Should have cleaned and lubed shims & slide pins as well, this is not a very good example and may leave people with uneven wear or other failures from lack of lube.
I only recently came across the rotors with a screw holding them (2000 Jetta). Fortunately, I had just bought a DeWalt 20V 1/4" Square Impact Driver and found it the easiest and fastest way to loosen and tighten the screw that holds the rotor on for assembly.
My fishing partner. Who 80 year old and life time Mechanic. Has told me to use the break fluid bleeder if possible. When compressing piston. Stops any crap in the fluid being pushed back into reservoir.
Yes that a way to do it as well. normally i use a old pad when pressing the cylinder in but i didnt have a large enough adjustable at the time so i was just as careful as i could be.
1. You should always lubricate all MTM (metal to metal) surfaces I.e. the hub the back of the pads the pad ears caliper piston to help with chatter and any brake noise as well as lubricate the slides with high temp grease 2. You need to use brake clean on the rotors and a terry cloth to remove the rust inhibitor from the rotor or you will ruin your pads 3. Always always always replace all hardware rubber boots metal clips period end of story at the very least take the clips out hit them with a wire brush and the caliper bracket where the hardware sits to help prevent any binding.... you also should take a wire brush to the hub surfaces to help prevent any lateral runout causing irregular wear of the brake pads i should know i went to college for auto tech and worked as a tech for some years 4. If you aren’t gonna do the job correctly don’t post videos so other people half ass fix their brakes....
If no one else said: Place an old brake pad against the piston and use a C clamp from back side to push the piston. This absolutely will not damage the piston. A very common trick. I would not use Channel Locks as on the video.
You should replace brake pads and rotors at the same time, clean the rotors with brake cleaner, so they last longer than 40k you should have a warranty on them, as well replace with hardware kit make sure you use a break caliper tool kit instead of a wrench you can damage the caliper by using channel Locks. My 2015 Chevy sonic has 47k and never had to replace the brake pads or rotors! It’s called brake pad grease so the position of the piston doesn’t squeal, you should clean everything before you put it on. 😖
you have to clean the new rotors with brake clean 1st or this whole job is fail. they come oiled so they don't rust & if you don't clean it off the oil will make the pads useless
You have to replace the nut with a new one, I keep running into issues with customers complaining of brake issues with out replacing that large bolt all Chevys are like that, I would deliver them to customers all the time.
man you twist that caliper looks like a pig tail that bad... other than that the brake fluid its hygroscopic i wouldnt open the brake reservoir and leave it open
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Should have cleaned and lubed shims & slide pins as well, this is not a very good example and may leave people with uneven wear or other failures from lack of lube.
I only recently came across the rotors with a screw holding them (2000 Jetta). Fortunately, I had just bought a DeWalt 20V 1/4" Square Impact Driver and found it the easiest and fastest way to loosen and tighten the screw that holds the rotor on for assembly.
Oh yea power tools help alot
My fishing partner. Who 80 year old and life time Mechanic. Has told me to use the break fluid bleeder if possible. When compressing piston. Stops any crap in the fluid being pushed back into reservoir.
Yes that a way to do it as well. normally i use a old pad when pressing the cylinder in but i didnt have a large enough adjustable at the time so i was just as careful as i could be.
Hello nick i have a Chevy sonic 2017 LT non turbo what kind of muffler do you have
DC Sport exhaust I'll post a link to it.
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1. You should always lubricate all MTM (metal to metal) surfaces I.e. the hub the back of the pads the pad ears caliper piston to help with chatter and any brake noise as well as lubricate the slides with high temp grease 2. You need to use brake clean on the rotors and a terry cloth to remove the rust inhibitor from the rotor or you will ruin your pads 3. Always always always replace all hardware rubber boots metal clips period end of story at the very least take the clips out hit them with a wire brush and the caliper bracket where the hardware sits to help prevent any binding.... you also should take a wire brush to the hub surfaces to help prevent any lateral runout causing irregular wear of the brake pads i should know i went to college for auto tech and worked as a tech for some years 4. If you aren’t gonna do the job correctly don’t post videos so other people half ass fix their brakes....
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Can you please link a video of a proper brake replacement?
Those caliper bolts, which way to loosen?
Left loosens them
@@RspecNick thank you! They are hard to get off!
@@johndiez8055 yes they are especially if they haven't been replaced in awhile
Orileys parts?! What year is the Chevy sonic is it a hatchback and what engine size?
It's a 2012 1.8 and hatchback I got the parts off rockauto.
Is this the same for the chevy cruze?
It should be pretty similar both cars share a lot of the same parts
What happened if you scar the brake pistons ?
If you scar the pistons on the outside not much would change but if you hit the rubber seal it could leak brake fluid
And where i can get the caliper bracket bolts?
I'd just go to the dealer for those they should have them
If no one else said: Place an old brake pad against the piston and use a C clamp from back side to push the piston. This absolutely will not damage the piston. A very common trick. I would not use Channel Locks as on the video.
i only used them because the C clamp i had was too small but if your careful the cylinder and seals will be fine.
You should replace brake pads and rotors at the same time, clean the rotors with brake cleaner, so they last longer than 40k you should have a warranty on them, as well replace with hardware kit make sure you use a break caliper tool kit instead of a wrench you can damage the caliper by using channel
Locks. My 2015 Chevy sonic has 47k and never had to replace the brake pads or
rotors! It’s called brake pad grease so the position of the piston doesn’t squeal, you should clean everything before you put it on. 😖
Gonna try a sonic tomorrow I'll send a note if I need u
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The torx bolt doesn't need to be installed with the new rotor the five lug nuts will hold the rotor and wheel in place
I can't seem to get the little star thing off no matter what it won't give
Yea they can be a pain to get off did you try spraying alittle lubricant around it
Most common way to get these off is with a impact driver , sometimes need heat with the impact driver .
It’s easy with a c clamp😊
Normally I have the brake tool but I let a friend borrow it so I tried to make due with the bare minimum
Your rotor wore down so fast because it's on the wrong side of the car.
The slotted and drilled were installed prior to me owning it but they were installed correctly. The slot lines point back towards the car not forward.
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Always put new hardware on when you live in the rust belt and clean the caliper bracket but it don't lookik u do
you have to clean the new rotors with brake clean 1st or this whole job is fail. they come oiled so they don't rust & if you don't clean it off the oil will make the pads useless
You should clean the rotors but a high percentage of people don't.
Thank you for including the bolt sizes and torque.
Hope it could help a bit
You have to replace the nut with a new one, I keep running into issues with customers complaining of brake issues with out replacing that large bolt all Chevys are like that, I would deliver them to customers all the time.
Yea there like what stretch bolts from Chevy
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I've been beating on my rotor for 2 hours and his falls off in his hands.
I delt with that on a Subaru STI a couple months ago. Had to use bolts in the drill holes to free the rotor from the hub.
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man you twist that caliper looks like a pig tail that bad... other than that the brake fluid its hygroscopic i wouldnt open the brake reservoir and leave it open