I just changed the rotor and the brake pads for my husband's Toyota Corolla S 2011 and it was very easy. Not bad for a lady that has a husband that can't put a nail on a wall..lol.. Thanks.
As someone who only knew how to change a tire, I was able to successfully switch out my rotors and brake pads thanks to you!! Super easy process, and phenomenal video. Thanks a million!!
What a satisfying feeling. Not to mention the money we save by doing it ourselves. You don’t have to be a gear head to do routine maintenance on your vehicle. If you’re handy and can follow directions you can maintain most of your vehicles wearable parts with nothing more than a basic wrench and socket set. Every able bodied vehicle owner should be able to replace their own brakes, filters, fluids, oil changes etc.
Growing up as daddy's little girl, I learned how to repair a car at a very early age, but they were older cars where you had to bleed the brakes, etc, so when my Corollas brakes were starting to scrub, I got nervous about changing them, since I've never worked on a car this new, it's a 2016, anyway, you made it look so easy and really put my mind at ease with it, thanks. It took longer to jack the car up and take the tire off than it did to swap out the pads, YAY! I hope you have a video for the back brakes for when I need to do those!!
Definitely use jack stands. I found out the hard way a long time ago. When I put the key in the ignition and turned the wheel, the jack slipped out and the car landed on the rotor. Luckily I was able to put a floor jack under the front and lift it up. I definitely lucked out and the rotor wasn't damaged, but was replacing them anyway. Ever since that I always use a jack stand and keep the jack in place only as a backup. Do not skip that step!
thanks man the video was super helpful I did both sides in under 40 min and the little trick by not loosening only the bottom bolt made things much easier
Exactly when I began doing my own break pads the last time I brought my Corolla for service they tried to get me to have them do it at $300 for the front and $350 for the rear I was like yeah 🖕and walked out 🤣 I did the front break pads in about 40 mins.
Best step by step with 0 bs. I believe anyone with at least basic tool sense can and should do it by himself/herself since even the mechanics charges left and right just for the pad replacement and dealerships are ready to rob you! Update: I finally threw away the lemon pads I was sold by the Baierl Toyota and installed Bosch quitecast following this video and it literally took me about 30 min for the one to understand what's going on and the other one took me about 10 minutes to install the pads. I felt so stupid that time thinking how I wasted about $150 at the dealership for a 20min job with lemon parts! Hey @The mech a nic, please do the rear drums as well!!! ♥
Bought new brake pads, rotors, all the lubes and cleaners, that caliper compressor tool and a torque wrench. $210. Followed the steps in the video to the letter and everything works perfectly...and it wasn't hard to do at all. I wonder how much it would've cost me had I taken it to a shop... Because of your video, I saved money and I learned how to change brakes on my car. Thanks, brother!
Good to hear. Glad you invested in the tools to do it right. It would have cost about that much to have a shop do it but now you learned something and now have the correct tools to do the job yourself and continue to save money. Thanks for watching
@@themechanic6117 Agreed. But there was one thing I saw you do in your video that I could not, for the life of me, pull off. You know that "Slow Motion" spray thing you did with brake cleaner? The can I bought just wouldn't do that for some reason. I don't know, man.😄
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. I do wish you’d spent more time explaining the position of the clips. That’s the only part I really need help with. Again. Thank you.
In my experience the clips are usually made to go on one way. Even if you manage to install them wrong you'll likely run into problems with the pads fitting
I just discovered your channel and I am subscribing just as soon as I finish this message. I also made a few videos on RU-vid and found out it was harder than I thought. So I really appreciate channels like yours. 👍🏾
Professional thorough job plus great production quality. Great video, narration etc. Great overall job. A company would do well to hire him for their video presentations.
It's nice to see a video with a job well done and to use the proper torque specifications I've seen guys tightening bolts with hammers and doing a half-assed jobs but this is a pretty good video for sure
Dude, I just subscribed to your channel. Great detailed video! Thanks to you this is pretty much an easy do it yourself type of job that will save me $$$ down the road!
I'm back The Mechanic. I wanted to hop up on here and give an update regarding my 2013 corolla S and the death wobble. I had a feeling that it was more serious then just a bad wheel bearing and hub issue. So with further investigation turns out that it is a bad rack and pinion. When you have a lot of play in the steering wheel and wandering at high speeds and then the death wobble with those factors in the equation is a #1 indication of a bad rack and pinion.
This video was amazing and you are so informative and helpful with all your tips and information!! 👏👏 Thank you!! One quick question, when you compress the piston isn't a good idea to open up the brake reservoir??
Just got done with doing my front brakes on my 2013 Corolla. Great explanation, conscise steps and really appreciated the torque numbers as well. But my rotors were rusted solid to the hubs. I had to use a propane torch to heat them up, pound with a hammer and then they came off. But I found out that 8 x 1.25mm worked on my brakes drums and rotors.
Thank you . i wish i could remember the bolt size. I just found one in my garage that fit . yes something i have to do the same to get rotors off. Pentrating fluid,heat,air hammer
I put new clips and pads in.....they were super tight to put in even after greasing. I went back to the previous clips and the brakes went in much easier. The pads coming out where in there very tightly..
My lower slide pin with the bushing on it was also tough to get out. Either the bushing swelled or the bore isn't wide enough. That pin should slide easily
The small part missing on top of each brake pad it is really necessary? My mechanic put the old ones in my new brakes but I guess that is the reason is making a noise because he tried to adjust it but now the noise is back.
The brake pin lube and pin boot must be according to specification. The caliper should slide smoothly. Use toyota grease expensive but do not allow the boot to swell.
I want to thank you a lot for the video, made changing my one a lot more easier and really boosted my confidence. I seem to getting some noise from the brakes and rotors, does anyone think that it could be the dust guard rubbing on the rotors? I would like to know if I did anything wrong.
Will the fact that i didnt add any grease at all when replacing the pads cause a griding noise? Im gonna have to rechek mine tomorrow and grease up all those bolts
I never do that. Where ever you apply grease it will attract dirt and debris which can lead to problems. When you buy a car brand new there is no grease on the ears of the brake pads
My drivers side wheel is making a clicking sound. It isnt the cv joint i guess its the brakes. I havent been able to take the wheel off yet to see. Ot has 100,000 miles on the original brakes so i figured its time
I do have one question why did you slow mo the video when you sprayed the rotors? 😅 it’s not a bad thing or anything I was just like “what made him do that” 🤣 great video tho
Thank you so much I think I'll be trying to change mines since I took it with a mechanic like 3 months ago to get them changed and it sounds like an old ass wheelbarrow -__-
You can remove the cap if you want but its not necessary. Ive done hundreds of brake jobs with out removing the cap and without opening the bleed valve without any problems. In fact people who dont know or have the tools to bleed brake lines actually cause their brakes to stop working because they open the bleed valve when it wasnt necessary in the first place. Ive had plenty of cars get towed in because people open the bleed valve while doing brakes and cause more problems.follow what i did in the video and you'll be fine. The video is simplified so people can easily and successfully get their brakes done.
Thank you so much for a great and one of the BEST VIDEO, I really appreciate. When you removed old PADS, Each pad has a little Click to be connected to the backing plate, you didn't use them for new pads, Is there not any problem with pads inserting to backing plate ? Please advice. Thank you brother and god bless. Mike
