REPAIRING A BMW Brake Pad Sensor

[@sawomirj3384]

I noticed on my car that the plastic clip holding the sensor wire to the brake hose is loose when clipped on to the rubber part, but is snug when you clip it onto the metal crimp part just below. This might help it from falling off as seems to have happened in this case. Good work though and thanks for the video.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+SławomirJ thanks! 🍻

[@건빵-q4b]

Great job!! I learned a lot from your video for x4 m40i

[@HelpMeDIY]

+박현진 🙏

[@lukeluke281]

My sensor broke off and wire was just hanging so I replaced the whole part but I just spent a whole hour trying to get it to fit back it the slot.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@lukeluke281 glad you got it fixed! 🍻

[@bobfognozzle]

The dealer pinched one of these during warranty service on the wheel bearing. I returned to the dealer to have the issue fixed. I later found that they did not replace the pinched cable, just pulled it out of where it was pinched and told me it was good..no tape or heat shrink…no nothing. Just one more reason to DIY !

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Bob Fognozzle exactly!!!

[@polloloci21]

Awesome. Need to do this to the e30 😶‍🌫️

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@polloloci21 😎🍻

[@MikkaBozu]

Here’s my concern… It seems that you made no effort to differentiate between the wires when you reconnected them. In some applications this may not make a difference. In others either the system won’t work at all or could lead to damage of some sort or another. Did I miss something in one of my ‘10 sec advances’?

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@MikkaBozu no you did not. It makes no difference. Many people just twist or solder the two wires together and get rid of the “sensor”. When it wears it just breaks the circuit and causes the dash warning to come on.

[@Zerpersande]

@ I’d be interested to know how it works. If current flows all is ‘OK’ then the sensor breaks the flow when it makes contact with the rotor. And the rotor is grounded, so…. And I wasn’t casting aspersions regarding what you did, just saying I would have concerns. At the same time I would have just marked the wires before beginning to splice. How much are the sensors now? They’re about 2500¥ here in Japan so about $16-17. The wife has some. On convoluted thinking on having new pads put on our 218d. Going to cost ¥60-70K, so $400-450? I could do it for a lot less.

[@TheNativeFixer]

You forgot to put the blocks in the jacking pods, you’ll eventually break it without the blocks to put in the pods

[@HelpMeDIY]

Maybe, but I’ve never used anything else and never had a problem

[@TheNativeFixer]

@@HelpMeDIY I cracked one not using the insert, when I got new tires they left 4 of them in, so I just left them.