I was a bit early in changing out my brakes (the rear pads were about 4mm thick), but out of respect for my car and the safety of myself and others, I went ahead and did the rear brakes on my ES350 today. Spent the afternoon sweating and putting on the new parts, and after test driving it I’m happy to say she brakes better now (or rather it feels like it comes to a stop sooner than it did before with the same amount of brake pedal force) and zero wobble/vibrations/noises. Day well spent 🙂‍↕️

  • BossDj@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I just use a padded c clamp for the piston. Dunno if that’s okay to do…

    Anyway, a huge number of shops will tell you that you need pads replaced, but charge you for new rotors too. Sometimes without even telling you, and other times insisting that they ONLY replace it all together.

    If you replace your brake pads as needed then you shouldn’t need to replace the whole thing every time.