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I've used a small c clamp to close off brake lines. Less likely to damage them with a small and I do mean small c clamp than with vice grips.
I always wonder how cheap parts are in America as it makes more sense to repair the brake caliper if there is something wrong with it. No need to use brake kleen on the pistons either when retracting them as the dust boot is there to prevent stuff getting in to the piston, so I would have reused both calipers after pushing all the pistons back. Also when packing tapered bearings push in from the outer edge until the grease comes out the inner edge to ensure it is done correctly and no need to lube the spindles just place grease in the hub.
Knipex and Wiha are outstanding tools! Not your grandaddy's channel locks. PRECISION! Love 'em.
If you see this, what's your opinion on doing the break-in procedure? By that I mean whatever may be described by the booklet found in most high quality brake pad packages, and may differ.
Looks like someone started the break job and then somehow forgot to do a wheel.
On using the channel locks the wrong way, on something like you just did where the nut should be finger tight, no it doesn’t bother me. When they are used to try to get something that requires a bit of force, yea it bothers me
Howdy Ray!
I watch lots of your videos…..GRT JOB🤓
I use to do auto Trans over hauls until the technology left me behind; I am blind as a bat and when computers took over in the late 70's early 80's it made it damn near impossible for me to continue.
I say all of that to say I pay particular attention to audio, and in this video you have some vary sensitive automatic volume in play and it would take you away to almost inaudiabliity, not enough "ear clickage"…LOL.
But hey, you and Erick O got it going on.
Thanks man:
Lou
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everything's a hammer mechanic 101 right there! 😂
Ray
I’ve adjusted front wheel bearings just the way did, until my buddy showed me SKF catalog listing the torque procedure and specifications listed by manufacturer. I never knew there where some many different ways to preload taper wheel bearing. Check it out. You can download it from the SKF website. The version I keep on my phone is from 2014,but I’m sure there is a newer one available.
For the expedition your working on here is the Ford procedure listed.
“FTN Tighten hub nut to 30 ft-lbs/40 Nm while turning wheel. Back off 2 turns and tighten to 17-24 ft-lbs/23-24 Nm. Loosen nut 180 degrees. Tighten nut to 17 in-lbs/2 Nm”
You never know what you don’t know, till you know it.
Keep up the great work.
Oh noooo ford is upside down
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It bothers me when professional mechanics use the wrong KUH-nip-x pliers. Use the smooth jaw KUH-nip-x pliers instead of the KUH-nip-x Cobra pliers for smooth nuts. I have a complete set of both types of KUH-nip-x pliers and also a complete set of "Angry pliers".
we will always need more hoes..
I hate those bearing in the rotor designs. Thankfully only a handful of cars come with this design.
Why is it called a banjo bolt?
If you loose track of where the caliper slide pin with the rubber end goes, top or bottom, does it matter where it goes? Thanks
Should brake calipers Be changed at a particular interval? Thanks
Why do we refer to brake pad thickness in mm, but just about everything else in inches? Rotor thickness is in inches?
the little tradesmen and tradeswoman are watching couple said ooh the girls thats fun
400K subs is so close – go for it.
Ray you should be an F1 head mechanic making $1M yearly.
split pin and roll pin are interchangeable
Why are they called Banjo bolts? I never understood where the name came from.
I've seen worse. I worked on a Econoline one ton van. The metal to metal was going on until the owner had it towed to his place of business where he could safely store it. The edge's of the piston caught the vanes inside of the rotor. That's how long it was metal to metal. Safe to say the caliper was Fucked. New bearing's, seal's,pads & rotors and a new caliper on the driver's side.
Great video Ray!!!
Actually changed the front disc brakes on my 2002 Ford Ranger a few months back. I was taught how to use a packer and the "put a glob of grease in your palm and slap the bearing into the grease, rotating it till you've shoved what you can in, then slather the rollers before making sure you get the other end as well, rinse and repeat" method.
Didn't change the calipers, as it wasn't exactly necessary, otherwise it's the same exact process. Kind of a pain to find this process so well documented, even here on YouTube.
That cotter pin looked a tad too small .
Don’t let flat rate master catch you using those permatex sliding pin greases! Lol!
Not a dig at Ray but I don't understand how people can do half a job, or less in this case. I would have thought they, the customer, would have just done pads rotors and bearing both sides. People are strange.
wonderful!
Fyi: I have enjoyed watching your channel.
I love rainman ray but live in nyc — any nearby nyc mechanics like him people recommend?
I want to tell you how much I respect your work ethic and skills. I am a master craftsman and have worked for 45 years, the last 30 in an automotive factory. Thank you for your enjoyable videos !
RAY… Question; Is there a secret to making brand new rear brake drums centered on the hub so they don't "act" warped? I have a 99 Camry that I bought brand new premium Wagner rear drums for. I find it highly unlikely that I have a warped rear drum, but from day one when it was installed, the handbrake pulses like crazy if applied (slightly) when moving at a reasonable clip. If I apply the brakes hard, I can feel it in the pedal as well. How could a brand new brake drum be warped, especially a premium drum? The original drum did this to a degree as well, which leads me to believe there may be some other problem, but I don't know what it is. The wheel bearing seems fine. While the drum goes onto the lugs only one way, I noticed that there is some play that allows the drum to spin just slightly on the hub, so I'm wondering if it depends where it sits as you tighten it down with the Lugnuts. I was wondering if I should loosen the Lugnuts a bit and apply both the parking brake and press the pedal to center the drum on the hub, then retighten so it would center it. Any words would be greatly appreciated.
Ok that steering wheel is gross. Second, my 2004 Mitsubishi Evo VIII MR has 277,000 miles. Engine was rebuilt and got a tune to bring it to 367 hp. Since I bought it new it's garaged every night and all maintenance done on time. It looks and drives better than new. Take care of your vehicle and it will take care of you. No rust or corrosion because it was a California car for it's first 16 years and now resides in Arizona
when u tell a part to stay!!! and it dont stay lol damn it xD
"everythings a hammer" – Rainman Ray. love this xD gave me an unexpected laugh XD
Pliers used backwards bug the heck out of me.
Adam savage has a boom called “every tool is s hammer” but more importantly I think he sells a tbshirt
Ray, thanks for the GREAT video! Awesome tips that I’ll use.
Snap-On makes a very nice tool for popping off those grease caps. Those were already kinda mangled but no reason to mangle them further. It is the GCP10 at the low low price of $95. About half to a third that price on eBay. They are excellent and remove grease caps and small seals with authoritah!
cotter
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context mechanical engineering English) A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together. 2 (context informal English) a cotter pin. vb. (context transitive English) To fasten with a cotter. Etymology 2
Using a dial ft-lb torque wrench, tighten spindle nut to 50 ft-lbs while turning rotor to seat everything properly, loosen nut about 1/2 turn, then tighten to 35 ft-lbs while turning again, put cotter pin back in.
Good catch Ray !!😋
I'm always impressed with your knowledge. I learn a lot watching your channel….. and then I watch you pack a wheel bearing????? Whiskey tango foxtrot
Nice catch Ray. I was taught to pack wheel bearings the same way you do it
You should do a random car fact as a bonus for the people that stick around till the end of the video.
i do a bit of bycycle repair and a park tool grease gun can be filled with your choice of grease, and works WONDERS on packing bearings (the park tool item number is "GG-1") its also refillable. with LOOSE grease.
one tip, if it stops working and its not empty check for an air bubble as those will stop it in its tracks
Why not unbolt the caliper bracket and remove it and the rotor at the same time since you're replacing the caliper anyway?
good linear braking
Not a fan of that front brake setup, my Ranger is like that as is my brothers E150. Extra step of repacking bearings, and replacing the wheel seal, not to mention the mess.. Also the rotors are alot heavier.
Just curious as to why you don't use a torque wretch when tightening the bearings. All the bearings I have done had a torque spec then a back off spec.
Yeah I do the same thing. I always change the bearings as they only 2 or 3dollars.
Komen ze out !
I love the brake cleaner stingers.
First let me say your videos are some of my favorites on YouTube! Next you asked if it upsets viewers to see someone use adjustable pliers turned the wrong direction and yes it does bother me. What bothers me even more is seeing someone use pliers on a hex nut/bolt —USE A WRENCH OR SOCKET! Again really like your videos.
Nice catch lol
I love the Brake Clean part of each video 🙂
Having to pound in brake pads is worse than re-using cotter pins…. One week of Northern slush, and they're solid.
I had a 99 s10 2.2l 292k before I put it to rest.
The ratcheting caliper compressor was cool! Much faster than rotating each turn of my compression tool by hand.
Great video Ray. One thing I used to do prior to pushing the caliper pistons back was to remove as much brake fluid as possible from the master cylinder reservoir first to avoid over flowing the reservoir if it came in full. Keep up the great work!
Yes, it bothers me to see if people use adjustable players in the wrong direction!
In the rusty areas, (where I am) what do you think of a little brake lube on the brackets to help?
Nice to see a man take pride in his work 😁😁👍👍
"Go send some faxes and order some wrong parts" LOL 😆😂
$20,00 of brake clean on job.
I love the effects with brake cleaner
I'm trying, and failing, to understand what kind of design decision justifies combining the hub and the rotor like that?
It's just guaranteeing make-work for mechanics multiple times over the lifetime of the vehicle.
I have a harbor freight brake fluid vacuum worth every penny
Yes, it bothers me and always has after 50 yrs as mechanic!
Good afternoon, good evening and good night whichever one applies to YOU
Split pin is not correct terminology for a cotter pin.
Split pins are like a hollow dowel pin with a slice down one side. Hammered into place
Thanks Ray
At the GM dealership I worked at we had to rebuild the calipers on every brake job due to the heat from braking causing the rubbers to become hard on the slides and caliper piston oring. Caused almost zero comebacks. The only calipers we did not rebuild were the rear calipers with the integrated parking brake in the caliper. By the time you were replacing brake pads on those, the retractors were frozen or had come apart depending if the customer used the emergency brake or not when parked.
From New Zealand, always watching makes me have a great day
Yep. It bothers😀 me,. Dad taught me better… .
Hey ray if we know where you live I think we would all bring beer 🍺
Yes, it does bother me, too. 🙂 (the pliers)
FAIL!!… What No brake pad grease!.. you needed to smear a coating on the back of the pads.. stops brake squeal.
I also put a coat on the brake pad hardware so the pads don't rust into position… Watch Eric O
So why on banjo bolt wouldn't you mark where the hole is in the banjo so you can line it up when you're tightening it into the caliper? That seems like that would be critical.
You've reused cotter pins. I've seen it. Never say never…….
I’m impressed a Ford lasted that long
Reeeee Brake clean on brakes….I can’t watch 😎
What was wrong with the caliper?
Doesn't your nose get itchy when you pack those bearings …
"split pin" is what the British call a "cotter pin". So yes, both terms are correct. However, as an American, you need to be saying cotter pin! Otherwise, you will be stuck for the rest of your life calling a vacation a "holiday", a trunk a "boot", a hood a "bonnet", trash as "rubbish", an apartment a "flat", a tire a "tyre", an elevator a "lift", and of course bullshit is "bollocks"!!
The only reason that split pins break is that they are fitted incorrectly and I have told you before about this. You only need to bend one of the legs about 30 degrees, the reason is to stop the pin falling from the hole, that is all that is required. There is NOTHING under that cap that will cause that leg to close ever, but, you want to be able to remove the pin easily. Furthermore, there is absolutely no point in piling all that grease between the bearings, it just holds moisture and does nothing but overheat and expand causing premature wear, it is a waste of grease. Wheel bearings are supposed to be set using a spring balance not by feel.
A nicer way to tap home the bearing grease cup is to use a nice piece of exhaust tubing
the same size as the grease cup flange.
Just tap the exhaust pipe around the edges and no more dents in the cup.
Hopefully this doesn't shake the American family web too violently.
This tip would not break any of the Ten Commandments.
Does it get any better than this? Brake cleaner AND compressed air? I’m think you need an even more dramatic fanfare for THAT combo…. =) Rock on, Ray!
I didn't know wheel speed sensor's could grow metal hair lol
I was on the opposite side of the country when my friction material ran out. The trick was trying to drive 2000 miles without using my brakes.
Best friend Tabitha: “I am uniquely qualified to talk about the inherent superiority of my own species.”
Even super mutant nightkin have a racist side. You wouldn’t expect it from monsters driven insane by stealthboy use, or maybe you would.
I worked at a shop with over 50 plumbers and we had a contingent of meth addicted skinheads. If you put three of them together you’d get a full set of teeth. They were definitely supreme human beings. One of the guys on the dig crew kept a bucket in the trench to diarrhea in; whatever he ate shot right through him like a goose. He’d be down in the trench and announce his intention and then drop trow and have a quick squat. Everyone else thought it was normal but I couldn’t believe it.
Some of those guys were really good at scurrying through crawlspaces though.
Just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your videos. I’ve learned a lot from watching, mainly that I don’t want to be a mechanic. LOL. I’m really good at taking things apart but putting them back together is a totally different deal. I’d like to see you do some videos of stuff you do on your off time like “no nonsense know how” does. Don’t know if you do stuff like that but would love to see it if you do. Anyway, your videos are awesome. Keep em coming! DOODLE DOODLE DOO!