Entertaining and informative. I also have the hatchback model and your information will be useful. Most self-help videos are dull unlike yours. Thank you,
WOW!! This helped me so much, thanks for taking the time to post this for the rest of us mechanically challenged people! And my Mazda had a lot of break pad left after 5 years but still changed as well!
@@NoClocks.NoCalendars It went really well! After seeing how she had rode her front breaks I decided to do the rear breaks as well, and sure enough she had worn the pad clean off to the metal and was grinding on the rotor. I had to replace that too! I actually used a small flat prybar to get the Allen bolt out! Again, thanks for the tips!
Good job, Eddie. On some cars you can remove the bottom caliper pin and pivot the caliper up off of the rotor. I wonder if I'll be able to do that with the '13 Mazda 3 I just bought for my daughter.
i agree 100% on people braking too much, i think its because a lot of, not all, people never learned how to drive a manual transmission and hence don't drive properly. not to say someone couldn't learn to drive properly on an auto, i just notice people who know how to drive a manual seem to drive smoother whether behind the wheel of an auto or manual.
Just replaced front and rear brakes on my 2013 M3 with 95000 miles at the insistance from my mechanic friend who was amazed to find that I probably had another 20,000 miles left. I pre-bought the parts and decided to be proactive and change them all out. Am searching to figure out why the rear brake package had an extra wire bracket. Looking for that info.
Thanks for your question. On most cars, the front pads wear out much sooner that the rear pads. However, the Mazda has a braking system the applies pressure the both the front and rear brakes more equally. This causes all the pads to wear out at the same time, so yes, I would recommend changing all 4 pads.
