HyFlyer
2019 CX5 sig 2.2 diesel / 2016.5 CX5 touring 2.5na
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- Southwest Ohio
Replaced the rear brake pads and rotors on our 2016.5 touring. 92,500 miles on the original brakes and the rear still had LEFT 4mm/4mm (outer/inner) and RIGHT 3mm/4mm thickness remaining. Probably could have gone another 20k miles but it's developed a slight pulsation while braking that is beginning to get annoying so wanted to get some new rotors on. I like Raybestos brand components ...Element3 Coated Rotors 981008FZN and Pads EHT1846H
The job itself was pretty straight forward and easy. I followed the procedure for placing the rear EPB in "maintenance mode" and just used my thumbs to push the piston in by hand to fit the new pads. The two caliper bolts are 14mm as well as the two bracket bolts (need to remove those to replace the rotor.) Caliper slide pins were still free moving and boots in good shape.
I was a little worried how hard it would be to pop the rotors off (untouched since new) but they came right off by running a bolt in the little threaded "pilot hole" (Idunno what you call it). I don't know what size bolt it is but it's got to be pretty common because I had a lot of that size in my "spare bolt jar".
Key points:
Make sure you get the EPB in "Maintenance Mode"
Knock off any corrosion in the channels for the pad clips so the new ones fit in properly.
Don't turn the piston any and just push it straight in by hand, just enough to fit over new pads.
I knock the rust off with a wire brush/sand paper and slather a little anti-seeze compound where the rotor contacts the hub to make removal easy next time.
If your thinking about doing your brakes yourself I think these were pretty easy to do. You could literally do it with one 14mm crescent wrench, a hammer, and piece of sand paper. No reason to pay a shop a bunch of money to do this.
The job itself was pretty straight forward and easy. I followed the procedure for placing the rear EPB in "maintenance mode" and just used my thumbs to push the piston in by hand to fit the new pads. The two caliper bolts are 14mm as well as the two bracket bolts (need to remove those to replace the rotor.) Caliper slide pins were still free moving and boots in good shape.
I was a little worried how hard it would be to pop the rotors off (untouched since new) but they came right off by running a bolt in the little threaded "pilot hole" (Idunno what you call it). I don't know what size bolt it is but it's got to be pretty common because I had a lot of that size in my "spare bolt jar".
Key points:
Make sure you get the EPB in "Maintenance Mode"
Knock off any corrosion in the channels for the pad clips so the new ones fit in properly.
Don't turn the piston any and just push it straight in by hand, just enough to fit over new pads.
I knock the rust off with a wire brush/sand paper and slather a little anti-seeze compound where the rotor contacts the hub to make removal easy next time.
If your thinking about doing your brakes yourself I think these were pretty easy to do. You could literally do it with one 14mm crescent wrench, a hammer, and piece of sand paper. No reason to pay a shop a bunch of money to do this.
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