2 ways How to wind back electronic caliper without diagnostic computer on EPB parking hand brake
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- here we show you two alternative methods to changing your brake pads on cars with electronic parking brake caliper.
if you don't have diagnostic equipment to put it into service mode. or any special wind back tools or piston compressor kits
method 1 requires spade connectors and wiring plus jump leads to connect to a 12v battery.
method 2 requires M8 spline (8mm) to wind the piston. and T30 torque to remover the motor bolts.
both methods here we use only a screwdriver or small pry bar to push the piston after worm gear is wound in.
see our other videos on other ways to do this job here....
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Brilliant. Easy and informative without telling us your life story. You’re a legend.
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You are a real MVP sir. A hero to be exact. You really saved me with this one. You are truly appreciated. Thank you 🙏🏽. May goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life.
Such a nice comment. Thank you 😊
I totally agree, you would make a lovely mate, Honest, reliable , clear and concise . Many many thanks. May you live long. blessings.
Did a 5 year apprenticeship from 1970 to 75, with a Ford main dealer, left the garages in the mid 90s, for better paid job and now retired, never worked on EPB's as never came in until 2001, thank you for showing how to do this, never to old to learn, a great video
Thanks
Undo electric wire, by poppin its safety clip. use 5mm hex and remove motor behind brake. then remove Caliper. if caliper and piston are too tight, use 5mm hex in the back of the piston winder, turn clock wise. once caliper is off then use c clamp on piston an tighten till resistance. turn the 5mm hex clockwise again till resistance, then turn c clamp more till the piston is retracted. do brake pads and chassie, once set an lubed, mount motor back on piston. then place caliper back. just did a set of backs, no codes no issues. its called a manual reset.
May be sound stupid but you can try with engine on , because sometime if you you do one wrong connection or your negative positive terminals touch by mistake , these vehicles are very sensitive and end up having bigger issues .
this video should have a couple of million views, fantastic content, glad to see a fellow Irish man helping others and doing well for himself at the same time.
Thank you
Still not many cars had EPB !!
Pal you just saved me £230. Made the simple lead and powered it from the cig lighter socket. Worked a treat with powering the piston in. After that - simple job. Really appreciate the video. 👍
So happy to hear it helped you. Thanks for taking the time to comment 😁
Thanks a lot. Helped me out in a pinch when I promised to help someone change rear brake pads. Never saw a car with electrical handbrake before :)
Glad it helped
This video was an absolute godsend. Save my bacon. Thanks so much. Really appreciate guys like yourselves taking the time to put this onto TH-cam. Thanks.
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I was always told there was no way to do this and its impossible without a premium diagnostic tool
Hope it helped
Not all heroes wear a cape! You sir are a hero!
Technique #2 saved the day for me. Very easy and reliable method. Thank you!
Thanks for coming back to comment 😁
Great video, simple and straight to the point, lots of useful information.
Showing us both ways in the one video, fantastic. Thanks for that, your a star. 👍👍
Thanks for your comments
Great help. Just what I needed to know. I'd struggled for a couple of hours before finding this!
Excellent advice and step by step guide. My only suggestion here is that some EPB equipped cars first need to have the EPB 'parking on' turned off, before working on the rear brakes, as some EPB's automatically apply themselves as soon as you exit the vehicle/open the door.
Best one yet. Others run electric with caliper off, then have to push piston back some other way. This is simplest. Well done.
I asked a garage if this were possible so i could do my own brakes, he said it wouldn't work... Knew it would, top man.
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Just a note on this.
I’ve just done a 2017 Nissan trail. I had to power up the motor and close the pads onto the disc before the handbrake would reset. The hand brake switch was flashing at me and wouldn’t work until I powered up the motor and closed the brake.
Great video cheers for that
Thanks for the video really helped me out. Heads up for any Nissan owners with electric parking brakes, make sure you order pads and rotors that specifically state that they are for electric parking brakes in the description. eBay is much better at including this information than Amazon.
Glad it helped you. Thanks for the comment
Used your video to do my rear brakes on a 2020 Nissan Rouge with EPB. I used the battery and wires method. Worked perfectly. Thanks!!
my friend,you are by far the smartest mechanic &the easiest to understand.The way you explain things is straightforward &in layman's terms. thank you so much for posting these very important videos for me to be able to fix the car with EBP brake system.Btw, I like your accent.The way you say Car is very Boston sounding with less R&more ah😂
I did spend a few years in Boston growing up
That makes sense to me. Two terminals, reverse to drive one way or the other. Very practical.
Yes standard DC voltage rules. Reverse polarity equals reverse gear
Saved me $200 thanks
Thank you
Fantastic video, very informative, Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for your support 😊
Thanks bro for the information process step by step your knowledge is highly appreciated, there’s some mechanics rip you off not been honest for there job
Glad to help
Hello there, iv just come across your video for electric handbrake rewinding, i have to be HONEST WITH YOU i was loosing sleep about this issue, i thought i was going to be charged a fortune for having my rear brakes done as both sides need discs and pads , YOU SIR ARE A GENIUS , PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YOU DO BY HELPING MOTORISTS THAT CANT AFFORD GARAGE BILLS, AND MOST OF ALL BE SAFE WHILE WORKING ON CARS , AND DRIVING ON THE ROADS WITH ALL THE OTHER HALFWITS THAT GOT THERE DRIVING LICENSE OUT OF A LUCKY BAG S.
I'm about to purchase a scan tool that can release the e-brake, I'm glad I saw this today. Will do my first blake pad replacement after 32k kms
Glad I could help
I did the 2nd option on my 2016 Honda Civic EX-T after thinking it would be like any other brake job I've done. THANK YOU! Its a bit tricky but it will compress at least it did for me and no issues after I just turned my EPB on and off once everything was back together. No lights on the dash NOTHING. Probably going to invest in a scan tool, but there's nothing like knowing a way around the CPU.
Excellent video and well presented. Clear and concise!
Excellent tip using battery to drive back the EPB motors. Worked perfectly on BMW X1 2016 F48 diesel. Foxwell NT530 was supposed to do it but didn’t. Very many thanks for posting this video. It has saved me much heartache and gnashing of teeth.
So good to have your feedback. Thank you
Wow...hope that was not a customer's vehicle. No cleaning, rotors are shot. They'll be calling you back shortly for noise. I refuse to do incomplete brake jobs. To important for safety reasons.
Fair play lad you have saved me the ball ache of paying someone to do it. Great video and brilliant explanations
Glad it helped
Thank you thank you! Just did an audi 2013 a6 premium quattro 2.0 by removing the motor. Excellent tutorial!
Is there any information available on how you made the cables
you save me lot of money, thank you, cheers from Australia,
Just a note of warning if you're planning on going for the second method of this process. I had an electronic handbrake (B6 Passat) fail on me whilst abroad on holiday, causing loads of hassle!!! Some clown had carried out the service using the second method and cocked up completely the re-connecting of the motor to caliper, breaking the rubber seal and fitment. Corrosion took hold, and the spline rotted, causing the motor to simply strip the splines off whilst the brake was on full hold/park! Vehicle immobilized and robbing tow trucks and garages rubbing their hands together!!
Hi Jimmy, great video. Thank you. Two questions, will the manual system work similarly on a 2014 VWGolf? And have you ever heard of the battery method causing problems to the ecu? Thanks again.
Wow learning new tricks from you again mate
Thanks for watching
Can anyone advise what the parking break button will tell like … my bmw parking break button currently fell flemsy/loose and when engaging it doesn’t engage the break . Could be the button itself?
Newbie question but would release of hand brake not to the same? If not can you not wind back caliper with caliper wind back tool
Connections will not matter if they touch if the power source is disconnected before hand.
Audi tt one electronic motor is stacked -i cant relise the brakes-i got new caliper with motor-OBD computer dont realise service mode-parking brake failure! What position i need to do brakes -locked i think-becouse car sistem think is lockts brakes! ? Now im worry about this how to correct to do
Can you simply do this by forcing the piston back?
No. You will damage it
Did my 5 year mechanic apprenticeship started in 68. Cars now days are like spacecraft compared to what i worked on.
This is awesome, so detailed, great video. I am know you helped many DYI people with your videos. I have been working on my cars for years. Thank you for teaching us something new, specially to those that rather do things ourselves, I wish you many more views.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video - found you just in time too...worked a treat....£150 labour bill just saved...............definately worth a sub
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Thank you, brother. I was baffled by opening the caliber in order to fit it over the new brake pads. You sir are a savior.
Glad I could help
Great video your going to have lots of viewers looking at this video for sure , good tuition and many many thanks , may i ask what is holding on the brake calliper carrier is it 2 bolts or splined machine bolts , as im just woundering whats holding the carrier , thank you again
Thank you. It's usually 16 - 18mm bolts on most caliper holders
there is a 3 way , a more safe way ...
take a h7 bulb (h4) in serie in your 12volt powerline
and feed the electric /electronic caliper
this way you can not break the internaly sprokkets inside the caliper
power it up or invert the powerline (open or close it )
(opening takes more time ,than clamping it )
important !
before electricaly clamping it with new brakepads press the brakepedaal till there is pressure resistance > than electricaly clamp the brake !
with 5 wire galiper the 2 bigger connector pins ar for the electro motor
the 3 smaller are sensor pins
Looks like my BMW has 3 connectors / pins instead of 2. Any idea how to approach the retraction using your #1 method? Cheers
You did not show that red t30 allen on the layout of the tools. You do not need a wrench to turn that part of the caliper out.
There's only 2 torx screws holding the electric motor to the caliper. Take it off and you can rewind manually with a T45 bit
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This could cause problems for some cars as the proper procedure adjusts the brake gap and this could lead to an improperly adjusted park brake
Good video recently bought a car with electric parking brake was wondering how I could continue to do my own brakes thank you very much
Superb! Saved me with this! Topman, very grateful.
Thanks for your Video really good 👍 info I will need it Since my Audi Parking brake will not release and I don’t have VAGCom. Thank you 🙏
Awesome. Thanks so much. This really helped me out when I was in a jam.
Thank you for coming back to comment 👍🏻
About to do my wife’s 2013 ds4 rear pads, feel a lot more confident having seen your vid, thank you very much 👍🏻
Thanks 4 Sharing! Even though I have a scan tool it's good to know alternatives. Thanks again!
👍👍👍👍 great video. thank you for showing more than 1 way of doing electric brakes!!!!💪💪💪💪
Wow, where have you been when i need this great video last time i changed the breaks on my VW with electric breaks.
Always a next time 👍🏻
Could i ask if hand brake comes on when car turned off do you ave to leave car ignition on to do this, or is it ok to do with ignition off and then uplug lead.
Why not just release the brake before starting the brake replacement?
Brilliantly demonstrated by you mu dear friend and I am going to replace rotor and brake pads on my Vauxhall Grandland x turbo diesel.Garage wanted £360 to do it. I all the parts for £ 120 from Halfords. I just want to thank you for your help with this project.yours Bob Naik.
Glad it helped
Holy... never knew this! Thank you so much!
Thanks for the support
Undo electric wire, by poppin its safety clip. use 5mm hex and remove motor behind brake. then remove Caliper. if caliper and piston are too tight, use 5mm hex in the back of the piston winder, turn clock wise. once caliper is off then use c clamp on piston an tighten till resistance. turn the 5mm hex clockwise again till resistance, then turn c clamp more till the piston is retracted. do brake pads and chassie, once set an lubed, mount motor back on piston. then place caliper back. just did a set of backs, no codes no issues. its called a manual reset.
do NOT have your park brake engaged when doing this, or you'll have to get it reset electroniclly
What a great video. Thank you. I’ve always worked on my own cars but I’m about to change the discs and pads on my first car with an e brake. This info was priceless. Good man yourself. Happy new year. Thanks again
Glad it was helpful!
Manual overide will eventually damage EPB it said so in manual
Will method 2 work in a 2020 Ford Escape/Kuga?
After reading about issues with using the service mode, Im concerned that I wont be able to get it out
For those interested, it did work on the Escape. Dont unplug or it will set off a dash warning that is temporary until replugged in
Awesome 👌 Super 🆒️ 👌 👏 👍 🙌 Thank you for sharing with us 👍👌🙏
Thank you too
This was the very first video I watched of yours.
I needed to do the rear discs and pads on my wife's 14 plate Qashqai. Having done them before I ruined discs and pads in 6 months as the EHB hadn't been set correctly.
I used option 2 and the video was very very helpful.
Glad it helped
Cant you just not set the parking brake?
I will give this a shot. Getting a mechanic to do it with the diagnostic tool is wild 😊
Well explained. Like any good teacher, you show multiple methods to accomplish the same task. In older systems, we would wind back the piston with a special tool designed to rotate the piston. Is there any reason to do that with electric E brakes?
Manually winding back or pushing back the caliper piston on e-piston systems will damage the motor. Manipulating the motor position first, allows the caliper piston to then be moved.
This video saved me hundreds of dollars . It works! Thank you!!
Glad it helped!
Great video!! Quick question, Was the EPB engaged when starting the service or not engaged?
Not engaged.
Not understanding the 1st bit - why not just release the handbrake with the usual switch inside the car (block the wheels in case of roll) which would allow the same piston compression at 2:50?
When you release the handbrake with the switch inside the car, it only retracts the motor, & piston, by a small amount, releasing the brake just enough for the wheel to spin freely.
When changing the rear brake pads, you must fully retract the motor, then manually push back the piston, in order to gain enough clearance for the caliper to fit over the thick new brake pads.
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated 🙏
Glad it helped!
How much it cost to have this rear brakes done ?
Will the computer compensate for the new pads and rotor?
Jimmy you are great thank you.
Wow man, Genius of a video 🤙
Thanks for watching
Brilliantly explained, well done 👏
thanks for your guidance got what i needed from you fantastic and easy to understand
I was hoping you could give le some advice, i accidentally hit the ignition in when when i had already removed the calaper
And the piston extending all the way out now i cant get it to retract back in. Is this able to be fixed or sill i need to replace?
I can even get it to retract slightly so i can fit the caliper tool inside but im alottle at a loss what to do next.
I tried spinning it from the motor directly with a sline socket like you demonstrated but the piston had come out too far (when i turned the ignirion on)
now its just spinning but won't retract. Any suggestions works be really appreciated
A perfect presentation, a masterpiece in the whole Web, this is a real mechaniker. Thousand thanks.
Thank you
The two wire set-up worked great! I thought I was going to have to buy an expensive scanner, or worse yet, have to take it in to the dealer :( Thanks again!
Glad it helped
Great video! But I got a problem, I changed my break pads using method no. 2, but now my breaks seem to work worse than before, it kind of feels like i have to press the breakpedal the floor for the breaks to fully engage. Any idea what I may have done wrong??
Could of just installed something wrong, not cleaned it good enough ect. Pads sticking on the bracket/clips, pins seized. Hope you figure it out
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Thanks I found that very informative, never occurred to me 👍
Glad it was helpful!
You can
Use a pp3 battery to do the same job
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Very nicely explained always watch you on you tube. Dpf king
Thank you 😊
Thanks a million, this was the workaround I needed. Thanks for posting.
Glad it helped
Great video. Informative and useful. Thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice, straight forward and to the point 👍
thank you for the clarification that EPB moves only slightly with inside switch. awesome video. Regards
Thanks for watching
Great information, clear and concise. Thank you.
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Really enjoy your videos from a fellow mechanic 45 years in the trade
Thank you
Was this method done on a Volvo?
Will these methods work on a 2016 ford galaxy ?
Yes