Good video but please use an axle stand. I had one of those scissor jacks thread fail and the car drop back down. Fortunately the car was just off the ground with the wheel on.
Thanks for the video. The brakes on my 2018 S-Max were slightly different. It has electric parking brake. I used Forscan to put the brakes into service mode (choc wheels first!). This retracts the piston but I still needed to push it back a bit further with a G-Clamp (no big force required). Otherwise I needed a 7mm hex for the pins and 15mm socket for the bracket bolts. The outer pads (Pagid) came with a 3M adhesive pad attached. Needed to clean the bracket and remove the backing tape before fitting. I used silicon grease from an Amazon seller on the slide pins.
Hi ! I have the same car model with electric parking brake. I removed the clips/springs that goes before the pads. I didn’t notice there were slightly different. One has 3 languets on each side and the other has 4 of these. I cant figure out which one goes up and which one goes down. Colis you help me ? Thanks 😊
@@tycas5699 Are yours dual piston brakes? I think mine were only single pot. I can't remember if there was an arrow on the pads (indicating the direction of rotation) or if they could be fitted either side.
@@ColinWatters Hi ColinWatters, Thank you for the answer. Mine are single piston. I’m not worried about the pads. I think you are right and they can be mounted on both sides. I’m worried about the thin metallic plate that goes between the « legs » of the pads and the brake caliper. There is such plates only on the rear brakes and you can see them in profile. They are shaped a bit like a wide « U ». Can you locate them ?
@@tycas5699 @Ty Cas Do you mean the shiny clips/springs/shims he fits at about 07:47 ? I'm afraid I didn't have those on my car. Mine have a wire spring similar to those on the front wheels. Mine is a diesel which might make a difference.
@@tycas5699 There is a closer view of the shims in this vid. Not sure if you can see enough to work out the orientation though ua-cam.com/video/A56PLBbwLDk/v-deo.html
Hi. I was going to change my discs but unlike your hex bolt heads, it turns out that the bolts holding the pad retainer bracket are Torx (T50 I think). There is no access to get a ratchet on the Torx, so I used 2 extension bars to get a ratchet attached behind the turret spring. But no, the "Halfords Professional" Torx bit twisted (I was giving it both arms on a long bar) and the f*ker hadn't budged. So in the end I just changed the pads. What sort of plonker designed this to use a Torx FFS? The discs are ok, so I was only changing them as I had also changed the front discs and had bought a full set. Rant over.
Good video but please use an axle stand. I had one of those scissor jacks thread fail and the car drop back down. Fortunately the car was just off the ground with the wheel on.
Thanks for the video. The brakes on my 2018 S-Max were slightly different. It has electric parking brake. I used Forscan to put the brakes into service mode (choc wheels first!). This retracts the piston but I still needed to push it back a bit further with a G-Clamp (no big force required). Otherwise I needed a 7mm hex for the pins and 15mm socket for the bracket bolts. The outer pads (Pagid) came with a 3M adhesive pad attached. Needed to clean the bracket and remove the backing tape before fitting. I used silicon grease from an Amazon seller on the slide pins.
Hi ! I have the same car model with electric parking brake. I removed the clips/springs that goes before the pads. I didn’t notice there were slightly different. One has 3 languets on each side and the other has 4 of these. I cant figure out which one goes up and which one goes down. Colis you help me ? Thanks 😊
@@tycas5699 Are yours dual piston brakes? I think mine were only single pot. I can't remember if there was an arrow on the pads (indicating the direction of rotation) or if they could be fitted either side.
@@ColinWatters Hi ColinWatters, Thank you for the answer. Mine are single piston. I’m not worried about the pads. I think you are right and they can be mounted on both sides. I’m worried about the thin metallic plate that goes between the « legs » of the pads and the brake caliper. There is such plates only on the rear brakes and you can see them in profile. They are shaped a bit like a wide « U ». Can you locate them ?
@@tycas5699 @Ty Cas Do you mean the shiny clips/springs/shims he fits at about 07:47 ? I'm afraid I didn't have those on my car. Mine have a wire spring similar to those on the front wheels. Mine is a diesel which might make a difference.
@@tycas5699 There is a closer view of the shims in this vid. Not sure if you can see enough to work out the orientation though ua-cam.com/video/A56PLBbwLDk/v-deo.html
Hi. I was going to change my discs but unlike your hex bolt heads, it turns out that the bolts holding the pad retainer bracket are Torx (T50 I think). There is no access to get a ratchet on the Torx, so I used 2 extension bars to get a ratchet attached behind the turret spring. But no, the "Halfords Professional" Torx bit twisted (I was giving it both arms on a long bar) and the f*ker hadn't budged. So in the end I just changed the pads. What sort of plonker designed this to use a Torx FFS? The discs are ok, so I was only changing them as I had also changed the front discs and had bought a full set.
Rant over.
What grease/ solution are you rubbing on? Also what is the white stuff using? Great video
What happened to disc retaining screw/bolt ?
Is that a Ford smax ?
What's the name of the white stuff?