Backyard Brake Restoration - BMW E28 

Thank you for the comments saying I need to put copper grease on the pads. I totally forgot! And yes, I cleaned the rotors before mounting them :)

The girlfriend and the brake pedal is always the most important part of brake work!

Caption if your brakes didn’t work while driving into your house Kitchen: “Hi mom!”

Memphis on Tinder in preparation for this video "Just looking for a lady friend to brush all the hard to reach areas. hmu" 😏😏😏

You’re lucky your girlfriend helps you, mines not interested haha. She only likes the transformation haha

you forgot to lube the pistons and seals just remember to do that next time otherwise a really nice restoration

Quick tips for those who want to do the same: if you have Abs, try to not empty the system, if you don't have an eezybleed or something to pressurize the system. It sometimes can be a pain if the abs module gets air. Otherwise when bleeding with the pedal, try to not go all the way down with the pedal. Crap in the master cylinder could damage the seals. And for the rear disc brakes with the baby drums for handbrake. Don't forget to release the tension at the cables on the lever itself before adjusting the shoes. I adjust mines until they rub just a little bit, and then I tighten the 2 nuts inside. Degrease new rotors, copper grease on the sliding contact points but don't put the entire tube on. Just a tiny bit is enough. Cheers

you mounted front tires wrong... edit: always clean brake discs with brake cleaner before mounting them

you gave me the strength to start my projekt again after the winter.

Awesome video as always 👍 Probably should have mentioned the importance of fully flushing the whole brake system because of the dirty and super old fluid in the reservoir and lines themselves, Not just checking for air bubbles, but also the color of the brake fluid until you can see the new fluid coming out at the bleed line. Hope You did that. Giving the brakes the best chance not to boil them if You ever take this thing to Nürburgring 😃

I’m also afraid about doing brakes... nice job!! Mmm maybe you can respray the door during this lockdown! See you!

18:56 starts engine. Captions: Music :D Very nice job otherwise, looking to see more content about E28 :)

hey man! always remember to clean the disks before installing, they have a slight bit of oil(prevents rust)that may be bad for the brake pads

Nice work my friend ! After the lockdown, we should take the golf's out for a spin. Keep up the good work !!

my friend, i would like to congratulate you on your work and creating content on youtube, i'm already your fan and i really like your channel, the way you do things is very similar to the way I do things on a daily basis, besides that i train my english a lot watching your videos, i'm brazilian, i leave here my regards signed Matheus is my name

Geweldig mooie restauratie Memphis! Ik kwam op jouw kanaal door je Golf en heb al je afleveringen met plezier bekeken. Ik heb op mijn Golf 1 GTI van 1983 vorige maand ook de remmen gedaan. Zie shorturl.at/moqvW Alleen heb ik nieuwe remklauwen gekocht. Ik hoop dat de lockdown hier in Nederland snel over zal zijn zodat ik eindelijk met haar kan gaan cruisen. Misschien kom ik je eens tegen op een Golf-bijeenkomst. Blijf doorgaan met deze mooie video's!

Listen, you have to use bit special grease or DOT brake fluid for assembling pistons. Everytime

Could have used rust kill befor paint to make sure rust is 100% gone and give paint some thing to bite to Also use red rubber grease on the piston rebuilds ring as its brake fluid friendly as i notice you assy them dry ? Never use d 40 it drys out rubber

i feel your pain working on rusty cars. just rebuilt my whole rear subframe and almost every bolt stripped or almost didn‘t exist anymore..

Pressing the pistons in without special red grease??? HMMM big mystake

Very nice work! You have inspired me to do my e28 brakes. They look about the same as yours did before.

Always use ceramic or copper paste when you mount the brake pads. Apply it on the glide path after you cleaned these with a file. Otherwise your brakepads will rust and get stucked quickly. Dont assemble the brake cylinder dry, wetten the brake cylinder and the sealing with some brake fluid so you wont damage the sealing.

and anti-seize on the hold down screw which is LIGHTLY tightened

Love the vids man, stay safe.

8:39 - man, wear protecting glasses while using those steell brushes. Having those needles in your eye is't the best thing. My friend lost an eye because of such thing.

Next time use ATE Plastilube, to slide your pistons in

This is honestly top-teir automotive RU-vid content, I enjoy watching your videos so much more than all the big channels like Hoonigan or Boosted Boys. I appreciate the level of work that goes into each video you do, the passion, and the degree of quality that you have to ensure everything is done right. The amount of work that goes into capturing it all on film professionally and cleanly is extensive and I appreciate that from such a small channel like yours. Keep it up Memphis. This is truly underappreciated work.

How much did all of that combined costs? And how much was the clipad rebuild per caliper (all in all) other than that, great video. The only channel about restoration which I watch regularly

this is what i need during this self quarantine :) sadly i finished all ur vids already :(

How could you save this car for a such long time? In Belarus they all are rusty like your calipers in the begging of the video. Good job!

I wish I had your tool shed! Car is looking great!

Doing this with no labour: 1 disassemble just like you did. 2. Put parts in vinegar for 2days (35%) or longer if less concentrated. 3. Deacid in water sodamix to neutralise acid. 4. Paint and assemble. Vinegar is the shit, man Edit: only use plastic containers

19:45 hmmm something is not right, ahh l know! You need one W124 ♥ :D

Sorry for the grief before, but you inspired me bro

Memphis great job! But I have some tips for you. 1. Regrease the pins that caliper is moving on it. They need to move in rubber boot freely. 2. I'm not sure that you can take together piston and brake caliper without any lubrication. Should be assembled with e.g. brake oil as minimum. This two tips prevent from bending the disc, which usually is caused by stuck calipers or cylinders in brake. I've got many problems with brakes in my e39 so please not ask me how I learned this tricks :D

How can i bleed the brakes if i don't have a girlfriend? :D Your videos are awesome btw.

Haha, got my 528i for aprox 3 weeks now, and my girlfriends helps me a lot too :D

Looks so freaking AWESOME! Makes me inspired to work on my project, just need to get the cash going... ahh good old projects! Keep it up, love the work!!!

i was thinking about doing this and bought the paint, now i gotta get my butt in gear and get er done!!

Nice restoration man, but ALWAYS remeber to NOT wear gloves when using a wirewheel on the grinder, if the glove gets stuck on the wheel you could easily lose your fingers, stay safe !!

Great job! In my opinion you should covered the piston with brake fluid before to introduce into the caliper.

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When I did the big brake upgrade on my E28 the set of used calipers I bought looked rusty just like the ones in the video. Rather than grinding and scrubbing off all the rust I put them in a couple gallons of vinegar for a couple days. Incredibly, they came out looking nearly brand new.

When you are looking for an upgrade you can grab 840/850 front brakes and E28 M5 rears, thats what I did on my E24. www.flickr.com/photos/looneys_on_the_lawn/albums/72157632968168201

Another great video with very detailed explanations . You should get one of these tools to bleed the brakes , you can bleed the brakes without needing help. I leave here the video of the tool : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rkk-tltC8O8.html

Another video that you knocked out of the park, Memphis. Well done. While you were doing the brakes would have been a good time to repack the wheel bearings, assuming they can be lubricated. Lucky you to have single piston floating calipers. Greta, like my Arthur, has 4 piston front calipers, 2 on each of the sides of the split system. I have heard the Volvo front brakes are either Gerling or Brembo. Some people say the one, some say the other. The last time my brakes were done it took 16 litres of brake fluid to flush the system.

I think your calibers are rusty after one winter. You should sandblast them or at least use some acid to get all the rust out. You don’t need 400 grit sandpaper, 120 would be fine enough, easier to get them cleaned. 2K caliber paint would be better idea too, apply with brush. And you a lot of brake caliber grease while installation of the pistons and pins. It would prevent corrosion/stucking. Anyways, it was nice to watch. Good filming.

Honestly keep up these videos man, just so relaxing watching them, perfect time as well due to the lock down gives us all something to watch and maybe do ourselves!

Your films are great, thanks to how you show everything how to do, we can try to make ourselves and not give to the workshop, very helpful films :) Congratulations Bmw and vw golf, both beautiful cars :) Greetings from Poland

cool project, respect from Russia. I recently pumped the brakes on my car)) Also because of covid-19 sitting at home

If you spray the old break discs black, Orthodox Jews will buy them as hats. I know this because I've seen thousand's wearing them.

Next time you can apply some pad glue on the backs of the pads, helps cut out squealing. Also, dont forget to bed in the pads before you drive it much further. Methods vary on this but most involve a empty road etc. Nice job.

Awesome job! I hope you cleaned both sides of the rotors before assembly. That is typically required as they often apply a layer of oil during manufacturing to prevent rust.

You're so lucky. My rotors on my 84' 633i were completely rust welded. Lots of penetrating oil and a hammer, plus a lot of swearing. :)

you did a very good job restauring your callipers.a just want to give you an advice as i am an experienced mechanic.when taking off the callipers you firs slide the sliders and remove the caliper.the calliper mount will remain on the car and so are the brake pads.when installing you do it backwards.thanks.

Wow this channel is brilliant dude! You are just like me and I’m really inspired man, I am currently saving a Nissan S13 200sx

hallo memphis, hier een mede student uit Nederland ik heb al jou viedo`s gekeken en heb zelf ook een paar leuke projecten. Toch wou ik je een tip geven voor de volgende keer, ik adviseer je om de seals etc in te smeren met het meegeleverde vet. Dit maakt montage veel makkelijker en verklein je de kans om de rubber ring in de remklauw te beschadigen tijdens het monteren. voor meer tips of vragen kun je mij wel berichten. met vriendelijke groet, Stan Student Technisch Specialist Personenwagen`s (niveau 4)

You are very smart not using googles whenever you use a fucking grinder and a metal brush, so I'm sure you can supply the best advices on this job...

Great job! one question, where did you purchase the rebuild kit for the brake calippers? Thank you in advance!

Ik kom er net achter dat de remzuiger een kleine inkeping op de achterkant van de zuiger heeft. Wat is hier de functie van, en moet je daar rekening mee houden op de manier hoe je hem monteert? Dus inkeping na boven, rechts, links, beneden? Hoop dat jij dat weet.

Looks nice! While your at it... why is it that the Bavarian has only one windscreen wiper? 😂 Must have been an extra option in those days... 🇩🇪

Hey man! Seems like some of your tires are in the wrong direction. Please check them out. PS. I like your videos, keep it up! Cheers

The restoration of the E28 is finished ? Nooooo :((. I would like to see more content with E28 and I also want to congratulate you for doing this restoration job !

I love ur Videos Please make more of them i wanna see the E28 Driving 1:41 6 series nice

Такая женищина, это находка ) Поршень руками вставляется и легко скользит по смазке, пециальной смазке для супортов. Переделай! Похоже на сухую собрал, и этот не есть хорошо.

What brake pads did you use? Im in the middle of doing the same process on my e28 and the ones i got from fcp are too thick

Можно было и ступичный подшибник сразу поменять, на новый и был бы идеал. Так я не понял зачем всё красить? А новое нельзя купить и поставить?

Good! But why you don't use rust remover + zinc spray? It's very useful.

Молодец, только у меня такое ощущение что ты это делал не один день =) У нас в Украине делается максимум один день и ты поехал =) Лайк для молодых ребят !!!!

Great work dude and very professional. Almost no mistake

There is a half lemon in my mouth, how can it be having a girlfriend helps you a lot??

Geweldig!! Maar als je Engels praat, klink je af en toe echt als een Rus :-p

13:53 see the instructions. Most likely they do not need to be lubricated. They then work incorrectly.

Aren't the slide pins a torx 18? how did you use an allen key to get them out?

heartbreaking to see.... no sand blasting.... no 2k primer,.... 0/10

What's the product name of your primer? Is it heat resistant like the paint and the clear coat?

What rebuild kit did you use for this? Im trying to do the same thing for my e28

This video was so satisfying to watch, a brilliant way to spend lockdown 👌

There is no any lube apllied on this type of guide pins. There is only dry friction.

Great job, like every time :D Cheers from Poland

Did you clean brake rotors? Because brake rotors should be cleaned because they are oiled

How did you clean the inside of the brake fluid resovoir?

These brakes look the exact same as my e36 brakes, wonder if they are interchangable

suspension has super rust on it . alot of work but you will be happy when it is all nise and clean

Did anyone else think the thumbnail was from a videogame?

Pretty nice work kiddo... reminds me when I was your age!

perfect and clean job 👌

The front left Tyre is mounted wrong or didn't I see it right?

Nothing beats an old bmw E28!!!😃🙏🙌

Als je een stukje buis tussen het rempedaal en de stoel zet loopt het reservoir niet leeg.

Nope nope nope, this work is very bad and not safe. Just buy new ones

Brzdové pístky se musí namazat speciální vazelínou před montáží do brzdových třmenů. Pak se nediv že musíš používat truhlářskou svěrku aby jsi zasunul zpět.🤣

8:40 ''Ladyfriend''', creatieve woordkeuze...

Anti-seize on the hub helps with a future rotor removal.

Great video as usual, gosh that was a lot of work but definitely worth it. Please do more, I'm loving your vids :-)

i am a simple guy . i see a fellow belgian , i click the sub button .

Aller les cousins belge vender la moi elle aura une seconde vie je vais en faire une 528 e60 v10 M5 twin turbo

Those wheels look amazing, they’re not original are they?

wouldnt have it been easyer to buy new ones? Or are they rare to find?

Never use MOTIP, these are the worst paints on the market