Help Please!!! Brake issue!

mmm I'm now experiencing the same type of issue :(

A couple of weeks ago I got my rear pads & brake fluid changed. Car felt fine. I then got my wheels refurbished and since then it looks like one of the front callipers is sticking so pad seems to be in constant contact with the disk.

Can any garage look at z4m callipers or is it best taking it to a bmw specialist?

Cheers
 
Car feels spot on now...not squeaking or binding from the front or back...Brakes feel a bit wooly though...Disk, pad & fluid change next weekend.
 
Nothing obvious on the caliper, he thinks the reservoir was too full and pushing the pads out...Dubious, but either way, car seems better. trying to upload pic, but it's on my phone....
 
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Aliv6 said:
Nothing obvious on the caliper, he thinks the reservoir was too full and pushing the pads out...Dubious, but either way, car seems better. trying to upload pic, but it's on my phone....
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I think this is a perfectly feasible reason. If the rears were replaced, the pistons being pushed back would force fluid back into the master cylinder and possibly fill it up leaving no room for the return process once the brakes are applied.

I do lots of my own bike and car servicing and am always very careful not to overfill when pads are changed, for this very reason.

Either way, glad you got it sorted. :thumbsup:
 
Cheers Lance...

Lol...When i seen lance all i could think of was.

"What you feeling lance, 40 weight 50?" 40 weight sounds nice! - Fast & the Furious!
 
could an unbalanced front wheel cause the pad to have contact with the disc while dricving? I'm getting vibration between 60 - 80mph and the passenger side disc is extremley hot.

Hopefully its an easy fix
 
daz05 said:
No Dogmatic most likely the sticking claiper issue.
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Cheers daz05 your right. After a short drive <5 miles I reversed to park and the offending pad/disc is making a squeeling noise as I reverse and its too hot to touch.

Interesting that a got a brake fluid/rear brake pad change done a couple of weeks ago so I'm wondering if I have the same issue as the OP

I'm getting it checked out tomorrow or Monday.

Cheers
 
Dogmatic6 said:
daz05 said:
No Dogmatic most likely the sticking claiper issue.
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Cheers daz05 your right. After a short drive <5 miles I reversed to park and the offending pad/disc is making a squeeling noise as I reverse and its too hot to touch.

Interesting that a got a brake fluid/rear brake pad change done a couple of weeks ago so I'm wondering if I have the same issue as the OP

I'm getting it checked out tomorrow or Monday.

Cheers
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Just an update to say mines was indeed a sticky calliper. BMW wanted over £300 to fit a new one. Took it to a small local garage who stripped it down and cleaned it for £60 good as new they said.

Time will tell. They offered to check it for free in a few months to make sure its still ok
 
jrainlay said:
Surprised you didn't warp the rotor with all that heat :o
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Rotor seems to be ok. Even BMW didn't suggest changing it...lol I had in total around 200 miles with the sticky Calliper but it was only partly siezed so although there was constant friction I don't think it was too bad.
 
It wasn't a sticking caliper, it was the fluid level in the reservoir that caused the problem.

New discs/pads/sensors/bolts going on tomo! £660 all in! :(
 
Rear right squeak - check the handbrake as the shoes are inside the rear drum.

This is almost never checked as is only accessible when u remove the rear discs, so in changing pads u may have dislodged something into the path of the handbrake shoes

J
 
New brakes on! - Look great and more importantly, work well.

OEM stuff, Pagid pads and ATE Discs from BMW Mini Spares.

Total cost was £660.

Fronts were a swine to get off and required the bolts to be drilled out, rears were a doddle!
 
My brakes became similarly hot when I left the traction control switched on for three gentle scouting laps at the start of my last track day as I hadn't been there before. I hadn't appreciated how much it interferes until I saw smoke pouring out of all four wheels when I stopped :o Left it switched off after that - the performance was transformed, and the brakes behaved brilliantly all day without any fade (uprated fluid and yellow stuff on stock discs).
 
Guessing he means stability control, on our M's they're both operated together. DSC grabs the brakes accordingly in order to stop excessive understeer or oversteeer hence they can overheat if you constantly drive in a manner that triggers it.
 
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