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Originally Posted by Morgan320i
Wow that was helpful... It's a 7mm .... It's (not) convenient to jack my car up and take off all the lugs and go through my hex set ... I work 11 hour days (so don't want to be) spending 30 min to check something; when I join a forum (it is) to ask questions like this
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That is probably because out of your first 7 posts on this forum, 4 of them were about this brake job. I worked quite a bit more than your 11 hour day today, because I worked three quarters of a day and then flew 12 hours home. We're all busy. But if you looked in the articles section at the top of the page, or did even a simple search, all of your questions are answered. Many times over.
To add to previous poster's comments above, even if the brake pad sensor light isn't on yet you should replace the sensor, as the E70 includes a two stage sensor; the first contact is to refine the remaining life estimate, and the second contact is to turn the warning light on. You could be through the first contact and not up to the second.
No programming required.
If you need to do brakes, you may be up to the two year change interval for brake fluid. Worth doing. But if you do it, don't get air in the system, as it gets trapped in the ABS controller, and paying the the dealer to hook up their service tool to cycle the controller while bleeding gets expensive.
And when you take out the 7 mm hex guide bolts, make sure you put them back in dry. Do not lubricate them.
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