Thank you so much for the Short, insightful straight to the point Video!

3:50 tip with the tyre lever is gold, just saved me a pricey trip to the bike shop, thought I had to bleed them, never would've thought to push them back in 😊

Turns out I've watched this twice now, brilliant every time :) Thanks

Extremely clear explanations with clear camera work. Thanks!

Very well done, straightforward while covering all the important points. Thanks for taking the time!

Thanks for such a helpful and concise video. Much appreciated, now to give it a go.

A very straightforward helpful guide - just what I needed to replace my well-worn disc brake pads :) Thanks

4:51 there's an actual procedure for centering the rotor between the brake pads. With the brake pads in, loosen the lateral adjustment screws, tightly squeeze the brake lever, then tighten the lateral adjustment screws while holding the lever. Let go of the lever and they should be centered.

@batbawls

7 жыл бұрын

I was talking about the hydraulic. Sticky pistons are another story, but the method I mentioned is a good first step.

@irvvine

3 жыл бұрын

@@batbawls This method only works correctly if you have perfectly straight rotor, perfectly clean caliper (no dust inside), perfectly evenly moving pistons (they don't have to be sticky or malfunctioning to move unevenly!) and brand new pads (not worn at all). Perfect conditions for mentioning this method in the brakes installation manual but it does not transfer well to the brakes that were already used for some time and you only want to replace the worn pads or need to readjust the caliper after reinstalling the quick-relase wheel. If any of these factors is not met, the caliper will not center correctly and you will have pads wear at an angle. Recentering with such pads will always position your caliper at an angle again. So this is not a good method. I was using it and now I have one pad worn to 0.5mm at the bottom and 1.2mm at the top while the other pad worn to 1.2 at the bottom and 1.7 at the top... Method shown in the video is more precise and you should definitely consider it if you have a caliper that allows inserting the pads from the top. Unfortunately it is much much more difficult for calipers that only give access to the pads from the bottom (like Shimano Alivio and such) and almost impossible when combining such calipers with quick-release wheel, so manual centering with your hands while the wheel slowly rotates is you next best option, although dangerous to the fingers and not very precise too.

@sengkangbasketballmtb597

2 жыл бұрын

Taking time to explain in detail. You are very helpful. You’ve earned. Another subscriber here. Thank you.

Just used your video to check my pads (barely anything at all left!). Subsequently ordered new ones. Very useful thanks!

I have made your KZread channel my go to site for questions I have working on my mountain bike. You do a great job so Thanks!

Great clear explanation what to do step by step and what I need... Actually, All I need to know! Thank you for this video, very helpful. :)

Awesome quick video with very detailed and specific descriptions! Made me feel like a pro headed to do this!

Thank you for this! I cleaned my pads since they were noisy (but new) and I was confused why they wouldn't fit with the rotor anymore. Thanks to this video all I had to do was to reset the pistons.

Perfect video very helpful - thanks from Scotland

Thanks. Very clearly explained. I shall now go and replace my first disc pads; wish me luck.

Thank you. Your tutorial made the process of changing my first set of disc brake pads on a bike almost painless. Previously I have only changed rim brake pads - countless countless times over many years. I've even tried my own recipe for rim coating to eliminate rim wear because I was tired of replacing otherwise perfectly good wheels or rebuilding wheels with new rims. Having disc brakes now is a revelation and I'll not go back. My only misgivings are two: 1) What's it like to change the pads? Answer:Easy 2) What's it like to bleed the system(do things with that hydraulic oily stuff)? Answer: Dunno yet but I want to learn! Cheers.

Thank you so much for a great, informative video. You have the heart of a teacher. Please keep sharing your knowledge. Thanks again!

Very helpful video. All I needed to know and no fluff.

Watched so many tutorials, but yours gave me the clue. Thanks a lot

I was skiping this video for weeks.... what new thing I can learn about changing brakes pads?... you did it again!... thanks a cheers from Uruguay

Thanks man! Saved me a ride to the mechanic hehe.

Also useful info for folks with Tektro m280 (low end stuff) brakes. Since they use the split pin instead of a bolt. [And none of the tektro how-to videos on youtube seem to use such a model as an exemplar] Good job!

thanks for showing how to use the tyre spoons to push back the calipers. I was worried about using any old tool to force them apart as I remember reading somewhere that the pistons may get damaged if they are forced apart unskilfully.

Im changing my pads soon. Thanks a lot

So useful, thanks!

Some great tips. Thanks.

Glad I subscribed to You, all your videos are on point with very clear demonstration. Definitely worth watching and should have more subscribers.

Looking from the top, the pads looked fine. But I was down to bare metal at the bottom, when I realized that was not best indicator.... Good vid!

Great video. Thanks!

Thank you so much for the very explanatory video!

Thank you sir was very helpful I say I need to replace mine I will do it tomorrow sunday

Very Good VIDEO Thank you!

Great and simple video! Thanks

this helped, i recently went from v breaks to hydros, and i didn’t know how to change the pads, they work perfectly fine but i wanted to know just in case

finally after many watched videos this one very easy and well explained.

@lazurm

3 жыл бұрын

Here's one that is VERY clear and covers virtually all types of disc pads in 8 minutes. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqWrkrWais-TmtI.html&ab_channel=ParkTool

very well explained, thanks.

thank you for sharing your knowledge

this is really helpful

thank you so much, this is great help for us beginners

Very useful. Thanks.

It's of course much easier to do something when you have seen it done a couple of times and so it is in this case also. Thanks for "helping" me.

Very helpful thank you!

Your clip is called a cotterpin fyi. Thanks for the video First time changing brakes. Asomtom Q7 mountain ebike with hydraulic brakes

@LoveMTB

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

Great video 👍

Very good well filmed. video, well done squire.

Thank oyu.. Very informative and straightforward.. I am about to have a new bike with this kind of braking system and needed to know.. Have a Blessed day.

@LoveMTB

11 ай бұрын

Enjoy your new bike!

Good instructions. Thank you.

thank you, this is how I do i t, but I look up to clarify and I saw another guy take everything apart. But that seems to be twice as much work, and possibly add more error. I like the alcohol cleaning idea.

Thank you for tutorial.

thanks a lot man it's really help me

Thanks for the useful video

Good video dude!

quite informative, tysm

Pretty informative Video!

Thank you

Nice video!

Great informative video.

Brilliant Thank You 😎😎

Great video

Thank you! 👍

Thank you!

@LoveMTB

25 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Found this video really useful! But just wondering how to know which series is your brake pads? thanks heaps!

2 years later and still the best video. I am a rookie in MTB. What do I hear at my tire when I have biked in the mud? Do you know if this are my brakes?

@dg9030

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoveMTB yes, thank you!

Muito útil, Obrigado, posso , agora mudar meus travões.

Thanks man!!!

Thanks so much

Really nice instructions to know how to change the pads yourself👍One thing that happened with me is i exchanged the rear brake pads but the brake lever needs to be presser 2 or 3 times until i have enough brake feeling. That is normal? Thank you!

Nicely done - one question - whenever I've replaced brake pads on a car, I've always applied a very thin smear of Coppaslip to the back plates. This to stop brake squeal. But I never find this reference for bike brakes. Any idea why?

New to this biking- My bike Pivot Phoenix DH SUBSCRIBED

Thanks, will be of great help with my new synapse carbon disc, is it best to stick with resin or go for the metal - thanks

excellent !

Great video. Did mine tonight and when I apply the brake there is slight movement with the finned portion of the pad. Is this normal? Everything seems to be working fine but seems odd that there’s any movement.

nice video mate, thanks! can you get better pads for those brakes?

Thankyou 😊👌🏻

do you see an upgradge with ice tech pads? good video!!!!

Another very helpful video - I always come back to your channel when I need some help. I find your tech videos even better from those from Park Tool :) I have a question though - do you lubricate the pistons with mineral oil before putting in a new set of pads? Shimano doesn't say to do this in their manual; but some on forums say if you don't lubricate the pistons, they will stick and will not retract easily. Do you agree with this? Thanks again!

@virkelie2

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoveMTB Thanks!!

I didn't realise the pads with fins could be interchanged with the standard ones - that's useful to know

Great video! I have shimano xt brakes and find they have a lot of take up and under hard braking i am nearly touching the bars. Is this a case to consider rebleeding? The brake pads have 25 hrs ride time.

nice video to follow

Nice video, my onlt comment is the lining up of the caliper along the centre line, that doesnt compensate for the fact the pistons may move at different speeds when applied for some reason and you could end up with more pressure from one pad than another, the alignment should be loosened caliper, squeeze brake then check how aligned that caliper centre line is as it will also give some idea on whether you have a sticky piston. just tuppence worth.

I don't like the idea of adding the lube to the brake retention bolt right at the end. So close to the pads and disc at that point - I think I would choose to leave that set of threads alone. Otherwise, great video! I never thought about that centerline mark on the armature.

Thank you for the video, it helped me with this service. However, I noticed a slight error when you were measuring. You reference a manual which discusses changing the brake pad when its less than 2mm. In the book you can see that this measurement is for the actual brake pad without the metal backing. In the video you measured both the ceramic pad material and the backing which gives you a falsely increased number. If you measure both the pad and the backing material you have to subtract about 1.74mm (this is how thick the backing was for my pads). Again thanks for producing this video but I wanted to clarify so others don't run into braking issues if they are measuring incorrectly.

@fuglygolfing

2 жыл бұрын

The way he did it was correct imo - the guide says 2mm as new and 0.5mm of pad material when worn = 1.5mm of wear. Measuring the total pad thickness and observing 1.5mm of pad wear later seems like the correct thing to do, as you can't actually measure the metal thickness below the friction material

The tire lever was the missing ingredient - thank you!

I'm using them worn and they work better than new (of course they wake the neighborhood dogs when I'm descending the hills). Will never change them again. This is modern cycling.

Thank you. Terrific video but I am unclear on how L-R go. The spring mechanism and pads look identical except for a small hole on one side of spring. Plus neither pad has a front or rear directional marking indicator. Thanks again.

@LoveMTB

Ай бұрын

L/R is only relevant for the finned pads. Otherwise spring doesn’t matter

@JavierMendoza-hs7bz

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for great video and great advice! 👏🏼👏🏼

My compliments for this cool video. The disk cleaning must be done only when we replace the brake pads ?

@freighttrainshane3953

6 жыл бұрын

I do it as part of my bike drivetrain cleaning just in case any degreaser got on them.

great video as always. I got a question about cleaning the pistons, pistons from rear break are sort of stucked coz they do not go back the whole way when press the break. what do you recommend i can use to clean them.

@totetronico

7 жыл бұрын

Thank You very much! .

can I put that kind of brake pads (the one that covers the top) into my non series shimano brakes?

Thañk u

How about a review on that Allen Key set

Nice to the point. Sounds v like all Shimano disc brakes take the same shape pads? Is that so?

@patrickvolvos4010

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoveMTB got it thanks.

Any idea how often you're supposed to replace your shifter/ derailleur cable??

thx

This works in hydraulic and mechanical disc brakes as well, correct? You can remove the wheel with no threat of the pistons closing in as long as you don’t hit the brake lever?

That sound is from that spring thing that keeps brake pads apart. At first that is the one that touches the disk, so it's ok, don't have to dispair or to check many times. When you start hearing that, the pad is 0.5mm thik and you need to replace it as soon as possible.

The clarity of the process is good, but I wonder whether a mention should be made about pushing the pistons in to make room for the new pads. I've followed steps in the video a few times without a problem, but recently developed a lever (GRX 810) that was pulling all the way to the bar to engage the brake. LBS had a look, and the bladder in the lever is broken (which requires a whole lever replacement). They speculated it could have been from hamfisting the brakes, but I'm pretty easy on them. I suspect it happened from pushing the pistons back too quickly and with too much force when replacing pads, but it's just a guess. Anyway, something to be careful about.

@annegrey-blackman5934

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds more likely that somehow, air has been introduced into the system. If the reservoir at the lever was broken in some way you would have fluid leaking.

May i ask u i have those M135 shimano hydraulic brake set ca i install it with pads with cooling fins?

How thick were your old pads? Just for the reference.

Can one reuse the fins or it's a one time thing? and each time you gotta replace it?

Thank you for a nice video! I change my brake pads by my own today, I pushed the pistons in as far as I could but it’s very little room for the rotor to fit. The brake pads is on the rotor. I looked at shimanos website so I order the correct brake pads and it’s the correct rotor. Is it only to push the pistons even more? Or is it anything else I missed?

@PMaxJ

4 ай бұрын

Same here, new pads still quite tight. Did you find a resolution?