The Garage - Friday 27th February 2015

Pads Worn

Arrived at the Garage at 0915 hrs and started at the kettle!  Andy was away at the College adjudicating at the World Skills Competition, which we monitored through a live stream throughout the day on a Workshop PC (inbetween retrieving manufacturer's data from Autodata)!  Jim assigned me to a Vauxhall Corsa at 1000 hrs in order to assess front pads. Due to all ramps being fully loaded, it was therefore necessary to undertake the operation on the shop floor with a jack and axle stands.

Piston Drawn Back

Having removed both front road wheels it became apparent that the front brake pads did indeed need replacement, so it was straight on the the phone to Euro Car Parts to source the replacements.  I also got to use the new Job Card and logged my first "official" job (solo).  Whilst waiting for the parts I took the opportunity to clean up the caliper sliders and dress them with Copper Grease.  I also wire brushed the pad seats on the caliper Mounts and also the centre wheel hubs, and applied a liberal amount of grease to those also. The wheel studs were also in need of a clean up so I gave them a "once over" with the rotary wire brush (safety goggles and gloves on).

The new pads arrived at 1025 hrs and having compared them to those currently fitted, I then proceeded to change the pads accordingly.  The job went smoothly and was only briefly suspended by the arrival of Tracey in the "Butty Van"!  One Bacon Roll later it was straight back to work, and the job was satisfactorily signed off as complete at 1100 hrs.

Happy Friday!!!
Thanks Dave!

I was then requested to attend to a bit of house keeping, which I gladly undertook, as the team were fully engaged with other ongoing tasks.  We broke for lunch at 1 pm, and then resumed at 2pm.  I left at 3.30pm (which is early for me), as I found I had attracted more garage debris to my external features than usual, and needed to have a wash up before attending work later!  Great day again and many thanks for the friendship and continued opportunities and experiences.