Requesting advice because I’m stupid

[pickle22]

Always been someone who only works on my car to put on mods and stuff, but I’m trying to expand my knowledge 🧠. Can I get some advice on if my pads/rotors are in need of a change. Want to do a brake bleed while I’m at it too. Is it a simple enough thing for a beginner to do so I can start to learn to do more maintenance work. Thanks.

 

[ztrahan]

Looks like the pads still have a little life on them. It's worth buying a cheap caliper to have on hand, you can measure and compare to their minimum specs (google). If you're going to do a brake job, it's simple, just make sure you do it right. You'll need a wind back tool for the rear calipers, and you'll want bleeder bottle too.

 

[XR650R]

It's never stupid to ask for advice when you're doing something new to you. It's smart. You could save yourself a big headache.
There are a few Youtube how-to videos, too. Watch a couple and see what you'll need.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ5Q6-Ee0UQ

 

[SteveS]

Your pads have plenty of material left.

 

[dhminer]

Not stupid at all. We all did it for the first time at one point and were terrified our brakes wouldn’t work and we’d crash and die. A power bleeder from motive makes bleeding brakes super easy to do as a one person job. You can do it the old school way too, but you’ll need someone to help. Forscan can also do it the fancy way which I’ve tried but I prefer to use the power bleeder and just use forscan to cycle the ABS module so it gets some new fluid too.

 

[green_henry]

Pads and rotors are simple. I leave the fluid to the pros

 

[Sprinkle_Star]

For each caliper, check both the inner and outer pads since they can wear out at different rates due to the caliper pins needing cleaning and relubrication.