I did my brake pads yesterday and end up with some problems. During the job, the brake fluid totally drained out; when I'm done, I filled it up. But now the brake doesn't applies anymore and brake light, SLIP light, VDC light all come up.

thank you for any helps!

 

That's exactly why I'm afraid to touch mine.... Somebody help cause I wanna know what to do also.

 

Whaaat????? Need more info.....

How did the fluid "drain out"?

Did you open the bleed nipples??? Did you take the brake lines loose?

If so, you can't just fill it up...you are going to have to bleed all the air out.

You don't need to to open them up to change pads.....only to bleed them if you flush.

 

No, i didn't open the brake nipples and the brake lines at all. The fluid drained out from the little hole when I opened the calipers (Brembo brake). After I did all 4, the reservor is empty. I guess I need to do the bleeding brake system.

 

Sorry.....I'm not following you.

What "little hole" when you opened the calipers???

All you need to do to change pads is pull the retaining pins.

There is a great DIY write up here on the site.

https://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-suspension-diy/138161-replacing-your-brembo-pads.html

You might want to have a mechanic look at them....brakes are important.

Well, as long as you have everything closed back up and nothing is leaking....just bleed them and you should be fine.

ALso make sure to bed the pads in properly.

GOod luck.

 

Please have your car towed to the dealership or find someone locally in a car club that can show you the right way to do this.

It isn't difficult, but the brakes aren't the best place to start if you've never worked on a car before.

 

for real. a lot of people dont think of it this way, but brakes are the number 1 safty feature on any car...

 

No shit Sherlock!


If I recall, the Brembos have TWO bleeders or a bleeder and a plug. You need to bleed the system. DO NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL YOU BLEED THE BRAKES!!! If you are unsure of the proper way to do it, go to a mechanic.

 

Finally, i bleeded all the air out of the brakes. The problem is just because when my brake fluid drained out totally; that's when the air came inside. Thanks alot for your help guys.

 

Correct... air fills voids

So, what little "hole" did this fluid come out of????

 

yeah... what hole are you speaking of?

you didn't need to disassemble the calipers themselves... just pull the clips off the 2 retaining pins that hold the pads and slide the caliper off. will have to depress the pistons with a caliper clamp/thingymajigger and make sure the pads aren't biting the rotor... then just slide the whole mechanism off cautiously as you don't kink the hardlines.

 

Well...your post makes absoutly NO sense also. You started off correctly...but ran two diff things together. You cannot just "slide the whole mechanism off" by "just pulling the clips off the retaining pins". There are two big bolts in the back holding the caliper on.

You don't need to remove the caliper to only change the pads. only if you are removing rotors.

Anyway, I hope the OP got it straightened out. He deffinatly did something wrong.

Read and make sure you know what you are doing before you attempt working on the car yourself.

 

Fluid should not have drained from the brakes when changing the pads.

What did you do so we can help you fix it.

 

how do you remove the rear rotors? I have the caliper and hand brake off but the rotor still refuse to leave.

thanks!

 

Please either buy a factory service manual and read it 10 times or for the love of everything holy and for your future children, take it to a good mechanic