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0:00Hello and welcome to the Car channel. In
0:03today's video, I'm going to show you how
0:04to replace the front brakes and rear
0:06brakes on your Toyota Lexus. Kind of
0:08like a comprehensive guide. I'm going to
0:09try to cover every single model with the
0:11details or whatnot. How to do it
0:13yourself. Do it properly, not have
0:15issues. This is probably the number two
0:18job you will tackle as a DIYer after an
0:20oil change. Something simple you can do.
0:23However, brakes are safety a safety
0:26item. You want to do them right. That's
0:28very important. So, let's get started.
0:30We'll do the brakes on this 2015 ES350.
0:33We'll talk about everything in
0:40detail. So, let's start with the very
0:42basics. We need to remove the wheels to
0:44the brakes. So, if you're doing this
0:46DIY, you're likely working on the floor.
0:48We are blessed here. We have a shop. We
0:50have a lift to lift the car, work
0:51comfortably. But, you're going to want
0:52to lift the front of the car. Something
0:54I suggest you do, lift both front wheels
0:56up. To do that in uni-body cars like
0:59this one, lift it from the subframe up,
1:01put two jack stands on the pinch welts
1:03right here, and we're safe to work.
1:06Lower the lower the car on the on the
1:08pinch welds, and we're safe to work. The
1:11reason I tell you lift both front
1:14brakes, you can turn the wheel like
1:17this, and it'll make your installation
1:19much easier. Now, couple things before
1:22you do this. If you have a car with a
1:25key, make sure the key is in ignition.
1:27Don't remove it because then the
1:29steering wheel will lock and you can't
1:30turn it. If you have a smart key car
1:32where it's a button, push start. Close
1:35the door, reach in through the open
1:38window, turn the the ignition on by
1:40pressing that start button twice, then
1:42shut it off. For as long as you don't
1:44open the driver's door, the steering
1:46wheel won't lock. That's how we do this.
1:48And just to get started with our sizes,
1:5199% of Toyota models. On regular
1:54passenger cars, you're going to have 21
1:56mm lug nuts. On some trucks, the five
2:00lug trucks will have a 22. The six lug
2:03trucks will have a 21. Some of the newer
2:05models, they won't have lug nuts. These
2:08will be 17 mm. So, let's get started by
2:10removing the
2:12wheel. Now, something about wheels. If
2:14you live in a live in a rusty area, some
2:17of them will be stuck like this one.
2:19Normally, this will just come right out.
2:21If that
2:23happens, install one one lug nut, not
2:26all the way, and then tap the tire, not
2:30the wheel, with a hammer from the back.
2:32It'll come off. Or if you want to do it
2:34the mechanic's
2:36way, there you go. Just be careful if
2:39you haven't done that before. That could
2:40hurt your hand.
2:43So, now that we got to this stage, let's
2:45identify our parts. This is a brake
2:47rotor. Let's turn the wheel. That's why
2:49we left we lifted both wheels and we
2:51left the steering wheel unlocked. This
2:52is the caliper. This is your bracket
2:55where your pads are. If you have a truck
2:58that has a four piston caliper, you will
3:01have something that looks like
3:03this. that is a slightly different style
3:06where the holder and the caliper is one
3:09piece that only will have two bolts to
3:11remove the entire caliper. We're going
3:13to hang it to the side and we're good.
3:15So, the first step you're going to do is
3:18remove the caliper. In the case of this
3:20style, which is a very popular style. If
3:22you have a truck, you're going to remove
3:23the entire caliper and hang it to the
3:25side. But for the trucks, you want to
3:26remove the pads first, pull the pins and
3:28whatnot, and then move on. So, to start,
3:31two bolts to remove the caliper. 90% of
3:35Toyotas will be 14 mm. Some of them will
3:38be 12. So if you have a basic pan tool
3:40set metric, you're going to have them
3:46already. You're just going to pull your
3:48caliper out, hang it up. Now we're going
3:50to do our caliper inspection. First
3:52thing you want to do, make sure there's
3:54no fluid leaking around here. That is
3:56not something to be expected, but take a
3:58look at it. Second thing is make sure
4:00this rubber boot is not torn. If this is
4:05torn, you have a decision to make. You
4:07either take a small risk. This caliper
4:09possibly is going to seize
4:11up or you want to replace the caliper or
4:14replace this boot. Replacing this boot
4:16is a little bit involved, possibly not a
4:18DIY job, but you want to decide
4:21something. But if your boot is good like
4:23this one, we are good. Never hang the
4:27caliper from the brake hose. Is it going
4:30to be fine? Yes. But are you running a
4:32high risk of stretching this hose and
4:34possibly shorten its life? Yes. Now, in
4:37the professional world, we're going to
4:39use like a caliper holder that just will
4:42hang the caliper here. Hang it on the
4:44spring and it's out of our way. You
4:47don't want to go buy a tool just for
4:48that coat hanger. Bend it, make it here,
4:51keep it in your tool chest. Now you have
4:53it for future jobs. Now that we got the
4:56caliper out of the way, move it a little
4:58bit out of the way here. Let's talk
5:00about our what where are we working with
5:02here. Some cars will have these clips
5:05that help the pads come out. Some cars
5:08will not have them. In this particular
5:10ES350, we do have them. So, let's remove
5:13them. You always want to replace
5:18these. Now that we got this out, let's
5:21remove our pads.
5:25I think the owner of this car have
5:27gotten their money's worth out of these
5:28pads because uh there's hardly anything
5:31left. See a little bit of uneven wear in
5:33these pads. This one wore a little
5:35faster. Don't be alarmed by that. But if
5:37you have one brand new pad and one pad
5:39that's completely worn down, we have a
5:42problem. Now that we've done our initial
5:45check on the pads, we're actually go
5:47back to the caliper. And this is
5:48important that you do this at this
5:50stage, not later on. We want to compress
5:54our piston to make sure that we don't
5:57have a seizing caliper because what's
5:59the point of doing all the brakes and
6:00last thing you find out we got a seizing
6:02caliper cuz if you do, you want to
6:04abort, go get yourself a caliper before
6:06we even get further in. To compress the
6:10caliper piston, we want to push it as
6:13the brakes pads wear down. As these wear
6:17down, this piston will come out more and
6:19more and more to compensate for that
6:21wear. So now when we install new pads,
6:24they won't fit here anymore. We want to
6:26push this
6:27in. Common misconception. Oh, you got to
6:30open the bleeder. You got to bleed the
6:31fluid when you do this. You don't,
6:33folks. That is very important that you
6:35know that to do brakes on a car, you
6:37don't need to open the hydraulic
6:38circuit. Many ways to do this. You can
6:41put a pad and screwdriver and push on
6:43it. You can use many tools. This
6:47particular one is a blue point. This is
6:48a professional grade tool, but there's a
6:50lot of imitations that look exactly like
6:52this. Cost you a few bucks. It's the
6:54best way to compress calipers. It's
6:56basically as I open, as I ratchet this,
6:59it's going to extend and push the piston
7:01in. In my opinion, this is one of the
7:04best tools you have. They work great on
7:07this style and the trucks.
7:10Similarly, I'm going to want to feel I'm
7:12putting very little effort here. Look
7:15how how easy I am turning this. If all
7:17of a sudden this jams up and doesn't
7:18want to move, don't just crank it with
7:20force because that means your piston is
7:22seizing up. Do something about this
7:24caliper. But look at this
7:27one. I'm hardly putting any force in it
7:30and
7:32it's it's going all the way in. You want
7:36to push it to its fully pushed in
7:40position. Just like this or maxed out.
7:43That is pushed in. Make sure your rubber
7:47boot is seated like this, not sticking
7:50out. If it is sticking out, you're going
7:53to take a screwdriver cuz it has an air
7:56bubble. Pull the seal at the bottom a
7:58little bit and then push that air out to
8:01position it like this. If you
8:03don't, this seal will get caught between
8:06the pad and the piston here, and that's
8:08how these get ripped.
8:10Otherwise, these are not something that
8:12wears out with time, folks. So, now that
8:14we know our caliper is good, not a
8:17terrible idea to to check the other
8:21caliper, but never disassemble brakes
8:23both sides, especially as a DIYer. If if
8:25you're not
8:27experienced, you may use the other size
8:29as reference in case you forgot. Wait,
8:32where does this go? Where did that go?
8:33So, now we have this. Let's remove our
8:35bracket. Many Toyota models will be 17
8:37mm. Some of the trucks will be 19, but
8:39majority of them will be 17 for the
8:41bracket. Well, the trucks will only have
8:43one, two bolts only, not four like this
8:54one. And that is our bracket.
8:58We're going to be working on this in a
8:59little bit, but for now, let's move to
9:02the last
9:04part. In this particular case, this
9:07rotor almost feels like it's part of the
9:10hub. This is actually just sitting here.
9:12Rust have seized it up a little bit.
9:15Many ways you can go about this. You can
9:17hit it with a hammer here. Bad idea cuz
9:20you're putting a lot of load on the
9:21bearing unnecessarily.
9:23These rotors, or at least the original
9:25ones, a majority of the good quality
9:27aftermarket ones, will have two openings
9:29here where you can put a thread a bolt
9:31in here. It'll push against the hub and
9:33pop the the rotor out. The size of this
9:36is an M8x125 for Toyota and Lexus. So,
9:40we're going to take our bolt, thread it
9:42here. Watch what happens to the rotor
9:44when I do
9:47this. There it is. If you put this bolt
9:51here and all of a sudden these threads
9:53strip, try the other one. But be gentle.
9:57If if one of them strips, put one here,
10:00put a little bit of tension, and then
10:02tap here on the face of the rotor with a
10:05hammer. That'll shake it and with the
10:07tension, it'll break loose. Very few
10:09Toyotas will have the style where you
10:12have two screws here. Some of the old
10:14old Lexuses will have that, but majority
10:16of them, the rotor just sits here. The
10:20reason for that is this is a rotor that
10:23centers on the hub itself,
10:27not with the screws. That's the
10:29difference here. Now that we got to this
10:31stage, this is where mechanics will
10:33disagree. A lot of
10:36them. They want you to clean the surface
10:39to make it nice and shiny and perfect.
10:43Folks, you do not want to get carried
10:45away with this because if you start
10:47using power tools and heavy grinders to
10:50clean this, you just made this surface
10:52wavy and it needs to be as straight as
10:54possible. We're not going to get carried
10:56away. We're going to do this moderate.
11:00Take a metal
11:02brush. Give this a good clean. Make sure
11:04there's no like big flakes sticking out.
11:16as good. That looks good to me. We're
11:18not trying to paint the car. We're just
11:19trying to make sure in case there's any
11:22scale here or any issues that we knock
11:24it out. Now, what we want to focus on is
11:27this ring right here cuz that's where
11:29the rotor will sit. You want to clean
11:31that very, very well.
11:43There we go. That is all set. Now, to
11:46replace the rotors or not to replace the
11:49rotors, let's have a quick conversation
11:50about
11:51that. If you're doing the job yourself,
11:54don't cut corners. That's what I'm going
11:57to tell you. Cuz DIY mechanics will
12:02always be hard on professional mechanics
12:03when we cut corners. And you're right.
12:05Don't cut corners. Do the job right. But
12:07then they go around do cut corners
12:09themselves. Don't cut corners. Do this
12:12right. You're either going to resurface
12:14the rotor, but we're not going to just
12:16resurface it without checking. You got
12:18to check the thickness. Or you're going
12:20to replace the rotor. Preferably, if
12:23you're really going to do this yourself,
12:26you're already saving the money of the
12:27labor. Do the job right. Replace the
12:30rotors. That's actually the best results
12:31overall.
12:34[Music]
12:36This is a Toyota original rotor. Here's
12:40something with Toyota original rotors.
12:42They always come cleaned. So, when they
12:45when they make these, there's a lot of
12:47machining oil and whatnot on them. Most
12:50aftermarket ones, they'll come with oil
12:51on them. Some say it is to protect them
12:54from rust, even though they come in a
12:56plastic bag. Well, I rarely take a
12:58Toyota rotor out of its box and it's
13:00rusty. So, here it is. Toyota original
13:02rotors. Probably one of the best rotors
13:04for Toyota. Some will disagree. That's
13:06okay. They don't need cleaning when you
13:09install them. They're already cleaned up
13:11and ready to go. That's the cool part.
13:13Now that we got this situated, we're
13:15ready to go. We're going to go back and
13:17prep our bracket. Let's talk about our
13:20bracket here. First, the brackets are in
13:2399% of cases they are
13:26side
13:28relevant. This says right hand side. So,
13:31don't take them both off and mix them
13:32up. If you do, they are most of them are
13:35clearly labeled, but some of them are
13:36not. Here's what we have in this
13:38bracket. We want to make sure that when
13:41we install our new pads that they
13:44sit
13:46properly, like easily. See how this one
13:50is really hard to sit and move?
13:54You don't want them too loose where
13:56they're kind of flopping around, but you
13:59don't want them too tight either. So,
14:02here's what we're going to do. If you
14:03have a rusty car, this one is not too
14:05rusty, a little bit. We're going to pop
14:07pop this part. This is called the
14:09fitting fitting kit. Just looks like
14:12this. See this spring? This just holds
14:15the pad in. Folks, you don't have to
14:18replace these if they're original.
14:19They're aftermarket and they're coming
14:20apart. You got to replace them. Always
14:22buy originals and keep them. If you're
14:24doing the first time brakes on your car,
14:27clean these, preserve them, just reuse
14:29them. They will last probably the life
14:31of the car in most cases. So, we're
14:34going to remove all four of
14:36them. And then we're going to take a
14:38look and make a judgment
14:46call. Do you see how this one doesn't
14:48have a lot of rust? This one has a
14:50little bit cuz this is an area you also
14:52want to clean right
14:55here. Let's look at this side. This side
14:58has a little bit more rust here. Not so
14:59bad here. So, what we want to do in this
15:02case, we want to clean that. Here's what
15:04I don't want you to do. Don't take a a
15:06grinder and start grinding here because
15:09if you make this opening deeper or
15:10bigger, the pad will start making noise
15:12every time you break. That's the first
15:14problem. If you're going to do it, use a
15:16wire wheel like this one.
15:19with a drill. Go in
15:22here with your drill. Clean it. Clean
15:26it. Clean it. Clean it. Do the same on
15:28the other side. We're done. That's step
15:30number one. These just use a use your
15:34brush. Clean them up. Just all they have
15:37is dust. And by the way, if you're going
15:39to spend hours and hours making these
15:41super shiny after a couple miles of
15:44driving and some brake dust, they look
15:45exactly like this. We're just making
15:47sure they don't have any big flakes of
15:49rust or anything over the top, which
15:51these are original. They are perfectly
15:53fine. So, we're going to basically do
15:56the same in all four of these. Let's
15:57talk about the pins. And this is this is
15:59a very important part where I see a lot
16:01of
16:03mistakes. Are we going to lubricate
16:05these pins every single time? You
16:08actually want to be careful.
16:09Technically, if this boot is sealed
16:12properly, this area has never seen
16:15environment outside environment. Let's
16:18test
16:20them. This one moves very freely. This
16:24one moves very
16:27freely. So, in
16:30reality, you're not want to do much with
16:33these. And this is the mistake I see all
16:36the time. Let's take the boot out and
16:40let's pull the pin. Look at this
16:43pin. Doesn't have rust and still have
16:45plenty of
16:47grease. If you really want to go
16:50overboard, you're going to wipe down
16:51these
16:57pins. Apply new grease. Now, how do you
17:00think the grease should be applied? Most
17:03will do this.
17:11That's That's not going anywhere, right?
17:14That's a mistake, folks. This is a big
17:17mistake. Here's what's going to happen
17:18here. Remember that boot that we want to
17:20seal. When you put all this grease in,
17:22this clear will pile up at the bottom
17:24here, and it'll always be pushing on
17:26your pin. The minute you drive start
17:28driving and this gets hot, this grease
17:30will start expanding, and it'll push
17:32your pin. You'll constantly be applying
17:34the brakes as you drive. Don't do this.
17:37We're going to put a very small amount.
17:40That's all you're going to put. Spread
17:42it
17:45around cuz we don't have rust here.
17:48We're not going to seize this pin.
17:50That's the whole point. So, you This is
17:52the moment you want to take a look at
17:54your boots. We don't have holes. And
17:56usually if you have holes here, you'll
17:57see rust on the pin. We're going to
17:59install our pin. When you install a pin,
18:01you see how it comes out? That's what
18:03I'm talking about. She don't want that
18:06cuz as soon as you heat up that grease,
18:07this is going to come up. Here's how you
18:09install your pin. As you install it,
18:12roll it cuz the pin has a flat spot that
18:15is supposed to let the air
18:17out. We roll
18:22it. That's it. Do you see how this one
18:24doesn't want to pop out on its
18:28own? It's going to move up a little bit
18:30because you're pushing that rubber, but
18:33it doesn't want to pop up all the way.
18:34If that happens, you need to do
18:36something about it. Don't just leave it
18:37like that. Now, let's do this other pin.
18:39Let's check
18:43it. This pin has a a little rubber
18:47insulator. This is just so this pin
18:50wouldn't make a lot of racket inside.
18:54So, same thing. We're going to give it a
18:56quick clean.
19:04A little bit of grease. Wipe it
19:09around. We're going to roll
19:18it. That's it. Now, here's where
19:23uh we're going to cheat a little bit.
19:26This is actually how not how we do
19:28brakes in the shop. We send them through
19:31a machine that does magic. So, let's
19:34take a look at
19:37[Applause]
19:44this. This cannon like to go overboard
19:48in our shop here. So, like I told you,
19:51these just going to give them a quick
19:53wipe. Now, when you install the fit kit,
19:56don't install it like this. This should
20:00be a problem cuz your rotor will be
20:01here. Do you see how this is sticking
20:02out? These are always
20:06facing the outside. Should be very clear
20:10of the rotor right here. So, I'm going
20:12to do the same on all of these. Give
20:14them a quick clean.
20:32Just like that. Let's talk about the
20:33pads real quick and the shims. Toyota
20:37sells two styles of
20:38pads. Depending on the part
20:41number, they're all front pads will
20:44always be 04465. Rear pads will be
20:4804466. This number though, if you see a
20:51here, these are called economy pads. We
20:54used to use them in the shop. They're
20:55ceramic. Sure. These are
20:57actually economy pads right here. If you
21:00look here, there's a Toyota logo. But do
21:03you see the shim? It's a single shim.
21:06That's the old style a pad. They don't
21:09use do this anymore because these pads
21:11are old. I highly recommend if you're
21:13doing this DIY, you're already saving
21:15money. Buy the factory pads. They last
21:17the longest. They don't make noise.
21:19They're just a beautiful thing. Now, you
21:22open the
21:23pads. They will come with new springs
21:27for the ones that have them. If your car
21:30did not have them, you don't have them.
21:32They won't come with
21:35it. Examine your pads because sometimes,
21:39in this particular case, that's not the
21:40case. Sometimes you'll have A and B. You
21:44want to match them to the old ones. Some
21:45A will be inner, outer, depends on the
21:48model. If you want any repair manual
21:50information specific to the car,
21:53techinfotoyota.com. Purchase yourself
21:54subscription for a day or two. Get all
21:57the information you need and we're good.
21:59Now that we have our pad, here's a
22:02little trick for you to just do this
22:06properly. If you're this is the first
22:08time you replace pads on the car, take
22:10your old pads and lay them exactly next
22:13to the pads, the new ones. Do you see
22:16how this one has an imprint of the
22:17piston and this one has of the caliper
22:19on the outside? Basically copy the same
22:22thing on the new pads. And now you have
22:25everything positioned in the right
22:26place. Now looking at
22:29these, these are not correct. Whoever
22:31did the brakes before, these should be
22:34on the same direction. So, if your pad
22:38has four of these, meaning one on each
22:41pad, not only two, you will place them
22:44where these will always be up. These
22:47help stop that pad shift. That's all
22:49they do. And they actually act as a wear
22:52indicator. Now, these were all bent out,
22:55so that was not good, but that's what
22:58they do. If you only have two, they go
22:59on the inner pad. Some pads like when
23:02you go into the trucks, this part will
23:04be part of the pad. You don't replace
23:06it. So, let's open our new shim kit,
23:08which I always recommend you replace the
23:11shims. They are antisqueal shims. They
23:13always get rusty and fall off and break.
23:16They do not come with the pads. That's
23:18one thing you need to know. Here's what
23:19we got with this particular shim. Let's
23:21take a look at what we got. We have four
23:24shims. Sometimes you'll have eight and
23:26you have to assemble them. The black one
23:28always goes toward the pad in most
23:30cases. But if you ideally if you have
23:32the original pads from the car, you can
23:35just kind of see where they are. In this
23:36case, this doesn't doesn't look
23:39anything. That's how aftermarket pads.
23:42That's how you know them. This looks
23:44nothing like the original where it was
23:45supposed to be here. Not even close.
23:48Sometimes the shims will be different
23:51for the side of the piston and the side
23:53in the front. So, you want to be
23:55watchful for that. We have four of these
23:58which look nothing like these. So these
24:01are that's that's what I'll tell you
24:02about the A pads how they used to be. We
24:05have four of these. And we have these
24:06two packets of grease. This is a very
24:09specific grease that goes between the
24:11pad and the shim. There's two of them,
24:14one for each axle. We're only going to
24:16use one. We're going to put a small
24:18amount on the
24:19edge. Small amount on the edge. And then
24:22just basically try to use the entire
24:25packet. Some pads will only come with
24:27one packet, not two, but it's a bigger
24:29packet that has more grease in it. In
24:32that case, try to evenly maybe spread
24:35the four pads across and spread it
24:39evenly. And once we've done this, we're
24:41basically going to spread this
24:44across. Well, the reason you're putting
24:46grease here is grease absorbs vibrations
24:49and it kind of quiets the pad even
24:53further. In this particular case, all
24:55these shims are exactly the same. Going
24:57to install them. Make sure they're
25:00sitting
25:04properly. That's all
25:06good. We are missing these. We're going
25:08to put them both. When you lay the pads
25:11like this, if you have four, where
25:14you're going to put one on each pad, put
25:16them both on the same direction. And
25:18then when you go install them in the
25:20car, you're going to make sure that
25:22these face
25:25up. Having said that, this is how this
25:28is going to sit in the
25:30car. Let me just position it right
25:33there. That's how it's going to sit in
25:35the car. This is up. We're going to test
25:38fit our pads here. We're going to take
25:41them, make sure they sit properly, they
25:44move easily.
25:48There we are. Look at this
25:51pad. Moves very easily inside. And
25:54that's what you want. If not, if you
25:57didn't, obviously with this, we
25:59basically cleaned it to a new cal cal
26:01caliper bracket here. But if not, you
26:04want to go back and clean it some more
26:05and test fit this
26:09one. Here we go. This one also moves
26:14freely. We're good. This is ready to go
26:17back in the car. Now, we're going to
26:18install our pad
26:22holder. You don't want this to happen.
26:24Just install one lug nut. I'm just too
26:26old and stubborn to do this.
26:33So, there you go. You want to make sure
26:36that your pads are seated against the
26:37rotor. There's no gaps because if there
26:40is, that means one of these pads is
26:42binding. And you notice that the clips
26:44are at the top. One is here, one is
26:47right here. That's you want to make sure
26:48that that is the case. Now, the torque
26:50spec for this will vary greatly. Depends
26:52on the car. In this particular case,
26:55it's 77. So, we're going to torque this
26:58one to spec. Sure, we got the
27:0177. If you want to find torque specs for
27:03your particular car,
27:05techinfotoy.com, that's official repair
27:07manual. You will get them there. Now,
27:10here's something. It's not really in the
27:12manual, but I like to do it. You put a
27:14little bit of grease. Just a little
27:23bit. Just a little bit on the face of
27:26the of the piston
27:30here. This just further helps this not
27:35make any noise in the future. Don't go
27:37overboard. We're just going to put a
27:38little bit. Same thing on the back of
27:40these. Now you can apply them on the
27:42pads themselves or you can apply them
27:44here. Just a little bit. Not going to go
27:49overboard. Now you're going to install
27:51your your
27:57caliper. Do you see that something is
27:59going south here? I want you to see it.
28:01What is going south
28:03here? Look at this hose. How twisted it
28:07is. Be careful of this. I did this
28:10intentionally for you to see
28:11it. This hose needs to
28:16be
28:18straight. I wanted you to see this
28:20before we do the next part because in
28:22this particular car, we have to install
28:24the springs for that brake hose. You
28:27might want to look at it before you
28:29remove the caliper. So, you make sure
28:31you put it back the same way. And if it
28:32was twisted, because I see this mistake
28:34all the time, make sure you correct it.
28:36Now, these can be a little bit of a pain
28:39to install. So, you have to hold the
28:41pads
28:42together. Install one of them cuz now if
28:46you let go of the pads, they're just
28:48going to want to jump out. So, you got
28:50to keep pressure on them. Install the
28:53the next. The second one you install
28:55will make them very jumpy. Sure, this is
28:58sitting all the way. We are good. Keep
29:01your hand on the pad. Bring the caliper.
29:04Start the caliper. And then you can let
29:06it go. Now the caliper will hold them
29:10together. That's it. I'm going to put
29:13our caliper bolt onto the pin. Now we're
29:16going to torque this bolt. This is a 25
29:19ft-lb in this particular car. You want
29:21to get a very skinny 17 mm wrench. Put
29:25it
29:26here. That's it. Now, if you don't have
29:28a fancy skinny wrench, you're just going
29:32to you can use a little vice grip or
29:34nipex or something that fits here. If
29:36you really don't have any of that, just
29:38take a take a regular wrench and grind
29:40it a little bit until it fits here. It's
29:42just this is such a small space. You
29:44want something small. Sometimes you
29:46don't even have to hold them. Sometimes
29:48they start spinning on you, but if they
29:50don't, then we're good. And with
29:55that, this corner is done. That's it.
29:58You basically repeat the same thing on
30:00the other side in the front. And you
30:02just replaced your front brakes. Pretty
30:05cool, right? That's very simple. You did
30:07it right. You did it safely. Use the
30:08correct parts. And in Toyota and Lexus,
30:10I'll say it one more time. Use original
30:13parts. I just leave you at that. Let's
30:15go do the rears. Now, for the rear
30:17brakes, you don't actually have to lift
30:19the whole back because we don't we can't
30:21turn the wheel here. You can just lift
30:22up a pinch weld, put your jack stand,
30:24lower the car on it, do one side at a
30:26time. No issues there. Now, before we
30:28get started here, I want to talk about a
30:30few things. This particular car has the
30:33parking brake, shoes, and all the
30:35hardware right here in the rotor hat.
30:38You see this plug? It's a little rubber
30:40plug.
30:43If you are missing this one, you're
30:45going to want to go get one. Not right
30:47away, but order one, get it next
30:50weekend, put it on. The reason is this
30:53is for the parking brake adjustment. You
30:55can put a screwdriver here and adjust
30:57it. If this is missing, water and all
30:59kinds of stuff will go in here and rot
31:01out your parking brake. So, you don't
31:03want to leave this one. I'm going to
31:05take this one. Actually, leave it on the
31:07side. We'll install it at a later time.
31:09Now, let's take our caliper off. same
31:11exact same setup in this particular car.
31:13Let's talk about the ones that have a
31:15parking brake, electronic parking brake,
31:17not in the
31:19hat. Three styles you're going to have
31:21that are different. You have like
31:22something like a third generation Prius.
31:24They won't have an electronic parking
31:26brake, but they'll have a mechanical arm
31:28here that a cable that pulls the
31:30mechanical arm. Those have a specific
31:33caliper tool that looks like this. You
31:36have to have that tool or something
31:37similar to it to compress that piston.
31:40that piston will be turned in like a
31:43screw, not just pushed in. The second
31:46style you're going to have is the
31:48electronic parking brake that is kind of
31:51you have to rewind it. That's the old
31:53school style. That's all that's your
31:55first generation. You have to do a
31:57specific procedure. I'll leave this
31:59video right here. Or use a scan tool to
32:00retract the parking brake motor. Then
32:02you can push your your piston in. The
32:06new style started with the 2022 Tundra.
32:09The Seoia, the new Seoia, the new
32:13LX, the motor has two bolts. You can
32:16actually remove the motor, do your brake
32:18job, then reinstall the motor, and
32:20that's it. Park and brake set. They made
32:22it much easier. So, same thing here. 90%
32:25of your Toyota brake in the rear. This
32:27style will have 14 mm bolts holding the
32:31caliper. Same exact thing. We're going
32:34to pull the caliper out.
32:40We're going to check our boot. Make sure
32:44this boot uh it's starting to
32:47deteriorate a little bit, but it doesn't
32:48actually have a full cut. It just has
32:50that appearance to to it. So, the little
32:54tool that we were
32:57using does not actually fit here. I'm
32:59going to put it in its lowest setting.
33:04It does not actually fit here cuz this
33:06is too small. So, here's what we're
33:08going to do instead. Get yourself some
33:10channel
33:15locks, place them across, and push the
33:18piston
33:21in. There we go. That's all the way in.
33:25We're going to make sure that our boot
33:26is seated, and it is. We don't have
33:29anything sticking out. We're good. Most
33:31cars you don't really have to hang it.
33:33There's a lot of places you can hang it
33:34from. So that's what we're going to do.
33:36Now we're going to remove our pad
33:38bracket here. Now most of them are 17s.
33:41Older ones will be 14. Rarely will you
33:44have a 17 or
33:48[Music]
33:5019. Now this rotor is also stuck. You
33:54see all this scale from the aluminum
33:56wheel. So same thing. These also have
33:59the openings here. Though, you want to
34:01be careful. We're going to
34:03adjust. As soon as it breaks, go back.
34:06Go to the other
34:08one. And don't go all the way. The
34:11reason is you may be stuck on your
34:13parking brake shoes. See how this one is
34:16stuck? It's completely stuck. So, we're
34:19going to find our star wheel to loosen
34:23up the parking brake.
34:26This particular one is right there.
34:28We're going to keep this very simple.
34:29It's a little wheel. I'll show it to you
34:31once we get the rotor
34:32off. You're going to turn it one
34:35direction. It just stopped turning. It
34:38locked up. You tightened it. So, they
34:42were going to go in the other
34:46direction. Loosen it some
34:50more. Here you
34:52go. Let's take a closer look.
34:56add it so you can see it. This is a star
34:59wheel right here. See this little
35:02star? That's what I what I was doing
35:04through the wheel was I was just turning
35:06it this way or this
35:11way. Basically, find out which direction
35:13is tightening, which is loosening. You
35:16want to tighten it because you don't
35:17want to pull on these. The reason you
35:20could be pulling on these is if you look
35:22at the old rotor, you have this little
35:24rust ridge right here. So, the shoes of
35:27the parking brake get stuck here. That's
35:29why you got to loosen them just a little
35:30bit to clear that. Don't pull it with
35:35force. Because if you rip these parking
35:37brakes, what you're going to rip is
35:40you're going to rip this pin right here.
35:44And if you do that, you got to fix that.
35:46Otherwise, you don't have a parking
35:48brake anymore. You got to remove these
35:49shoes temporarily until you get the
35:51pins. So, never pull on the rear rotor
35:53with force. Now, if you have the style
35:55with the motor or like the Prius or
35:57Matrix that has that arm and the cable,
36:00you don't have to worry about this.
36:01Rotor will come right out. Just do the
36:03same thing. Now, we're going to do the
36:04same thing. We're going to clean our
36:05hub. We're not going to get overboard
36:07with power tools and making divots and
36:09whatnot. Now, you're going to install
36:10your rotor. Ideally, locate these these
36:15bolts that pop the rotor out with the
36:17same thing you used. That way, in case
36:20this has a raise or a little bit of a
36:22deformation, you can use it for the same
36:24spot. Wouldn't push your rotor
36:26out. We're going to install our plug.
36:29This plug basically just sits here. Now,
36:31for the parking
36:33brake, you want to, if you want to
36:36adjust your parking brake at this point,
36:38you're going to tighten it. Find that
36:41star wheel again. Here it
36:45is. You're going to tighten
36:57it until it locks. Then back it off. a
37:01few
37:07turns. You don't want that. You don't
37:10want too much resistance. You want less
37:16resistance. That's much better cuz you
37:19don't want to tighten it too tight cuz
37:21these shoes are not meant for continu.
37:24They're just meant to hold the brakes to
37:25hold the car and the parking brake, not
37:27break the car. So, you don't want them
37:29dragging too much. That's it. This part
37:32is done. Now, we're going to do the same
37:34exact thing on the calipers. But, let's
37:36talk about a few things. Let's take a
37:38look at our pad holder here. Because if
37:40you notice, you have strange wear on
37:43these, like the the edges are feathering
37:45and all kinds of strange stuff. What is
37:48common on rear brakes to happen is these
37:51pads get stuck in the holder. That's one
37:55thing about them. You notice this one
37:56also has the R on it. When it comes to
37:59rear brakes on Toyota and Lexus, you
38:01really want to clean these very well.
38:04Don't go overboard. And remember,
38:06because this bracket is sits on the back
38:09side of the rotor, these little pins
38:13will actually be facing down, not up,
38:15not like the front. That is one thing
38:17you want to remember. So, let's pull
38:20these out. The fit kit. Same thing here.
38:24We're going
38:27to clean it up a little later
38:32time. In your case, you really want to
38:36clean this area up. Before we do that,
38:39we're going to clean this in the same
38:40vixen machine. Let's check our pins.
38:42Look at
38:44that. These are beautiful. I mean, these
38:46are so beautiful. I'm just going to take
38:48a quick peek at them. They have zero
38:50rust. This grease is live and well, I am
38:54not even going to bother. That's how you
38:58should think about it. If it ain't
39:00broke, don't fix it because there's not
39:02supposed to be anything that enters
39:04here. So, the grease you put here, if
39:06it's the right grease, it's going to be
39:07here for the life of the car basically,
39:10believe it or not. Even with the heat,
39:11it's a heat resistant grease. We're
39:13going to put this in the Vixing machine.
39:15Stick one look at it now and then to
39:19this.
39:20I love the Vixon
39:22machine. I'm going to clean these real
39:24quick off camera and then we're going to
39:26roll assemble the pads again in the
39:28back. Although they're exactly the same,
39:29but just so you see it, we'll assemble
39:31it real quick. We're done. And just like
39:33that, they look brand new. Also in the
39:35Vixon
39:39machine. There we go. That part is done.
39:43Now, these pads are also a pads. Old
39:47school a pads. So, we're going to dis
39:50discard these. These
39:54are 04466 rear pads. Always on Toyota.
39:58These are factory pads, not a pads. We
40:02stopped using those in the shop because
40:04they always squeak, especially when
40:07you're backing up, especially the rear
40:11ones. Here are the
40:13shims. This particular shim also comes
40:16with four shims.
40:19and
40:22four locks. This particular one only
40:25comes with one bag of grease, not two
40:27like the front one. So, we're going to
40:30use the one bag for four. So, here's
40:32what you do if you have four. You just
40:34put your four pads together. Put a
40:37little
40:38bit. It's kind of distributed evenly.
40:47There we go. Going to spread
40:51it. Put the shims on. This particular
40:54one, all the shims are the
41:00same. Now,
41:02these we're going to put
41:05them two of them this way.
41:15Same thing here cuz this is an inverted
41:17pad. There it is. Make sure these are
41:20seated. Yes, they are. So, in this
41:23particular case, this is going to go
41:25like this. So, this is the bottom. We
41:31want our wear indicator to be at the
41:33bottom. So, we're going to install
41:37it like this.
41:42You can do this this part where you
41:44install the shim on the car, but I
41:47usually like to sit them here just to
41:49make sure they they sit properly. And we
41:53we have a smooth moving pad. In this
41:56case, very smoothly moving. We don't
41:58have any issues. Let's install our
42:01bracket
42:02here. This is going to seem more
42:04difficult than it is because you all are
42:07standing in the way. the camera are is
42:10where I normally would stand. So in this
42:13particular case, the torque is 58. For
42:17your car, got to look it up. Again, make
42:21sure that the pads contact the rotor
42:23properly. There's no gap. And in this
42:26case, we're going to make sure our wear
42:28indicator sits at the bottom because
42:30this this caliper is in the back, not in
42:33the front. If it was in the front, you'd
42:34put it at the top.
42:37We're going to do the exact same thing
42:39here. A little bit of grease on the face
42:42of the
42:43piston and add a little bit of grease on
42:46the back here. Just a little bit. Going
42:49to make sure our hose is not
42:54twisted. This particular car there are
42:5720. Let's see if the other one turns.
43:00It's not turning. So, we should be good.
43:02You don't have to hold it with a wrench.
43:04Talking about this one.
43:09And that's it. That's one brake job
43:12complete. But now we got to do the most
43:15important. This is normal, folks, cuz
43:16you haven't pressed your your caliper.
43:20And that's what we want to do next. This
43:22is the most important part that you do
43:24after a brake job. The most important
43:26part that you do after you've done your
43:27brakes is pump the brake pedal until you
43:30have a firm pedal with the car off. you
43:32don't do that, you will not have brakes
43:33for the first couple applications cuz
43:35you need to bring that piston all the
43:37way in contact with the pads cuz you
43:39pushed it all the way out. Second thing
43:41you want to do, check your brake fluid.
43:42If you, especially if we did front to
43:43rear brakes, your brake fluid should be
43:45at the max level. If it's lower, top it
43:47off. If it's over, take some of that
43:49fluid
43:49off. Something about brake fluid, folks.
43:52I'll just mention it here because this
43:53is important. You should never top off
43:54your brake fluid. As the brakes wear
43:56down and this piston expands, fluid
43:59level will drop. But as soon as you do
44:01the brakes, it'll come right back up.
44:04That's normal. Don't top off brake
44:05fluid. Unless it's below minimum, don't
44:07top it off. Cuz when both your front and
44:09rear brakes are worn down, you're going
44:11to see it very low, close to the
44:13minimum, but as soon as you do them,
44:15it'll come right back up. That is
44:17normal. Folks, take your time. Do this
44:20right. Don't cut corners. Folks will
44:23make brakes seem like they're the
44:26easiest, insignificant thing.
44:28This is a safety component of the car.
44:31You can't stop your car. We're in a very
44:33dangerous situation. Do things right. If
44:36you're not sure about torque specs and
44:38whatnot, talk everything to spec. If
44:40you're not sure about something, ask,
44:42investigate, learn before you do. That's
44:46the number one thing here. Do the job
44:48right. Do the brakes like this. They
44:50won't make noise. They won't have
44:52issues. They won't rust prematurely or
44:54stick or seize or whatnot. Do things
44:57right. Use the right tools and don't cut
44:59corners. The whole point of you doing a
45:01DIY job is that you're saving on the
45:03labor. Labor usually is the biggest
45:05part. You're saving that labor.
45:07Compensate that by buying original
45:09parts. Do things right. Don't just put
45:11pads and not do anything with the
45:12rotors. Don't just use old rusty shims
45:15that are all deformed. Don't do that. Do
45:17the job right. That's your All car
45:21owners are very hard on on shops and
45:24professional mechanics. Oh, you guys cut
45:26corners. you guys are hacks, you guys
45:28are this and that, but then they turn
45:29around and they cut corners themselves.
45:32Don't do that. Do things right,
45:33especially it's your own car, your
45:34family's going to be in it. Do things
45:36right yourself. Folks, I hope this video
45:39was helpful, informative. I hope you
45:40learned something new. If you like it,
45:42consider giving a thumbs up. If you're
45:43not a subscriber, consider subscribing
45:44to the channel. Check out some my other
45:45videos. Until the next video, folks. May
45:48the Lord bless you and keep you. And you
45:49have yourself wonderful

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