Mike works on his cars in his garage (not actually his backyard) and shows how to do repairs and mods, often not correctly, for your entertainment. Mike is not a REAL mechanic, he has common knowledge from years of experience doing his own repairs and maintenance. Please don't try to hold Mike responsible for your mishaps by repeating something stupid Mike did and making it stupider.
This was far more entertaining than I expected! I just wanted to know if anti-seize would prevent my hat stretcher's aluminum turnbuckle body from stripping further.
The non-fouler trick didn't fix my P0430 code. They got smart. Apparently, mid-2000 and newer cars occasionally run rich/lean tests to see if the O2 sensors are doing their job. When the test is SUPPOSED to fail but doesn't, it throws out the same code.
I have that twist the wire up issue on my Triumph Motorcycle. It's just to difficult for them to have a plug on the O2 sensor and have the cars wire cables plug into the sensor. Probably ads $10-20 having that pigtail on O2 sensors.
just move to cities or states that no longer require emission testing annually... my part of the state stopped doing that about 6 or 7 years ago. Couldn't be happier.
So if my friends brothers cousin hypothetically did use a spacer, is there a reason you have to take it off? I wouldn't expect anyone to be looking after inspection
Been doing the break in procedure since my first rotor change, because it was written in the instructions coming with the parts. Thickness variation on a street car, is a thing mostly caused by axial runout. The axial runout lead to the pads touching the rotor at only 2 points when not braking. These contacts will thin the rotor around them in around 10 000 to 20 000 km. Thickness variations will cause the dreaded pulsations. There are many less frequents causes but axial runout is the number one. The runout can be in the wheelhub not nescessarilly the rotors. A cheap dial indicator on a stand will pick it up.
@@MikeTheBackyardMechanic The recommended procedure is to check the run-out on the hub before installing the discs. I did that on the third pair of discs changed under warranty one week before expiry, on my wife car. One day before expiry of said warranty I collected the car and checked the axial runout with a dial. Then drove it back to the garage before closing to show them. Then it was : " Remember attack the mistake not the man." "Stay calm" " Only state what you can prove" Had them(liability issue could not do it) remove the wheel check the disc run-out Which was off, then remove the discs and check the hub's run-out which was off as expected. Took the bus back home while they waited for a new hub. When the hub is back you will be throwing discs for a temporary fix. This is expensive, I can not understand why they did not do it on the second disc change.
Hey Mike love your video. Nicely done, question I have one of them cheap aftermarket backup camera, THIS HAS BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY, coming from the camera. I see 4 wires 1 red 1 green 1 white 1 bare, no yellow wire for video? One of my stupid friends cut the end off the cable. I see a very very thin Shield I've done a continuity test but that Shield there's nothing there is an extra pin when I disconnect the cable from the camera which I'm pretty sure that's the output there's nothing coming out of that long extension for the video can you help?? I been auto tech for a long time.but gave it up years ago. So I'm just your everyday ordinary Marine engineer I work with lots of wiring schematics ect I just wanted to show you I have intelligence is there something new on missing here it's not Wireless that's for sure
Taps don't repair. They cut. A great way to ensure a bolt never goes into a hole again and torques to spec is to tap it. You want a thread chaser. It repairs the threads inside without removing nearly as much material as a tap does. You usually get better results. If you have to drill a hole out for a bigger size bolt. that's when you tap it. If all you have is a tap, it can work, but it's usually a subpar repair.
Im about to lose it. Machined the rotors three times on my 2012 Pilot and they still pulsate. Only 1 thou runout on the hub flange. Can anyone recommend a quality set of rotors?
Spacer can cause O2 heater monitor to not complete. Since the sensor is away from the exhaust flow it may not heat up fast enough. Solving one problem creates another. Also, a savvy emissions tech will fail the visual check if he sees the spacer. But, overall worth a try.
I believe i over tightened an engine mount bolt ...i heard a bang sound. When i removed the bolt, it came out with a spring. Any idea what happened? Is the thread damaged in the hole or thread damaged on bolt....i just ordered a new bolt hoping it tighten again...
For race applications the Rotor is only the friction surface. The Rotor is attached to the Hat via "flexible" fixings. This is known as a "floating" disc. Road applications have the Rotor and Hat as one piece. These installations are known as floating calibers (hence the slide pins).
Oh shit fuckk! So glad I found your video before attempting this job. I don’t have the money to replace the cat so I was going to remove it and hope it was just clogged and could be cleaned and not broken. Now idk if it’s worth doing at all bc if I don’t have the money to replace I feel like I’ll be up shit creek without a paddle. 😓 My life be like Murphys Law too so we know how it’d end. Fuckery. But on another note, Napa Know How!! I worked for them back in Alaska and it was one of my favorite jobs. I knew nothing about vehicles til I worked there and I’m so thankful for the opportunities I had there. The patience and compassion of the owner/boss man, Sean Conley and the patience and kindness of most of the employees and customers I’ll never forget and be forever thankful for. I love Napa!! Represent!!
I have a 4-runner with a V8.15 years ago I bought a box that lets me run E-85. If I fill my tank with regular gas I get the lights and code for the cat. If I run E-85, the lights go out. I am not sure what percentage of E85 would be required to pass smog, but I have heard that most cars will run on 30% ethanol with no modification. Here in CA E-85 is $1.00 per gallon cheaper than regular gasoline.
I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times. 78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways. 81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times. 88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified. 99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations." 102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." .....2 Esdras 7:75 ////////
There is another option....move to Oklahoma. No inspection here just delete the hole emission system. Less government oversight is great thing no building restrictions unless you are in the city limits.
Also note that they used to sell these pre-drilled on ebay for $5, but someone made ebay ban them. So if you don't have a vice or a drill, they can be bought pre-drilled, but you will have to poke around a bit to find them.
These do work, but the new car designs are both a blessing and a curse. Newer cars place the catalytic converters higher in the engine. They're much more difficult to fit a spacer in there, if they fit at all. But it's a blessing because it makes it harder to steal. And people have been stealing them.
Isn't disk thickness variation what you just showed us as warping? Or is this funny funny man saying because the backside also followed the same pattern it would be called warping? Warping due to heat imbalances, disk thickness variation due to what?
I've found that most parts suppliers offer several different levels of quality for passenger car rotors. Buying the better quality ones has worked out well for me. Pads too. I was surprised to learn that the hub can easily warp.
