Just wanted to say thank you very much for this and also the front pad and rotor video. Both are well-shot, extremely helpful, step-by-step walk throughs. I watched each a few times and then replaced the front and rear pads and rotors on my 2014 Cayenne Diesel this weekend. All four corners took me about 6 hours, but I did spend a bit of time cleaning.
Thank you for posting this video and walking me through the whole process. I went back and watched this at least 3-4 times as I am working on the job. Hope to see more 958 maintenance videos from you.
Thanks really helpful. Very clear & well presented which made the job loads easier. I have a Touareg but with the same braking system. The worn Brembo pads I removed also had Textar stamped into them. Thanks again.
Excellent video. I watched it, took notes and then did the replacement on my 2015 Diesel Cayenne. Everything worked out great. Thanks for taking the time to produce the video. I also used your front brake video and it was also very useful.
@@marcelmouton6235 Not that I remember. It was a couple of years ago. since the emergency brake is a drum brake inside it really didn't get in the way. I did my daughters volvo and the e-brake is electric and it just applies the regular brake - it was a PITA !
Hey just wanted to take a minute to say thanks for doing this video and the accompanying other end video too. I did the brakes in 3 hours on the nose including cleanup time yesterday because of these two videos. Well done and I’m sure I would have damaged something had I not seen the bit about the 6mm hex on the back side of the knuckle to give more flex for the caliper to move around. Thanks again and keep it up!
Thank you so much for the nice video! The only concern was that a jack stand was not used to support your Cayenne. I heard a lot of horrible stories associated with accidents caused by failed floor jacks. Other than that, it's such a great video! Awesome!
You are right, this is something you should do if you want to be as safe as possible. I personally only do it if I'm under the car but that's my preference, your suggestion is universally recommended.
Thank you very much for such a well detailed video. On my 2012 cayenne diesel, i noticed that when the engine is off, key is out and as soon as i open the door, the electronic handbrake light automatically comes on. If the electronic handbrake is meant to be off during the work, how do i prevent this from happening? Also, im only looking to change my pads so whether the handbrake is on or off, does it make a difference?
Hi, really good tutorial this thankyou! Can i just ask at 11:00 on the shoe adjustment screw. if it was adjusted when the old disc was removed, would i need to wind it fully in for the new disc or adjust so that the shoes just brush against the new disc when rotated by hand? Also some articles online suggest an 'air gap' hope you can clear some of my confusion on this! Many thanks!
Great video... Could you tell me please ? I need to replace the rear discs and pads on a Touareg 2016 R line. They are all the same bits and I was surprised that you haven't had to code the pad sensors in... Do you not need to do that ? If you do how do I ? Again, great video
You don't earn much, but if you had an affiliate link in your description for parts, materials, and tools, I would've used your links to buy them. It's a way to help pay you back for a great video. It's also nice to have one place to find everything needed for the job. One small point, it would be a nice reminder to point out that level control has to be turned off before lifting the wheel off the ground.
Is there anything we should do or know about the electric parking brake? Does it need adjusted or can anything be damaged by replacing the pads and rotors? I had this happen on my 2017 Kia Sorento SXL which had an be electronic parking brake. It needed to be 'set' after installing the rotors.
Curious as to mileage on the brakes when you did this. Had wear sensor(s) triggered? Have a 2014 CTTS and I just changed the front pads at a little over 50K miles. Pads were worn but wear sensors hadn't triggered. Amazingly (to me at least), the front rotors have minimum thickness listed as 36mm and when measured, the thickness was a little over 37mm on both, so I didn't change them. Rear pads and rotor looked (and measured) OK, so I didn't do them. I switch between summer and winters wheels/tires so check rotor thickness at each seasonal swap so can monitor rotor thickness fairly frequently. If your Cayenne as adjustable ride height, be sure to put vehicle in "service mode" prior to lifting vehicle (procedure is in owner's manual). If not put in "service mode" prior to lifting, the adjustable ride height mechanism will attempt to keep leveling the vehicle, possibly damaging the system. Also, I usually check the brake fluid reservoir as I'm spreading the calipers to see if there's any overflow. Porsche does not recommend brake/caliper grease when installing; not saying you're wrong, just mentioning what Porsche recommends. Assuming your torque units are N-m (Newton-meters); across the pond, we still use ft.-lbs. As you mention, Porsche also recommends not re-using caliper bolts. In the spare tire storage compartment, there's what I call a "lug bolt stud" (I think the correct term is "pilot pin") that's useful when removing and installing wheels and looks like would have been useful for working on rotors as well. It's basically a longer, headless version of the lug bolt and gives you a reference point for when you're mounting the wheels (and rotors).
You clearly know your stuff 🙂 yes, the car was put in service mode prior to jacking it up for the reason you said, thanks for calling that out! I check the brake fluid prior to starting the job to make sure no one has topped it up, typically moving one caliper back at a time when no top ups have happened will not result in an overspill. It's one of the reasons people should never top up brake fluid, it's a closed circuit and should never need it, any drop that isn't the result of a leak will be a natural drop due to brake pad wear. The grease on the pads is a personal choice, the system is known for squeeling at low speeds and this does help with that. If it had vibration reducing shims in the calipers then this would be less of an issue and I wouldn't do it. Yes, all in newton meters 🙂 I did the job at 49k miles, car was new to me and I wanted a fresh start on the brakes. I don't typically use the guide pins while on jobs but yes, a good thing to use if wheels etc get too heavy 😉
@@dhansens Thanks Daniel for this video. Speaking of torque specs for the 2 brake caliper bolts. So to be certain the rear is 85 Nm and fronts 140 NM? Do you know the torque specs for the wheel nuts? Thanks!
I have a 2014 Touareg and will soon be needing rears. The fronts cost me $500.00 and was told the rears would be $600.00 Wow your video was perfect. All I need now is courage to try myself. Only difference I would do is a jack stand beside the jack. I lean toward caution. I was told that they turned the rotors but I thought that was old school and the ones today could not be turned because they are too thin. Did I get taken by the dealer?
Hey Bart, thanks for the comment. Discs can still be turned. It all depends on whether they're within wear tolerances. I'd only consider doing it when there's a vibration caused by disc runout that isn't down to hub mounting or to reset the surface when changing pads on high performance applications. I'd always have them turned on the car, not off the car. At the end of the day, there's a bit of economics involved, if turning them cost less than half of new discs and they still have roughly half a service life left after grinding, it's worth it, otherwise its best to just get new discs so you'll get more miles for your money.
Good question, in my opinion, no. But, if you feel there is too much risk, then the recommended torque will also be fine, especially if you use new bolts.
It does have an electronic hand brake, they will need to be adjusted if your discs were particularly old. I mention the instructions at a high level for this when replacing the discs. Typically you shouldn't have to worry too much.
@@khoaptran question on this you mentioned it had lower miles...how many miles? I'm gonna do rotors and pads front and rear for my Touareg and worried about parking brake. I have 50k so just wondering your miles. Also thanks for posting this video super helpful for the rear brakes I'm used to Japanese cars so German is a bit different! So it is much appreciated and saving me hundreds knowing how to do it
you'll need a diagnostic tool that has that function. You use that to retract the handbrake actuator before you start the job and then reset it afterwards
