Change Disc Rotors

[Knighthunter]

@Gnahp the rear brake pads got sensor on your car?

so far my experience owning W245, W204 and W213 all brake pads wear sensor only 1 at driver side. So usually once sensor sending brake wear limit all 4 sets of pads need to be replaced. 

[Gnahp]

On 12/16/2024 at 5:36 AM, Knighthunter said:

@Gnahp the rear brake pads got sensor on your car?

so far my experience owning W245, W204 and W213 all brake pads wear sensor only 1 at driver side. So usually once sensor sending brake wear limit all 4 sets of pads need to be replaced. 

yes, rear brakes have pad wear sensor similar to the front

 

[Yeobh]

@Knighthunter  Very logical ,as far as preventive maintenance is concern . As for the owner , he or she will save time and labour charges in one go. Off course many car owners love to do replacement on piecemeal basis hopefully to use the parts to the max live and spread out the higher repair bill.

[boonhat_91]

Hi all, what's a reasonable cost to replace all 4 rotors and pads + replace new brake fluid? Bring my own parts and fluid.

[Gnahp]

when I went through the list of tools for the brake job

I realised my loctite are chao sng (expired) since a long time ago

the oldest bottle can be dated back to 2005

went to my usual loctite shop along Jalan Besar, only to find out it is a KTV now

went to two shops, no one sells 10ml bottle

bo bian bought the 50ml bottle

[inlinesix]

On 1/2/2025 at 9:40 PM, Gnahp said:

when I went through the list of tools for the brake job

I realised my loctite are chao sng (expired) since a long time ago

the oldest bottle can be dated back to 2005

went to my usual loctite shop along Jalan Besar, only to find out it is a KTV now

went to two shops, no one sells 10ml bottle

bo bian bought the 50ml bottle

Shopee $11

[Gnahp]

On 1/2/2025 at 10:06 PM, inlinesix said:

Shopee $11

bo bian, last minute purchase

otherwise I will order it via shopee 

[Gnahp]

some brake rotor has directional cooling vanes

they came in RIGHT & LEFT rotor in the set

got to pay attention not to install them on the wrong side

the one on my wife's car are unidirectional, meaning the cooling vanes in the ventilated rotor are straight, so no issue

 

[Eyke]

On 1/2/2025 at 11:00 AM, boonhat_91 said:

Hi all, what's a reasonable cost to replace all 4 rotors and pads + replace new brake fluid? Bring my own parts and fluid.

got quotes $200-300 labour for just change all rotors & pads

[Gnahp]

On 1/4/2025 at 2:18 PM, Eyke said:

got quotes $200-300 labour for just change all rotors & pads

thanks, I'll show this to my wife 😁

[Mkl22]

On 1/4/2025 at 7:51 PM, Gnahp said:

thanks, I'll show this to my wife 😁

What you want her to do? At most she say good job. Go pay yourself. 

[Eyke]

On 1/4/2025 at 2:18 PM, Eyke said:

got quotes $200-300 labour for just change all rotors & pads

found one $160, took ~2.5hrs

Edited January 10, 2025 by Eyke

[Gnahp]

my wife says the brake pads look very cute

like badtz-maru

[Gnahp]

I just found out the caliper is monoblock

 

[mersaylee]

On 1/11/2025 at 11:24 AM, Gnahp said:

I just found out the caliper is monoblock

 

😁

[Gnahp]

On 1/11/2025 at 12:14 PM, mersaylee said:

😁

no wonder I find the shape very familiar

I thought I had seen it somewhere before 😁

[Gnahp]

I continue to drive for a month/2500km after the "brake pad change" message appeared 

I think this is pretty much how far you can stretch it, before risking metal to metal contact

 

[Gnahp]

old rotors out without much drama

unlike the W204, that car required some serious persuasion of a big heavy hammer

will take some measurements for record before I throw them away