MINI Cooper - Rear Brake Pads And Wear Sensor Replacement 

OMG YOU BLEW MY ENTIRE FREAKING MIND RIGHT NOW. I just had my brakes changed and the mechanic was telling me, you can't do it yourself cuz you don't have this tool to move the circle thing you just turned with needle nose pliers!! I have a whole bunch of needle nose pliers. Thank you so much for this video!!! I don't even want to get into the nightmare it was to change the brakes on that car. Ended up needing a new caliper and he broke the rear brake sensor. Which is why I'm here. I plugged in my ODB2 and it's telling me I have low brake fluid and something about the brake sensor not being present. So I'm gonna do the work myself cuz at least I give a fuck about my car and not about making the most amount of money on an easy job.

Great video. The needle nose pliers trick to turn in the brake piston was genius. I watched several other videos and yours was the only one that mentioned this. Saved me the time and money of having to buy the tool that other videos recommended. One note: I was able to remove my wear sensor without issue, but it still needs to be replaced as the metal loop will be worn through activating the brake replacement light.

Open your Brake Reservoir, it will release pressure and make things easier for you.

Thanks! I didnt know that brake piston needed to be screwed back in to get clearance for the new pads. I kept trying to push it back in before looking here. ;)

Wipl be attempting this tomorrow. Thanks for the video. Will watch a few more times to document the steps.

Very useful thank you ! Is there also another sensor on the left rear brake?

Nicely shot, narrated and edited, thank you my friend.

Thanks for the video. First time doing mini brakes and did not want to damage the sensor. Thanks again!

Before anyone attempts this buy a wind back tool for the Piston in the rear caliper. Makes the job x10 times easier

Seen other videos that says that you do not need to remove the parking brake cable, and others where there was a spring at the back that needed removal, kind of confuse

Why did you take the handbrake cable off? Why did you unclip the other sensor?

What the recommended torque on the caliper bolts?

Great video, thanks so much! I did my rear right break pads and rotor. rewind the piston back was a night mare! After re connect the sensor, the light on dashboard didn't goes off. does it need any other reset? Cheeers

Thank you brutha; great tutorial video, especially the trick with screwing the brake caliper back in with the needle nose pliers. Kul jams!

Hey guys. So I'm getting a use mini Cooper 2012 is my first mini it has 100 miles after seeing to many reviews some are bad and some are good. Any tips ?

So the electronic brake pad sensor only goes on the passenger side?

Super useful video. thanks. I'll be changing my wife's mini brake pads and your video was an eye opener, since I didn't want to damage the sensors. btw What kind of camera do you use. the image is super crisp and sharp.

Very helpful indeed! Thank you

Nice tutorial. Thanks man.

no rotor sanding or change need it? maybe was just the sensors that brought the brakes lights on? in other words, should we replace sensors, pads, and rotors. or avoid as you did. Maybe I didn't see it. Thanks for your video

When I did my brake pads I realized too late that one of the front four is different. It has a slot designed to allow a sensor to fit into it. I have to take the pads off the first wheel I did in order to find it and put it in the right spot. Which is on the inside pad of the left front wheel. I also noticed that a small container of lubricant (kind of like a ketchup packet) came with the pads. It is for lubricating the slot in which the pads move.

I have a 2014 Mini Cooper Countryman JCW and the link to Amazon says it doesn't fit my car

My wife's 2017 Mini has 36k miles on it and the rear brake pads need changing out. Is this normal wear?

Great Vid in real world - Thanks. Question - After refitting does the system rewind the piston to take up the slack by itself, or do you pull handbrake or just pump pedal please?

Good job. Thanks.

Where can I get the tool

Is this the same for the F56?

Is it the same on both rear wheels? No sensor up front?

Did you grind the rotors? If not did you have an issue with pulsing at all?

Thanks for the great video you made :) just one question. You just screwed the piston in? Or did you removed some brake fluid before, to make some room? Thank you very much

Pushing in doesn't it work or what happens if you push it on any idea?

Hey man you didn't clean or copper grease the slider pins or shims. It should have been done on that motor because there is rust build up on the shims & more than likely the pins will be filthy too! I'd be fumming if a garage did that to my brakes...that's why I always do my own.

You dont have to move the parking brake cable

Just pull that brake wear sensor out of the brake pad. Its so much easier

Ahh the sensor pad is slotted to accept the the sensor and it's on the inside pad. thanks..

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or.... $200 at the dealer and you saved yourself half a day of hustle and got OEM components ;)