I've got the separate e-brake thngy - not sure if that is due to the Alcon package.

 

I guess we are disussing two different setups now

Changing pads and rotors on these cars is not really any different from any other cars. The Allen key sizes are sometimes not ones that are usually in a basic set, but otherwise easy: Don't put the park brake on and ideally disconnect the battery so that the park brak cannot operate and squash any fingers.

The wear sensors go brittle with time/heat and are not always reusable. A spare in stock before starting is a good plan. Aftermarket ones are so cheap, I would always just replace them with the pad swap.

A good starting point is this thread: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...job-how-85582/

The cars with Alcon brakes appear to have an additional caliper. In that case there are two calipers to remove. The rest "should" be the usual procedure.

 

Thanks. That is good to hear. The more I'm on this forum, the more encouraged I feel about the car and about doing some of the little stuff myself. I've now heard the car will be delivered on Saturday. I'm genuinely excited to see it and take it for a drive (weather permitting, of course!). Cheers.

 

Ya, I had to take some pics to see how the brakes were actuated - looks like I can just undo the two torx bolts and remove the outer pad so the rotor can be removed without worrying about any e-brake reset procedure.

 

I have no experience of the Alcon brakes but I would be looking into what happens when you put a new rotor on. It is thicker than the worn one so the parking brake will probably need some form of resetting anyway. Do you have the workshop manual?

 

Since/if the parking brake actuates the main calipers, then that wouldn't make a difference, as all pistons are fully retracted while doing any brake job.
If (I don't know) Alcons have a separate shoe on the rear of the rotor, that wouldn't have any conditions about wear on a disk, as those shoes don't actually WEAR, unless you drive a lot with the E-Brake engaged.
I may be wrong, but it only makes sense.

 

That's the point! From the photos above and the parts list, the Alcon brakes have a separate parking brake caliper. It looks mechanical and not hydraulic so maybe be just a matter of removing and replacing. I didn't find anything relevant in the workshop manual but I only did a quick scan.