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Hi Tony, you're the coolest. I completed my xA front brake job yesterday. My first brake job ever and I had total success. Really paid attention to your instructions. One of the many reasons I wanted to thank you for your instruction is for you to consider HOW MUCH you helped me. A total stranger. I really appreciate it. And I'm 60 years old (yes I know that's old) and just did my first brake job ever. My next project is I need to do my 2006 xA rear brakes including shoes. Midas wanted over $1200 for the back and front brakes as quoted a week ago. Thank you again MR. Tony The Truck Guy! Oh yea the other cool thing is when I step on the brake in any car, now I have an idea of the magic going on that is stopping the vehicle.

@TonyTheTruckGuy

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment and I appreciate your positive feedback! Glad I could help you out and save some money. Thanks for watching!

Thorough directions and demonstration. Thank you!

@TonyTheTruckGuy

10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Excellent detail.....another hint......place the inboard pad ( with the wear indicator) such that the wear tab is on the BOTTOM ( if you can orient it this way)...instead of the TOP. If the tab should ever break off, there is less chance it will drop into the rotating mass of everything and cause binding/ squeeks / unwanted clamping, etc. etc....nice job on the details. I would also put a bit of grease on the lugnut studs and where the backside of the wheel touches mounting surface of the brake system. Good call on the cone-shaped lug nut to try to get it centered....but you have built-in help with this car....notice that the center hole fits the brake hub tightly....this is called "hub-centric"...and gives you better assurance that the wheel is properly centered, regardless of how sloppy you may have been in tightening the lug nuts....but your caution on the lugnuts is still good adice. Recent stupid German cars don't have lugnut studs but instead have bolts that screw into a flat face mounting surface.....here we REALLLY need a hubcentric middle hole to get everything aligned.

@TonyTheTruckGuy

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I see a lot of MB Sprinters, Ford Transits, and Ram ProMasters all coming with those dumb bolts for lug nuts also lol.

Excellent. Clear voice and picture with great details.

Wow, great video! Thank you.

Really nice and clear video and commentary. Thanks. Liked and subscribed. 👍

@TonyTheTruckGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I have same car just wondering after changing new disc did you hear any noise when you come to a stop then slowly release the brake (slowly) did you hear a metal grinding noise? I did on mine maybe it’s the low quality disc that I installed. IDK if that makes a difference in putting original disc vs low cost ones

@TonyTheTruckGuy

4 ай бұрын

It sounds silly, but double check that all 4 pads are facing the correct way. If that's good, it's not uncommon for the flimsy dust shield to get a little bent while doing brakes. Take 1 wheel at a time off and zip 2 lug nuts back on, then block the wheels and put transmission in neutral. Spin the hub and rotor assembly and see if you hear the noise with the wheel off. Most likely just the dust shield making slight contact with the rotor which can usually be fixed by carefully bending the dust shield away from the rotor slightly. Repeat on the other side if necessary!

Nice video. I just picked up an 'o6 Scion xA. When I got new tires, I was shown how rusted through the rotor dust shields were. Are these shields particularly critical? Hard to replace?

@TonyTheTruckGuy

3 жыл бұрын

She’s should be held on by a few bolts but sometimes they are sandwiched between the wheel bearing so you’d have to remove that. They are pretty much useless in my opinion and don’t really do anything though.

A similar video talks about lubricating the slide pin, as well as parts of the mounting bracket that are in contact with the brake pad: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lat5t7SIltaxaMo.html What is your opinion about that? Could those surfaces be lubed with motor oil just as well, or must it be "brake lubricant" whatever that is?

@TonyTheTruckGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I personally have never used it, but I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt. I HAVE seen older vehicles in the past where the caliper bracket is excessively worn where the pads sit, so maybe the brake lube would help. I would used dedicated brake lube if you do use anything, though. I’m sure it’s a special compound that helps lube but also keep rust at bay. Engine oil would likely be too thin and wash away over time much easier. Either method will likely collect some sort of dust and debris around it, but it shouldn’t be an issue.