A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A MOBILE MECHANIC | HOW CAN ANYONE GET BRAKE JOBS WRONG? KERBSIDE WEEKLY EP15

[@Ppp-kk6hw]

Keep up the honest work mate 👍 and big up from Scotland

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Thank you 👍🏼

[@carvanplace]

Yeah a look at how you got into the trade would be great.👍

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’ll try out something together 👍🏼

[@deepthiwijekoon7283]

Excellent educational video which you explain what you are doing patiently and clearly.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Thank you I appreciate that 👍🏼

[@andrewkidger7048]

I've been subscribed to your channel for a while now Kerby and really enjoy the vids, keep it up Kerby, top stuff

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Thank you sir glad you’re enjoying it

[@renebox4609]

I would never get under a car supported by 2 jacks. One goes, the other tilts and your done. You only make that mistake once. It takes two minutes to put axle stands under there. Really worth the risk?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

On this particular 1 series it was a little awkward but was in and out in no time

[@markhodgson9939]

Would never get under with trolley Jack always use axle stands

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Fair

[@MummaBear]

As a teacher I'm always interested in People's learning pathway. It's useful to have real life examples to show the children when they are looking at post 16 options. 👍 If you are able to mention your qualifications that would be great. 🎉

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’ll remember to add that in 👍🏼

[@kwakgreen]

No, I wouldn't get under any car that is only supported by trolley jacks. My dad lost an ear relying only on trolley jacks.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

How’d he only lose an ear?

[@kwakgreen]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic He had jacked up the side of the car, really high, instead of taking the front offside wheel off he squeezed his head between the tyre and underside of the wheel arch. He felt the pressure of the tyre on his neck, slid his head out, the underside of the wing sliced his ear off. Me and my brother checked the trolley jack for wear and tear. My dad did not screw home the release pressure valve properly.

[@volt8684]

Does it matter it’s a hydraulic seal preventing serious injury but I do use stands now but most life trolley jack😮

[@lrdisco2005]

​@@volt8684Very much so, a hydraulic seal will fail and the jack will drop before you realise.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Ouch, not good, sounds bloody painful

[@kevinthacker8349]

Lucky it’s to long. Some time ago fitted a belt, but turn out it was incorrect size but did fit. (Bit to small) 18 months on the pulley broke away and destroyed the engine

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Ouch, that’s not good 😅

[@PandaMobileMechanic]

yep do the video of your history of how you became till today would be an insight and interested.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’ll get something made on this, anything else?

[@PandaMobileMechanic]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic what ya thinking?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’m asking you what you’d like to know more about 😅

[@PandaMobileMechanic]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic how your journey started with your apprenticeship and more on your time with the AA and what made you progress onto being mobile mechanic and stories of good and bad jobs you've had and what cars you like and don't like and why that sort of things.

[@MrWaiteyyy]

Probably still has nightmares about his time at the AA

[@paulwisdom5383]

I'm curious, with that Qashqai dogbone. If it was just that on its own what do you charge for labour? Is it minimum of 1 hour regardless if its a 15 minute job? I always struggle with people asking me what I want for a job like that as its almost too easy to charge for it but got to get something for my time to help them out

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yes always a minimum hour really

[@paulwisdom5383]

@kerbsidemobilemechanic Makes sense really when you're a business. I'm always getting told off by my partner for being too lenient with my current business 🤣

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Can’t work for free, bills don’t pay themselves 😅

[@roytetwart]

Very interesting, Kerby. Thank you!

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Thanks for watching

[@thindo]

Thinking of changing the Drive belt on the car and they have 3 different sizes... Will have to remove the belt check the size then go and buy... Might actually be the quickest way of doing it.... And yes the are no simple jobs just a nice easy Friday afternoon job changing the coolant flange on the Corsa D and one of the bolts snapped 😂😂😂

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

It’s always the easy jobs that get you 😂

[@chrisirish9331]

Sticking back brakes can sometimes be a collapsed flexi brake hose , happened to me last week, found out when problem was still there after changing caliper 😂😂

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@kevinmartin9432]

I did it the other way to you, I was a mobile mechanic then went as a AA patrol, easy life!

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Sometimes I don’t blame you as being a mobile mechanic isn’t easy

[@lrdisco2005]

Has anyone ever used Rhino Ramps, heavy duty plastic two stage ramp, originally from USA, i think.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I prefer metal ramps, seen too many plastic one crack

[@lrdisco2005]

The reason I was wondering, is that I couldn't get steel ramps that were wide enough for 4wd tyres.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’ve had Range Rovers on my Halfrauds ones mate

[@lrdisco2005]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic When I put my Discovery on ramps there was tyre hanging out all over, chickened out and went back to axle stands, never used them again, but I am a big fearty.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂😂

[@philphil3707]

It's always a great feeling after doing a timing belt, and it still works 💪 BTW, I'm still using my trolley,,,, such a great piece of kit! 👍 It's a shame the old belt didn't have the numbers on it still!

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂no matter how many I do it’s always squeaky bum time that first turn of the key

[@philphil3707]

There's always that apprehension, bit then so rewarding

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yeah, I do enjoy timing belts

[@Crazy-Caveman-qh2dz]

Awesome Video yet again. I hate it when you order an alternator belt and they send you one bigger than you need even though you give them your car reg and vin number lol. I was sitting here saying to myself i hope kerby works on a saab lol and then up pops the saab. I hope you and Mrs Kerby have a great weekend and few days together. Also if you do decide to do a video about your career can you add in it as to what made you decide to become a mechanic

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Drive belts seem to be the hardest things to get right from suppliers 😂 and yeah I’ll add that sort of info in 👍🏼

[@daihatsudave6332]

Ready and excited

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

🤝

[@daihatsudave6332]

Why dont please lube the slide pins any more . Im always finding uneven pad wear these days . Or even brake on bmws . Yeh do a bit of a history video about yourself would be interesting . Top vid mon ​@@kerbsidemobilemechanic

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Honestly brakes are the first job you do as an apprentice so don’t know why so many get it wrong or don’t spend the time cleaning everything

[@daihatsudave6332]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic either speed or lack of knolledge . Both arent what you want when doing brakes . What are the rest of there work like . And nothing simple of bloody landrovers lol

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂bloody land rovers

[@BlakeCDS]

On brakes being done badly, replaced rear brakes on my car last night, previously done by a garage before I bought the car. Slide pins absolutely welded into the bracket needed a fair good whack with a hammer and chisel not a drop of grease anywhere. Along with that the boot was shredded to bits, like it was twisting with the piston and they just wound it back in anyway and made sh1t of the boot.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Blows my mind 🤯

[@lrdisco2005]

Unfortunately standard practice with a minority.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Shouldn’t be though, the easiest of jobs

[@mikeprada1677]

Do you ever get customer that want to stand and watch you work? That'd do my head in 😂

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

ALL THE TIME 😂😂😂

[@mikeprada1677]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic genuinely think that's a big reason that puts me off the mobile life..even more than doing bigger jobs on the floor 😂

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂😂I just stop talking and hope they go inside 😂

[@mikeprada1677]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic you know the ones that just don't stop talking though 😭

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Or they also stay absolutely silent 😂

[@ringstinga]

The black car with the nosy back brake sounded very nice burbling away !!

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Doesn’t it just 😍

[@TwIn603]

15k miles oil change on wet belts is crazy!

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

If I owned a vehicle with one it would have an oil change every 6k

[@paulking4702]

Just don't buy shit ford GERMAN all the way

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Or that 😂

[@nassarali9780]

Any yards available in the area to park 10-15 cars

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Unfortunately not that I know of sorry

[@BlakeCDS]

May I ask why does the new caliper say to fit and bleed before touching the handbrake mechanism? Is it okay to do the handbrake up first and then bleed?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Apparently you can damage the calliper if not bled first, tbh I’ve done it wrong before and never had an issue

[@robevans8625]

What was the year and mileage of the transit with a broken wet belt?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

If I remember correctly it was 2018 and had about 100k on the clock

[@mohitl1697]

Do you adjust the handbrake shoes when doing new discs on a bmw?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yes, when ever a car has shoes in the discs I adjust them 👍🏼

[@StreetSoldierUK]

What’s your opinion on oil catch cans.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I’ve not had much experience with them but from the videos I’ve seen they are a good idea and work well on certain applications

[@cliffperry8470]

Hi I heard you say that you work at Vw . Can I ask you something regarding injectors on a cayc engine . I’ve changed the injectors. And coded them but the beetle is still running a bit rough. Done the adoptions. But still the same . What I have heard is the injectors are staying in open loop. Can you advise please . Regards

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Hard to say without looking, would need to look at live data readings and also check compression

[@cliffperry8470]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic what readings do I need to look up and what figures are fine . Many thanks I’ll take a look at compression next .

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Were the injectors new?

[@cliffperry8470]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic new yes but not oem .

[@cliffperry8470]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I use otofix tool D1 max was thing about getting vcds .

[@marinastuable]

saab has sticking pad on worn side ?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yeah, was absolutely solid

[@andrewmooreandrewrmoore7615]

Please don't go under a car only up on jacks. Your vids are interesting and it would be a pity if they came to an abrupt end.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Fair enough 👍🏼

[@peterward9755]

Why no axle stands

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

On the bmw? It’s a low car and a pain to Jack up so I improvised

[@RatchetWarrior93]

Like this comment so Kerbs knows we all want a proper in depth toolbox of the tools he uses in his van and unit 😉

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Let’s goooo

[@BooneTao]

What is MLT?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

?

[@BooneTao]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I heard MLT unless I missed hearing it. Sounded to me MLT cleaning?

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yeah maybe misheard mate

[@twistofadventure2725]

Calling someone's engine a grenade is not very nice... But I understand you

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

lol I was more referring to taking the pin out of the tensioner 😅

[@TwIn603]

Mate getting the right size disc and pads nowadays on jobs is like winning the lottery! Why make so many different sizes for the same car so annoying !

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

I know 😂😂

[@BooneTao]

N8ce legs .... 😆

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Finally someone appreciates them 😂

[@lrdisco2005]

If you want tution go to college and pay.

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

It’s how most of us have done it

[@Vivianauxito]

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[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Hi, only just seen this and haven’t seen your email sorry

[@Vivianauxito]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I follow up on my prior email, Hope hear from you

[@mstar011]

Pleasr kerby no more brake jobs 😊

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

😂I know but got to get the bread and butter jobs in

[@mstar011]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic yer true :) watching your videos i know so much about changing brakes i may do them myself next. TBH you explain them so well thanks kerby 👍

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Well, that’s a good thing that comes out of these videos

[@peterarries7879]

For the price of 2 axle stands, your putting your life in the hands of 2 hydraulic seals on a bottle jack which looks dodgy as and a normal jac🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️,your insurance wouldn't pay out to mrs Kerby if you were squashed

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Yeah I get that 👍🏼

[@richardshepherd6108]

@@kerbsidemobilemechanic I mess around with cars and do many of my own jobs but the day job is working as an expert on things made from polymers. Just have a think about how many times you are replacing something on a car because a piece of rubber or plastic has failed or is about to or has the possibility of failing?? And you will lay under something being held up by a couple of rubber seals of possibly dodgy provenance... When did you last change oil seals in the trolly/bottle jack as preventative maintenance? Just saying...

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

Fair comment

[@DanceMusic-g3r]

you've got more chance of jesus christ responding to an email or instagram message then you do kerby

[@kerbsidemobilemechanic]

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