In this video I remove and replace the front brake pads and rotors on a Ford Freestyle. I also found that one of the caliper pins was locked up tight. I bust out a few tips from memaw along the way. -Enjoy
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Let's see – Dave the vise, Roger the bench grinder. Any other named machinery or tools? Perhaps you need to socialize more often.😊
I agree don't open the break system if you don't have to !!! Can't wait for the next video!!!!
yes i found it this is great you are so cool thank you
Alsome channel. Thanks for all the info
Great video on brake pads and cleaning of them, and using proper lube on the slides, but Hey what happened to the high tack for the back pads to the piston heads and back pad to the outside caliper So on the release, of the brakes the piston releases the pads after the braking action which pulls pads to free open position that's what high tack holds then to outside caliper and pad stays to the piston. Common Eric.
As a fellow mechanic, you’re the patience and due Diligence with simple jobs def help make me be better!
Hi Eric as long as you are on the subject of brakes, 2012 Ford Edge when ABS is activated my pedal goes down to almost the floor I have computer bled them and then manually bled them still the same park over night pedal back to normal next day this happens every time the ABS is activated. I also live in the rust belt? Thought this mite come up on one of your videos. Keep up the good work. PS ford wants 1800.00 to look at it?
You'd lie to me?!? Let me guess, if I were your son, you'd say you were going to get cigs at the corner market and I'd never see you again. 🙁
I must have watched about 10 brake jobs on this channel and I learn something new every time.
As many air tools that you use i"m amazed your airlines aren't high volume with water catcher and tool oilers on the hard lines.
I’m the weekender that needed that tip! Just came from the garage, frustrated with a stuck pin, and I thought to myself, I’ll be EricO has a video. Sho nuf.
There are tons of good repair channels but SMA is one I always come back to especially if I'm trying to fix one of my vehicles!
thanks for the video boss
Been having brake issues and the mechanics were not able to find the problem…soft pedal, car barely slows down; main cylinder replaced, abs pump replaced, brakes bled 7-8 times, issue still not fixed…
Decided to have a look myself, noticed the bottom sliding pin on both front brakes to be seized, causing the pads to not sit flush and press evenly on the disks…
Waiting for the new calipers and pins to be delivered but I’m confident i’ve found the issue
Brill 👍
Not a mechanic but a contractor builder and remodeller and remodeller. I did this job yesterday and I was pulling my hair out sith a stuck caliper piston. The next day I pulled out a torch and took care of it. Anyways I just wanted to say that I watched this video before I did the job it would have been way less stressful Anyways I just wanted to say it and I watched this video before I did the job it would have been way less stressful. So you are 100% on point with respect to weakened DIY's appreciated that.
I got to clean-out-the-caliper pin bore with a drill bit trick twice now, and once with a propane torch to get the seized pin out of the caliper bracket. If you use a torch, be very careful to keep the flame away from the boot so you don't ruin it like I did (sigh). I had the torch on for 5 to 7 minutes, and the pin still wasn't getting loose (even though there was a lot of steam or smoke coming out of the boot), so I finally pushed on the bracket really hard, and it started moving. I should have gotten on it earlier, which might have saved the boot.
I once worked in a workshop working on commercial vehicles (HGV) we called them and we had one trailer that had a buffer spring on the hitch coupling, we had to remove the coupling pin nut to re-tension, it the nut was somethin like about 6 inches across the flats and it was seized solid, the foreman told me to go get a couple of buckets of water, he got the gas axe out and heated the nut , when it was bright red he told me to pour the water on it, and after we did that the nut came of easily, same principle as your heating the caliper bracket and cooling it in water, I was astonished at how it had worked I was expecting a couple of hours of fighting with it.
Great video lol love it ford freestyle lol
The rubber seals at the head…
Let's face it you got baby birds in the nest looking up with their mouths open. And as any parent or grandparent will tell you when it comes to the babies they will sell their soul to put food on the table and a roof overhead. In there lying if they say different.
The only thing I'm personally think you missed is on the caliper tape and paint. Corrosion control. You might say it's just a caliper. But rest is a cancer you get it there it spreads. 😫
I have my own special piston pushback tools. A flat plate and a pair of channel locks 😵 for us backyard shade tree mechanics that do brakes once every 2 years 😐 don't have the finances and don't want to spend the money on a special tool that it won't be able to find the next time I need it 🥴
When he said “weeeeeeee” I laughed like an idiot… I don’t know why … lol
I need your mailing address
I just did a brake job on my 2007 GMC but what I had to do was grab the hex or nut area to tighten the mounting bolt is this ok or normal or it would just spin. I didn’t see anybody do this It looked to me that you run the floating pin in with your impact I’m not sure exactly how to do this
Thanks for convincing me to never buy a ford.
I have my grandmom’s 2006 Ford FREESTYLE, and we literally say it that way every time it gets driven. Which sadly isn’t very often. 60,000 miles in 15 years.
Wish I knew about that drill bit trick before changing out the pad bracket on my Buick for a sticky pin.
No matter how many brake job videos I watch I still learn something new every time. You're the man Mr. O!
Should just say from not a sponsor instead of Napa.
Cleaning up the caliper and freezing up the pin… Making it good again was relaxing and therapeutic even. Thanks Eric
Ok what if you dont have heat option what you do to remove it
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Man.. your not wrong. I had the very same issue with a co worker, and the caliper was just a lost cause. Ended up throwing the old pads back on, and she drove it till it died 2 years later (yaa, grinding metal the whole time).
To funny, for a video like this amazing and entertaining as hell to watch
Eric over the years I have watched your very informative Videos and found them very informative. I would like to ask your opinion on the use of never seize on the fixing bolts and lug bolts. We live in Canada and we have very busy Crusties up here. I would appreciate any comments thanks.
Just wondering why you don't lubricate the ends of the brake pads that move along those new shiny hardware on the brackets. I usually do, now I think I shouldn't but don't know why.
Dorman coming out with a line of brake pads an rotors. Eric I know you going to try them
Great video, Dave. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Yes I can
Not in the comments it dont
You know why
Well for me I'm glad you do free up the slider pins I do the same thing and if those bozos who whine and cry about it maybe the would like to pay for it every time the have their brakes done me I dont .yeah it is
Thank you for the video. Practical and effective with great commentary!!! 😂😂😂….it helped
Woah I had the exact same car. I am from Rochester so maybe it was mine!
Eric, what blast cabinet is that?
There's something about brake jobs you never get tired of them.
Yes Eric, my hose gets in the way to.