Brakes reprogrammed by mini after brake job?
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Brakes reprogrammed by mini after brake job?
Hi, I want to be able to do the front brakes myself, on my troublesome 2012 mini copper countryman s awd, and they have been done once already by a dealership where we purchased the car, just not a mini dealership, now after only driving it 22,000 miles the front needs to be done again, and the Mini dealership states that because someone else did it, that they wore down faster due to the fact they probably didn't have the ability to reprogram the brakes, and sensors which caused the brakes to wear faster then usual! But since we have emptied our savings (or so it feels like) on several repairs for this car recently I don't want to put more money into now a overpriced brake job @ mini if I don't have too! Any truth to that? And recommended cost effective brakes/rotors? Never done a mini brake job, but plenty of American cars! Advice also? Thanks
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total bs
MINI brakes are pretty straight forward ... nothing special besides the sensor which is easy to replace
I've been doing my own since 2004 ... and have done for plenty of other MINI owners as well.
MINI pads are very soft (and dirty) .. 22,000 to go thru a set is early but not unheard of. 30,000 is common. NOTHING like the 100,000 I get to a set of pads in the Miata.
MINI brakes are pretty straight forward ... nothing special besides the sensor which is easy to replace
I've been doing my own since 2004 ... and have done for plenty of other MINI owners as well.
MINI pads are very soft (and dirty) .. 22,000 to go thru a set is early but not unheard of. 30,000 is common. NOTHING like the 100,000 I get to a set of pads in the Miata.
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As Capt-bj said, MINI brakes have no programming that needs to be done, when doing a brake job. The sensor he mentioned is just a wear indicator that needs to be replaced when it wears through with the brake pad. My MINI has a sensor on the left front inboard brake pad and one on the right rear inboard brake pad.
You will need a brake piston compressor that twists the piston as it retracts it. I got one at Harbor Freight.
https://www.harborfreight.com/disc-b...-pc-63264.html
You will need a brake piston compressor that twists the piston as it retracts it. I got one at Harbor Freight.
https://www.harborfreight.com/disc-b...-pc-63264.html
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Ah, Pigs Butt as I will get slapped by the wizards if I say as_.
If you change calipers and the pistons on them are allot bigger AND you have eLSD, there could be some issues. Be sure your caliper glides are properly cleaned and lubricated. If you have SS clips on the calipers, my JCWs are R56s and they do, either change them out or wire brush all the gunk from them as they are also a glide area.
If you change calipers and the pistons on them are allot bigger AND you have eLSD, there could be some issues. Be sure your caliper glides are properly cleaned and lubricated. If you have SS clips on the calipers, my JCWs are R56s and they do, either change them out or wire brush all the gunk from them as they are also a glide area.
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Algorithms to measure brake wear were showing that CM brakes needed to be replaced early. You need to physically measure pad thickness to confirm wear. Our second set of pads and rotors are lasting a lot longer than OEM. Akebono ceramic pads and Centric rotors.
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Thanks for all the help, hope to do the job in the next couple weeks when all the parts come in! I appreciate all the advice, will have to post when finish!
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