What idiot gives Eric O. thumbs down on his vijeos? This guy is the best male entertainer on KZfaq hands down! 👍👍

People can be such 'nitpickers'. I accept everything you do, as you are the master mechanic!

My late father-in-law once paid some young fellow from his church to work on the brakes on his 1st generation Ford Fiesta. The young guy found the pads were wearing unevenly, so he just swapped the inside for the outside. In his mind he put a good pad on the side that had clearly been doing all the work. He had no clue about a seized caliper pin. Luckily, no one was hurt, because the brakes were horrible after that.

"I can't believe how easy this was." I learned a long time ago not to say that in the middle of the job.😀

I used to come and watch the videos for tutorials on how to fix vehicles but now, i come for the commentary. Keep them videos coming sir.

For many of us Eric, we watch your videos for the details. When you skip steps to shorten them, we miss some of the tricks of the trade. Every job is not the same, the way you navigate the issues is where the "help" comes into play. Maybe in the following videos covering the repairs to this vehicle, you will include "the details". Thank you for taken the time out to put these together, I personally enjoy them.

Man, people really must have been blasting you over the weekend. Lots of rebuttal! No need to explain yourself Eric. Some people just dont realize your experiences to justify how you do your work. Thanks for so many good videos. You have have taught this shade tree mechanic a few things along with lots of good laughs.

Nice to see folks spending big bucks to keep their car road worthy and in top condition. Keeps the lights on at the shop and it's cheaper than a car payment in the long run.

Only by watching other channels do you realise what high quality videos you turn out time after time after time-The Atlantic Ocean separates us,yet I feel I'm there in the garage with you,looking over your shoulder-Keep doing what you're doing-And for God's sake LISTEN when I shout out advice to you !!!!

Green gloves, black gloves, and white gloves all in one video. I don't know why that made me smile a little, like what the heck?

Don't forget to pump up the brakes before you try to back it out of the shop, haha. You know bad things happen if you don't, unless of course you can grab the park brake quick enough. Seeing all that rust reminds me of a funny story. Back in the day at the dealership we replaced an exhaust resonator that was leaking, warranty department kept rejecting the claim because of "parts cost was excessive". We had to cut off three nuts/studs by the pipe flange and put new ones in, they kept telling us we could have reused the old ones. We said, that ain't happening because they looked like rust barnacles on the Titanic.

1 minutes into the video, and I have some respect for the owner. The car's been neglected, but they're willing to pay up and keep it going. As for the rest, I can definitely appreciate the rust belt struggle living here myself. It usually affects everything I work on, but a 2WD GM truck front hub assembly was by far the most rusted, seized thing I've ever dealt with.

Growing up in Michigan and working on cars before I graduated high school is the reason I went to school for aircraft mechanic. High performance and no rust. Then I found out it doesn't pay worth a darn!

Instead of using your finger or the brush for the silicone grease, you can use a popsicle stick to spread the grease, then toss it out to avoid cross-contamination. You can get a 100-pack at Dollar Tree. Or save them after your kids have ice cream or popsicles.

Rust, crust, hammering and torching. Best entertainment around.

I used to own a 2011 Santa fe. traded it in with ~90,000 miles on it, over the years I replaced the rear brakes 3 times, fronts 2 times, broke a front spring and replace a lower ball joint on the passenger side, never touched the 3.5 liter v6 other than Amsoil changes every year.

I’ve been a mechanic for just about 18 years now(on paper, been turning a wrench since I was a kid) and I love watching your videos. You do it the right way no matter what. It’s a sad world because I’ve seen so many hacks in this industry. I refuse to be one of them. And your funny as hell. I get a kick out watching you fight with the same things I do. And I catch every time you slip and cuss on camera!

Free tip. Use a slide hammer attachment to push in axle to hold it in to get the bolts off from inside of hub.

Thanks Eric, I always learn something when watching your videos.

Eric I enjoy how you break things down for the idiot in all of us. Big Thank You!

Who doesn't like six hours of Dr O?

I'm glad you said that we are Americans and working is entertainment it is a must for 98% of the American people

Hey Eric, I'm the guy from Bath you aligned the back tires on my '07 Galant. I know couldn't have been to do as some of the adjustment mysteriously disappeared and you were ale to straighten them. 5,000 miles on new tires and they were down to wires, lol. Anyway I saw the title and said, What another brake job and passed over it a couple times. And then tonight, I said, What the heck, might learned just something new. While watching the video I remembered I have wanted to take my brakes apart, clean everything up replace anything needed. Been 5 yrs. but only 10.000 miles, but with this climate, just gotta do it. So it was an excellent refresher course. Kinda funny in a way where you have to address the comments while doing the job but I learn so much. Can be so many little steps in the processes we do daily. I was a coder in college where you have to account for each and every step. I had this one program a couple pages long that was driving me nuts until I found I needed a period mark somewhere. That's a big reason why I don't code yet learned so much in so many ways. I thought of a little saying per se, 'What I don't know, I haven't yet learned'. Just a thought, not sure if I'm the first to say it but just binged and nothing came up. Thanks again, Eric.

i miss the fluid film sheep '' baaa'' cracks me up every time

Wow I've never put on a dust shield. Here when you get a new car you just take them off and throw them away. Kind of like when you get a new set of sockets, you just throw the 10mm away and get it over with.

"I believe... Who ever smelt it, dealt it"... Lol. I know where you heard that one.. Good ole LTCG.. Thanks Eric! This is probably the 101st brake video I've seen from you, but you never no what your gonna get. Enjoy em all...

Even though you say the videos are for "entertainment" we all appreciate that you try to minimally use the "magic of television" and don't cut from the seized on wheel bearing to a nice shiny new one on there. We like the parts that would be approprite to bring out the colourful metaphors.

I'm so embarrassed, after watching many of your brake jobs I was feeling lazy and had a shop do it for me. It's a small shop so the owner allowed me to watch the job...What a lousy job they did in comparison to the brake jobs you do. They didn't pull the caliper bracket, look for holes in the rubber boots, or clean them up so, now I'm going to have to do the job myself like I should have done in the first place. Thank you for showing how to do a proper brake job. I learned my lesson the hard way. Thank you again for making good quality great video's.

Being a Canadian (read that as salt land) technician, I'm 100% in agreement with your penetrating oil statement - I've never run into a situation where the penetrating fluid made it past the head of the bolt. I even had a customer who soaked his bolts every few days for a month and the bolt was totally dry on all surfaces you couldn't see with your eyes.

Remember to put that washer convex or (chamfered side out). Reason being the chamfer catches the edge the smooth does but not as well. Eric makes it all look so easy. Maybe that’s why he says “ if I can do it so can you" .

New York winters sure do a job on the undercarriage of cars.

Life in the rust belt man, holy moly.

My wife kept getting up to see what the beeping was, I didn't have the heart to tell her I was watching SMA (instead of listening to her) and it was the fancy torque wrench. beeping.

I’m watching all of Mr.O’s videos. And I have to say sometimes the work can be a bit complex. But regardless working on cars at least to me is always fun. No matter the complexity of the work involved.

I learned from this. I thought there were only 2 Torque settings; G&T ( Good and tight ) and G&S (Good and snug )--Who knew there were actually specified Torque settings and Tools to achieve these. Thanks Eric O. !

Founder member of the Bronze Hammer Fan Club here. It needs its own sound. Something epic, Nordic, blasting.

Hey Eric, I am a retired tech of 45+ years, my life long buddy is the same. While he was working at a Ford dealer he installed new brake pads, rotors, and calipers on late 70s Olds Omega. It had a stuck piston on the right hand caliper so it was metal to metal, and the left side was still good. The lady who owned it was at the service desk picking up her car, and was asking why they had to replace the calipers. And after explaining why she said she understood why they replaced the calipers, but why did the right side wear and not the left. After trying to explain this four or five times (my buddy who had walked past and overheard the entire conversation) she just couldn't understand why one side wore more than the other. So my buddy stopped and asked the lady, "Do you think that maybe when you apply the brakes, that you are placing your foot on the right side of the pedal instead of the middle? She thought for a moment and left satisfied.

The last time I saw some lube on a rubber gloved hand, well you older gentleman get what I’m saying.

Another great video. You are the best car mechanic on KZfaq. There are however, no great heavy truck mechanics on KZfaq. Put some pressure on your brother to start making videos.

Ilove this channel. You are an honest man. Other shops might tell the customer they need to replace the bearings and hub.

Native Upstate New Yorker (Utica) but have lived in Florida and NC since 1993. Usually never have to deal with all the rust. DYI'er in my driveway is hard enough on my back let alone dealing with all that rust. Great job, I wish it was less of a hassle for you, but maybe you like the challenge!

This Is definitely going to be one big juicy Repair bills

Kroil so good that both wheel bearings came out after spraying just 1 side!

Glad you mentioned AZ. When I was wrenching, cars that were rusted like the Hyundai in the vid were few and far between. I usually would spend time shaving as much of the rust off as I could. I used an assortment of tools to scrape off the rust: screwdrivers, putty knives, wire brushes, and elbow grease. If I had known then, what I know now, I would have had a load of Bulldozer drain cleaner and sprayed it on the rust ahead of time and rinsed it off later. I learned about its rust eradicating ability when I got a free lawnmower next door to a yard sale. The fuel tank was extremely rusted and I tried Naval Jelly first, Limeaway second, with almost no effect. I had the Bulldozer, thanks to a recommendation from a guy at a hardware store. It's primarily hydrochloric acid, so caution is mandatory. As soon as it went in the fuel tank, it started fuming and bubbling. I had the mower out in the open back yard and used the hose with a high pressure taper nozzle to purge the tank from about ten or twelve feet back. Once I was sure it was safe, I dumped out the water and checked the results. I was very surprised. Even though it was only a few minutes exposure, there were areas of shiny bare metal showing. I poured in another dose of the acid and let it work a little longer. I nailed it with the hose and the second round had the rust almost entirely washed out. Just a few spots in pits remained. One more dose of the Bulldozer and purging left the tank rustless and shining inside. Fortunately, the exposure to the outside paint didn't damage it, probably due to the combination of dilution and rapid flushing away by the high volume of water. Once the tank was dried out with compressed air, new gas inside, a new primer bulb, and the engine oil changed, the mower fired up on the second pull. Ran great and cut grass like it was brand new. Until the first wheel broke. Dang plastic mower wheels turn crispy in the AZ desert. Four metal wheels and the thing is still going strong after twelve years.

I am almost a professional brake man at this point and I like it!!!! I always pick up good tips and tricks from these vajeos. I am ready for part 2 of Project Hyundai SantaFe!!! Dirty Side Down

I can't believe I watched you even try to fit that front backing plate without removing the hub. Just proves you're human after all! lol

We've nick named that Aerokroil "Mechanic in a can" swear by it ! Works best if it can soak for 15 minutes or so, needs time to creep. And for really bad stuff, overnight never fails.

Also just lubed my brakes up yesterday, my bottom pins on both sides were very hard to move. They had silicone seals on them. I also noticed that purple permatex stuff had turned into a hard paste on them. I just cleaned them and put some sil-Glyde on them and put em back. :)

Ahhhh rust! I'm originally from the NE Ohio snow / rust belt. Now i'm living in South Carolina Upstate.I DON'T MISS IT !!!

As a DIY, you’ve explained what to look for and understand the “mechanics” of the uneven wearing of the brakes. Without your determination, an individual whose not mechanically sound, would go with what a scrupulous repair shop and pay for parts not needed... so please continue with your detailed process on all.

When displaying the first dust shield part number, I saw "RH" on it and started yelling, "No, Eric, That's the one for the other side!" But you didn't hear me. I guess my voice doesn't quite carry from between Syracuse and Auburn.

HOLY CROW ERIC, THAT IS ONE CRUSTY ANIMAL, WOW.

Just seen you going through what needs to be done on this car and I just had to watch it.

I feel your pain and frustration with rust. We have it all to well here in Michigan as well.

My 2005 Malibu is now up to 267k miles on the original wheel bearings and they have zero rust. Not even surface rust. I love Denver, CO

Fun fact, that cast piece in the rear brake disc backing plates to retain the parking brake shoes... Toyota have been doing that for decades, and on their older vehicles the backing plates are WICKED expensive. On my '94 Celica GT-Four they are impossible to find, Toyota are completely out of them and you have to use second hand ones from a wrecker if and when they rust and need to be replaced.

There is another reason one side wears out faster than the other. I have seen the opposite side caliper piston and/or pins seized up, so the side that's worn out is the one doing all the work, which usually presents with a brake pull first.

I love watching the guys on the Hoonigan channel in Cali..."oh we got some pretty bad rust here on this...better spray it down" ( spray one drop of WD-40) then take everything apart by hand.

There needs to be some merch for this channel that says"Sponsored by Napper" with appropriate colors

Hello Eric I am from Egypt And i like all your videos you are a great man and i nearly have watched all of your videos ❤❤

SMA video while on vacation! Also, Free Tip Thursday, Make sure to use Wrench Lite on you caliper slide pins. Just as strong as Original Wrench, but not as full bodied.

Having just done brakes, shocks, subframe bushings and motor mounts on my old Chevy venture, I do appreciate being in Arizona. I didn’t have a single rusty bolt.

Old Brooksy is never defeated! I 😀👍

Good video! I really prefer a video that is not staged. Watching how you work through the problems as they occur in most interesting.

Another great video with a wonderfully humourous commentary about rust and the virtues of penetrating oil. Thanks Eric - your videos are great entertainment especially for amateur mechanics.

I'm always amazed at the amount of rust you all "experience"! Glad to I live in an area that doesn't have this issue, so soon. Shout out to Northern Idaho. 😁

Man, I gotta say I really really appreciate living in cali after watchign your videos. SOOOOOO much rust on everything, no matter its age. Some of the cars you work on, I'd be scared to touch

Can't wait for the rest of project Hyundai. While I was watching it my lady friend calls. Her nephew needs a brake job on his Ford Focus. Pass the biscuits Eric the gravy train is coming my way.

I have a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe SE with a 3.3 V6 the first engine for that year, and I just replaced all my wheelbearings all four hubs, dust protectors, rotors and brake pads, also I replaced all four struts, I do believe that’s a 3.3 L engine that Hyundai produced in 2007 is one of the best Engines produced, all in all it was a long day oh yeah one other thing I had to drill for the balls out because they were definitely frozen in place or should I say rusted in place, no head to the left to attach a wrench, anyway thanks for another great video I really enjoy watching your channel and you get a lot of helpful tips years ago I probably would have never attempted to do this myself and I am saying this honestly that if “I can do it, you can do it” (punt intended)...!!!

The vehicle has Cancer due to the excessive rust. Reminds me of the state of NY. I am impressed with SMA for being like a Dr Frankenstein and putting on the parts needed for that thing to come alive.

Project...yes ,If you build it (Or repair it) they will come..SMA Super Man of Automotive😎

I worked on industrial equipment for forty three we used Kano Silikoil by the Five gallon can only thing that would work for us. Sometime around 2000’s the oil changed it didn’t work as good, they changed something in it but still worked good, Thanks you the great videos stay safe

I first saw Kano-Kroil products back in ancient times when I worked at a paper mill. We called it “Holy Water”.

I’m not an expert but I think that opening on the dust shield is because the bolt ear on the hub happens to line up with that area for the brake calliper where it’s cut at an angle right by the ear (otherwise they would just go out further like the other three...) unless that is actually to give it somewhere to recess down to when spinning it, I wasn’t paying attention

Yeapers the word 'project' drew me in, Rock On,

Eric O-isms are right up there with Red Green's:)

I just need to see SMA to know I'm going to watch the video! 😁😁😁😁

Recently did the front pads on my 2002 Windstar. Pushed the pistons back without bleeding...turned the fluid in the master cylinder dark brown. Knew better, but after listening to brake videos on the practice, got lazy and took a chance. Won't be pushing contaminated brake fluid back into the system next time. Got to get out there and bleed now...looking forward to a lighter shade of master cylinder contents ;)

As a 09 Santa Fe owner I am very excited about this :)

My and my brother realy enjoy watching your videos 😉. Keep Up The good work 👍. Greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮. :-D

Seized outside pad or seized pin. Yep, always learn somethin' new. Thanks again Eric.

I find that bicycle pedal spanners are ideal for holding slider pins whilst you tighten up the screws.

Definitely nice to have a parts store with no hassle returns! Wish our parts department was like that..

I LIKE THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THE JOB

you handle the rust well. Better you than me.

I wish you were in Indiana. You would have me as a customer. Quality work my man !

Thank God. I am not the only one who uses old axle nuts to hold rotors on.

'Our rust...bottom of the ocean," Actually, the bottom of the ocean is a less corrosive environment than Avoca NY. Why? less 'free oxygen' to speed up the oxidation (rust) process. So your godforsaken corner of the world, at least as steel life expectancy goes, has the distinction of being 'the worst' ! Hey, don't mean to bust your balls, Eric. I did my time in Detroit with 'lump sockets' (pound em on) and fire wrenches (torches). When I moved to AZ and saw these wondrous hexagon shaped things holding cars together that could be easily taken apart with tools that fit? HEAVEN, BABY! LoL

Great job on battling more crusty stuff.

12:47 Ah, the ol' gas wrench, the smoke wrench, the fire wrench, heat and beat, the incendiary socket, burn and bash,

24:40 I like the Winder Towing sticker on your toolbox

Always love a good video in the am, coffee, cars and Mr. O

You never wanna be hung out to dry..unless you’re laundry.

The stimulus package speacial

Was wondering where SMA was hiding these past few days lol..... now let the Dr do his work. 👍

Man, also being from a heavy rust state, it killed me to watch you take out a wheel bearing only to put it back in without replacing it. If I have it out, I am putting a new one on just so I don't have to take it apart again in a few months.

@6:52 I was introduced to Kroil Oil in the power plant boilers but we let it soak for a while. I can see where you don't have the time to wait for it. I think for DIY guys that take their time there is a benefit to it. We were dealing with thermally stressed 'dogs' on boiler door that cycled from ambient to 1600-1800F. I see you getting these crazy salt-belt seized bolts/nuts off with quality tools, impressive.

Great video Eric looking forward to the next in this series of Korean marvel! 👍

As far as penetrating fluids go, I use PB's Fabulous B'Laster... but there is one caveat to these products: no product I've seen or used will penetrate under a tightened bolt head! You have to be able to see or access the threaded portion of the bolt! It works particularly well on seized nuts... I was able to remove the downpipes on both sides of a 27 year old Buick 350 with considerable rust. All 4 nuts came off intact by spraying the studs down with B'Laster and waiting about 15-20 minutes!

What a thorough job Eric, I wish I lived close to your shop. I would only bring my cars to you.