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How To Diagnose and Replace a Bad Brake Caliper -EricTheCarGuy

   May 5, 2021  34 Comments on How To Diagnose and Replace a Bad Brake Caliper -EricTheCarGuy

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Brakes are a common DIY project but I often get asked about brake calipers and how to check if they’re bad. This video not only shows how to find a bad brake caliper but also how to replace it. It is recommended that you do both sides when you find a faulty brake caliper but it’s not necessary. If you’re on a budget you can just do one but you might experience a pull to one side when braking if you do this. Otherwise you can follow the steps in this video for caliper replacement. I use my 1997 Subaru Legacy L in this video but the principals and techniques apply to many vehicles both domestic and imported.

Silicone Paste: http://www.amazon.com/3M-08946-Clear-Silicone-Paste/dp/B005RNEH5O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359634865&sr=8-1&keywords=3m+silicone+paste

Spongy Brake Pedal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIQIBLGoZJ4

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34 thoughts on “How To Diagnose and Replace a Bad Brake Caliper -EricTheCarGuy”

  2. We use copper washers as seals in vacuum technology all the time. The steel parts I'm mating together bite into the soft copper washer creating a seal. Why would the same not be true with the banjo bolt? Why the dislike?

  3. Funny guy 😂😂
    do you have a video or can you tell me how to remove the negative camber from my 1974 triumph stag as I can’t seem to find a garage who can do it properly
    Thanks

  4. It must have been hella cold, sounds like your heals are rocks walking around in the garage 😂😂

  6. lol. I get confused on direction too when it's underneath or on the backside of something. There's usually a little unnecessary bumbling before I get the hang of it. The worst is TIGHTENING plastic plumbing parts by accident until they deform! At least metal parts are more forgiving going the wrong way until we figure it out.

    But with brakes, backside is DOWN to REMOVE. A way to remember is we can use gravity to our advantage to loosen rusted parts. You can push DOWN to loosen.

    To INSTALL replacement parts, wrench flips UP. The way to remember is when everything is new, lubed, and ready to go, you don't need gravity to help anymore.

    This applies – of course – to backside screws only, not the ones facing you, like lug nuts. It also may not apply to certain threads on things that spin – like household
    fan blades – where "righty-tighty" only makes the fan blade fly off. 😀

  7. Y'all praising this video, yet he's advocating applying grease on a caliper bolts, really ! You apply Loc-tite on caliper bolts.You don't want vibration to back them out.You never apply grease in a sitiuation where Loc-tite is needed.It defeats the purpose of the thread locker.WOW and smfh Second mistake this guy makes is not torqing the bolts to specification. I definantly won't be subscribing to this channel.I'm a trained auto technician,by the way.Brakes are nothing to play with,it could cost a life.I advise any one watching this video to get proper technique.You can take classes at a community college.He's a "real" car guy.more like a shade tree mechanic. Defiantly not a trained technician.

  8. Hi Eric, I'm one of your followers. I have a Lexus CT200h. When I opened my brakes to replace the pads, I found out that the front pads were already worn out 60 -70%, whereas the rear pads only around 10%. Is there a problem with my rear brakes, or just normal wear. Thank you

  9. If you grease wheel lug bolts or most bolts ,it will completely change the torque even shear the bolts off and or strip the threads DONT DO IT JUST Say NO.

  12. Another excellent video Eric. The use of silicone paste on the caliper pins is exactly what I learned at Universal Technical Institute in Arizona 21 years ago. I use 3M Silicone Paste and have never varied from this. Never use "grease" on these pins you will be asking for trouble.

  17. Crimping will cause an old brake hose to collapse on the inside because it's old and the brake fluid can eat at the rubber hose brake fluid is one of the most craziest chemicals

  20. The hole on the shaft of the banjo bolt needs to line up with the brake hose, I would scratch a line on the top of the banjo bolt to show where the hole was when I installed it.

  21. 23:07 Ahh! That's where it goes!!🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣
    Excellent videos Erick!!
    You are the man!!👍👍👍👍

  24. Eric, at 11:48 you refer to the banjo bolt [BB] washers, sharing that you prefer steel ones to the copper ones.

    Permit me to suggest that copper washers are preferred for use here given copper's malleability, in that it is a relatively soft metal. When torqued properly, copper washers will compress and be malformed in a way that conforms to the specific imperfections/grooves on the BB's mating surfaces – thereby providing a proper seal that can withstand the pressures of the brake system while effectively mitigating the likelihood of mating surface imperfections that could otherwise facilitate leaks.

    It is highly unlikely that steel washers compress at all via proper torqueing. If so, this would mean that the non-conforming hard steel washers would tighten to the highest points on BB mating surfaces . . . not filling in and conforming to the gaps as was the case with copper.

    it is also worth noting that these copper washers can [and probably should] be annealed before using them. Annealing copper washers 'relaxes' the metal's structure, effectively 'softening' it for use in applications like this.

  26. Dooood.. LOVE your videos, you always stay on point, you don't blab useless information like so many others. You're realistic, informative and detailed, love it. Vids and audio are awesome quality, really helps to see the details! Keep it up, mad respect!

  30. Good clear video and audio/ decent lighting.

    Brake hose/ banjo bolt up – Mmm, soft copper is normally preferred because the (clean) mating surface should have a slight narrow circular rise that will cut into the unused copper sealing surface. Steel is too hard to cut into.

  33. Eric Eric Help Need answer fast please as ime doing my ford breaks today
    Do you have to undo the filler cap to the break reserve if you are pushing back the piston or is undoing the bleed nipple good enough

  34. Great video like the close step by step views on details. Very informative for any non mechanic like myself. 😎

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