going to be changing a friends discs and pads tomorrow on a mk1 punto 75, not the same friend who smashed a manhole, we likes our fiats

just after a lil advice really, i used to have a mk1, and a disc change is pretty much the only thing i never did!! (did LOTS of others including clutch, timing and all the trimmings, HG services and break pads) and i no longer have my haynes, went to my brother when he inherited my punto. (which is now many miles away and still going )

is there anything that cant be solved with common sense and itallian thinking that im likely to encounter tomorrow??

IIRC using Mintex discs and pads OEM replacement, all brand new of course

im guessing:
- remove wheel
- Remove pads
- compress cylinder & bleed out some old brake fluid
- somehow remove caliper (never looked at how to do it, pointer would be great)
- Remove disk
- clean up everything there
- give new disks a quick going over with sandpaper???? (have been told some disks have a coatign which needs to be removed)
- bolt on disks
- reattach calipers
- fit pads
- wheels on
- test drive and find he has spongy leaky breaks that dont stop the car, crash into a ditch fortunatley full of marshmallows

(all of the above except the last for those not familiar with sarchasm)

also is there any special tools ill need, aside form the normal clamps, sockets, wreches, spanners etc

thanks guys and or gals!!

Clean the new disks with something like white spirit to remove the grease that stops them rusting on the shelf otherwise they will contaminate the new pads.
Dont use sandpaper on the disks. Use sandpaper on the pads just round the edges as it makes them bed in better.

ah ha, thanks for that!

i take it from the torrent of replies that this job is increadibly easy!

all done and dusted, took about an hour to do both sides.

main problem I had was getting the bolts out that hold the disc on (and for locating the wheel) might be worth putting some heat/hot water/wd40 on these before you start; also try tightening them very slightly to "crack" any rust before trying to undo them(also means you don't round off the "undo" side of the bolthead); Haynes/Fiat reccommend renewing the caliper bolts and you will need the correct torque setting; I would definitely change the flexible hose as well and if there is any suggestion of leakage from them then renew calipers also.......