F56 front brake in 3D

My F56 as a hologram you can pull apart: the front brake and the battery so far, with repair photos, torques and wiring for every part.

Test build · MINI F56 · brake and battery

F56 front brake in 3D

My F56 as a hologram you can pull apart, one section at a time. Tap a part for its repair photos, torques, specs and wiring. The driver's front brake came first and the battery is next, the start of the engine bay.

30Parts
71Repair photos
12Repair procedures
4Wiring diagrams
Open the explorer

How to use it

It runs in the browser, on a phone too. Drag to orbit, pinch or scroll to zoom.

  1. Tap the front wheel or the battery. That section pulls apart. Where there's a torque, the label carries it. Front brake and Battery at the top jump between them, and Assemble puts one back together.
  2. Tap a part or its label. Its card has the torque, the specs, the pins and wire colours for anything wired, and every repair step that mentions the part, photo included. Tap a photo for full size. On a phone the card is a sheet along the bottom; tap its handle to make it taller.
  3. Wiring draws the diagrams in the wires' real colours. Tap a pin in the table and its wire lights up on the diagram; tap a wire and its pin lights up in the table.
  4. Procedures has every repair procedure for the section in full.
  5. Back, Esc or the browser's back button step out one view at a time. Back to the post at the top left comes back here.
The caliper selected, with its card of torques and repair steps
Caliper. The guide bolt torque, then every repair step that mentions the caliper, each with its photo.
The pad wear sensor card with its DSC pins
Pad wear sensor. Its pins on both DSC connectors, the wear warning thickness and the swap procedure.
The DSC wiring diagram in the wires' colours, with the pin table beside it
Wiring. Every wire in its own colours, with a dashed stripe for the second colour. The wear sensor's two pins and wires are lit.
The procedures panel
Procedures. The seven front brake procedures. Fixed caliper sections are marked as not this car.
The battery section pulled apart, from the air filter housing down to the tray
Battery. Everything that comes off to get it out, from the intake port and air filter housing down to the tray. The positive cable is red, the earth lead with its sensor grey.
The explorer on a phone, the caliper selected and its card at the bottom
On a phone. One row of buttons that scrolls sideways, the part centred above the card.

Jump to a part

Each one opens the explorer straight on that view.

The 3D

The parts are modelled for now, and so is the F56 body around them.

Every part goes through the same hologram look: a see-through fill that glows at its edges, scanlines and bright outlines. Modelled or scanned, they render the same, so 3D scans of the real parts can swap in one at a time without anything looking out of place.

The front brake pulled apart along the hub
The front brake exploded along the hub.

Where it's at

  • Disc size. Two sizes fit the F56, 280 x 22 and 294 x 22 mm. The model draws 294 until I measure mine.
  • DSC unit. A look at the connector settles 38-pin against 46-pin.
  • Wheel speed sensor. It's in the model with its DSC pins, but no repair steps cover it yet.
  • The engine bay. The battery is the first section on the gearbox side. The gearbox, the power distribution box and the starter come next.