Sitting at the mechanic's waiting on my brakes and watching Top Gear. What a fun show that I never gave the time of day before.
Post
Remote status
Context
11wait, you're not doing them yourself?
I should prolly learn. I've poked around under hoods, but never ventured to wheels or undercarriage.
note: this is also a great time to check your wheel bolts (the thing that holds the wheels and is secured by lug nuts) to see if the threads haven't been chewed up by retards cross-threading or over-torqueing them at the tire shop with the impact gun. replace those if they've been fucked up. also, always hand tighten your wheels back on in a star pattern before tightening them to spec making sur nothing is cross-threaded or asymmetrically aligned because that will also fuck up your bolts and lead to very rough and dangerous ride.
another note: make sure you install your rotors on the right side. most rotors have an "L" and "R" so that way the cooling fins can circulate incoming air properly and cool the rotors to prevent rotor warp which leads to rough braking.
do not EVER use loctite on lug nuts you retard. if I had to replace brakes behind you and you used that I would strangle you to death with your own hands. you tighten them to torque spec and re-torque them after 100 miles. don't use a mallet unless you are expecting to reuse the drum or disc or you will be there for a century. use the heaviest ball peen you got nigger don't be shy
i watched the chris fix video saying to use loctite like 10 years ago and i'm so glad the guy at autozone told me not to.
oh, and not on lug nuts, just the brake assembly ones.
NO. do not EVER use loctite on any brake component or any component that has a finite use life
Yea. Don’t forget to get a bottle of anti-seize for the rotors to come off easy for the next guy and lube up the pin rods for ease of sliding when the brakes are applied.
oh yeah, forgot about the pin rods. a lot of the new rotors also have coatings between where they mount up to the wheel hub to prevent rust-welding and allow for easy removal. gear pullers are great for removing ones that are already rust-welded.
I had to make a tool out of threaded rod and 1 1/2" thick steel plating to get the hub off an ex girlfriends hyndai accent because she drove it around for a year with an absolutely fucking mangled wheel bearing. I will never do that again for any reason. It took like an hour of hammering back and forth with heat to break it free
Replies
0Fetching replies…