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2010 Mercedes GLK350: Rear ROTORS and BRAKE Pads DIY
This is a pretty easy DIY and can save you quite a bit of money. Many shops charge about $800-$1,000 per axle so that’s $2,000+ taxes for the front and rear depending on where you live. The rotors and pads cost me about $280 online shipped.
Duration: 90 minutes (45 minutes for each side)
Tools needed:
• T30 bit
• T45 bit
• 18 mm stubby
• 18 mm bit
• 17 mm bit
• 3 /8 ratchet flat head
• 3 /8 swivel extension
• Breaker bar
• 1/ 2 torque wrench
• Brake pad spreader (I don’t know what it’s called) $14 on Amazon
• Plyers
• Flathead screw driver
• Brake grease
• Brake pads of choice
• Rotors of choice
• Gloves
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[@kenkikuchi4084]

Hey subscribers. Don’t forget to clean both the emergency brake inner hat surface and front and back of the new rotor surfaces with brake cleaner to remove the anti-corrosion coating before you install them.

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you for the comment Ken

[@dareknacht]

Very well explained, good job.

[@512TXSDIY]

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[@benjaminharvey2229]

Like I commented on the front brake video.....great reference. For anyone that doesn't follow him...make sure you subscribe. Yes, these are MBs, but they're just cars and a lot of work can be done with basic skills. This dude has a bunch of great videos for reference. I'm doing a full brake job on mine today. I've had parking brake issues as well. Issue 1 is the release. There are a bunch of videos showing how to pop off the side cover in. the passenger compartment and spraying some WD40 onto the release cable...as well as from under the dash. If your e-brake pedal comes up sluggish, that will fix it. Issue 2 is an e-brake show dragging. I'll be replacing all ebrake parts today....probably a gunked up adjuster, but the parts are cheap, so why not just rebuild it all. Thanks again for the videos....

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you Benjamin! I appreciate you greatly.

[@jimmychow4917]

Nice job very detailed Saved me 2K Thank you so much

[@512TXSDIY]

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[@manuelm.2692]

Thank u bro your video help me a lot.

[@512TXSDIY]

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[@mgolfgreat]

Awesome DIY VID

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you Al! I appreciate it. Please like the video and consider subscribing to the channel.

[@charlieluciano1719]

Perfect video thanks alot 💯🙏💪

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you Charlie! Can you like the video and consider subscribing? Costs you nothing and helps me a ton. Make sure to hit up the library as well. Many videos on the GLK.

[@rduhari]

Very nice video production!! 👍

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you Hariharan. I honestly have no idea what I’m doing with filming. It’s so time consuming. Please like the video and consider subscribing if you haven’t already.

[@shawndenton9045]

Excellent

[@512TXSDIY]

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[@DrTuriLouis]

Great! thank you.

[@512TXSDIY]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@garrettburke8218]

Thank you my guy

[@512TXSDIY]

You’re welcome and please like and subscribe :-). Costs nothing and helps me a lot.

[@lukman8400]

Great job showing everything in detail and listing the tools. Would you mind listing the parts numbers or links you got. Also where do i get the torque numbers? If you have them please share. Thank you!

[@512TXSDIY]

I don’t have the torque values on hand, sorry. Can someone help Lukman? As for part #s, I did a search on eBay for all of it. Don’t have the boxes anymore… :-/

[@TheMafioso]

Very good tutorial. We did this yesterday on mine with a friend wo have more mechanic skills than me and all went well. I've just a little issue, I don't know if we did something wrong or if it's not related: I noticed that now, my parking brake doesn't seems to work well. Even if I push the little pedal the more I can, if I put my car on D, and then press a little bit the gas pedal, the car moves. But if I put my car in neutral in a climb and press my parking brake, it's still enough strong for hold the car. Same in D position if I just put the parking brake, then release the normal brake, the car won't move, but if I then press a little bit the gas pedal, it will move.

[@512TXSDIY]

Glad it worked out for you. Have you checked your brake cable integrity? Might just need to be tightened.

[@pablobarriosfilms]

Great video! I had a question. That tool that pushes the brake pads together. You didn’t really explain that part too well. I don’t know how to push my brake pads together. overall you good.Final job looks clean!

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you! They are brake pad or piston spread tool. You can get them from Harbor Freight, Amazon or eBay and they are inexpensive. You’ll need something like that to push the pistons back in so your new pads will fit.

[@annykong2214]

Can you change the rotos only if the brake pads still have 80% ? Great video.

[@512TXSDIY]

Hi Anny. Yes you could but if you’re changing new rotors, you really should change out to new brake pads as well so it wears evenly. Don’t forget to like the video and consider subscribing.

[@ucheogbonna3978]

Can you change brake pads only when the rotor still good...thanks and nice tutorial 👍

[@512TXSDIY]

Of course and yes. Just check your rotors. I normally change rotors out every other brake job depending on driving habits etc. Make sure to like and consider subscribing if you haven’t already.

[@ChuckMahon]

Well done - so, is it acceptable to just change the pads if rotors ok - what's your opinion?

[@512TXSDIY]

Yes it is. No need to speed the extra money if the rotors are in good shape.

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[@ahmadnickerson916]

Did you have to deal with the brake pad sensor I'm trying to figure that part out now

[@512TXSDIY]

I don’t recall on this one but that’s easy to change too! It’s about $15 to $20 on Amazon or eBay. My Porsche and German cars in general have a easy plug in. Check out my library for Porsche Cayenne brake job. Very similar. Don’t forget to like and subscribe if you haven’t already.

[@davidbellefeuille8154]

I just got brembo rotors and was going to install Akebono pads. How are the brembo pads?

[@512TXSDIY]

Brembo and Akebono are the only pads I use :-). Can’t go wrong with those choices. Please like the video and consider subscribing. :-)

[@muhammadarain9857]

Where should you place the jack and jack stands to jack it up

[@512TXSDIY]

There are slots on the bottom area of your car. You will need to get under there and check out the Jack points

[@g5farhad]

Lug nuts should be torqued at 110 ft per foot. 70 as you mentioned is too low and dangerous.

[@512TXSDIY]

Thank you for sharing.

[@kelseyrichardson2613]

So you don’t bleed the router? You can just put them on out of the box?

[@512TXSDIY]

What router?

[@512TXSDIY]

Oh I see. No, the rotors can be installed right out of the box. Just clean them with brake cleaner first. Please like and subscribe.

[@cliftonsargent1572]

Oh dam so Mercedes doesn’t have the normal lug nuts they have bolts? Lug nut bolts??

[@512TXSDIY]

That is correct. Most German cars do by the way. It’s equally easy to remove though so it should be a non issue. Don’t forget to like the video and consider subscribing to the channel.

[@cliftonsargent1572]

@@512TXSDIY awesome! I just got an order for my glk350 and was about to return them to I saw your video, I’ll have to see what other videos you got

[@512TXSDIY]

@@cliftonsargent1572 Nice. They are great cars. Check out my library for more GLK videos.