Just used it today after struggling for an hour. It's quick as well. Thank you.

Life saver I was struggling so bad and this made the whole job 10x easier and faster

He'll to the YEAH!! Thanks youre the man! Best life hack ever! Everyone needs to know this simple way to change your brake pads up front. Women included!

It worked for me. Greetings from Belize.

Thanks buddy that’s going to make things a lot easier for sure, I’m a total novice, so any advice like this will definitely help me, I’m now a fan of yours and definitely clicking on at button 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Your my hero....been riding metal to metal for way to long all because I couldn't find my c clamp I know I have somewhere probably hiding with all my 10mm sockets lol omw to rip off a tire thank you

Thanks man,I'm going to try that trick tomorrow

Literally just saved me money and time so I don’t have to go to the auto parts store I will after but thank you

A lot of people are afraid to do brakes with the car on but if you are safe you can do this. Turn car on and you can move the calipers by hand one by one with the use of hydraulic power of the vehicle. Not all but most vehicles can do this. If pins are corroded or you have issues then I would replace any hardware that binds your calipers or brake system.

@julian2428

Ай бұрын

Dude thank you!! You saved me with this one🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@howado

17 күн бұрын

Never ever follow this unsafe advice. Period. Working engine vibrations might cause whatever you used to jack up the car, to slip, causing catastrophic damage to your hands or legs. The dumbest piece of YT DIY car mechanic advice out there!

@ski740

8 күн бұрын

​@@howado lower car on spare can't slip off the rim.

I love simple easy stuff like this, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I will be sure to like and subscribe for more!

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Thanks for the tips! Worked great for me! 😊

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

3 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Great!!! Thanks a lot.

Smooth!🤙🏽

“And Bob’s ya uncle” hahahahahahaha

If you do have the turn-in kind, try using large needle nose pliers before buying the special tool sold for the job. The needle nose worked, and it was easy.

Thanks!

Genius!!!!

Yep thats what I thought. My brake pads are sticking. Cant compress the caliper with a screw driver even if I open the bleeder while doing it. Ive bleed the master cylinder, all the lines twice, even used my Scanner to bleed the ABS module. The front brake pads still stick. The first thing I did before anything was remove and rebuild the caliper. The inside looked fine, the piston is as shiny as it was the day I got the car. But it must be something with the caliper. I can compress it with a large C clamp and alot of force.

Same way we pushed calipers in on old Fords back in the 80's. Nobody had special tools, everyone had a big screwdriver, lol.

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

8 ай бұрын

It’s new technology again! ;)

Do you push push the old break pad with the screwdriver against

Are you telling me, that for all these years, we …?! I’m done for today 😂

What if guide pin is stuck?

Great Tip, but I sure hope you're not installing new pads without putting high temp grease along the pad slides and between the pad and piston and also cleaning and regressing the slide pins.

some calipers need to be wound in to compress, and its also important to clean the piston so that no contaminants make it back into the body of the caliper. just something to keep in mind, might be better to get the tool so that the piston is compressed without damaging it. love the tip anyways

@MiniMattTV

Ай бұрын

He covered that at the end of the video 👌🏻

Doesn't this scratch the pad surface of rotors itself and/or the edges of the rotors?

@RobsMetals

7 ай бұрын

no it doesn't as you lever the caliper main body against the back of outside brake pad on one side first, and then after that use the tip on the back of the inside brake pad.

I am struggling to push the piston back in. I used a piston compression tool but the piston resists. Any suggestion?

@hallway2104

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like the piston could be seized? If that's the case going to have to replace the whole caliper

I did all 4 of my brakes. And after compressing all the pistons, my brake fluid just about overflowed from it's compartment under the hood and I can see a few large air bubbles in the fluid. I removed the cap after doing the first caliper because I was told to do that but now I'm worried I may have messed something up. Do I need to bleed my brakes?

@chriscole6451

4 ай бұрын

I’m not positive but I think you were supposed to loosen the bleeder screws on the caliper to allow some fluid to be released when you compress the pistons.

I know he busted his ass sitting on that tool box like that lmao 🤣

Do you need to open your brake reservoir cap first?

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

3 ай бұрын

No the cap breathes

Lol. Bob’s your uncle, and Fanny’s your aunt!

This is brilliant. But, be sure you don't do this with calipers that screw back in, or you will have a very bad day. Many cars have fronts that compress and rears that turn. I remember a Taurus I had that had them on the front. No KZread then, I was stumped.

One thing that helps is attaching a vinyl tube to the brake bleeder and crack the bleeder. This is ideal considering you don’t want to send fluid back up to the master cylinder/diaphragm.

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

6 ай бұрын

Unless fluid is very dirty or caliper very corroded, I usually just send it back yo the line

@notacreativehandle

6 ай бұрын

@@BudgetMechanicHawaii Well how would you know if the fluid is dirty or not if you can’t see it….

Ok, so that’s for floating calipers and brake disks you don’t care about cracking…but how about real brakes? How would you compress, say, a 6-piston AP, Wilwood, or Brembo caliper which doesn’t need to be removed to pull the pads through the unit?

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

8 ай бұрын

It’s still possible (lever the tip away from rotor into the old pad). Those systems are more difficult but I usually compress one side, replace the pad then work the other

He’ll nah tried it on a 2500 single piston that shit was not budging used a 3foot screw driver to nothing

Don’t take advice from a guy that works on vehicles in fucking sandals

Didn't know Hawaii had pine trees

You cant do that on The rear kalibers!!!! That has to be srewed in 🤷🏻‍♂️

@BudgetMechanicHawaii

7 ай бұрын

Do you have a ford or that one Honda? ;) jkjk

@albania2664

7 ай бұрын

@@BudgetMechanicHawaii a Renault Megane 3 ;) hahaha 2012 trust me Ive tryed and Allmost shit my pants to Press it back until someone told me They scree back 😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️