2007 Acura TL-S
Original Brake Fluid
Original Rotors
NEW Wagner ThermoQuiet Ceramic Pads
36,000 Miles

I replaced my brake pads last Wednesday with Wagner Pads. My friend did the work for me while I watched over... I'm a brake Noob. He buys/sells cars for a living and has done brakes on everything from mercedes to jaguar, so, I trusted him to do it right. He insisted he knew what he was doing... until he removed the caliper and just stared at it... "i've never worked on 4-piston calipers before". This is when I paid real close attention to every little thing he was doing. I watched him clean the shims, wipe down the calipers, and that's about it. He didn't replace the Pad Spring, just used the old ones. And I never saw him re-grease the pins, the back of the pads/shims, nor the *PISTONS*.

This is where my concern comes in. Do I need to regrease these items ASAP(piston, piston boots, caliper pins)? Or will I be alright until I get my Brake Fluid replaced this spring?

I will say that I drive the expressway everyday(minimal stop and go) and am very light on my brakes(These new pads were replacing the original OEM pads with 36,000 on them). I've already put on 500+ miles on these new pads and the brakes are working as good as the day I bought the car. Brakes smoothly, evenly, with NO noise. And no noticeable softness in pedal.

Had I not watched him I would be 100% satisfied right now.

Thanks for any advice.

 

You should put grease on the pistons, the two pins they slide on that hold the pads in place and on the back of the pads (where the pistons press on) for lubrication reasons and noise reasons. Some people don't go the extra mile on these things and over a long period of time (years and lots of miles) the pistons could sieze. I wouldn't worry about it now but I would do it in the near future. You can remove the brembo pads without taking the caliper off the car and get to all the grease points. Brembo brakes are by far the easiest pads to change!

 

Thanks for the response. This gives me some piece of mind.
I'll make sure to grease everything after I get my brake fluid changed in a couple months.

 

no need to remove the caliper if just replacing pad, and you should have done the fluid before he removed the caliper. its not great to compress the pistons with dirty fluid, it send all the junk back up the line and has potential of messing with the sensors and stuff. no biggie now, just for future knowledge.