2017~2025: Original CX-5 Brakes are lasting a LONG time…

So, no removal of the calipers off the slider pins? Or, yes removal, prior to cleaning/lubing?
On my Turbo car with the larger front brakes, the bolts for the calipers are the slider pins. Discovered that when I did my pad swap. I'm not sure if that's also true of the single piston caliper. But in any case, you need to take them apart.
 
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On my Turbo car with the larger front brakes, the bolts for the calipers are the slider pins. Discovered that when I did my pad swap. I'm not sure if that's also true of the single piston caliper. But in any case, you need to take them apart.

Thank you.

Figured that. Which is why I ask the shop to always lube the pins. (Well, hang the calipers off to the side, really, while the pins are quickly scrubbed and lubed.) Age/injuries preclude my twisting around underneath the car anymore, sadly.
 
While the tires are off for a rotation, you can remove one caliper pin at a time, for clean and lube, leaving the caliper in place. No need to get under the car. You can just sit in front of the brake and reach everything. Torque specs are low in the 20-ish ft lb range so not a big strain.
 
While the tires are off for a rotation, you can remove one caliper pin at a time, for clean and lube, leaving the caliper in place. No need to get under the car. You can just sit in front of the brake and reach everything. Torque specs are low in the 20-ish ft lb range so not a big strain.
So this may be the case for the standard brakes. But because the slider pins are the bolts holding the 2-piston CX-9/5 brake calipers on, there's no avoiding getting them loose. But I haven't tried removing them without removing the bracket.
 
While the tires are off for a rotation, you can remove one caliper pin at a time, for clean and lube, leaving the caliper in place. No need to get under the car.

So I can have the shop do this "pin removal one at a time" thing, when the brake job's done. If that applies to the 2016.5, great.

I suspect my current shop has simply been blowing-off the slider pin clean/lube, but I'll make it clear to my next shop what I specifically require to get done. They seem aware of the need, and open to it. All the better, if it's a painfully simple thing to accomplish.
 
So I can have the shop do this "pin removal one at a time" thing, when the brake job's done. If that applies to the 2016.5, great.

I suspect my current shop has simply been blowing-off the slider pin clean/lube, but I'll make it clear to my next shop what I specifically require to get done. They seem aware of the need, and open to it. All the better, if it's a painfully simple thing to accomplish.
Clean/lube of caliper pins is standard procedure for brake jobs, any decent shop/mechanic knows this. Clean/lube of caliper pins during tire rotation is not standard procedure, but something you would need to ask and pay for.
 
The dealer wanted over $400 to grease the caliper pins on a 12 month old Mazda! It took me 10 minutes at best to do.
What a colossal rip off. These yearly brake servicing jobs are right up there with the $200 cabin filter.
I'm betting half the time when your car goes into the shop, they don't even bother actually doing the pins. Blow some dust of with an air hose and voila, $400.
I did my brakes last year before selling my 2017 Mazda 6, and I even ordered new pins ahead of time, just to be safe. Turns out I didn't need them. All the pins on all 4 calipers were still clean and like new. There was zero dirt or rust on them and they still had lube on them. They were just fine.
 
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