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 Posted: Aug 29, 2017 08:34AM
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Yeah I have a tube of hi temp brake grease in my kit. Use it every brake service. Good call!

cheers
adam

 Posted: Aug 29, 2017 06:54AM
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Okay, I'll keep that in mind. I ordered EBCs from here so hopefully they will be a good match. 

Interestingly the inside side pads were the in the worst shape. Down to 1/8" of material while the outsides looked like new. Is this common on these cars for some reason?

cheers
adam
If someone does a brake job without cleaning and lubricating the guide bolts or slide pins for the calipers, the calipers can 'stick' and not float properly causing one pad to wear faster than the other.  You can find hi-temp grease designed specifically for brake calipers at your local auto parts store.

We've had good results with EBC pads.

Ken

 Posted: Aug 28, 2017 11:48AM
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Okay, I'll keep that in mind. I ordered EBCs from here so hopefully they will be a good match. 

Interestingly the inside side pads were the in the worst shape. Down to 1/8" of material while the outsides looked like new. Is this common on these cars for some reason?

cheers
adam

 Posted: Aug 28, 2017 10:29AM
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Thanks much Ken. Great site you have here. Helped me a ton already. Picked up a T50 and got the rotors off easily. Ordered a set of pads from here, and they arrived today. Hard wired a sensor bypass, I hate sensors. I inspect my pads when I rotate the tyres. 

Taking the rotors to get skimmed tomorrow. 

Only doing the fronts now, but good to know about the rears for the future. Inspected them and they have lots of life on them and rotors are smoooooooth. 

i just wonder why the front rotors grooved up so bad after only 40k. What did the previous owner do to them to wrench them so bad. Took me 100k to get that kind of wear on my Magnum. 

Cheers
Adam
We have seen accelerated rotor wear when some customers use aftermarket pads with friction material that is not compatible with the rotors on the MINI.  'Some' of the low cost aftermarket brake pads use one-size-fits-all friction material that is too hard for the MINI which causes abnormal wear....

ken

 Posted: Aug 27, 2017 06:16PM
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Thanks much Ken. Great site you have here. Helped me a ton already. Picked up a T50 and got the rotors off easily. Ordered a set of pads from here, and they arrived today. Hard wired a sensor bypass, I hate sensors. I inspect my pads when I rotate the tyres. 

Taking the rotors to get skimmed tomorrow. 

Only doing the fronts now, but good to know about the rears for the future. Inspected them and they have lots of life on them and rotors are smoooooooth. 

i just wonder why the front rotors grooved up so bad after only 40k. What did the previous owner do to them to wrench them so bad. Took me 100k to get that kind of wear on my Magnum. 

Cheers
Adam

 Posted: Aug 22, 2017 02:19PM
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Hi folks

New Mini owner, well at least my wife is. Which means I get to learn how to wrench on a new car. And buy all new metric tools (I'm in the US). 

So im doing a brake service and I need to get the rotors turned/skimmed/trued (whichever term is correct in your part of the world). I see a large torx bolt holding the rotor on, is this the only fastener I need to remove? Surely not the large nut in the middle which looks like the hub bearing?

i have a T45 wrench but this feels too small for the torx bolt, there's a fair bit of slop when I try to turn it. Can anyone tell me what size wrench I need for this. I need to order online and don't want to guess. 

Any particular problems removing rotors i should should be aware of? Is this bolt particularly tricky to loosen? I've done my rotors on my Magnum a few times and the process couldn't be easier, but this is all new to me

thanks in advance for any help
Adam
Hey Adam, welcome to the MINI world!

Yes, the single rotor set screw is what holds the rotor onto the hub.  That set screw is a Torx T-50.

Something you may not be used to - when compressing the rear caliper to make room for the new rear pads, the caliper piston needs to be 'rotated' as you compress - you will need a special tool for this - something like this.  

The brake wear sensors (front left and rear right) get very brittle from the heat cycles - best to have replacements on hand in case you break one or both.

Otherwise, it is fairly straight forward.

Ken

 Posted: Aug 22, 2017 12:09PM
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Hi folks

New Mini owner, well at least my wife is. Which means I get to learn how to wrench on a new car. And buy all new metric tools (I'm in the US). 

So im doing a brake service and I need to get the rotors turned/skimmed/trued (whichever term is correct in your part of the world). I see a large torx bolt holding the rotor on, is this the only fastener I need to remove? Surely not the large nut in the middle which looks like the hub bearing?

i have a T45 wrench but this feels too small for the torx bolt, there's a fair bit of slop when I try to turn it. Can anyone tell me what size wrench I need for this. I need to order online and don't want to guess. 

Any particular problems removing rotors i should should be aware of? Is this bolt particularly tricky to loosen? I've done my rotors on my Magnum a few times and the process couldn't be easier, but this is all new to me

thanks in advance for any help
Adam