These instructions for changing the front brake pads on the 300C SRT8 also apply to the Magnum, Charger, and Jeep SRT8, which all use the same calipers and brake pads. With a few basic tools, changing the brake pads on any SRT8 is a 10 minute job per corner. This is the easiest brake job you will ever do. The front brake pads are even easier to change than the rear brake pads! This is because you can turn the wheel, so you can see what you are doing. And the caliper isn't nearly suspended upside down, like the rears, so it's easier to see what's going on.
For the 300C SRT8, the hardest part is jacking the car up. For some reason, Chrysler didn't see fit to install a jacking pad behind the front wheel arch, so you have to go in from the front of the car. My jack is too tall to fit under the front air dam, so I had to drive up on some pieces of wood.
Drive onto some wood so the jack will clear the air dam
Roll jack under air dam and lift by chassis member as shown
This makes it more clear where to place the jack saddle
Once the car is up and the wheel is off, turn the steering wheel all the way to the right (when working on driver's side caliper) so you can see what you are doing. Remove the drift pins, just like you did on the rear calipers.
Use hammer and center punch to remove drift pins
Once the pins and spring clip have been removed, you can use the nifty pad spreader tool to loosen the pads and retract the pistons at the same time. If your SRT8 is relatively new, the pads can be pulled apart with your bare hands and the tool is not required. For just one brake pad change, it's a bit of overkill.
Use pad spreader tool to retract caliper pistons
Now pull the pads out. Here you can see the caliper pistons, once the pads have been removed.
Caliper pistons are visible when pads are removed
Now it's time to insert the new pads and hold them in place with one of the drift pins.
Use hammer to drive drift pin all the way home
Finally, you should reinstall the spring clip and hold it down while inserting the second drift pin.
Keep pressure on spring clip while inserting second drift pin
Use the hammer to drive the second drift pin all the way home and you're done!
All done!
Now it's time to reinstall the wheel and hand tighten the wheel nuts with a torque wrench to factory specs. Once the wheels are on and the car lowered to the ground, it's time to go out and
bed in the brakes.
