come as a unit.
If so, install the whole unit with the bracket mounting bolts… and use a 21mm socket to torque the bolts to 120 foot pounds.
To make installing the brake pads easier we’ll be detaching the caliper from the bracket.

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