Mini Cooper R56 Front Brake Pad Replacement

Replacing your brake pads is one of the easiest jobs to perform on your mini.

Mini cooper r56 front brake pad replacement.

2007 r56 hardtop hatchback mini cooper 2008 r55 clubman mini cooper. You should replace your brake pads and rotors if the brake wear warning light is triggered. Diy front brake discs and pads at 20 300 miles. With everything back together the brake pedal is very stiff and it almost feels like most of my braking is occuriing at the rear of the car.

In general you should inspect your brake pads about every 10 000 miles and replace them if the material lining of the pad is worn down enough to trigger the pad replacement sensor. If you havent go and buy one pete t 29 august 2016 9 41 am. The oem factory brake pads were selected by the mini engineers to offer the optimum balance between performance longevity and cost. Reset for generation 2 mini cooper.

31 october 2009 filed under. Diy rear brake pads r56 mini cooper blog its a nice easy job as long as you have a caliper rewind tool. However this procedure is the same for all model mini s except for the. This is a quick and dirty rear disc brake pad replacement on our 2007 mini cooper s.

Master cylinder cap was off. Brake pads for mini cooper application guide any time the brake wear indicator light comes on in the dash it s time to replace brake pads and rotors. The mini has a sensor on the front and rear brakes which handily tells you how many miles you have until you need to swap your brake pads. I replaced the pads and rotors on the front of my 2006 mini cooper.

I compressed the front calipers with the old pad and a c clamp.