Thank you for your thoughtful instruction! I’ve often done oil changes, transmission fluid changes and pan work and various other basic maintenance things on my vehicles but was always afraid to attempt brake work. At 55 this was my first time on my wife’s RAV4 XLE AWD and it worked out great! Thank you from Hartland, New Brunswick, 🇨🇦
Thank you, followed this tutorial and another DIY to do the job myself. I went from not knowing how to do anything to changing oils, filters, tires, brakes and fluids simply because mechanics started charging 110 an hour and are booked for weeks at a time.
Very nice job on the video. Clear well narrated and no annoying music. getting ready to do my daughters brakes and this video was very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to post.
He was never supposed to be hitting the rotor with a metal hammer in the first place. It could cause scratches, dents, and other marks that’ll affect braking performance. When tapping the rotor you should be using something with plastic or as James did put something to soften the blow
Very well done video and walk through. Easy to understand explained each step Simply. Thank you sir, I will be doing this very job later this morning. I always like to reconfirm what I will be doing and this video of yours is perfect. Cheers ! Les ( Canada's Westcoast Victoria BC)
Where exactly did you place your floor jack to lift the whole rear end up. I do not have the RAV4 but my daughter-in-law does and she was told she needs rear pads and I like that you could jack up both wheels at once versus doing to jacks underneath both sides where you use the car jack
I just put it on the rear jack point. Here's a diagram I found online that I believe shows the place where I put the jack. I am not sure if this is the same year, but it should be similar. www.trav4.net/positioning_a_floor_jack-220.html Thanks for watching! -Dan the Fix it Man
Bah! You glossed over the one thing I was hoping to understand. WHY do these come with 2 sets of hardware??? I changed the brakes on my wife's rav4 before watching this, and I didn't notice the sets were different, I thought they included spares. It took a week for the issue (horrible grinding noise) to appear and by then the other set of hardware was long gone. Both sets fit on the bracket. I ended up buying a new set of pads from a different company, and once again, 2 sets of hardware....NO instructions or anything about why. The ONLY difference I could see was a small bump on the back of one set. I wasnt even sure which set to use with the new ones. I think I took a guess and used the ones with no bump and it solved the issue but left me so curious as to what the heck is going on.
Some Rav 4’s are imported fully assembled from Japan while others were built in Canada. They have different brake systems, very minor differences. That is likely the reason for the two sets of clips. Look on your drivers door tag to see where it reads where it was made.
If you just replace pads or pads and rotors, then technically no. The changing of brake pads is unrelated to bleeding brakes. In that operation, you simply retract the pads/caliper piston and the fluid gets pushed back towards the master cylinder. As long as the hydraulic system isn’t opened, then no bleeding is required.
Oh, but I don't want to sound like I'm not very grateful for the video, it is not your fault and in fact the video is excellent, my frustration is totally targeted at Toyota and the companies that don't include important information with their products.
Not to be mean but It’s common knowledge amongst mechanics to replace the old parts with the most similar new pieces. The manufacturers simply do not want DIY people doing repairs. Really they want everything serviced at the dealership for $130 an hour!
I get it, and lesson learned for sure. It was only very close inspection after the fact that I saw any difference in the clips, and I bought 2 different sets of pads from 2 different manufacturers, and nether had a note saying 'hey, you might want to pay attention - these clips aren't just extras'. Both fit perfectly on the caliper - just crazy. I won't ever make that mistake again.
@@arsbadmojo - many years ago before the Internet I had one of those “Hanes Manuals to do the brakes on my truck. The most useful instructions were like: “remove brake assembly” etc. Like ya, I’m trying but maybe with a little info and I could. What an absolute waste of money those books were! I learn far more from my mistakes than any success! I hate doing mechanical work but right now I’m forced to financially.
