Always a pleasure to watch Dr O operate. Even when it’s a seemingly simple procedure, there’s always some words of advice from his years of experience. Thanks Eric!

I've never seen or performed such a comprehensive cleaning of every component prior to installation. This is the standard that everyone should follow!

Based on your earlier video where you used the 3M disk around the stud. I purchased them and have used them on 4 brake jobs and they work fantastically.

It was a job you done on a Hyundai that made me tackle my own brakes on my Kia, you've gave me so much confidence around car mechanicals I've now down brakes on my BMW incl upgrading the fronts to M5 calipers, glow plug changes etc, thank you so much.

Used a lot of your tips when I did my first full brake job ever on the front of my 04 wrangler. Went to Colorado and never slid off the mountain trails so I guess it worked.... Still here!

Another great brake job. That brake caliper tool I welded a 3/8” nut on the shaft and then you can use a ratchet to turn in the Caliper piston. Thanks again for your great videos.

I bought one of those 3m kits to clean face of the hubs...works great,and last forever..I use the fluid film as well( Michigan rust)..thanks Eric o...always enjoy your videos,and live chats. Peace in2018

I so enjoy watching these pre-pandemic videos. A much more innocent time!! haha FUN!!

Love these early morning videos

honestly, the content of SMA is getting really good.

Even though I know how to do brake jobs it's interesting to watch other people do it. Love the channel.

Thank you Eric very much . Your videos been very helpful in doing my brakes on my 2012 Chevy Malibu. This video helped the recent brake kit just like yours. I recent brought. Showing how the tool works on turning back the piston on the caliper. I learned more about the pins in the brackets from you.

Yupi!!! My Mazda 6 !I can't wait for others repairs from Mazda 6!

Great video! Wish I watched it yesterday before investigating my rear brakes for outer pad wear. Slides pins were good, but I didn't think about the retainer clips. I had to put a lot of force to get those rear pads back in.

As I have mentioned before. Always picking up something from your vid's. I switched to the Perm. Extreme grease and have had amazing results. I to am in the rust and salt belt. (CT.) and used to use some graphite stuff that the shop got from our parts house. I noticed after a few thousand miles that the graphite stuff was heating up and dissipating to the point that it was gone and was starting to see pads sticking after a few thousand miles. After the switch I don't have this issue anymore. Just did a service on a car I did front brakes on last year (over 10K) and under the dirt and salt the purple stuff looked like I just did them. Thanks again for the tip brother..

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

That has been my experience too! Honestly I have done 1000's of brake jobs and never had an issue with it like some people state they have.

Brake video and coffee after letting the dogs out is a great start to the day, thank you! We are getting some snow so more salt and rust coming our way in central NY.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah we got 12" last night :(

Love brake pads & rotors job. I've noticed you don't lube the wheel bolts with copper anti-cease or open the brake fluid reservoir before you compress the caliper back in. Great job, man!

Great vid of a quality rear brake job Eric! Love that purple ceramic grease, been using it for years on my brake jobs.

G'day, Mr. O! Thumps up! Giving them a 'Little Toot' of, Fluid Film!! But, when looking at the subject of brakes, they are one of the most used parts on a vehicle. Thank you so kindly for showing how to replace the rear pads and rotors for a 2012 Mazda 6!! Great job! Cheers! :-)🌷🚘😊

Awesome video. A huge help for those changing brakes on any kind of car or vehicle. It's been a while since I turned a wrench - amazing to see some of the handy new accessories that turn a good job into a great one. Thanks for sharing!

always love a good break job video on a saturday morning. Thanks!

Brake clean. YES ! It has been awhile since we have had a vid with the brake clean, Thanks.

Nice job as always I'm always learning little tips thanks

Eric o , good to see a good brake job, just for us people that do not do it every day . It good to see some common jobs that we do not do everyday it's good to see . Thank you

This brake job looked like a carbon copy of how I do them also. Right down to the coated rotors and your pads looked like the lifetimes I use from NAPA, except I've only done a hundred or so, not thousands like yourself. I'm now the proud owner of an Earthquake 20v half inch impact. Can't wait to "give' er the beans!". lol. Great video as always Eric.

Saludos y gracias por compartir sus vídeos desde México bendiciones Master

Thanks Eric.Those metric crescent wrenches are hard to find here in Canada!!! Enjoy your vids.

A +. Thank you for the latest video Eric O.

Great video once again and I learned something from it! Thanks Eric O.

Great way to start the day. Always enjoy a good brake job :)

Great job....thank you for making these vids...helps me save money..

Good video eric o. I've used that lube for a while. Never had any problems with it good stuff

Great video Eric! Thanks for sharing! You're the greatest of all time!

Finally got a mazda to work on. The backs are easy. Another good video.

nice video. will surely be of help once i get to the brake job

Brake/Suspension job videos are the best.

I always keep a 22mm spanner with the kit, comes in handy a lot of times to tighten the tool and also to stack it with the handle and have more leverage

good video, as always. Now...about Mrs. O's timing belt...

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

shhh, you know he secretly wants to buy her a new vehicle :))

Eric, thanks for the video, you teach us to do it right!

Well performed brake job! I would recommend you buying a pneumatic piston winder tool, i use mine everyday and i love it! makes the task easy! It also works on all parking brake systems, since it doesnt require a certain thread pitch on your tool to rewind the piston.

@satamanschmidt3428

6 жыл бұрын

TOPTUL has just introduced this tool to their line. I wondered why anybody would need one. But according to your comment they must be time savers.

@halibrand7508

6 жыл бұрын

SATAMAN Schmidt Yes that is correct, might not be much time saved on each job but if you add them up, the tool will pay for itself pretty fast. I bought my tool 5-6 yrs ago on ebay and it has been used pretty much everyday since then, almost all european and asian cars sold on the european market have this p brake system nowdays. On some Fords and Toyotas you have to rewind the piston anti clockwise and that wont work with the threaded tool.

Awesome! I have to do this on mine soon! Will definitely be referring to this video if i need to

Hey Eric, Under "TOOLS USED IN THIS VIDEO" you forgot to put a link for the "Metric Crescent Wrench". All of mine are SAE. I was shocked at how easy your metric crescent wrench loosened that nut. I want one! Good Stuff! LOL

Mate a lot of useful bits of info here, tricks of the trade I'd say, thanks.

That brake job was just different enough (with the screw in piston) to make the video worth while. Thanks.

Just like watching myself LOL - exactly how I would do it - even have the same MAC ratchet - love it!! Great video!

To see other mechanics do simple jobs that we do every day is somehow much more satisfying.😉. Great video!

Wow, all this time I’ve been doing brakes, I had no idea about those alinement pins. I always wondered why they were there and thought it was for manufacturing purposes or something like that, thanks man, I thought I knew it all, talk about eating humble pie!

@throttlebottle5906

6 жыл бұрын

D'OH!!! in a Homer Simpson voice

Wish you were closer to me I would let you all my auto maintenance and repairs. Good job mr O

Awesome video, very informative. 👍

Very methodical Mr O 👍

Very helpful video thanks

Good to see you working on more euro stuff. One thing i will say is when winding back that caliper i usualy just wind it back enough to fit over the pads... If you wind it back all the way pumping the brake dosent always set the adjuster and your find you have excesive handbrake travel or no handbrake at all.

@pczapp827

6 жыл бұрын

(shauns) -- Why are you not ratcheting the Parking Brake out by hand at the caliper, to the new pads, before stepping on the brake,then you will have less or no adjustment needed to the Parking Brake

At least we got some brake clean on that one thanks. I was having withdrawals

Wow thanks for showing that tool. I’ll have to get myself one of those 3m brushes.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Link is in the description box if you are looking!

Thanks for the advertising...must've been before the pocket t-shirts arrived. Great job as usual you could do in your sleep. I'm in NY right now brother-in-law was in bad shape but doing better now. Fly back home tomorrow to get away from this -15 temp and this white stuff. Got to fix my sisters car to get it thru inspection...vent valve, wipers, and as a bonus fixed her airbag light...fun stuff in the cold...Atlanta here I come HAHA

Eric nice work.

That's a smashing job, you just know it will work perfect :-D.

Love doing break jobs very relaxing

Awesome job

Nice video and clean video and yes i anjoy your videos 🙋

Love that time lapse

I like that 3M for going over the lugs to clean the hub to make it clean for the rotor. Normally I don't see that much rust in Southern Ca, but with aluminum wheels, you have to be careful. Any buildup on the hub surface can push against the rotor and you now have brake pedal pulsation! Yuck! Thanks for the link and Great Video!

So much easier at eye level than kneeling on the cement in your garage or driveway. Thanks for the tips.

Definitely need to get some of the pads to clean up around the studs!

Hi Eric, you are a skilled technician and true American. After watching your videos for a while, I have gained back some hope in the American worker. I have watched brake jobs at dealers and they do not do as a professional job as you do. Did you Mother and Father instill your ethics in you? Thank You Bill N

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I grew up in my parents shop (from 1 years old) My dad was and still is a hard worker even after battling with stage 4 cancer. No job is worth doing unless you are going to do it right!

Never ran into them twist in piston before. Great video good tips thanks Eric.

@snoopdogie187

6 жыл бұрын

I have on an early 90s GM car. It wasn't bad but you do need the correct tool. I'm diy only, so very limited sampling of cars for me.

@mikeb7887

6 жыл бұрын

The older Honda accords and also the Kia's have them as part of the rear parking brake. I have a small cube that has various combinations of pins or bars almost like a dice, It fits on a square 3/8 ratchet or extension and costs like 10 bucks. Perfect tool for any DIYer. All parts stores have them

Great vid, thx!

My brother's wife's 2008 Fusion was the first car I saw that used the "Screw in" style rear brake, I ultimately ended up using a pair of needle nose pliers to wind it back in. That tool though looks much easier, I'll have to pick one up.

Love the video quality and style! Question tho. Some sites say to break the bleeder screw open and to clamp the caliper brake hose. So when you screw in the piston the fluid escapes out the bleeder (and into a container you have in place). They say pushing fluid backwards through an ABS module may damage it. Any thoughts on that? Sure makes it simpler to do it the way you did.

One day my service manager, who had not been on the tools for year, brought his daughters car in for a set of pad, so up on the ramp, wheels off, having a bit of trouble getting the old, remember; the old square pads with pins, you needed vise grips and a hammer to get them out, and also some help from the other mechanics standing round laughing at him, well he got a bit flustered, and put the pads in the wrong way round, my god that man never lived it down, what a plonker lol, cheers Eric, that video brought back some funny memories

O wow. I totally forgot about the break clean! Its been a while since I've seen that. Haha

Did you hook yourself up to the air line? You went in to hyper drive when you pulled the trigger!! Excellent video yet again!

"Metric crescent wrench" -- always a comedian, this guy.

Thanks for the video, quick question, does pushing the caliper piston back with opening the bleeder screen damage the ABS sensor? I watched a different video saying to make sure to open the bleeder screw to avoid damaging the ABS sensor.

It would be great if you ever get a chance to show how to do a Mazda with electronic parking brake. Apparently there is a way to put the parking brake motor into a service mode and the piston pushes in like in a normal caliber. If it has EPB they can be damaged if the piston is rotated. I think 2016 CX5's and later are set up this way. Would love to see you do one....

Good job

Good video

Love videos that show the details. Burping the dust seals!

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Yep helps keep them from getting wadded up!

Wait... caliper bracket AND caliper bolts the same size? What a concept.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

I know right!

Very nice! Metric Crescent wrench... Darn it, mine are all SAE American...... another tool you Pro guys have that I don't.... ;) I have a rear brake tool, I don't know if they make it anymore, or if people still use it, but it's a cube... So each side of the cube, has the different pin pattern or what have you, so you pick the proper "side" of the cube, and then crank it in. I know you love Cadillacs... When I had my Eldorados, that was a very handy tool for rear brakes...

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Yep that is a handy tool you are talking about! This one here amzn.to/2D9TTFV

I love your videos I'm a new subscriber. Keep up the great work you are certainly appreciated! I also watch Eric the Car Guy and scannerdanner which I'm sure you have heard of. I have been wrenching since I was 15 and I'm now the ripe old age of 47 LOL I still learn new tricks everyday from you guys keep up the great work!

@GlycerinZ

6 жыл бұрын

Also check out Schrodingers Box, Pine Hollow Auto Diag, New Level Auto, Briansmobile1 !

@CubasAutomotive

6 жыл бұрын

And if you deal with VW at all, check out Humble Mechanic.

I gotta get me one of those battery powered torque wrenches. Good stuff!

Great video Eric o, on the caliper guide pins why does one pin always have a rubber boot and the other is just a plain metal pin? have you ever come across that rubber boot on the pin swollen and seize the pin in the bracket?

Hey Eric, any chance you can do a break job that involves an electronic parking break?.

Do you do any sort of conditioning on the new brakes? Like drive along and do some deliberate moderate breaking a few times? Does it make a difference?

"If I could do it, you could do it." Words from a wise man.... Amazing video!!!

ppl ask what is the most greatest invention in the history the automobile service industry: The answer is : Brake cleaner Good video eric!!

Another great video, as always. Can anyone tell me the purpose of the rubber O-ring 'thingy' that is on one of the slider pins on each side? (not the dust boot)..Thanks

Great video, did yours not have the 2 Phillips screws in the caliper?

That push back tool seems like so much work and fiddling. The Lisle brake cube is so much faster and easier.

SIR tools brake caliper compressor tool... you will love it.

So this should be the same thing for a Ford Escape? I already bought the caliper tool and grinder kit form your link. Easy Peazy, Pudding and Pie. I am all set for that brake job this summer. Thanks Eric. John

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

What year Escape John?

Do you know if the Hondas (Specifically 2013 Accord) require a special tool on the caliper also?

Good vid but please may I ask why didnt you bleed the brake fluid at all so you can wind back the piston?

I am re-watching this video and a thought came to my mind. Can you use Muscle Grease instead of the Permatex Purple lube??? where the brake hardware and the piston itself???

Thank you so much 😊

What is that rubber piece on the end of the caliper pin (12:47) for? I had a 2002 Accord with that. Somehow it came off the caliper pin, inside the caliper bracket, and jammed the pin in place. I had one hell of a time getting that pin out. Once it was out and I saw what had happened, I just left it out and never noticed any difference without it. I'm just curious about knowing what it was.

thanks have same type car,, no lube on pad edge to break shims? u left them dry

I am shopping around for a decent older 4x4 pickup. I want it to be easily maintainable by myself. Not a huge project just something I can work on if things go wrong. I have some experience with engines and transmissions. I was wondering in all your jobs over the years what truck do you find the easiest to maintain for the simple mechanic? It will most likely be used as a work truck. I own 3 cars now and just think it is time. I have been looking anywhere from 1990 until 2010. Love the channel.

@mph5896

6 жыл бұрын

2003-2006 Gm pickup. Find one from the south that is rust free.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with MPH. I feel the 07 Chevy 1500 CLASSIC was a perfect truck. GM had it pretty nailed down and it was easy to work on. Then in the 07 New body style they messed it all up again :( Or a 98 1500 Old Body style with the 5.7 was really solid too and easy to work on. If I had to buy one personally I would go south and finds an 07 classic (this is coming form a guy who really does not like GM too)

how do you know if you screwed in the piston far enough mine kept turning but seemed like it only went in to a certain point which when I put back on over the new pads seems far enough ?