BMW Rear Brake Pads w Electric Parking Brake

[@jeffladd1146]

Great tutorial. Just got my first BMW and was a little nervous that my time moonlighting as a mechanic were over. Not nearly as complicated as I anticipated. Thank you!

[@briansmobile1]

You're welcome- there are also tricks that you can put it in service mode from the drivers seat too. I know how on Ford, Porche, and VW, but not sure on BMW. I'm sure there's a way though.

[@Vandan9166]

I have searched all over KZbin and I am happy I found your video. You saved my life, thank you so much. Knowledge is power!

[@positivethinking2721]

Thanks Brian! Yep, all of my first time jobs on my 535 is intimidating. However, following each job, it's a huge confidence builder. You are correct, I can do it, especially with the great video that you made which contains your step-by-step narrative, including resetting the electric motor manually. Once again, great video!!! You had covered all of the bases by mentioning the tricks and potential traps. I have to find the torque specs for the caliper bolts as I'm not an arm wrestling champ but I'm working on that too!

[@blackericdenice]

I have told people before there is no reason to change brakes sensors because it's nothing but a ground wire. I thought I was the only person who didn't. Great video and great minds think alike.

[@yop1450]

I feel like I owe you money. Sat here in a workshop in the UK hoping someone with a computer to wind it back was going to pick up. And no need!! Thanks man

[@Debbex]

Nice one! Saved me from BMW dealer's price! About £200 saved, I'm doing pads and rottor and I've been scratching my head looking at that solenoid!

[@TechTimeWithT]

Thank you Brian. Love the video. My son just bought a BMW 535I today. Your video will help me saving some $$$. Don't need it right now due to under warranty but will be great for future needs. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@patrickmcelligott831]

Brian it is such a pleasure to watch and hear you as you work you make things look so easy.

[@brursan96]

I have changed rear brake pads several times (BMW electrical ebrake) and i just used a adjustable plier to push the piston back in. Never had a problem!

[@glycett]

What a great video Brian. Thanks for the clear instruction and confidence. I have a BMW and a WV both with rear ebrakes. This will be very useful when I do this service. Thanks again.

[@MH-es9rn]

Superb demonstration of professionalism.

[@dljunior2852]

Good and Simple video. Very clear and audible.

[@matthew1485]

Hi, Many thanks for going to the trouble of putting this video together with a very good picture and audio, it is very much appreciated. In the end my job was made easier by the fact that BMW on X5 F15 2.0L Diesel S-Drive (Australian model) have relocated the electric motor away from either rear calliper ... I suspect this might be the same for other X5 F15 Models, but I don’t know. The BMW X5 F15 2.0L Diesel S-Drive (Australian model) also use two E-Torx E14 bolts to attach the rear calliper on its mounting bracket. It’s the same on the front too ... and both are single calliper pistons. I can’t recommend it but I had no trouble using my standard 14mm socket to remove them. I’d anticipate as you move up the model range the bigger callipers will use bigger bolts. I also changed the rotors and on this BMW X5 F15 2.0L Diesel S-Drive (Australian model) they use a 5mm Hex to attach the rotor to the axel hub in addition to to the wheel nuts / lugs. Thanks again for posting the video it is very much appreciated. Regards, Matthew

[@mattpruitt6098]

Excellent video, I told my mother in law not to take to BMW because of how much they were going to charge her, and when I took the wheel off, I was a little intimidated, and almost regretted trying to help. Your video made it very simple and easy to understand. Thanks

[@briansmobile1]

Welcome!

[@miloslavlanda4937]

You saved my life, thank you from Czech Republic

[@camwoodsend2097]

Great Video Brian, Straight to the point with no clutter and BS. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@tradio2003user]

Thank you so much, I watched 5 or 6 videos on changing breaks X5 and your video is the BEST. Also thank you for clarifying that computer is only needed to retract electric motor, and it's possible to do it with T45. Overall your video is on tripod, and so easy to watch. Thank you.

[@kirkspiegel3951]

This was a great video, content was right on and I loved the running comments. Wish I’d seen this before I started on my rear brakes, I created a lot of extra work for myself. Please keep making these videos.

[@anonimous2451]

2023 and my Z4 brake indicator light is on. checked the front and had literally brand new barely worn pads. So I need rear pads..sigh. I ordered and replaced the front cause I already bought em from Slamazon, so ordered the rear ones after watching your video. Next project is to change em and I was wondering HTF to do that without the brake scan tool to set it in maintenance mode. THANKS to you I now have the knowledge and can say a giant F.U. to the BMW Dealers $1900 brake job they quoted me.

[@ToeNailBreaker]

@6:55 any BMW scann tool "specific" (in general) will perform this. They range from $150 - $250 such as Schwaben, Foxwell (same thing just rebranded) of course the scanner can do many other things other than retracting the e-brake to change brakes. But as noted, yes, for those that dont have the scann tool then this is how you do it. However one thing to note, if your brakes get low enough to trigger the sensor in which you would have to replace it, the brake warning "may not immediately clear" when trying to reset from the Dashboard or even with a scann tool. Sometimes its would clear immediately and sometimes it takes a few miles of driving to cycle for the system to accept the "Reset".

[@meatyman68]

good video, many thanks , job looks scary but isn't, its very simple to do. Both sides only took 30 mins. saved over 400 uk pounds doing it myself compared to main dealer. 640d m sport coupe 2014

[@MagdelaneRamos]

Love the way you did this video love how you explained everything made it easy for me to do

[@trevorritchie6840]

Thanks for this video. Just completed my first ever brake job & would never have even thought of trying if not for this video.

[@tb2johm]

Another video showed how that you could do it by turning the cylinder, but since I only had the adapter with 2 pins I could only try this one. And this one was great.

[@briansmobile1]

Glad I could help

[@Mike_In_Idaho]

Great video! Super easy to follow and I love the tips for the DIY mechanic. Thank you for taking the time to make it :)

[@mynsxt6]

I know about trying to twist these in as I damaged the passenger rear of my RLX and now have to find a replacement from a used parts supplier, much more reasonable than the dealer and I can replace it myself...funny how you break something,then become an expert at it!!!!! Thanks again for great video footage, I have learned to research before touching these newer autos. i have found a replacement caliper assembly for just under $100, verses a new one at the dealer for almost $845, I will install after my cruise is done.

[@declanoconnell8602]

That's for you video, just changed the back pads today, very helpful 👌, thanks from Declan in southern Ireland

[@jbaranzano]

Best video so far on the e-brake only wish the light was better at times.

[@toubam]

Thank you for the information. BMW was going to charge me around $ 600 dollars. Got the brakes for $75.00. The rest is history

[@seangeeb]

bmw told me $1300. 😂

[@issacrosales7545]

Lmao dude I paid $50 for the pads themselves and I just did it myself. Great video

[@vrandomserious]

indy shop will do it for

[@Alex-vi8ux]

I wanted to say thank you so much for your video. I was struggling to understand how to push back that rear piston. I have a 2021 BMW X3 with the electronic Park , and your video came in really handy today. Thank you!! thank you!! thank you!!

[@rickslick730]

Thanks for the info! i have a BMW X5 for a year, now i can do my brakes with confidants, that is true Brian that the parking brake hold is real good and it has a safety feature built in it as well, the parking brake will come on automatically and it will stop the vehicle from moving if there is a door open, this was a good video

[@julianpillay2891]

Hey bud you really helped me out was not aware of the electric motor step. Hueh....saved me an are and a leg. Great stuff keep it up

[@OscarFlores-vg3tz]

You sound like a real cool and interesting guy to hang out with. Thanks for the instructional video.

[@ianstanley7230]

That’s a really well put together video. I’m about to do mine within the next hour so we’ll see how it goes.

[@JohnWilliams-cp9vp]

Great video. I have to do brakes on my kid's car, and this really helps, thank you!

[@kurtstadlmair3529]

Thanks, very well explaind and it was a great help. I almost bought the service computer ))) But this way it was 15 minutes each side, like normally )))

[@radualexe768]

Following your example - everything worked like a charm while replacing pads on a 2020 X5 ! You're the man ! Your tutorial is the best available for a rear brake with electrical parking brake as of 10/21/2021 ! Thanks for your help ! Let me know where to send the 12 pack!

[@Engineerboy100]

Excellent video, thanks for the info, I'll be doing this job soon on my wife's car. I'll do a video too when I do it.

[@rhkips]

Cool! I've always wondered what those assemblies look like. Haven't had the chance to work on one yet. Thanks for posting this, Brian! :)

[@mauriciopasqualetto3744]

Excellent video, high image quality, technical details and explanation, even though my English is very bad. Please note that you did not change the pheno sensor, when should it be changed? Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge

[@mostafa77a1]

I like this man How he speaks thanks for all important information

[@Zzz-z-z]

Thanks for posting the video, it's very good and made the job much easier than it would have been. Thanks.

[@boghosekmekjian5340]

u can do it with scanner better then by hand

[@mandladlangalala5057]

Great video, very helpful.

[@kenliu1105]

@@boghosekmekjian5340 you can let bmw dealer do it better than do it yourself.

[@c.s.4715]

Brain you the man now I can do the rear rotor's brake pads brake sensor with confidence thanks Bro for posting the video

[@maxdietentrenadorynutricio8960]

Hello, from Spain, Madrid. good work, I have a bmw f10 550d from 2016, your tutorial will be very good, thank you for your work and share it ..

[@markk2060]

One of the best instructional videos. Thanks for posting. Question- Do you put any grease on the back of the pads and metal contact points?

[@jessetovar100]

Thank you, sir! This really helped and saved me about 2k. So I went to the dealership to get the brake light reset, and they said well, it should have changed automatically when you put the new sensor in. But for 80 bucks we can run a diagnostic. According to them, there is no way to reset it🤣🤣🤣 long story short saw a video and pretty much the door has to be closed and the ignition but has to be pushed once. Then you're able to get the rest options to populate. But I was like wow, they're full of crap

[@clifft7832]

Get rid of those silly expensive sensors. Cut the line, strip the two ends, twist them together, and cover it with heat shrink. It's just a profit center for BMW.

[@jessetovar100]

@@clifft7832 this won't cause for errors to pop up?

[@peterlofqvist437]

Thanks for the video! I´m going to change on my car this month so it was useful to me.

[@chrispetrasko7504]

Milwaukee m12 battery with probes you can run caliper piston in and out depending on polarity😊

[@dennisgt479]

Thanks for this will be doing the rears next week, just finished the fronts.

[@Michael49ers]

You can use a generic scan tool to put the parking brake in service mode. Just carefully read the scan tool features before purchase.

[@billisbobagis1687]

Michael N no scan tool required for this vehicle, using the Snapon soulus ultra there’s no option whatsoever to draw in the parking brake/ caliper pistons

[@tetristalks1080]

To anyone reading this,. doesn't' matter how fancy your car is, the trick is to jack the car on four jacks,. then start the car, put it in neutral then turn off the car. Since the car is lifted, it's not going anywhere, and it makes it so you don't have to decompress the front or rear calipers and will save you a lot of time and hassle- granted that you have 4 jack supports!

[@grahamconstable316]

Great help thanks. Once I watched your vid a few times I had it sorted. 2nd one took me 3 hours but that was because I am so fussy and cleaned everything and sprayed caliper red. Oh and it rained. Typical in the UK. Thanks now for the front....??? Graham Liverpool UK

[@keyskwik]

Awesome video, I only worked on this once & wish I knew this then. I did the front. I worked at AVIS/BUDGET at the time so I don't feel bad about it.

[@robroberts1473]

Brian its not knowing is better than not knowing, its knowing is half the battle thanks to the super friends. :-)

[@briansmobile1]

+rob roberts : )

[@ianrice8622]

Great description of the electric brake, good video

[@devinsmith4151]

No not even using a scan tool (FYI, BMW doesn't even use a scan tool in a sense, its a software on a standard computer that connects to a little box with a OBD2 cable via an ethernet cable or wireless). Official way to do the rear is to wind it back using a 3 pinner. Sounds scary, but it isn't. After exceeding 5km, the rear park brake automatically locates itself to the right position. Do the rear rotors as well, European vehicles use sacrificial rotors.

[@billisbobagis1687]

Devin Smith uhhh, I would check my facts again if I were you

[@shimi9671]

You can connect power to the motor itself, instead of taking it out and it will do the job more easy

[@robthomas66]

Thanks for this video!! Saved the day over here and all went well!!

[@1988erock]

there's an option on most scan tools to retract electric parking brake so you can compress the piston so you don't take more apart then needed

[@bicyclewreck]

+1988erock 6:45

[@dinhvanpham8102]

Thank you very much for Excellent and very good clear pictures. I have a tool Autophix ES910 with special function in which i can deactivate the electric parking brake. By doing it I dont need to do the manual as you do in our video. Right?

[@Jonathan11225]

i'm a Chrysler Tech and its funny how the German do not provide a way to release these to anybody, some new Chrysler cars have Electronic rear parking brake but there is an option in the Radio called rear brake service that allow you to realase the caliper no need for expensive scanner

[@zepeda11]

You saved me from a big headache. Thanks

[@dromaker]

be a clownish is my favorite part of whole video.

[@echopiece79]

Why not just use an Ancel BM700? Lol just continued watching and heard your smart comment about the BMW scan tool 😂

[@DCybal]

Thanks for the video. Help a lot. I can confirm that Uk vesion 2012 520d have similar solution and all steps doing like in this video.

[@reesteod]

Thanks buddy you saved me a fortune, video is 100% spot on !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alanw5812]

I just put another battery power to release it,and when put it back.just put power slowly until disc not turn .and then use the power release it a little.

[@benkr5870]

But if you turn the e break off the motor will turn fully back so why you need to take the elektric part off?

[@monaysyan6104]

Thanks a lot God bless you. Now I'm fixing my bmw.

[@coolhalo333]

Thanks for the info.... Heading to my mechanic..... Lol

[@rubbermallet3873]

you are better than the dealer bro 👍 how much for a brake job like that?

[@supersesqui]

Great Video, but would have liked to have seen some anti seize compound used.

[@philh9238]

your autel scanner probably woulda done it. i used it on a 2009 vw with the same setup worked flawlessly.

[@fonzario]

Thanks Brian for the video. I did everything you showed. Parking brake and brakes work fine Except, my brake light stays on. Any suggestions?

[@sixtyfiveford]

Wow, they really don't want the average Joe doing their own brake pads anymore.

[@briansmobile1]

+sixtyfiveford No, no they don't. I heard an executive rebuttle to "your older cars are too expensive to maintain or work on" go something like "if it's more than like 7 years old it should be crushed!"

[@jetjazz05]

+briansmobile1 Scotty Kilmer is a bad joke, you can say he isn't but anyone saying "you don't need jack stands, these harbor freight jacks have never failed on me!" shouldn't be giving advice, but he has brought up some valid points about (especially) German cars: Things like the electric water pumps are designed to pretty tight tolerances that fail at very specific points, and supposedly even things like transmissions as well. They're getting closer every day to programmed obsolescence, and why not? A car company much rather sell new models every year than just parts for old models. If you can make all the parts fail at 100,000 miles you basically made your future in sales guaranteed. That is... if you can convince everyone to do the same thing. That's the big issue I think... BMW, Mercedes, GM, you might get them to make a car that can only last 100,000 miles, but then you'll have someone like Kia saying "hey look, our parts last longer and our cars are cheaper!" For this reason I don't know how far planned failure will really go.

[@trentmckee2250]

@@jetjazz05 Kia and 100k miles shouldn't be in the same sentence AT ALL!!! My Mother-In-Law bought a brand new Soul 5 yrs ago and the engine just threw connecting rod bearings. Mind you she's maintained it like clock work at the Kia dealership and wouldn't even allow me to do oil changes for her. After being TOWED to Kia, the mechanic told her that Kia engines are only engineered to last 100k miles. No thanks! I'll keep our e46's, the one e90 and e70 we have while continuing to do our own standard maintenance which isn't very difficult with all the training videos out there like this one. As for the electric water pumps, yes, they go bad but I've had my e90 for 10yrs now and only had to replace it once which I did myself as well. It's not as bad as people think- a dealership, however, will Break your(My) Wallet if you always take repairs in to them and can't research to do it yourself.

[@keithmoore408]

Thanks for the video. Question....Does the error message reset itself, or does that need to be done?

[@straighttalkvann3863]

thanks I needed that info, I will do them myself''

[@rajsanjay86]

Thanks! Great video! Do you have rear disc replacement video?

[@artbrautigam495]

I like your video and I appreciate all your information good job, please have better lights to see. Thank You

[@themechanic6117]

and just learned something new today. it will help for the day I come across this.

[@arthorn1000]

Nice and detailed. Camera angle could have been a tad better, or maybe just a little more light under there.

[@bnunesc]

I noticed you didn’t add any grease on the pads. Was that intentional? Would you recommend add grease on them? Thanks

[@frank070808]

when you open the electrical brake motor box, and turn clock wise, do you need turn on the engine on one time?

[@olipirard]

Can you tell us (if possible) what is the brand of the caliper Bosh, Bendix,...? Because I think we'll meet those on other cars. Thank you. By the way, your video was really nice and clear.

[@briansmobile1]

+Olivier Pirard Great question, unfortunately I didn't see any markings. My guess based on casting shape and design is Bosch for the electric portion.

[@Ghost-tx5jf]

Very Very Clear well spoken video 👍🏾

[@TheSavageGarage]

Maybe bmw should spend more time fitting indicators/turn signals to their cars as I for one have never seen a bmw indicate!

[@TheRayvone]

+James'sWorld Are you blind?

[@TheSavageGarage]

+Matthew Rose it's a joke here in the UK as Bmw drivers never indicate over here.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

+James'sWorld Maybe it's because they're afraid they can't turn it back off. The stupid things can only be turned off by turning or changing which side of the vehicle is blinking...but that's still not tuning it off....well, turning the car off works, but then you should be parked, right? lol

[@briansmobile1]

+James'sWorld HA HA~! I've seen the same phenomena.

[@briansmobile1]

+DE Nichols If you bump it a second time it turns off.

[@Bbrody757]

You dont have to pull the rear motor off if you spin the piston back in thats why the piston has the 3 notches in it

[@overlandersnorthwest]

I followed all instructions and it was easy. But I didnt bleed it after the change and it seems to be fine. Not like a standard brake job I normally do. Did you bleed yours?

[@bobproxmire3637]

i have a lot of respect for BMW now :) recently (about a week ago) some kids wrecked a BMW 5 series in front of my home. They took a corner at well over 60 mph (nearly 100 kph) The car cornered well and the brakes worked very well. unfortunately the steering and brakes were not enough to out maneuver the parked Toyota Tacoma in front of the house across the street. As it turns out the pilot and his crew of 3 were able to run away from the stolen joy ride and escape into the night. try that with a non German car. :D

[@LuisfernandoCanales]

hey man! I'm working on a 13 m6 coupe convertible and when im turning clockwise the piston moves too. I have E-brake disengaged, and my diag scan tool doesnt have the function of retracting them either. what should I do?

[@jarosawstefanek6214]

Super video. It helped me a lot. Greetings from Poland:)

[@elvis19kilo]

Did you need to bleed the brakes?

[@tony5006]

Thank you Brian.

[@GTRWendy]

Is this method the same for the bmw i8? I'm about to do my brakes and calipers

[@Engineerboy100]

you didn't reset the computer.

[@iconicpower]

If other caliper won't compress is it because I need to open the valve to release psi, or because the e-brake is not in all the way?

[@fmerritt2001]

How many times can you change a pad before you need to install new rotors?

[@cryptomaniac967]

One question: Can the caliber piston be compressed with a c-clamp...?...or does it have to be spun in...?

[@noelvega2701]

I just changed my break pads and followed these instructions to the tee. Went for a test ride and it takes 3 pumps before breaks actually catch and stop. first pump pedal goes all the way down to the floor second pump half way third pump stops on point. when I resume to drive the process repeats itself. Did I do something wrong, what could be the problem?

[@emmasneek8441]

Nice efficient quick comprehensive video. thanks

[@briansmobile1]

You're welcome!