F10 M5 Brake Change At Home ?

[BaschurchJim]

Hi guys....
My front and rear brakes need doing on my M5 (2014) but BMW are closed and my go to garage is also closed, a guy up the road said he can do them but I thought it had to go to the professionals to go on a computer and something also to do with the rear brakes as electric parking brake.
I would wait for a garage etc but use the car at the moment doing 210 miles per day !
Any advise would be more than welcomed.

[wallyman424]

Originally Posted by BaschurchJim

Hi guys....
My front and rear brakes need doing on my M5 (2014) but BMW are closed and my go to garage is also closed, a guy up the road said he can do them but I thought it had to go to the professionals to go on a computer and something also to do with the rear brakes as electric parking brake.
I would wait for a garage etc but use the car at the moment doing 210 miles per day !
Any advise would be more than welcomed.

Nope, easily doable at home.

For the parking brake you just disconnect it and you can manually wind it back with a torx bit. Otherwise it's a regular old pad change.

[BaschurchJim]

Originally Posted by wallyman424

Nope, easily doable at home.

For the parking brake you just disconnect it and you can manually wind it back with a torx bit. Otherwise it's a regular old pad change.

Thank you kindly for that.
I was worried he would mess it up, I do over 200 miles a day 6 days a week in this lockdown and would wait but can't go past Thursday really.

[x35250]

Here is a link to some how-to manuals.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f10-m5-lim/

[SCD-1983]

Originally Posted by x35250

Here is a link to some how-to manuals.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f10-m5-lim/

Great source of information, especially torque ratings!

[Bullish657]

Originally Posted by wallyman424

Nope, easily doable at home.

For the parking brake you just disconnect it and you can manually wind it back with a torx bit. Otherwise it's a regular old pad change.

Disconnect as in unplug control in the trunk?

Ty

[bmwdinan5]

The fronts were easy... I did those in Dec. Rear has some extra steps, but the same as other f chassis’s. Watch this DIY.

It was easy just extra steps. Also you need a thin 16mm (15mm) open wrench to take off the caliper.

[wallyman424]

Originally Posted by Bullish657

Disconnect as in unplug control in the trunk?

Ty

Nothing in the trunk, just the electrical connector at the brake.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by bmwdinan5

The fronts were easy... I did those in Dec. Rear has some extra steps, but the same as other f chassis’s. Watch this DIY.

It was easy just extra steps. Also you need a thin 16mm (15mm) open wrench to take off the caliper.