Mustang V8-4.6L (2009)
1. NOTE: This procedure is necessary only when installing a new rear brake caliper. To bleed the brake system, refer to Brake System Bleeding
See: Brake System Bleeding.
Remove the wheel and tire.
2. Remove the 2 brake caliper bolts and position the brake caliper aside.
3. Remove the outer brake pad.
4. NOTE: Place a shop towel between the caliper and the brake disc.
Install the brake caliper using the 2 brake caliper bolts.
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Tighten to specifications. Refer to Specifications.
5. Slowly apply the brake pedal to extend the brake caliper piston outward.
6. Remove the 2 brake caliper bolts and position the brake caliper aside.
7. Remove the brake caliper bleeder screw cap and place a box-end wrench on the bleeder screw. Attach a rubber drain hose to the bleeder screw and
submerge the free end of the hose in a container partially filled with clean, specified brake fluid.
8. Loosen the brake caliper bleeder screw.