Cadillac Escalade (Chevy Tahoe): Front Brake Job

[@scottjohnson4319]

I'm such a child, that Brake Kleen gag just doesn't get old. Nor does tagging along with Eric.

[@rayclarine793]

You do good work and explain things well I was a bus mechanic for 40 years and don't miss any of it.

[@FrankRuiz66]

Woo hoo.. SMA brake job video. Teaching America how to prevent rust jacking and wear and tear

[@yodawg3469]

The joy of living on the left coast,no rust

[@kurdtpatton5039]

Eric looked like Bob Ross painting happy little pistons. Cadillac uses 2 because everyone needs a friend.

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

Yeah! The Brakleen with sound! All right! Keep up the great work!

[@ericjudd3137]

You done a lot of brake jobs but still love watching them you the people entertained

[@carlkraus6034]

I never get tired of brake jobs

[@CraigSmith568]

You only forget to pump the brakes before driving it one time. After that you never forget.

[@davidmcdaris9081]

Hi Eric.. went to my iPhone because KZbin on my roku , I could not figure out how to leave a comment. Lol…. Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your videos and how much you have taught me. The duramax injector two part blew my mind! I can’t believe you solved that one. Hope KZbin is treating you right enough to make you and Miss O retire to a tropical island drinking cool drinks with your dogs and kids. Thanks again and can’t believe how many problems you have solved. NASA missed you. Lol… take care and don’t let Miss O change her tires anymore! I think she is more valuable as your soulmate. Lol . D

[@tucobenedicto109]

No one cold tell me what to use on my slide pins. Your video was clear and concise. My rear brakes were just replaced, but I do have it sticking when there is heavy rain or the day after the car wash. As far as replacing one caliper a mechanic did that which I didn't understand. The other old one 17 year old car was working until I got it. Or it would only work during the rain. That car had to many evap leaks and two many repairs. We sent it out to pasture. You are the cats meow! Nice video.

[@grdnjmsn]

That brake clean intro never gets old. Smile every time I see it. SMA’s thoughtful content and clever delivery is giving DIYer’s great entertainment as well as great confidence in tackling our own jobs. Thank you Eric for sharing your skills, humor and experience!

[@tjlingram]

The Bob Ross of the automotive word.

[@ShainAndrews]

Happy little brakes...

[@Martin_from_SC]

Brake job videos are a dime a dozen all over the youtubes, but they don't have the wise words of Mr. O! :)

[@slatsgrobneck7515]

Really appreciate the extra effort it takes to give us brake fluid junkies the awesome camera angles. :)

[@weshawkins7165]

The black paint idea is a good practice to do anywhere not just in the rust belt. I’m going to start doing that. Thanks Mr O.

[@jwboilermaker]

Never a bad brake video with Eric O doing the work. Just need to bring back the sheep sound with the fluid film 👍

[@jimclifford1241]

Love all your vidjas, but there is just something special about the "ugga-dugga" kind. Thanks Mr. O.

[@ronwatson4902]

A little different mood today.Maybe you had a real nice weekend.Thanks Fella!

[@JimFixIt74]

It’s always a good day with an SMA brake job video. There is doing brakes and then there is doing brakes the right way with SMA. 👍

[@debndave4871]

I never get tired of the SMA brake videos. Thankyou.

[@muppetgump8522]

Mr O would be a great shop class teacher 👍

[@bryce_lt1]

brake cleaner sound is back thank you

[@awaara24]

Yes an SMA brake job!

[@jeffh4505]

It's funny you painted the brake bracket. I'm having issues with rust jacking on my wife's car and planned to do just that when I do a brake job in a few weeks.

[@robertgreer5229]

A vehicle that’s not all rusted and such! WOW! Love it baby! Hey a I got a kitty like yours too! 🤣👍🏻

[@alannash5696]

We have been missing the Brake Kleen sound effect. So glad it is back.

[@nickayivor8432]

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[@badazz2969]

This is hilarious it's day of the brake job I did 3 4 corner jobs today I'm burned out on brakes

[@AP9311]

YESSSSSSSS, SMA brake job!!!! I was really missing it!! After so many electrical diags!! I needed this SMA brake job to waken my mind!! Haha. More, please, kind, sir!

[@ronaldsimmons8346]

uh, is this where I leave my questions comments and concerns? thanks for the vid

[@mapexdrums320]

Nice kitty y’all have a beautiful cat y’all have a blessed day enjoy your videos

[@shayneclinton9450]

Mr. O, the fact you applied FF to the hub is just one of the small details that we the audience love about your work. Something that most shops wouldn’t have done but it’s the small things like that that make you stand out.

[@randyschnurbusch9185]

A little trick on those torx bolts. Use an air hammer with hammer bit on the caliper to vibrate it while putting tension on the torx bolt. Works every time to get them loose with no broken bits.

[@Loulito]

As New YAWKER, I Pematex Extreme Brake Caliper Lube all over! I can't get enough of that stuff, all thanks to YOU! Watching you do these brake job videos makes me smile, LOL! I finally can get the full life out of my pads. I can't believe how often I've seen techs out here in NY not taking the time to do this; it's ridiculous. Reminds me of Rainman Ray! LOL, Idc if you live in FLORIDA! Grease your brake hardware! YOU HEAR ME, RAY!?!... "REEEEEEEE" hahah

[@johnpetersen8116]

A man after my own heart with a spritz of paint...very nice touch, and refreshing to see. I dare other mechanics to do as nice a job!

[@stealthg35infiniti94]

I teach my Automotive Technology students exactly as per your instructions. Sometimes they seem perplexed at times because so many people just slap a pair of pads without cleaning or lubricating anything. Some, don't care if rotors that have deep ruts or been damaged by metal on metal due to exhausted pads.

[@badazz2969]

I'm a full-time mechanic but I'm very guilty of pad slapping my junker clunker after metal to metal contact but my work car has 318k miles and it's rotten in half thanks to salt it's not worth a set of rotors and they're beyond turning I grease and clean my brake brackets though no matter what it'd be pointless doing a brake job and skipping that

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

know where those ruts come from? They're from the tooling marks left by the lathe that turned the raw casting. You need to use a die grinder with a red gasket cookie to polish those marks off before you install them. The smoother the rotor, the better the pads will wear.

[@georgeszilva1223]

A quick way to loosen rusted on disc rotors is by using an air hammer with a wide tip inbetween the the wheel studs,...caution.. put one wheel nut on a stud to prevent the rotor from falling!!

[@SouthMainAuto]

I'll have to remember that trick. Never thought of using an air hammer to loosen a rotor...

[@joshuaodowd9107]

Literally the only reason I even still watch KZbin is your vids man. If you weren’t on here I would’ve already deleted the KZbin app and that’s the honest truth

[@KarateSensei71]

I have watched tons of Eric videos doing mundane repairs or refurbs like brakes. I just have to watch hoping for a Mrs. O cameo and I was rewarded once again.

[@jonminer9891]

Hi, Mr. O. I guess I like to watch your brake jobs cuz I can pretend that I could do that! Yeah, in my dreams. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!

[@jaxsonhugh9334]

Classic SMA brake video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@stevie3275]

SMA brake job and watching paint dry. Works for me.

[@ItaliansAreFromItaly]

I've never seen a video that has 10k likes an 0 dislikes, Good Job

[@jacmccauley7581]

Never thought about applying the lube to the hardware instead of the caliper bracket, might give that a try the next time I need to to do brakes

[@JaySosaNY]

I always put it on the break after I clean the bracket I put grease on the bracket and make sure the pins are greased

[@luke8210]

Good night....the rust you deal with is insane. Southern Arizona, no rust here my friend....now dry rotted plastic.....that's a different story.

[@ronfess8605]

what a concept do the job right the first time

[@jaxsonlundy12]

Fixed my car from ur vids ! Love it !

[@rickbaker4571]

NY has it's own thread lock... it's called rust.

[@foxhazhax4845]

One thing I love about living in the desert is that it takes cars for friggin ever to rust, ive seen cars from rainy locales 5 or 10 years old completely disintegrating. We had an '85 town car that we only got rid of because it was a gas guzzler, wasn't a sqaure inch of rust anywhere on her 🦊💜🤘

[@MrSpartanicus]

I feel the nostalgia of the multi part videos of 5 and 6 years ago… I like it!

[@richardhall9815]

I love that video thumbnail😁

[@bigblocklawyer]

Last 25 years in Central Florida from St. Louis, and working on cars for years in the rust belt, I felt that not broke in half on the lift comment. My '03 Duramax frame wax is still sticky. In addition to cars never even getting frame surface rust here, living in the most free State in the Union ain't bad either.

[@jackiesee1907]

I've owned a 2003 Tahoe z71 since new. Of all the vehicles I've owned it has been the easiest to work on...other than when I replaced all of the brake lines. I've done countless brake jobs, and multiple front wheel bearings - all so easy to do: I believe it's 2 bolts for the caliper, 2 for the brake bracket, 3 for the wheel hub and that's it. The hub bearing assembly can be pretty pricey though!

[@carlosnavarro921]

That Brake Cleen intro never gets old!

[@richardwarnock2789]

I feel confident the next video is badaboooom great 👍 👌 😀

[@brittany6229]

Having just done this my self on my crusty Tahoe... I can tell you you made it look like a speed run

[@shadetreemechanicracing22]

That was probably a treat for you working on something that old and not rusty.

[@raymondeldridge2911]

When I worked mechanic for Cadillac we had to replace the mounting bolts and we measured the rotors resurfaced them or just remove the glaze in they had Chinese rotors most were at discard when they were new

[@Dirtyharry70585]

Glad you use that super lube, Teflon embedding tidbits

[@htownblue11]

The brake clean sound effect is so good. NAPA sponsor this man!

[@wdhewson]

Cadillac treatment.

[@Rithius3485]

Thanks so much for the Brake Clean! 😍

[@lucidbarrier]

Yes! Today is the day where I get to see a mechanic paint the brake stuff. One day you will hit the calipers and caliper brackets with paint and I will be so happy. I've always wanted to remove the calipers and paint them, but I'm worried about over torquing the banjo bolt on reinstall because I broke one off when I was a tweenager. One day though, I will remove them and paint them red and have my painted calipers. I also love when you spray the hell out of the brakes with brake clean. All that pad compound gets wet and goes to the ground instead of your lungs. I also understand why you reface the hubs now. It took me like an hour to get a rear rotor off my Toyota. It was rusted on solid. I always put a few dabs of axle grease on the face of the hubs but apparently the previous owner didn't get the memo.

[@foxhazhax4845]

Careful pressing those caliper pistons back, ive seen people crank on them too hard and blow out a valve in the ABS center, not fun or cheap to replace.

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

Love your videos! I can watch them with my grandson and not worry about any naughty language. Thank you for that!!

[@michaelweatherhead9470]

Thanks Eric O.

[@joshbaker2437]

I live in Oklahoma now, but after living for 30 years in Wisconsin that extra rust prevention makes sense.

[@neiltheplayer]

Thank you once again Eric

[@apc01352]

getting ready to do brakes on a personal vehicle. its been a bit and i needed this reminder of the correct process here in NY for lubing EVERYTHIGN lol

[@melvinjones3895]

You make it look easy.

[@jason-ge5nr]

holy cow. that is some 4k brake clean

[@TreyCook21]

I hope you never lose that catch phrase. I just know if you can do it, I can do it. I do need a scanner though.

[@larryreagan6936]

Being from northern Indiana we always loaded the bit hole with high temp grease as well so next pad change there's still some bit teeth left, great video as always and keep up the good work!

[@randyanderson4360]

Where you from Larry?

[@larryreagan6936]

@@randyanderson4360 Fort Wayne, I'm in Tennessee now... it's been a little more kind to my arthritis.

[@randyanderson4360]

@@larryreagan6936 u said northern Indiana I thought u resided in South bend or Elkhart. Ft. Wayne is south east. Anywhos rest that arthritis

[@larryreagan6936]

@@randyanderson4360 southeast of Elkhart about 60 miles. 40 miles south of Angola down I-69 I'll always be a Hoosier no matter where I go. where you from?

[@JamesDvorak]

I lived in Ft. Wayne for a few years. I grew up in Iowa, so I saw what you suggested there, too. Been Oklahoma for a while now but about to move back north.

[@TIREDOFEVIL]

Eric, remember doing this routine on the hardware many moons ago when i lived in New York, glad that I retired down south.

[@Bradster-Lee]

Hello Guys ! Been binge-watching your videos and well I love the Channel, Didn't know you guys were around, Great Videos and content, But I Love the Family you have there ! To a Really Cute Couple and family, Continue with the Videos and the fun you guys have, Thats all .. Thanks for Classy channel, And a Real Family feel.

[@LubomirGeorgiev]

I find brake jobs so relaxing

[@The_Redkween]

You had me with Luna in the thumbnail.

[@Rusty-Metal]

This was better than Bob Ross.

[@rjb6327]

Always nice to see Mrs. O.

[@TheBlueberry606]

I always replace caliper bracket boots and the little rubber inserts as they wear.

[@boblynch7348]

Eric, after watching countless of your repair videos, I am convinced that there is a sinister deal between the companies that sell road salt to the New York State road maintenance entities and the companies that sell you the replacement parts. Somebody is making a killing.

[@Birdman_in_CLE]

I've lived in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio and the salt is used heavily on those states as well. Here in Cleveland we have a massive salt mine about a mile under lake Erie which is where the majority of rust belt winter salt comes from. They send it out in ships and rail cars a mile long. Cleveland, doing our part to help sell new cars.

[@jeremyt7722]

It's a coin toss. Do you want less rust at the cost of icy roads?

[@richardsmith5673]

@@jeremyt7722 i'll take icy roads.

[@andybonneau9209]

Hey! It's been a while since Mr. Brakecleen has popped in.

[@dorightal4965]

You never fail to remind me of how fortunate I am to live in "Bama! Always like the visit to the office with Mrs.O! You seem to be a blessed man to have such a lady in your life!

[@ronspencer6668]

Good stuff, never gets old. Cheers.

[@Leekautorepair]

Nice to see something easy every now and then.

[@gregbellinger5765]

very good lighting and camera work.

[@billburkart9087]

You would love Virginia Eric, I have the same exhaust that came with my 1998 Dodge Caravan.

[@goofyGAguy]

Always important to line up your rubber...

[@dericksilva0919]

Volvo is very common for using the thread locker on the caliper bolts.

[@drunkingsailor2359]

Oh o. Brake clean intro is back

[@mariosaccoccio1688]

I love the care you take with the brackets. Even without a sand blaster, removing the rust & crust is an important step in doing it right.

[@alward9901]

Hi Eric. To combat rust I use double boiled linseed oil on every thing that is exposed . winter wheels rims the chassis and believe me it stops rust in its tracks up here in south Ontario . My car is 42 years old . But the linseed oil takes time to dry . Just try it on some steel & leave it out side .

[@Garth2011]

Works wonders on wagon wheels too. Has for a good century.

[@lawrencewheeler8868]

Also M-14s! Lol

[@dougkubash8673]

back in the day i was replacing lots of master cylinders after doing disc brake jobs because of pumping the brake pedal to the floor. The piston was traveling through the dirt and rust that it wouldn't normally pass through. i put my other foot under the brake pedal on the floor so it couldn't travel to the floor.

[@williamdyckman9704]

Eric, after watching many of your brake job video's, still enjoy a new brake job. My wife just doesn't understand how I enjoy them with a good cup of coffee in hand !

[@JohnnieBravo1]

YIKES!! Spilled my coffee! It's been a while since the last Brake Cleaner Attack Screen, and I was not prepared. BTW, only the coolest shops have a Shop Kittie!

[@RedWhiteAndBlueVideo]

@South Main Auto I have had a factory brake caliper bolt back out on my Silverado, so I could understand loctite on the caliper bracket bolts.

[@kerrylewis2581]

I want and need a sandblaster. The New Hampshire winters are tough on our nuts too

[@kevinwilson868]

I lived in Ontario Canada (Toronto)and did lots of brakes, I would switch my wheels in spring and fall. I would take the slide pins out and lube them every time I had the wheels off otherwise, they would seize up from the salt. The pads would always wear evenly

[@ronspencer6668]

Its the only line of defense, you just have to get in the habit. Salt tears stuff up.

[@baileymiller546]

Have been dying for a Brake job Mr. O