Its nice to see a mobile mechanic that cares about his customers financial status. Gd job.

You're a good man. Lord will bless you, maybe not today, but he will one day.

You are doing gods work. This helps poor people more than you’ll ever know. Thank you so much

Wholesome video. During university in Germany I was a mobile mechanic for some extra money, but I just did it for scooters and small cc bikes. I definitely felt it when you mentioned they need the vehicle for work and aren’t made of money. A lot of my customers were migrants from Africa, working delivery jobs. They often share one scooter between multiple people, the scooter is driving 24/7 so they earn enough to scrape by. I just felt so bad charging them. I heard a quote about America that most people wouldn’t have access to $1000 if they had an emergency. It must be devastating when the vehicle they depend on breaks down.

She got them new self changing brakes. Seriously though holy crap that's an accident waiting to happen.

Never greased a brake pad in my life either. Working since 1992

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one getting a massive amount of brake repairs. Ncely done Matt.

Your a good dude. Thanks for helping these people

Hey Matt! Get a collapsible service cart. Will save 5 minutes per job. Won't take up much space in the bed. No more multiple trips walking tools around car or from truck ... it was one of my best buys

You're the man Matt, you're awesome and a blessing to many people ❤️👍

When I was a teenager delivering pizza for pizza hut, I did this exact same thing. By the time I told my mom, I had been using the e-brake to stop. Knowing what I know now, God...can't believe I ever let it get that bad. lol I still remember hearing the brake pad falling into the road and wondering what the noise was lol

When i was working at bmw we had to use brake pad paste to “minimize brake squeal” which was actually legit. Sometimes the way the pad sat in on the fixed calipers especially it would squeak over time from metal to metal touching on the caliper (not the pad touching). There were a few specific spots you want to apply it

You seem like a good mobile mechanic. I do the same. Keep on calling out the lousy and scammer mechanics. Always laugh when you say, I need to get out of here! On some jobs you just need to bite the bullet. Very little compensation, but that is how you build up a customer base. Cheers from Canada.

I was told many many years ago that copper grease on the rear of the pads is to stop them squeaking. It probably did maek a difference on the first iterations of disc breaks but it probably does nothing now except for attract dirt and grime.

Honesty is rare unfortunately in the mechanical world. Good job

Your a awesome guy bro lord bless you

i love ur attitude. ur helpful, always in a good mood an try to teach too.

Subscribed! I've been watching a few of your videos and you are so down-to-earth and humble. You make a world of difference for these people. Yes, you make a profit, but I think you are reasonable. This is sort of heroic for those people in need. Blessings to you!

So heres the deal!OMG..😂😂 ❤

The only product I use is the anti squeal. When there's an issue w vibration on certain vehicles. But very rarely. Doing a great service

I was told the grease on the pad can prevent squealing noise from the piston and pad contact area.

never seen rotors that thin on a driving car😂😂 btw you and your vids are awesome!🤟

i love your genuine sense of character. this makes me interested to watch your videos. can you please put more time into editng and affects because i want to enjoy your viedos to the fullest.

They sure got they’re money worth with the old brake pads and rotors

i’d recommend like Autozone brake pads for something like this, lifetime warranty brake calipers and brake pads. They’ll never have to pay for them again.

I love watching your videos, keep uploading please Parks

I own a small plumbing company and it seems like there’s always three or four stories but nobody knows the real one part of the job

Love your channel, your a good dude, I was told putting grease on backside of pads keeps noise down, but, personally I never tried it

had a difficult brake job on a car, and my grandfather decided not to buy brake lubricant (1.99 at Autozoone). As unlike every other time by using that, we ended up doing a 30 minute job in the span of 5+ hours because we could not get the brake pads into the groove of the bracket. It may accumulate dirt, but in some cases it does help with putting the pads on and allowing them to travel easier. In my experience anyway.

You’re great man, awesome. I have a good amount of knowledge tinkering with vehicles. I wish I knew a way to reach out to people who could use the help but I’m also in a pickle at times with money so I wish I could do the work for free but I’d be very generous.

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Wow! They drive 'em till the brake pads literally go away! There is no excuse for this. A $30 set of brake pads... If they can afford to drive, they can afford $30. Now they have to pay a lot more. Anyone can do a brake job. It's easy to learn, and can be done with a minimum of tools. I'm willing to bet that they have smart phones and cable TV...they'd rather pay those bills than maintain their vehicle in bare minimum safe condition- and as a result, they now have to spend a lot more. (And before anyone says it: I grew up very poor, among the poor, and I saw the same scenario repeated over and over again- this is WHY the poor are poor; because they're irresponsible and their priorities are messed up. And then they breed...). Hope you get paid, Matt. My asshat of a sister had a wonderful mobile mechanic who would always help her out (I wouldn't TOUCH her car!). When she moved, she left owing him $200, which she never paid.

When they say grease behind the pads. They are probably talking about certain cars that run the thin rattle plates behind the pad. I don't know if they are for vibration or cushioning. Yes it's a thing.

I remember about 10 years ago I had a pair of brakes that I bought where the instructions said the grease the back of the pad and ever since then I have been doing it but I have noticed that no other pair of brakes I have bought said to do it. I just do it just in case now tho anyway just to make sure it doesn’t start squeaking. Ofc I grease the sliding pins and the ears of the brakes as well.

Silicone Paste is good to use and lasts longer than anti-seize , I use on class 8 brake drum shoe rollers . Matthew I purchase most of my consumable and lubricant products on line , JB Tools .

Cool deal your really a good guy. Love your videos. I have 3 Subarus so I'm a maintenance guy myself but I don't like to do the maintenance on my cars so I have a guy that does them for me I wish you were closer I'd have you do the work for me as well you really know what you're talking about. I'm in Florida 😅.

I only grease the slide pins and caliper brackets. I put the hardware in then the pads. No problems.

Love your vids brother. Much l❤ve from Michigan. Excellent work and lkq I almost got an engine from them but wasn't sure so good to hear a shout out😊

People seriously need to be educated though it’s actually very dangerous I know they are older people but if the breaks fail and they run into someone innocent

Holy brake pad, that's crazy talk. That had to be grinding bad bad. You will be blessed my dude . I just blew intake or head gasket, or both lol wish you were in Ohio.

Who got the Rock Auto magnet? The caravans and town and country vans are extremely hard on brakes because of the front end weight.

This is tipical of so many people they hear a noise and keep driving because they havnt the money then it ends up costing so much more cheers

I use anti squeal on between the metal backing plate and the back of the pad on my commodore i also use some copper anti seize in the point where the pad rudes on the calliper

No grease on the back of the pad and no grease on the hardware only under. Thats a correct brake job. Always regrease the slide pins after cleaning them and too much grease is possible on the slide pins it will cause a hydraulic like reaction to them as they heat up causing the brakes to stick. Ive done more brake jobs than you can shake a fist at and have only had squeak comebacks because of cheap ass pads that were customer supplied aka oriellys el cheapos.

I don’t use grease on the back of the pad, I use the orange stuff that is almost like silicon for brakes. Makes the pads not shift and squeak.

I work at a school bus company near toronto canada. We run our buses like this. We call it a " wear indicator ". When the brakes go metal to metal , then wear throug the pad and half way through the rotor , the caliper piston pops out and the pedal goes to the floor. That notifies the driver that they need brakes LOL. True story. Happens at least once a week !!

What green do you use for the caliper bolt pins?

Someone is not listening to their car. It's an easy fix though. But who let's their brakes reach that point?

Seems like they need some longer lasting fleet pads on that delivery vehicle

What grease do you use for the caliper slider bolts?

I've never heard of greasing the back of the pad either .??

Here's the deal 😂

I've seen a brake pad pushed right through the rotor Fella said it didn't make any noise or no sparks Caliper Not Caliber

Here’s the deal

I’ve never greased pads ever and I’m over 50.

those vans have undersized brakes.

what state are you in. need more people like you

Grease on the back of the pad makes no sense they don't roll out the factory like that 🤷‍♂️

Is it possible to just order a caliper kit instead of replacing the caliper? I can imagine it would take more time to rebuild the caliper which falls under labor…

Bro ive done my share of metal on metal, toasting calipers, but holy shit lol I dont do metal anymore, effort and cost is to much :)

Factory doesn't grease a pad, whybshould I???

This is what happens when people are cheap and ignore the grinding! Trust me I know I have a neighbor that has a caravan they drive it into the dirt one time My brakes are making a funny noise they've been for the last year Yeah brake pads left the chat in the back completely toasted the caliper so pretty much a $20 brake pad job turned into a $400 brake job! But no their kid had to have a $400 Xbox game console Oh I had to have that! And this is constructive criticism I'm not being mean it's cuz I care about you where is your jack stands My Jack gave out on me a couple months ago Good thing I wasn't underneath the vehicle! Make sure you're using Jack stands put some plywood down and put most of the weight on the jack stand before working on the car I'd hate to see something happen to you You're a good man with a big❤

It's a brake CALIPER not caliber

Grease on the back of pads prevents squeaks.

Man your a jam up mechanic

You take any donations to help people in need?

These people just hear a grinding and just continue to roll with it

Drivers such as this should have their licenses taken away

"Caliber"?

Dawg i saw a rotow the othwr day that was worn own to about a 1th inch thick if that

Do you not have annual safety checks?

Yo brother grease on the back of the pads can help reduce pad squeak. As you apply the brakes the pads vibrate at a high frequency causing the pads to rub parts of caliper that squeeze pad. This is usually not necessary on high quality pads with good shims on the back as the shims serve the same purpose but i always put a little on there just to help prevent comebacks. Keep up the good work man love yiur channel.

This why the poor are poor. Neglecting to replace a $20 set of brake pads ends in hundreds of dollars worth of damage.

I’ve seen where the rotor gets worn down to nothing

Grease on the pads or anywhere else collects dirt, and it does not come that way from the factory.

Im in the wholsale division at GPC connect Napa Auto Parts, just came upon your videos, God Bless you sir, keep up the good work. 🔧🔧🔩🪛

I own a small plumbing company and it seems like there’s always three or four stories but nobody knows the real one part of the job