hoonami

I am about to replace front&rear pads on my 06 RX400h, it was CPO with 40k miles when we bought it and it had new pads, new rotors. Now at 73k it is time for new pads, trying to get it done soon so i don't have to cut the rotors as it is smooth right now. Anyone replaced the pads on their own on the RX400h? anything different than normal cars?? I am thinking about Akebono Pads. What do you guys think??

thomas1

should be a piece of cake, nothing different from other cars...Akebono are great pads.

colinshots

I have a 2006 RX400H and the front and rear pads need replaced soon (and possibly new rotors to really do the job well) and as far as I can see it's pretty straight forward but then I read online that the car will require a reset using a Lexus scan tool when the pistons are pushed in to allow the new pads to be fitted.
Is this true?
I see no electronic wires/sensors on the calipers but maybe it's a fluid level thing.
If it is true then would a commercially available electronic scan tool be able to do this?
Regards.

thomas1

should be no problem as long as you dont open bleed valves....you can always take it to toyota and have them bleed fluid after you do the brake job...Cost around $120 cheaper with coupons

spacecraft

I'm afraid I don't know the answer, but I'm also interested to hear about that.
Also, how easy is it to check the pads status? Is there any indicator?

smassey321

Out of curiosity what are you doing to wear the brakes out? We are still on our originals at 90k miles. My wife burns off her tires ever 30k miles so she is not easy on it. We even have more than 3k miles of towing a 1500 lb trailer.

thomas1

I agree, my originals were still good at 110k miles, changed them just because,

colinshots

I didn't burn them out- just bought the car 2 months ago with 46k miles and although they're not too bad I just feel they'd benefit from a nice fresh change all round then I know they're good.

Cruiter

One of the benefits of your hybrid is re-gen braking from the electric motors. Much of the light to moderate braking is done by them, consequently many hybrid owners get between 100-200 thousand miles on the original front pads. There have been reports of Prius taxi's in NY with over 200,000 miles on the original pads, batteries, etc. The (h) models are prone to be long for wear .

chuckbass

I agree that the Akebono pads are excellent. I just replaced the fronts on my 2006 400h right around 86k miles.

aucht

Every set of pads had a warning plat, when it need to change, it will warn you loud!
The warning plat is made of soft matel, it won't demage the rotor!

colinshots

"Successfully" changed pads and rotors on front and rear. Rear guide pins on calipers were a bit seized so replaced them too and all's good EXCEPT the rear driver side's (right, I'm in UK) rotor is showing that the pads are not contacting properly and after taking it all off again to ensure the slider and piston are definitely moving easily, it's still doing the same.
Looks to me like when the brakes are applied there's no pressure at that caliper's piston.
The three others work fine.
Any ideas on this one??

thomas1

maybe the caliper is corroded and hanging up...or maybe there is air in the line on that caliper....

Shellmrg

I read the part in this string about the caliper hanging up. If the piston is not able to be compressed when replacing the pads, would this be because of the caliper? We can not get the piston to compress in order to insert the pad and can not figure out why. Please help!

riwyle

Are you using a good rigid 6 0r 8 inch c-clamp to compress the piston? I have never come across one I couldn't move with moderate force.