Chevy Silverado: Front Brake Job

Oh it has been such a long time I figured I better post a brake video before you folks start a riot haha. Lucky for you Josh took the day off and I was in charge of brakes and tires for the day. -Enjoy!
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[@blueoct5591]

The slow motion brake Kleen and music was pure gold! I literally laughed out loud.

[@slayerjohn447]

We will need more of that in the future.

[@danielc.3725]

Me too, nice touch, slo - MO, & music..

[@joevaagen6170]

With the slow mo brakekleen tune I started with (in the voice of Marlon Brando in The Godfather) you know I spray you down to keep the gumbas from attacking you, so go out to the salty world to live on.

[@wstheone]

You made my day. we don't use brake clean at work and that took me back to the good old days thanks.

[@davedennis6042]

He did that so dramatically for that guy that whined about how expensive that stuff is. LOL

[@aaronwallace4931]

“Spinach artichoke mac n cheese... NOT A SPONSOR” 😂

[@unicorn7337]

It will never get old! 😂

[@reecenewton3097]

Sounds good to me!

[@darenkilminster7692]

Thank you and hello mrs o

[@comridor]

I worked at a dealership for eight years, and I never, NEVER saw anyone clean the caliper adapter bracket contact surfaces. I think we had one guy who regularly used the 3M cookies to clean up hubs and such. Didn't know there was anyone left in the repair business who cared about the quality of their work. Guess that's why I keep watching.

[@lju3428]

Damn I've missed the brakleen action, glad its back.

[@billporter3495]

LJU Saw another channel. The guy used it wrong. He just sprayed brake clean.

[@parteibonza]

it was a little rusty....almost didnt work it's been so long....

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@@billporter3495 Rookie mistake....

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@@SouthMainAuto Please, more of the meat and potatoes videos. Your users (me included) LOVE brakes/struts/ball joints/etc. Don't discount these videos, that's what got us all hooked here!

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I really love the “family time” part of the video.

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oh sure, eric can love every one elses comments but yours. he doesnt love his family lol

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@@ozzykrahn806 LOL! At least I don't do it for the "likes."

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"Listen, Eric, I know you don't like us KZbinrs bothering you, but here me out. I brought donuts."

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VIP treatment coming right up!

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@@RealCadde Donuts are poison.

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[@549BR]

This has to be one of the best shows on KZbin. Thanks Eric and Vanessa.

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Gotta say, seeing an SMA brake job makes me feel like everything is right with the world... at least for 21 minutes.

[@scottsmrcka2769]

Seeing your young family all at the shop brings back fond memories of when my boys were young and used to hang out at the shop. Good times.😊

[@nelsonnarciso1791]

You have a amazing family. Love the bond you guys have.

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My thoughts exactly. They're a class act and Mrs O is oh so cute. This has to be the American dream!

[@nickh7040]

5:52 You won't wanna miss this. Mr. O its been too long. Much appreciated my good sir.

[@AMatofFact]

It's SO SWEET that Ms.O let's you know when you have fans visiting. And it's even cooler that you drop what you're doing and come say hi to your fans. Thanks for coming out to say hi to me that one time Eric!

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You are on fire this week with all those new videos - I love it!!!!!

[@johnmack1185]

I swear Mrs. O was "highsplaining" the burger technique..LOL!! Must've had a "Mothers little helper" midday break. I love this family they are perfect together and quality entertainment!!

[@rhalld]

I missed the brake clean, good to see and hear it's back

[@markbrittell2001]

Nice to see a legit maintenance job nowadays. Never get tired of the quality jobs you do.

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LoL "brake clean cam!" Complete with slow motion and music! 😍 anyone else smell it in their head?? Hahaha

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Certified safe - that means that as long as you're wearing regulation steel toecaps it won't crush your toes when you drop it on them.

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I never met anyone who loves brake clean as much as I do until I started watching SMA videos 😂 Brake Clean just adds that finishing touch like the salt bae does with his sprinkle of salt off the elbow .

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Never forget where you came from

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don’t forget your roots

[@Asomesauc]

How does this channel not have a million plus subscribers yet? there isn't a better mechanic on KZbin

[@jefferp]

Mrs. O cooking’ on cast iron and Eric O hosing the brake clean and seeing all the little Os. A great day!

[@teacfan1080]

Ahhh, a SMA classic! Brake job, brakekleen sound effect (phone didn't ring though), and showing close-ups of FOOD. I wanted to reach into my monitor and swipe that burger! Mrs. O spoils you!

[@paulog8813]

Wouldn’t be great if when he checked his son’s phone to see what he was looking, to find out, it was Scotty Kilmer!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Erik is a surgeon Scotty is a mechanic

[@BikerJim74]

my son would be grounded if he watched that moron

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Biker Jim 🤣🤣

[@danr1920]

@@johncomito4718 When was the last time Scotty actually fixed a car?

[@Agent-nw3it]

@@danr1920 Was there a first time?

[@discoveryman59]

Brake Job's are SSSSOOOO relaxing! It's like a nice cat video!! Mrs O IS the star of this show!!

[@Sean-John]

I Had To STOP Everything Just To Watch Another BRAKE Video! 🤣 So Many New Videoss This Week!!!!

[@robertleifeld225]

Hey this is great! Yesterday fix a Idle control valve using "renches" and elbow grease, and now today, lunch with family and a GM Brake job. Way To Go Eric!!!. Why was your son watching Scotty Kilmer videos?

[@Okanagan48]

Last brake job I remember, was Marie, when she did her own. She could be your brake specialist.

[@alanmatthews5949]

You fix the cars and let Mrs O do the cooking! Best of both worlds!! She feeds you well!

[@RyanFixesCars]

I wake up everyday, go open the shop and work on cars. On my days off I work on my cars. In my freetime I watch Eric work on cars. I have no life. And I love it.

[@richardlewis7471]

Bumper Humper 👍🏼

[@marksdiygarage249]

Woop,woop,woop...another long awaited, highly anticipated and way overdue brake job from the maestro of brake management!

[@creigmacc]

Sometimes a nice brake job is just the break we need.

[@starcarrier1874]

Wow, "Brake Clean Interlude". This years winner at the Caan French film Festival. Only SMA can make a car repair video sultry. I'm dying over here!

[@DYLANTRIES]

What ever content you upload is what I watch, me and my dad both

[@larrywright5024]

Love it love it love it

[@MattyWill1]

You know how many people don't do half the stuff you do on a brake job. Your rock brother.

[@jordanciaramitaro6351]

Love how you have your family at the shop with you! Hope to be able to do that once I expand.

[@michaela1655]

That kitchen is fantastic. Great way to make the family comfortable at work.

[@Ausblack]

14:54 Your torque wrench makes a funny groaning noise, mine just clicks.

[@CXensation]

Mine is whispering: "yep - ok"

[@Ausblack]

@@CXensation give it the denzel Washington "okay...alright...okay"

[@AlanGCarvajal]

Odd, mine says 'That aint goin nowhere'

[@marcbenedict3676]

@@AlanGCarvajal Well the manual has it spec to half past tight

[@kainhall]

@@AlanGCarvajal mine says UUGGA DUGGA but ya.... NEVER torqued a brake bolt....after ya do 10,000 bolts.... ya kinda know when "tight is tight"

[@campwalosi4256]

Thanks Eric...your video on parasitic drain on a Chevy truck was the answer I've looked for my GMC Sierra. Who knew an instrument cluster could be the culprit? Was going to use the company you used to restore the cluster but found a local shop who did it in 24 hours . No more dead battery...you are a genius. Thanks again...

[@miguelare3]

The moment we've been waiting for 5:08 yay😁

[@cbpriv]

Breaks a so satisfying to do, so little work, so easy accessible, so little cost, and huge impact on how well the car handles :)

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Wow that was heaven!! I put a new can of brake cleaner in my air freshener by the computer and man was that good!! Thank you thank you!! Jim.

[@paulmartin5787]

Old school brake job, complete with Brake Clean...can't beat that.

[@marscruz]

5:53 That's a new slo-mo Brakleen action shot! Wow! Super duper cleaning and dissolving action. Noice!

[@Trex6767]

I’m a Toyota master tech so a brake job is simple but yet here I am watching most of the the brake job videos along with all the weird diag videos

[@chrisparenti2461]

Ahhh, nostalgia. Lunch looked really good 😎

[@benkanobe7500]

You are blessed with a wonderful family. Way to go Dad! There is no greater title in life except for maybe "Mom".

[@djs_projects_repairs]

Love your videos and even color when you pop in with the family just to remind us your just as human as the rest of us hard working dads or otmoms or other lol great video

[@oliurto]

We love diagnostic video, but SMA brake job is a must!!! Maybe you could alternate : one diagnostic video - one nuts and bolt video! So everything for everybody. Thanks Eric for helping DIYers like me and my friends. 👍

[@nelsonnarciso1791]

Omg the Italian music was a great touch . Lol. Love your videos

[@umpireoba]

Nothing better than an SMA break job!!!!

[@nathansdad04]

This channel seems to be gaining about 1000 new subs every few days. Nice job, Eric

[@jakemason9436]

Yes! A bedtime brakejob story. Thanks. Love me some SMA.

[@EHKOS]

Thank you for inspiring me to try DIY stuff at home, you're an awesome human, husband, and father!

[@kenadair7463]

Never get tired of your Brake Jobs..... been missing the Brake Kleen, too.... Great video as usual.

[@jz719]

I wish my mechanic had the same passion as you when replacing rotors and brake pads. He just slaps everything on and charge me $275

[@dcfgarage]

Don't know what it means, but it's gotta be a good thing! I just love people that simplify stuff and not complicate!

[@mortenvanvik7082]

Just love brake jobs! And you're so good at them ;-)

[@chrisfreemesser]

It's like SMA Classics day! All we needed was Miss Hannah to make an appearance for the illusion to be complete. It also amuses me to no end to hear people wax poetic about Wegmans. I live in Wegmans hometown. I can literally see a Wegmans supermarket from the end of my driveway. If I want donuts, I drive 10 minutes to Ridge Donut Cafe to get the good stuff...they put Wegmans donuts to shame. You ever want a box of righteous donuts Eric, just say the word.

[@sprocket226]

Great video Eric. Nice to see the brake clean, Mrs. O, the new kitchen, and can't believe how big your kids are getting!🙂

[@Oldtimecarpenter]

I’m just one of those shade tree guys but I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos. This is my favorite auto repair channel ! ( sorry Scotty ) Many thanks for all these fantastic video! Also love the fact you include your fantastic wife and family!!!

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Gotta love a SMA brake job!!!

[@DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

I learn another little trick every time I watch one of these. I always wondered why you put the pads in the bracket at the workbench instead of after bolting the bracket back on, and how you kept them from falling right the shmoo out of the bracket while doing so. Today I learned why, and also how - that stupid little toothy thing crimped into the hardware explains both. I also learned the trick of starting the upper caliper bolt with the caliper up & away. Great tips, thank you sir.

[@kevinbarry71]

One of the few things I miss from my time living in Buffalo New York is Wegmans

[@pastblast1664]

I've done a lot of brakes jobs. It's still great to watch a professional doing one. Oh! and I have two more rules to live by in auto repair. 1) Don't be a ding dong. and 2) Don't look at it sideways. Truer words were never spoken.

[@brand-x7049]

Eric: "Ya can't mess 'em up" J. Random Shadetree: "...Hold my beer." ~:)P

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I absolutely love your channel not only for the fabulous content but it reinforces my love of the south and it’s RUST FREE vehicles If someone there in the rust belt would build houses with heated driveways that had high pressure undercarriage spray nozzles built in to wash away the salt it would pay for itself quickly by making cars last longer

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Always a pleasure, Professor "O"!!!

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The show that has everything: information, excitement, special effects, family fun, and gourmet cooking!

[@50sKid]

Oh you used a torque stick. The internet’s coming for ya now!

[@SimpleLife1971]

I do like all the electrical diagnosis and repair but there's nothing more satisfying than brakes, suspension, ball joints, and steering at South Main Auto!............ Way to go Eric O! Thank you again!

[@casperthesavage22]

Always amazing brake jobs and the brakleen cam, lovin it

[@richardminogue6451]

Enjoyed the brake job. Great to see the kids at the shop. Your little girl favors her mom-- enjoy these kid years, they grow fast.

[@stevebovo46]

5:54 will get me every time lmao a true classic

[@ViperJay5]

Reminds me of Italian Mafia music. LOL

[@kirbyyasha]

I love these brake job videos. I used to THINK I Knew how to do brakes. I practiced taking them off and putting them on in auto shop in high school, and I saw my untrained family do it. Then I see how Eric O. does it, and I perform a brake job using his methods, and I am impressed on how smooth the car stopped. The brake pads last a lot longer too (Didn't care with lifetime warranty pads lol). I always blamed age of the cars and cheap aftermarket pads, but it was just not being properly trained. Every brake job I do now feels like the car just rolled off the assembly line and stops like it was meant to! Keep up the wonderful videos Eric!

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Classic SMA with family in tow.

[@Dave52732]

Good to see all the O's in the shop,, hot lunch served up, you are indeed a lucky man my friend!

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Loving all the recent videos. It truly is a Happy New Year

[@bigmac965]

The best part of "another" brake job video is seeing you hang out with the family. Good that everybody can be there while you're working. Man, I confess to missing that brake cleaner music!

[@davedennis6042]

"Hit a few stop signs... Drive down the sidewalk" LOL

[@dougtexas]

Brake job, slo-mo- mood- muzak- brake cleaner effects, lunch with the fam (featuring state of the art venison slamburgers). Topped off with YT Doughnuts!! Be still, my pacemaker-driven heart!!!

[@agenericaccount3935]

Gotta jump on the grunt stuff now and then to stay limber. I cover for my field techs a few times a year for the same reasons.

[@AaronBelknap]

I love it. Miss the brake jobs. Since watching you, my drum brake experience is a lot better. I love the kitchen. That burger looked goooood!!! Mrs. O is awesome. Good kids. Electronics and soda! At least he was watching hot rod videos!!

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Holy uploads! Also damn those kids growing up

[@themalewhale59]

Didn't realise how much I missed a good old brake job. Never boring!

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Been watching long time love ❤️ the family segments happy new year 🎊

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Fantastic as usual. I don’t care what the video is about. If there is a SMA video I’m watching.

[@jayjay-kz8yw]

Your interactions with the kids was priceless! LMAO!

[@smohl1971]

The real Star of this episode....Sheba....what a beautiful Husky!

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Just in time for the King's birthday.

[@whatwasthat3269]

Brake videos never get old, love watching them .

[@VWWRENCHIE]

Today's catch phrase is..."Lube Snob".....sort of like an automotive Grey Poupon. 😎 lol

[@sethleeseberg446]

That kitchen turned out fantastically.

[@bodegaconnoisseur2548]

I’m a simple man, I see brake kleen and I click

[@charlesost7497]

Might just be another brake job...but it's done in a way that only SMA can do. Keep them coming!!

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Paula's donuts from Buffalo! Hell yeah!

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dkroth try donut craze

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In my town we have Sandy's Donuts, probably the best around.

[@Nitrodr1]

Beautiful Family Eric. Reminds me of spending time in the shop with My grandfather and dad. Awesome to see!

[@AlbertaPatriot1985]

Last brake job video was on June 29,2019

[@av8tore71]

Darn Eric that burger looked AWESOME!!!! Lucky man Eric being blessed with a good looking family