Chevy HHR front brake pad install

just a short video of putting brake pads on my wife's HHR, pretty simple procedure much the same on most cars.

[@jonathanw4942]

"Anyone can put the wheel back on" Wish that was true. I am next to Fort Bragg, I do service calls and tow for USAA Insurance. There are 100's of GI's that can't change a tire when they get a flat, I know this for a fact. Many can't drive a stick either. I don't blame them, but where is the dad or uncle to teach them?

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I guess you and I grew up working on cars etc. and I though just puttin a wheel back on would be no trick at all. but then I work on small engines mostly and some people have no idea about them , they just know if they run that's all they care about.

[@musiclovingmetalhead7085]

Jonathan W totally, my big bro taught me when was 14 in his 91 Civic si, touchy clutch to learn on. Lots of fun in empty parking lots.

[@Cultonproductions]

Keyword... "Can". Anyone with working limbs CAN do it.

[@alssmallengines]

We had a mechanic where I work forget to pump the brakes after a brake job & ran the car through the garage door...he is a ASE certified GM technition.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I guess it just slipped his mind about that, I'm sure he knew that would be that way,,

[@alexbautista1891]

Turning the steering wheel so the object is closer makes it even easier.

[@markbarnett4317]

Thank u for the video i wasn't sure if size socket i needed and don't have a lot of metric

[@MissouriOldTimer]

thanks, I should have made it more clear of the sizes but as long as you got it, that's the main thing.

[@rippasnortus]

Gotta put my winter tires on today, so may as well change the front pads at the same time. Yes pretty straight forward, but I was curious if the caliper bolts needed to be torqued, or just snugged up good.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I am by no means an expert at anything but I have worked on machines for over 50 years and I only use a torque wrench on things like car engine head bolts, rod and main bearing cap bolts, other wise I just use common sense. lol after you break a few bolts off you''ll get a feel for it..

[@carolinamanjr1385]

Good video. But I am surprised you didn't use jackstands to support it. I don't trust a floor jack good enough to do without them. Just had too many floor jacks to leak down

[@MissouriOldTimer]

stands are a good idea but since I wasn't going to be under the car, I didn't put them under there,, this jack does leak down but it takes a long time.

[@MarkWilder68]

Masterful you made it look easy thank you

[@MissouriOldTimer]

brake pads are a lot easier to install than brake shoes. at least to me they are.

[@dvanhoose01]

What size bolt for the hub assembly

[@Matowix]

do rear break pads have warning scrapers my pads are low and I don't want to warp the disc

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I don't know,, I thought these pads would have them but they didn't ,,someone might have broken them off , but it you suspect your pads are bad, it's probably best to change them,, it's easy and not real expensive, if you do it yourself that is.

[@txsviking]

You made it look to easy :D

[@MissouriOldTimer]

well, if I ever learn right from left and be able to hit the hole better it would be better too.. lol

[@jankotze1959]

Nice quick job done, I need to replace pads on my car as well.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

it's a very easy job and very few tools are needed for it,, drum brakes are a little more challenging..

[@wtbm123]

Cool

[@MissouriOldTimer]

thanks.

[@maynard5955]

With shop rates what they are you probably just saved 200 bucks

[@MissouriOldTimer]

as long as I am able I will keep working on my stuff, I can't afford to have it done and secondly some mechanics might kinda inflate the charges.. lol

[@Erix7810]

Thanks for the video, but man.. please fix that damned air hose leak.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I didn't even notice it,, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[@rockymtngirl977]

Thank you Sir, I've never replaced brakes on a car, actually in my 61 years I've never done any mechanical work on my vehicles until recently, I appreciate people such as yourself who know what they are doing. I've repaired a leak in my oil pan, changed my oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, and VVT Selonoids. This Ole Lady is tired of paying to have a mechanic to work on my HHR if I can do it myself. Now that I've watched your very persise, detailed video I feel confident I can do the brakes as well. With that said there are many videos on KZbin that don't go into great detail or just do the work without saying a darn word, yep not very helpful at all. Great Video, extremely helpful and approximated! Time to getter done.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I am glad you got something out of the video, I'm afraid in a lot of my videos I don't go into much detail either, thanks for looking.

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

I hope I don't need to do the ones on my HHR for quite some time to come. Good quick fix, Vernon.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

yeah, it's really very simple.

[@dvanhoose01]

The 15 mmr bolts were hard to loosen so I took a scissor jack and put the end of the ratchet on top of scissor lift and started raising the scissor lift until the bolt would break loose it worked

[@MissouriOldTimer]

yes, I have used a hydraulic jack at times in the same manner, it does work very well.