Cadillac ATS: Rear Brake Replacement
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- In a previous video • Cadillac ATS: Front Br... I replaced the front brakes on this Caddy ATS. It's now to to replace the rear pads and rotors then move onto the radiator. -Enjoy!
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You missed the brake clean noise!😬
What is mechanic's wire?
South Main Auto Repair LLC I got a few of the little guys of fuild film from different trade shows as “free samples “. I keep one under the bathroom sink cabinet for the beard clippers, aside from preventing rust it works great for keeping those moving too.
40 bucks for a file. Not for this DIY guy...
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a FREE 55 gallon drum of fluid film for ERIC! DO I hear a YAA!
“Cough cough is that you rona?” My wife was sitting next to me and heard that and we both busted out laughing lol
NO BRAKE CLEAN SOUND, I LIVE FOR BREAK CLEAN SOUND :(
Yeah, we had the fluid film baaaa. What happened to that brakleen sound?
bring back the sound yeah
I miss that sound too
ya what the hey !
It only plays when he flicks the can... which he forgot to do.
Eric, I never get tired of brake videos I've watched all of them multiple times. Please don't ever stopping making them they're my favorite. they're funny and really entertaining. and I just love them. Thank you for being such a great mechanic!👍👍
The Little Cans You can use for Underarm Protection (Deodorant size can)
In Europe used as foreskin lube...
@@R.E.HILL_ didn't they used to make condoms out of sheep skin? Lol
@@michaelherbert8213 no, they just used the sheep !
@@914simon lol
30 seconds into the video rookie mistake. But did not edit it out, honest man.
Dear Fluid Film- You need to watch SMA more. I bought 4 cans of your stuff thanks to SMA. If Eric likes it, it’s good.
Scott Yakoubian Agreed
Agreed
I can second the fluid film wicked for everything ..I use it in my sled shop and removes the toughest stuck bolts
Them baby cans must be for when you go on vacation, put em next to the little booze bottles.
Same here....
I’m not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination, but I do most of my own work. I’ve been doing my own brake jobs since the late 80’s and I’ve always thought I did a pretty good job.But after watching just 1 of E’s vajeos, I feel like I’ve learned more than all of those years put together. E you do an outstanding job and personally, I’ll never stop watching your brake shows. Heck I’ll watch every one you put out. ALWAYS entertaining and I’ve never not learned something.
Have a great week, stay safe
Dirty Side Down
YES SIR, ME ALSO, YOU ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING FROM SMA NO MATTER THE VID. THANKS SIR ERIC FOR PUTTING OUT THESE VIDS. IN THESE KRAZY AZZ TIMES, Henry from PA.
I, like you am no mechanic but do most of my own work too. Love watching Eric O. I never tire of brake video's.
Agreed I've done brake jobs for years but for sure I'll be doing them differently after watching Eric do them.
7:48 Who knows much about SMA?? Apparently 429K subscribers do!!
I never heard of Fluid Film until I tuned into your channel, so who's more famous then?
That’s a great point! I too had never heard of fluid film until E. Which is bizarre because I live in Indiana, we get snow, we have salty roads. Now I have a partial case left.
Same here. Never heard of it before sma. Now I use fluid film all the time.
same here
glad he showed us about it, good product
@@tommyj19751 Me too! It's amazing stuff that really works. The smell is different.
Working for $pectrum, I use the, "there's your problem lady" line a few times a week lol, hope thats OK!:)
imagine how often Dorman workers use it
4:42 AM and I can't sleep... oh look, a new SMA video!
,,, 2AM for me....
time changed it's 3:42 am now for me, no lie
There's something about SMA and brake jobs that have me completely hooked. you could be doing a Brake Job on a ride on mower and i'll be so excited to watch it. You're awesome Eric O
Eric, I bet having seen you drive around the area so many times that if I were ever in Avoca, I'd be able to find your shop without using gps. All I'd have to do is look for the Marathon or Dollar Genera. Great vidjayo as usual!!
Another bloody brake job....somethings got to pay for those new fancy lifts i guess 😜
funny.
"Don't drive it like a ding dong" is the reason why I've had to do brakes on the cars the wife drives. As in, she *does* drive like a ding dong and imprints/contaminates the rotors. Telling her this has not been the cause of me sleeping on the couch though; her best imitation of a chainsaw choking on 60w motor oil, however, has.
johnhufnagel I engine brake makes my brake pads last longer
Ty, I never get tired of brake videos... I’ve done a crap load too!!! Rona has me so bored!!!
OMG 🤯🤯🤯 YOU USED BRAKE FLUID WITH NO NOISE 🤯🤯🤯🤯
I always used a C clamp to push the piston in. I also checked for any fluid leaking around the boots indicating that the piston was leaking. Sometimes a little ridge builds up in the cylinder and screws up the seal as it gets dragged over the ridge.
I've been using motorcycle chain lube on the battery tray slides in the motor home. I may need to give Fluid Film a try.
Guess I missed the brake cleaner reveal. I'm sure you didn't forget it :)
I generally use a pair of C-clamp vice grips and an old pad to push pistons back in...
That's what I do too, except some pistons are designed to turn in. I use some old needle nose for those.
It always amazes me how fast you clean the wheel hub with the sander.
Love your brake videos. May share this on our social media if thats ok.
Ah brake jobs, always different, always the same.
Hey, I personally love you brake job videos. All nice and chilled out. Great video! Stay safe and remember if I can't do it, I'll let you do it.
lol
Great video! You may have missed your calling. You would make a great stand up comedian. Keep up the great informative videos.
Appreciate the content during this stressful time, stay safe you and your family.
Hey Eric you didn't do the brake clean thingy. Come on man what up with that?
Omg you had me laughing bro 😂 baby can huh your awesome on your videos and love them thankyou for your knowledge and experience help...wolf pack trucking 🐺🐺🐺
Thanks for the video, Eric. There's no such thing as "too many" brake videos. We appreciate them all.
G'day Eric and greetings from Tasmania Australia, I've been pushing back the pistons on the brakes for years I've never had a problem, I do loosen the filler cap though. Great channel Eric always look forward to the next one, kind regards John
You have a hidden talent, Mr. O. I could be having the worst day, and watching one of your humorous repair videos will always cheer me right up - even if I just did my rotors and pads earlier!
"Never follow my advice" he advises. Ha!
Eric, you’re attention to detail is great. I started trying to approach my day like you do. Find it prove it.
I too appreciate your brake videos. My pappy always told me “ you get experience with repetition “. So I figure the more SMA brake videos I watch, the more experience I have. 😇
There's your problem lady!
What happened to the purple Permatex brake caliper lube? Do you no longer use or recommend it?
He said he ran out and order was delayed
Need a bumper sticker that says "Don't Drive Like A Ding Dong" 🤣
I think we have watched so much SMA that after quarantine, my pets are going to open their own shop
There is no problem with sponsorship that is disclosed, and we all know your bias was positive even before the corporate help. But as we all know, sponsorship was the death of most TV automotive channels. They ended up so glossy and prepared that you never knew what they really believed. Some of that has infected TH-cam, in an insidious way. Scotty, and others, had a way of pumping strange products and 'reviews' that were incomplete and unbalanced. There shouldn't be any fear by the author of what an associated advertiser might think.
Great video ! Do you have one on adjusting the parking brake ?
Erich your knowledge and methodology are excellent. Learned so many tips from you in such a short time. keep it up. don't worry about the trolls. The live break job last week was great.
started watching all your videos during this quarantine, great job I love them, im the do it your self kind of guy and you have helped me out alot. im currently working on a 94 5.0 f150 4x4 short bed
4:49 WHAT??!!! A sponsor-not-a-sponsor of the show??? I would have to agree with you what with the amount of FF you use.
A tee shirt without a pocket is a . . . RAG!
“Hey Hannah, what do you call a shirt without a pocket?”
Id attach that file to a long sawzall blade with some cable ties to do my filing! I saw Mustie1 do that with a can of spray paint and I thought it was brilliant!!!
Eric, Keep em coming! Love sharing the shop time with a brake job.
Thanks for taking the time to make your videos Eric. I’m a mechanic/technician of 30years myself from London UK specialising in Jaguar or Jagwah as you call ‘em in the US and enjoy watching you tackle all comers in your workshop. One thing though, please don’t put yourself down. You’re a skilled man, very professional in your work. Don’t hide your light under a bushel fella.
Best wishes to You Mrs O and the family
Chris.
I do kinda like the camera shake when driving. Makes us feel more like we are in the car 😂
I like brake videos....
I was taught 100 years ago to get it up to 50 or 60, and brake firmly down to 20... but DO NOT STOP. Do that a few times, it should be good....
That has served me well for quite awhile now....
Same here. I usually do a 30, a 40, then a 50mph braking. By then they're good to go.
I'm a big fan of lanolin-based lubricants. Over here in Australia we have Lanotec and I use their aerosols and lanolin grease all the time.
"Rona, is that you?" That kills me every time lol
Need to start calling you Mr Beakes. I used to be able to get close to a 100,000 miles out of a set of brakes. Know with the crap they dump on the roads in the winter lucky to get 40, 000. I'm on the old side. Started driving when cars had not so great brakes (62 chevy). Don't ride them slam on them they last a long time.
Brakes
I love the show I am as you would say a home gamer, I use a great local shop when I can't do the work (airese auto) they are excellent, Eric keep up yhe great work
how is your eye? me eye lol
I still & will always love each & every videos you do buddy! Then I love the sweet baby cans of Fluid flim... and I love those tshirts that they sent to you!!!
What?! No brake clean orchestra...
This was the first video I watched of yours as I have a 2014 ATS we bought in 2022 and have been a fan ever since.
Also have a 02 Intrepid 3.5 which we bought in 03, 07 Grand Caravan SXT bought in 08 and a 2012 CTS bought in 2017.
So I am obviously one to believe vehicles are worth repairing.
Even though I have had a tranny rebuild and AC system/heater core replaced on the old Intrepid averaging out the repairs since 2003. It comes to an average of $35/month cost of repairs. Well below any car payment. Have studied and learned to paint in my garage as well as doing some repairs and your videos are a great help.
Your videos have been great to watch and learn from.
Thanks for your content.
Eric, you have a great sense of humor!! Thanks, for the video!
I’ve never cracked the bleeder to retract my caliper pistons. Didn’t know anybody did that.
me either. always just pushed the thing back in. earlier days i thought there was something about taking the brake fluid res. cap off, but that went away pretty fast as well.
They claim that pushing pisto back in stirs up silt in caliper and can interfere with ABS valve function.
Of the thousands of brake jobs I've done, I've very rarely ever cracked the bleeder and when I did, it was just b/c of an "eh, why not". But of all the times I haven't, it's only ever caused an issue once. On pre-test drive, didn't remember any ABS issue, but afterwards, the was swearing they now having all kinds of ABS issues even though nothing could be verified. But, the boss was all about customer satisfaction, so, the ABS system got pretty mid COMPLETELY rebuilt/replaced w dealer parts at shop expense......
Only psychopaths do.
Mostly likely another way for a dealer to charge you more labour 🤭
"Put the wheel on before you drive it." Now that sounds like good advice to me. Or was that an instructional statement for your future self?
That was his future telling his past to tell the day before Eric so he didn't forget. Understand? :)
I’m not putting the wheel back on!!!That’s stupid advise sir!!
Hey eric hows vanessa doing? Havent seen her on the channel in awhile. Hope your staying safe!
ya know Mr O, I'll never get sick of any of your videos, Brakes or otherwise. After 50 hour weeks on the front line as a first responder dealing with Rona every day, just being able to watch anything you put out to allow an escape from reality is fine with me.....so thank you for continuing to put out content.
I can watch you do brake jobs over and over I come here for the good humor and talent involved in your brake jobs I always learn something too
4:15 Mrs. O!!!!!!!! He’s not wearing eyeball protection! 😜😂👍👍 Safety third
Dagnabit, Eric! SAFETY GLASSES!!
Future Eric O....
remind Past Eric O......
Wear Eye Protection......
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That Caddy is the gift that keeps giving! Sounds like that radiator was a complete PITA - why am I not surprised? GM engineering for ya! "Step one, remove engine ..." 😂
Back in the day, I never burnished brakes. I didn't even realize that was a thing until I bought a set of EBC Yellows for my Silverado back in '13. Been doing it since. Sure beats waiting over 100 miles before the pads start to really bite. I use the "EBC" brake procedure on every pad. It's a bit more aggressive probably than it should be, but it seems to work fine. 6 fairly hard stops from 60 to 10, never stopping completely with foot on the pedal (I'll use e-brake if I have to), then a long cool down before parking. Gets 'em smokin' hot. When they're ice cold again, repeat going a bit harder on the brakes for that cycle, then I ship it. Alot of the time I never get to do a second cycle, but they all seem to work fine. The key is never coming to a complete stop holding the brakes while they're red hot, or parking it while they're that hot. Otherwise you'll get pulsation later on down the road.
Thought I had the rona over here! Got real weak on Thursday with a sore throat on Friday. That's how I always get chest colds - they all start out the same way (thanks to the asthma, I get ALOT of them). Been laying low and sleeping long the past 3 days. Feel fine today. I beat it, thankfully, whatever that was ...
Use your jokes? I haven't noticed any yet lol. Keep safe all.
Thanks...just bought a '15 ATS with 50k...any vids are appreciated....including differential/transfer case and anything else they have! :-)
I was wondering how you got that Fluid Film T-shirt. Dug all over the internet trying to find one.
Love the videos! And it's great to hang out with ya at the shop!
Oh My Lord you used a chrome extension and not a impact extension...….What are thinking man! LMAO!!!!!!!! Have a great weekend. Matt C.
Hey Mr. O, don’t ask for a 55 gallon drum of fluid film. You’re in New York. You need a fluid film dunk tank. Just drive into the tank and everything from the rockers down gets coated. I live in the south so I feel for you.
Between Eric O., Big Clive, Adam Savage, and a few others ... I've been inspired to just get in there and do things.
I've ripped the inside of my car apart to properly wire an amplifier, power and remote lead down one side under the carpet in the wiring path, RCA cables down the other side similarly; taking apart things in the dash to replace the lights with leds (changing the color from that pale green to blues and purples, adding in resistors), learned to solder thanks to Clive, and Savage making me want to just make or modify things.
An extra special thanks to Eric O. though; because I noticed after watching so many of the videos, the process of thought in both diagnosis and the problem solving, I've found I am naturally thinking more in that line myself, better at helping others problem solve, figuring out what is wrong, paths to take, and just being more creative with things. The covid thing has gifted me more free time to pursuit those goals and now only does the accomplishments feel better, I'm actually decent at these things and thinking of a few opportunities when this is all over. My car started rough idling and I managed to figure out the EGR runners were clogged, cleaned them, and she's running like a champ ... though I don't feel confident enough to be poking at my valve adjustment; if only Avoca wasn't 17+ hours away; but tempted because Mr O is such a honest guy some of us wish we could patron his shop for all our repair needs.
Thanks a million. You may never realize or hear from most of the people you make a positive impact in their lives. From inspiration to restoring faith in humanity by being such wonderful people. I bet quite a few people tune in to the videos when they are having a crappy day and the slice of your life is enough to help and bring a little light upon the world.
Take care and best wishes to you and yours.
I burnished my heels every time after waiting to have the skin on my feet heal back over. You can't Flintstone proper with out burnishing ya heals.
I don't know why you say, "don't follow your advice." Well I find your advice is the best out there!! I enjoy all your videos and live streams.. I do all my own work except on Transmission and Exhaust. You help me as DIY'er to troubleshoot so many issues with my POS's 99 tahoe 167K and Lincoln TC 325K, that I own. Most of all I watch all your Brake Jobs is because of your personality and how you explain what you are actually doing. I may never meet you, who knows I'm in NJ. Through your channel I feel we are friends even though I will respectfully never call your shop. Stay Safe and I look forward to the next weido..
HaaHaa Seems the TH-cam AI closed caption reads "Welcome to The Semi Auto Channel"... Guess there getting pretty good at reading between the lines Mr.O? Here's a good one..
My neighbor sneezed and said "I shouldn't have taken that cruise" he is NY native and a COP here in Fl now! Great guy, almost as funny as you Eric. Almost...
Thanks for everything you do. Wishing You, Mrs.O and all the Family the best.
How DARE YOU use you years of knowledge, experience and "factory service data" to justify yourself to these brake changing legends!! Do you know how many coloring and pop-up books they've finished???!?
OMG WHY ARE YOU USING A CHROME SOCKET ON YOUR IMPACT!? HAHA just kidding I don't give a crap. Good video as always Eric! Amazing lad you are sir!
Every brand that makes pads have there own break in procedure and following there procedure is best way to be safe just like Eric O said @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
Compressing the caliper pistons. Way back in the '90's I did brakes on an 86-ish Chevy pickup with Kelsey-Hayes ABS. When I was done, the ABS light was on and the pedal was mushy. Then I found out that lots of people were having that problem. I also found out that nobody knew how to fix it, not even the Chevy dealer. Then I heard that it was because I compressed the caliper piston without opening the bleeder. That was in 1993. So ever since then I have been cracking the bleeder and using a screw driver before I even un-bolt the caliper. That's just the way I do it now. If you're not having problems doing it the way you're doing it, then great. I'm STILL going to crack the bleeder before compressing the caliper. It works for me, so I'm going to keep doing it.
Good Day Eric, If you get the chance, could you make a video of rear brake replacement with Electric parking brakes. I would love to learn how to go about retracting the EPB actuator without a scam tool (manually retract). Honda HRV 2018.
Best Regards,
Oliver
I see you're using a good, American-made Craftsman extension. I still have a lot of American-made Craftsman tools. Finally broke my long-handled, flex-head Craftsman 3/8 drive ratchet. Sucks because when I trade it in I'm going to get cheap Chinese-made crap in return.
Your little town has some interesting older houses , thanks for the drive by .
What is that Bluesy piece of music you played on the test drive? I've heard it several times and really like it, but I thought maybe it is provided by You Tube but I don't know the name. Thank you Eric. Watching your videos right now gives me a feeling of normality during this "S.I.P." time. Stay safe...
Ok... The bedding procedure for brakes is ridiculously different and as subjective as placebos themselves. Did some autonomous braking systems tuning for a leading company a few years back, and the bedding process used by this supplier was ridiculous. Back 2 back comparisons (with a much simpler procedure, not recommended by the supplier revealed no significant changes in data, all in the noise). Now that day was cold as f#ck and that levels bedding procedure effects on performance. But that one in the video from Chevy, wouldn't use nor recommend. Your advise I would stand by.
I would bet even the GM dealer mechanics don't torque brake caliper hardware, they will tell you they do but, yeah, right. How can I say this? A friend had his brakes done at the dealer he bought the ATS from, he came to me with a rattle, the caliper was LOOSE. Now they do NONE of his work.
How much better can a Sunday get, a new one from Erich, Ivan, and Wizard! Just made out another order from the Erich Amazon store. BTY Erich, made a couple tools for You, and Ivan too. Gave Yours to Ivan to drop off to You next time You guys meet up. You will know what they are for. You can catch a glimpse of them on the seat of that Ram 2500 Ivan fixed for me a while back . (one that had the green crusties under fusebox)
LOL.... "Put the wheel on before you drive it. But don't follow MY advise..." HAHAHA!
I just checked German E-Bay for Fluid Film and found several offerings. That stuff is not cheap, like $ 11.00 a can, but I will check it out :-)
I was using Carquest Platinum brake pads/rotors until I got two 2007 Yukons that came back to me over "warped" rotors. Done tons on passenger cars with no issues ever. Warrantied them out and the same thing happened again. I asked the guys at Advance Auto what the bedding procedure was and they couldn't tell me. No info online anywhere either. Does anyone know if there is a bedding procedure for the CQ Platinums?
Why the heck would anyone criticize a guy who has been doing this stuff for a donkey’s age and is the best mechanic on TH-cam. I’ve been working on cars since the mid-70s and I learn something from EricO every time I watch SMA.
One thing though - there wasn’t a single instance of the Brake Clean sound in this video and I did miss that.
PS - I also like the wheel bearing videos. Hearing the big ugga-dugga gun and Big Nasty is cool too.
Nickname for vise = 'Jaws'. Missed the compressor running. Have the NAPA not a sponsor guy leave the parts outside, especially the Chinese Covid coated ones.
Yeah, the 'Dude, Bruh!' brigade can get all butt-hurt about a piston being pushed back in, but if it's not binding or corroded, why not exactly?
I'm admittedly a cheap bastard, and I'm from a location pretty much the opposite of the rust belt. E.g. it's unsalted and dry as a... you get the idea.
So I have rebuilt brake calipers with new seals after disassembling and picking/brushing/dremeling out all the filth, but if it ain't broke, why would someone being paid by the hour fix it? Hell, my time is worth a fraction of Eric O's and if it was moving freely enough to push back with a big flatblade or a C clamp, I would do that thing and drive it until something else broke.
Edit: If I gave it to a shop to do brakes, I'd get them to do a flush at the same time. Especially if I lived in the land of road salt and snow. But it the customer isn't paying then why snap off or round a rusted mess of a bleeder screw to drain the caliper as it's piston is being pushed in? I mean there might be a bit of crud, water or filth lurking at the very bottom of the fluid in the caliper. But being pushed in that slowly it's not likely to go anywhere.
We lucky few know S.M.A and we love waiting wishing and waggling for every video. I watch every video multiple times. Nice work.
Those Germans sure know how to do it, except when it comes to building cars, amirite? 😂😳
I can't say I've ever had to file a brake caliper bracket. Then again, if a normal car from NY pulled in here, we'd call it rusted beyond repair and send its on its way. My shop charges 1hr for most cars to do pads and rotors. I hope you charge more.
I think you should put your JEEP baseball cap "down". It's had a long and prosperous life. Time for an S.M.A. cap.
Why don't you flush the brake lines with a Mity Vac while you're in the brakes? Probably an extra charge - more important than you think. (Upsell a littlebit).
Like the traveling music.
First, I like your videos for info and entertainment. I am curious what you use for video editing. No, don’t need lesson, just curious. Keep any of your videos coming
. Brakes, patching tires, whatever.
I did rear brakes on my Lexus GS. The pin was so rotted I needed a heavy sledge to move the caliper. Ended up getting 2 new calipers from Lexus, $99 each. Not of of Toyota's better designs.