Servicing brakes

[Carbon0]

I’m planning on servicing the front brakes. Going to order the parts from brembostoreusa.com. I know I need to replace the wear sensor but other than that do I need something special? Also does anyone have any tips or tricks about the process? Or is it as basic as it gets? I tried seeing if someone had a guide but couldn’t find anything but people replacing pads.

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[PaulFRDE]

There a few nice videos on youtube you can watch.
Nothing special but the orginal pads are glued to the piston, so you will need to jiggle them a bit to remove.
The pad sensor needs to be changed only if the light came to the dashboard, but it might be worth to buy one in case anyway.

For the day you need to change to rear, check before how to retract the electronic parking brake.

 

[RRF985]

You’ll need BimmerLink or ISTA+ to put the rear calipers in the service position. Other than that it’s not really hard.

 

[nibble]

You’ll need BimmerLink or ISTA+ to put the rear calipers in the service position. Other than that it’s not really hard.

For rear, it is good to have but he is doing front as per original post so not needed.

As for changing brake pads on front, it is straight forward. if you can pull brake pad wear sensor without breaking it, you can still use old one. have a spare just in case. to compress pistons back, there are tools available to make life easy but I just use old pad fulcrum with rotor to push it back, you want to make sure piston is pushed all the way. Used pad is also used for me to put the pin back in in place of mallet. what ever you use, make sure pins are securely back in place. use link below for reset brake pad service interval.

https://www.supramkv.com/threads/resetting-service-lights-brake-pad-oil-etc-cbs.8685/

 

[Carbon0]

Thanks a lot everyone!

 

[Danimal]

I changed my front pads without removing the calipers (normal method for fixed calipers, I suppose?) and I didn’t have to jiggle the original Brembo pads - I had to pry them out and it wasn’t easy. Lots of rubber cement-like glue on the back of the pads. Other than that, it was pretty simple. Pushing the pistons in to the caliper was also pretty easy with a wide pry bar that could push both pistons at the same time.

Good luck!

 

[Carbon0]

So is the glue necessary at all? Should I put some on for the replacement pads? If not then it feels like a trick they are doing so that you don’t service it yourself.

 

[nibble]

So is the glue necessary at all? Should I put some on for the replacement pads? If not then it feels like a trick they are doing so that you don’t service it yourself.

Glue is not necessary. however, you might need to transfer shims from original pad to new if it doesn't come with new pads. Also, you should put very light amount of high temp grease to where pad touches caliper.

 

[jorligan]

I routinely replace dust seals which are around the pistons. They are inexpensive and easily damaged especially as the pads are glued to the caliper

 

[ShakaDaKine]

You may want to use some transfer tape. This is what I used, in order to keep the pads from cluncking around:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKNM3V2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[FLtrackdays]

My car (and I) couldn’t be happier after getting rid of the pad wear sensors.

https://www.supramkv.com/threads/supra-brake-pads-the-same-as-z4.10763/page-2

It’s mega easy checking the pads with a flashlight if you think they are getting low. The fact that you’re able to change them puts you in the category of not being stupid enough to actually need pad wear sensors.

 

[Joker328]

For awareness, the ease of getting the front pads out seems to vary greatly, probably depending on how long you have had them in there or how hot you got them. Some people have no issue, but the first time I tried to swap mine for track pads after ~1500 miles they were a nightmare to get out. I just could not pry them out. The only thing that finally worked was jamming a putty knife down between the pad and the pistons while hitting the back of it with a hammer to cut through the glue. Came out fairly easily after that.

 

[Carbon0]

You may want to use some transfer tape. This is what I used, in order to keep the pads from cluncking around:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKNM3V2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

How did you use this exactly?

 

[Carbon0]

I routinely replace dust seals which are around the pistons. They are inexpensive and easily damaged especially as the pads are glued to the caliper

Do you know the part number for them?

 

[ShakaDaKine]

How did you use this exactly?

Check out this thread:
https://www.supramkv.com/threads/brakes-making-clicking-clunking-noises.14309/page-6#post-249676

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