DIY Brake Disc Skimming/Brake Rotor Refacing… Does it Work? (CityBug)

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Stupid Bloke Stupid Videos

2 жыл бұрын

Took a grinder to the brake discs on the C1 to reface the shitters back the new conditions

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@flapsfalkland5181 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastical automotive masterclass of how to on a Shitter 👍 owning one of these you need lots of hopes n wishes 😁

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

This guy knows 🤣

@Gourmondise 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Tim! The editing is getting better and I do appreciate it. I can see your own style developing - and I am not joking. Keep it coming brother!

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate ❤️

@asthenewt 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! You inspire me in so many ways. long live shitters! 😁

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

That’s good to hear 😂

@jamesewins7344 Жыл бұрын

Great video and I love the way your Jack sounds like a Seagull.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

That’s just the seagull that lives inside it.

@michaelblack3429 Ай бұрын

great video thanks for taking time to do it, helped me

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@simonjj7397 2 жыл бұрын

This looks like another job I could manage. Cleaning up that horrible rust along the leading edge of the discs makes it worth it. Great vid, Cheers

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Easy job, and it worked much better than I expected! Lol

@BassicVIC 3 күн бұрын

You could go one little step further and give your discs edges and hat a quick spray of paint to prevent them from rusting.

@jayash6108 2 жыл бұрын

Great VId, you can't say discs you got to be all american and say Rotors, and wheel bolts are called Hardware, love it when you do the over the top american accent like a lot of youtoobers!!

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yea, sometimes I forget it’s YouToob and rather than using my dumb American accent, I talk in my usual dumb accent 😕

@littleratbag1111 2 жыл бұрын

I must say being a fellow northerner, lived in chadderton until the 90s but now living in Devon! your sense of humour is right up my street! Love the videos m8 keep up the good work! Regards…

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! I’m in Chadderton too. Feel free to watch all of them! There’s plenty to choose from haha

@littleratbag1111 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos yeah I must watch at least one or two everyday lol! I lived just off broadway near the white gate pub. We have a pug 107 so your videos are entertaining and useful! Great stuff! Stay safe pal

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@littleratbag1111 that’s round the corner from me! And thanks, the feedback is appreciated! ❤️

@joebloggs3629 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel 👍 the camera skills are getting beyond that of the BBC! I'll have to get some popcorn ready for when the weather gets better and the clutch video is released

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@joebloggs3629 thanks mate, shot the clutch video this week, but don’t set your expectations too high lol.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

I can confirm that the same discs are still fitted over a year later, and they’re still working nice and smoothly 😮

@ivanreed-qj7uz 4 ай бұрын

Maybe..but do you salvage other stuff on your car without actually replacing them......your car must be a driving liability....I would like to meet you somewtime and cxheck your car lover....BTW im a DVLA MOT Inspedter..not one in a garage...but one of many along the roasds ..hope you get cuaght mate...good luck....cant wait for you to have yout next mot..if you do such things...it will fail...good !

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 4 ай бұрын

@@ivanreed-qj7uz this is not an MOT fail mate. As a DVLA inspector, you should know that there’s nothing wrong with doing this. It’s just cleaning the rust off the discs 🤷

@markellis4229 Ай бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos It can’t be all that illegal.imagine most classic cars if MOT rules was strict it makes me laugh when people with tax exempt cars still take them to the MOT and say I want to get a professional person to look over my car. 😂😂

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Ай бұрын

@@markellis4229 tbh a lot of insurance companies insist on it

@BassicVIC 3 күн бұрын

Love videos like this, so refreshing and honest, no nonsense, unlike the stupid American wimpy videos on car repairs.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Күн бұрын

Thanks mate!

@albertsmith1048 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the early 80's when I worked in maintenance and had access to a lathe, I used to skim these up for "customers" who brought them to me for 50p a disc.Seems a long time ago now.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

We’ve got a proper lathe a work too, but my R6 is parked in front of it in the way

@Robdutton91 Жыл бұрын

50p a disc… I’ve just called a local Indy garage and been quoted £75! Be better off just buying new ones

@kampatel99 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff. I was about to buy a £64 kit from eBay to do the same as this. Thanks mate

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 ай бұрын

This channel is all about questionable ways to save money

@arnietwo11 2 жыл бұрын

Bien hecho amigo, good old caveman style just as i like it.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

It’s what I do best 😂

@KSHOT-tj3mo 2 жыл бұрын

Cool 😎 vid bro might have to spend couple hours today doing the same thing :)

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a decent bodge tbh

@garrynutter860 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you have used "Rotor" for your International customers

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Specifically for the American viewer…

@186scott 11 ай бұрын

In the slides you can also use the copper grease as well and I always remove the old grease before the new grease is applied

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 11 ай бұрын

You don’t want to use copper grease in the slides, just around the pads where the touch the calliper. Copper slip isn’t actually a lubricant but an anti-seize compound. In the slide you usually want to be using silicone or rubber grease

@186scott 11 ай бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos wow must of chance from when I did a mechanics course 12 years ago and I have never had an issue with using copper grease

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 11 ай бұрын

@@186scott I use it around the ears of the pads but some mechanics argue you shouldn’t use it at all. Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than nothing, but there are much better things to use on the slides. I do use it on calliper pins though which some people call slides as the pad itself slides on them, but the actual slides with the rubber boots on, I use silicone grease.

@cole3891 2 ай бұрын

lol nice vid right up my street 😂 just earned a sub

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤣

@klausbrandt5064 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha...love you Tim....genius !

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate haha

@markslade9722 2 жыл бұрын

Did pads and discs on my c1 from new after about 40 or 50 thousands miles, I think it was, mine had a worse lip than yours, and more rust, so replaced, rather than grinding, but next time I service mine, If needed will bring the lip and rust, obviously only a limited number of times this can be done before the m.o.t tester notices they are below the minimum thickness for the brake discs, but out of interest, what grade was the flap disc you used in your angle grinder? 40, 80 grit etc? Did the self tapper sloppy knob fix and feels so much better changing gears now, not like stirring soup.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Yea if the discs are thin then it’s probably not a great idea, I didn’t measure these as could see that there was plenty on them, but as for the MOT discs have to be ridiculously thin/on the verge of breaking to fail for thickness/wear unless they have cracks in pretty much lol. They can pass MOT way below manufacturers recommend minimum thickness. I used 80 grit pad but it took a while. The gearstick fix is actually one one of best things I’ve done on this car! Lol

@markslade9722 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos thanks mate, prob best I pick up a 40grit flap then, as I like it rough and quick🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@markslade9722 don’t we all 🤷‍♀️

@userbasba 11 ай бұрын

I need to shine ny back breaks but I am thinking of switching them to disc brakes What do you think?

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 10 ай бұрын

It’s been talked about on the group pages a lot of times, but nobody has ever needed to do it. Not even turbo’d cars that get used on the track as the rear end is so light

@user-dj1le5rj8y 2 жыл бұрын

I am owner Citroen C1 (2007). I follow the maintenance of the toyota aygo mk1. The normal thickness of the brake disc is 20mm the replacement thickness is 18mm.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t actually measure these but the lip was mainly just made of rust tbh.

@lesrowley6405 2 жыл бұрын

What’s that disc pad you’ve used to grind your brake discs

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@lesrowley6405 it’s a specific brake rotor re-profiling tool, but I suspect an 80 grit flap disc will do the same job though 🤔

@MrAgoniatis 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo Patrioti !

@bigbothoee8617 11 ай бұрын

Lol I used to clean them up now just get new disc once lip is bit large

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 11 ай бұрын

Some of us aren’t that posh 😂

@brianmarsh4498 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, i am one of your subscribers and have just bought a 58 C1. The PS light comes on/off, is it low fluid level or what do you advise? thanks

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Hi mate. They don’t have fluid on these, it’s electric power steering. Could be something as simple as low battery voltage, or could be the p/s ecu or even motor on the column.

@brianmarsh4498 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos thanks for info, explains why i cannot find reservoir! will start by boosting battery charge, thanks

@Gourmondise 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos I also wondered why I cannot see the reservoir for it, but it's kinda explains.

@markslade9722 2 жыл бұрын

Had that happen to my 07 plate c1, and actually lost the electric power steering, so was hard to drive, I just unplugged the ECU, left for a few minutes, plugged back in, and light went off, power steering back working fine, and had no problems ever since. When the light was on, I plugged in my Delphi ds150 vci and laptop, and real live data showed a few strange things, like it being left hand drive etc🤣, so guess the ECU got confused, and just needed disconnecting and rebooting.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@markslade9722 where is the ps ecu on these by the way?

@kizmestar Жыл бұрын

I hope you had safety glasses on when you had that grinder out. Only a matter of weeks ago i got a metal splinter in my eye. Not fun getting that scraped out. Goggles all the time for me now.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

I say the same thing every time I get something on my eye,.. usually wears off after a couple of days though

@craigmbandsoul 3 ай бұрын

What’s the disc on the grinder pls pal?

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 3 ай бұрын

Just a flap disc

@johnrostron1662 2 жыл бұрын

Jack needs some stupid ATTENTION 😆 LOL

@BassicVIC 3 күн бұрын

3:42 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Күн бұрын

🤣

@benedictroberts678 2 жыл бұрын

It's low tech but effective

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly so. Tbh I kind of did it for a joke and half expected to have an awful fluctuating pedal and have to replace them… but the brakes feel the nicest they’ve ever done. Nice and smooth under braking like that new disc feeling.

@benedictroberts678 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos sandpaper brake pads when?

@PeteBeardsley 2 жыл бұрын

In the truest traditions of Blue Peter, don't try this at home kids. This video was filmed under controlled conditions by highly trained stupid people. Never thought of doing this with discs to be honest though I have done many drums in the same way. Nice work sir. PS> Nicely blended foot tapping and scratching. 👍

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I was proud of that foot tap mixing 💯

@MrWiskin Жыл бұрын

My mechanic was arguing with me. So I just told him "fuck off and put the shitters in!"

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

Did it work?

@MrWiskin Жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos No he lamped me!

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

@@MrWiskin 😂

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

@@MrWiskin is that a chihuahua in your profile pic?

@williamnicholaisen1292 Жыл бұрын

...no

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos Жыл бұрын

How come?

@tomthompson7400 2 жыл бұрын

NO NO NO ,,, but If skimming works for you and your partner ,,, go for it but its not my thing at all oops I thought you said Rimming ...

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Either or will do fine 🤷‍♀️

@Gourmondise 2 жыл бұрын

Rimming with grinder... Truly an interesting choice for a marriage.

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gourmondise the two can go hand in hand 🙃

@tomthompson7400 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gourmondise just dont choose '' harder '' as your safe word and it will be grand .

@thomaswykes3647 2 жыл бұрын

Pointless exercise to be honest, a pair of new discs are available on eBay for about £25!

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Yea but, £25 is £25 🤷‍♀️

@sally6457 2 жыл бұрын

Ghetto lathe, LMAO To save spending £20 per disc, just take your £500 milwaulke impact wrench, a £200 jack, a £400 milwaulke grinder, and a £10 aldi socket set, you'll save yourself a fortune! Hahahaha

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 2 жыл бұрын

But now I’m equipped to do the job, I can make the money back on the tools over the next 25 years or so!

@Gourmondise 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos wait haven't you been doing it already?

@sally6457 2 жыл бұрын

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos 50 to 60 yrs maybe, I've seen ur pay slip. And your worth every penny! Edit; plus there's rent on the jack 😉