GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

Duke said:
Changed to fourth set of pads at 77,000 km, DS2500 again as they have been brilliant.

Front discs have some life left in them yet. My digital calipers “broke” (thanks, son!) so I can’t be super accurate, but with a steel rule and a steady eye they look to have at least a millimetre left.

The discs have been on since January 2024. The first set lasted nearly two years so this pair look to be lasting about the same*.

Will check the rears tomorrow. Have pads, but they weren’t needing done last time I looked.

*Edit: New thickness is only 28 mm (I thought it was 30 mm) so they have a bit more life left in them yet (my bank balance approves!). Will need to measure the thickness properly.
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And rears done, fitted OE-spec Brembos, let’s see how they hold up.

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I could’ve left them on for a bit yet I reckon, they don’t get anything like the abuse of the fronts and these have been on for over four years.

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Wear was pretty even although one pad, the right one above, was almost completely jammed by old brake dust so that it clearly wasn’t moving fully.

It was wiggling a bit but I couldn’t get the purchase on it to pull it fee. Had to remove the caliper to knock it out, scraped all the crud from the inside of the caliper while it was off.

I won’t leave them so long next time before removing, cleaning and refitting.
 
Duke said:
And rears done, fitted OE-spec Brembos, let’s see how they hold up.

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I could’ve left them on for a bit yet I reckon, they don’t get anything like the abuse of the fronts and these have been on for over four years.

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Wear was pretty even although one pad, the right one above, was almost completely jammed by old brake dust so that it clearly wasn’t moving fully.

It was wiggling a bit but I couldn’t get the purchase on it to pull it fee. Had to remove the caliper to knock it out, scraped all the crud from the inside of the caliper while it was off.

I won’t leave them so long next time before removing, cleaning and refitting.
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Yes, every time I do brake pads it is an utter nightmare because of the dust and it doubles the time as something is always seized or welded on. And every time I swear I’ll do some routine cleaning between that and the next change, but it’s never happened 🙃
 
Dav1d said:
Yes, every time I do brake pads it is an utter nightmare because of the dust and it doubles the time as something is always seized or welded on. And every time I swear I’ll do some routine cleaning between that and the next change, but it’s never happened 🙃
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Yeah, given they were in there for four years they weren’t actually too bad I guess.

The Yaris has such lovely, easy brakes to work on though, seems silly not just spending 45 mins every year or so cleaning things up.
 
Dav1d said:
Yes, every time I do brake pads it is an utter nightmare because of the dust and it doubles the time as something is always seized or welded on. And every time I swear I’ll do some routine cleaning between that and the next change, but it’s never happened 🙃
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Are you using (ceramic?) lubricant?
 
I've stopped using stuff like that.

I was always a copaslip guy, but having had other people look after my cars for so many years so a bit out of the loop and I was told this ceramic stuff is the new hotness so I used it when I swapped the pads on the Yaris the first time.

When they came out the residual gunk was a nightmare to clean off so I thoroughly cleaned everything up before putting the new pads in without any anti-seize.

When I had to change those pads it was a pleasure; super easy to get them out and almost nothing to clean up.

Same this time. Just a little buff on the shims with a brass brush and a quick wipe with a damp cloth on the inside of the caliper and round the piston to get rid of any pad material build up.

I'm going in dry from now on!
 
Duke said:
I've stopped using stuff like that.

I was always a copaslip guy, but having had other people look after my cars for so many years so a bit out of the loop and I was told this ceramic stuff is the new hotness so I used it when I swapped the pads on the Yaris the first time.

When they came out the residual gunk was a nightmare to clean off so I thoroughly cleaned everything up before putting the new pads in without any anti-seize.

When I had to change those pads it was a pleasure; super easy to get them out and almost nothing to clean up.

Same this time. Just a little buff on the shims with a brass brush and a quick wipe with a damp cloth on the inside of the caliper and round the piston to get rid of any pad material build up.

I'm going in dry from now on!
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I mean need to try to keep on top of things, so fewer steps wise is better. I’ve also sometimes gotten new retaining pins as part of a kit because once the frustration seemed worth it. But maybe need a dremel with wire attachment to be honest, would let me do what you do.
 
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