It's great that your viewers are sending you stuff. Be careful about leaving your tools in the back of the pickup when you go to the parts store. They will go missing in a heartbeat.
It's good to see you putting the tire under the car. Its "insurance". Better to replace the customers wheel then being pinned by the car incase of stand/jack failure
@@8SecSleeper even if I used your jack stand choice, I would still do the same. It is insurance. You hope to never use it but it's there. Please enlighten us common folk what jack stand you would use. As a mobile mechanic, you ever thought of the possibility that you greatly increase your chances of a random car bumming into your car over a shop environment? I have been in both. Would you guarentee your jack choice would keep the car in the air if some driver accidentally bumped into the car being worked on? No you cant.
@@8SecSleeper you picked a fight when there wasn't one there. The point still stands, I'm putting a wheel under any jack if the wheel comes off. It is insurance. You hope not to use it but there. And you must think your butt is the clouds, because that is where your head is
@@ownytony He uses Duralast stands because he frequents Autozone. If you inspect your stands regularly, use a safe jack point, and never "drop" weight onto the stands, they should never fail but he uses a hydraulic jack and tire for triple safety. Personally I would recommend Big Red Torin jack stands with double locking pins.
Watching your videos makes me want to start my own mobile business, something about working independently sounds amazing! Keep it up always looking forward to more vids!
Hey Ernest, I just found your channel a few weeks ago and love the content. You've gained another subscriber. You mentioned that you like to work super safe on cars and I applaud that. If I may offer a suggestion, when you're working in the street, as you were on the driver's side of this vehicle, place a couple traffic cones around you to give drivers a warning that you are next to/under the cars. Stay safe!
Milwaukee really needs to sponsor you. I have the M12 ratchet wrench and baby impact wrench in 1/4". I probably should of got the impact in 3/8", but it does the job. I have a handy dandy Harbor Freight corded impact if I need it. So far the Milwaukee baby impact in 1/4" breaks lug nuts loose with ease and larger suspension bolts. I love how you roll. I know you're loving that Ford Ranger. Great gas saver, practical, and reliable. Saves you miles on the big box car truck.
Respect from another mobile tech. Keep your legs from under the car though! Always makes me paranoid seeing that. I sit Indian style mostly. Feels awkward but will feel better than the car falling!
This channel is blowing up Ernest! Mainly because of vids like these, love to watch your vids while on the treadmill walking, helps pass the time and you learn a thing or two!
Have been busy working the past few weeks, haven't had much time. Glad you're still making videos! You've gained 10k since I saw the counter last! Congrats!
This is something you like to do I support you 100%.It’s not is a way to make a living.Working on the road (Maybe get a portable umbrella)No negativity.I like what you do and keep doing keep going👍
Lol. Calls it rusty but uses a wrench to take of the line from the caliper. Another great vid as always.
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Unless you're heating it up and then vice grips or Knipex pliers then it's not rusty lol. Had one where i heated it up, pefect it's coming off. Line was free too, then the line above started leaking...it burnt some of the line, nice.
I like the gravity bleed method myself. ive found that once you get the first bit to dribble out, i then shut the bleeder and tappy tap tap with a hammer, open again, tap some more. close again. pump them up and open once more. that will get the air out with minimal waste of fluid. if you doing all 4 brakes start with passenger rear, then driver rear, then passenger front, then driver front.
Just a suggestion. It's what I do when doing calipers is mount the new caliper before disconnecting line from old caliper. Once new caliper is installed then I swap the line from old caliper to new caliper with bleeder open to let it start filling and gravity bleed. Just a suggestion
I'm from Ireland and my car is rusted in places that made one (ongoing) job a nightmare. Enjoying your videos. Wouldn't mind being a mobile mechanic myself. Except the weather from the start of autumn to end of spring would not be the most pleasant!
Hey man just started watching your Channel and when I do brake jobs that require the calipers to be changed I pinch the line off with line pliers and normally fill the new calipers on the ground first then attach the line save a little time on bleeding the line and you know it’s got fluid in all of it just my way
Instead of using your finger for the brake caliper line to prevent air introduced into the system, try using a valve stem, has worked wonders for me and keeps both hands free for installation.
I worked on my 1993 Mercury Cougar brakes a few years ago. The calipers were so gummed up that I had actually bent the handle on my disc brake kit. So I decided to replace the calipers. And then I discovered that the brake lines were full of gunky-slime and chunks of nasty. So I bleed out the whole system one line by one line. Then I just decided to call my mechanic friend to help me put it all back together haha. I did volunteer to pay her extra because she is my friend and she had to jump in the middle of my project.
The shield is a dust and debris shield. Not a huge deal if it's gone, so if ya'll are doing your brakes and notice it's gone, it's not an emergency obviously, but still get it done. It keeps rocks and dirt from getting on your rotors and pads while going down the road.
It's really important to clean the hub face of any and all rust and debris so the new rotor sits flush. Even a microscopic amount of rust will cause runout and brake pulsation. 3M makes a hub cleaning attachment and disks you use on a drill or right angle grinder to clean the hub face so its shiny and new. You can use a wire brush too for the inner crevice around the center. You can use a fluid hose pinch tool to gently pinch off the brake hose so it doesn't leak while you replace the caliper.
I think it's funny how long cars down south last... Here in ND, if a vehicle is 10 years old, it's completely rotted out. Heck, after one winter here the undercarriage is rusted out.
4 года назад+1
Well, people don't take care of them either lol, i get what you're saying though. Had a 2013 i think Silverado, dealership put some wack rubber undercoating on it day 1, yeah that helped a bunch the whole thing was just a lost cause, so many holes and weak metal. I can fix most things, but i just hate dealing with rust and metal/body work. I'll get a car with dents and scratches but rust just sucks. (Canadian here,rust belt) I try to undercoat with a liquid undercoat each year to stop that crap.
I remember doing the same job once with the pins, one caliper had pins missing and the pin holes where a bit corroded, I was lightly tapping the new pins threw it when they started to bend!!! The new ones were so fragile!
I like putting antiseize on the bleeder screw, hub face and wheel studs. I live in the rust belt. It really sucks to snap a bleeder screw in a caliper. Some say your going to contaminate the brake fluid, just dont slob it on you will be fine.
Ive always found it a bit less hectic bolting the new caliper up first, then swapping the brake line over so its mounted still and you can directly swap it
One thing I wonder why you don't do it. Whenever I work on the front brakes, I always turn the wheel all the way to the left or right in order to give me better access to the bolts for the pads and calipers. Is there a reason you don't do the same and just leave the wheels straight? Regardless, love your channel.
Do you ever get a pair of long nose vice grips and pinch off the brake hose so it doesn’t drip any brake fluid while your working??? I do it all the time works great 👍 . Pinch it off just a bit so it don’t drip 💧 and won’t damage the brake hose
Just did this with my son yesterday on my wife’s car. It’s New England, the wire wheel cane out. I need one of those orange things to hang calipers I use a coat hanger
I wonder the same question. I have business license for landscaping in Washington state and I keep it on the dash viewable from outside just to be on the safe side. I never had problems. I only ran into a quick question from the city (Seattle SDOT) if I had a permit to remove public-road asphalt, and yes the home-owner did have a city permit, then they continued on without verifying anything from our end. Even had people flip out at me and take photos of me and my truck and try calling numbers all because I was running a gas leaf blower during the appropriate construction-noise time schedule. I went to my truck and said "would you like me in the photo too with dual wielded chainsaws?" hahaha. City law permits construction noise levels all days and something like 8am-10pm or something, but I only work between 10am-5pm.
For body on frame vehicles trucks and SUV’s put the tire under the axle. This will give you plenty of protection. Unibody cars and SUV’s are fine on side of car.
I was at a shop, parts guy dropped off new rotors, mechanic turned them! I asked why turn new rotors, he said quality is so low now they are not true out of box! Eye opening!
Quick question. how come you drive that massive truck with really poor mpg? A modern like transit style van would surely be more than adequate and also give you like quadruple the mpg? Im sure there is a reason im just curious.
I was thinking the same thing. Years ago I drove a transit size Peugeot diesel van for some weeks, got 30 mpg+ with it(manual transmision). A auto gearbox alone cost 20-30 % in fuel ecoomy..
I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos. I’m looking into starting my own mobile business. Really, I’ve already started but need the legality of things in place. What kind of insurance do you carry for your vehicles and the business?
I just purchased a 98 ranger, and would be modifying it to serve s my mobile workshop. I have the canopy already bought, and ready for install. Does anybody here has a link on a ford ranger that has being used as a mobile workshop truck before? Thanks
You buy loaded calipers? When I was new to cars at the age of 17. I jack my car on a slope with the car supplied jack and it fell over. Glad i wasnt under it
I love you channel! I did my rotors and pads this week end. My friend is a mechanic and supervised me while doing it. Here rust is a huge issue so we need to wire brush wheels and hub before to put new rotors. Also we need to put anti-seize on calipers,shim,rotor, and grease on the calipers pins. Do you need anti seize where you live? I didnt see any in the installation?
My eyes got really big when you put the rotor on backwards to spray it. That's a game changer.
It's great that your viewers are sending you stuff. Be careful about leaving your tools in the back of the pickup when you go to the parts store. They will go missing in a heartbeat.
This guy dose not get enough views for the value he provides.
It's good to see you putting the tire under the car. Its "insurance". Better to replace the customers wheel then being pinned by the car incase of stand/jack failure
@@8SecSleeper no one wants to replace a customers wheel but I would gladly replace it if it kept me from being pinned in a jack failure.
@@8SecSleeper even if I used your jack stand choice, I would still do the same. It is insurance. You hope to never use it but it's there.
Please enlighten us common folk what jack stand you would use. As a mobile mechanic, you ever thought of the possibility that you greatly increase your chances of a random car bumming into your car over a shop environment? I have been in both. Would you guarentee your jack choice would keep the car in the air if some driver accidentally bumped into the car being worked on?
No you cant.
@@8SecSleeper you picked a fight when there wasn't one there. The point still stands, I'm putting a wheel under any jack if the wheel comes off. It is insurance. You hope not to use it but there.
And you must think your butt is the clouds, because that is where your head is
@@ownytony He uses Duralast stands because he frequents Autozone. If you inspect your stands regularly, use a safe jack point, and never "drop" weight onto the stands, they should never fail but he uses a hydraulic jack and tire for triple safety. Personally I would recommend Big Red Torin jack stands with double locking pins.
Watching your videos makes me want to start my own mobile business, something about working independently sounds amazing! Keep it up always looking forward to more vids!
Rusty, LOL! I could not imagine doing a brake job here in IL without a sand blast cabinet and a half dozen kinds of corrosion inhibiting goo.
Don’t forget the oxy acetylene and breaker bar in your rust arsenal.
Live in IL, grew up in MA. Midwest rust is mild compared to new England
“All this rust” *laughs in Canadian”* enjoy these vids though
Me: Laughs in North Dakotan. I love this guy!
Haha
When i heard all this rust i was... Were!?!
this guy would have an aneurysm if he saw my pathfinder.
Bluesuits comment of the year award goes too...
Hey Ernest, I just found your channel a few weeks ago and love the content. You've gained another subscriber. You mentioned that you like to work super safe on cars and I applaud that. If I may offer a suggestion, when you're working in the street, as you were on the driver's side of this vehicle, place a couple traffic cones around you to give drivers a warning that you are next to/under the cars. Stay safe!
Will do. I’ll look at getting some.
Let's get his channel to 100k subscribers. Truly deserves it
I see you've switched up to the Milwaukee fuel 3/8 ratchet. I love that thing😂🤣
Awesome! Ernest got a knee pad. That thing will change your life. When you're 40 your knees will thank you.
Milwaukee really needs to sponsor you. I have the M12 ratchet wrench and baby impact wrench in 1/4". I probably should of got the impact in 3/8", but it does the job. I have a handy dandy Harbor Freight corded impact if I need it. So far the Milwaukee baby impact in 1/4" breaks lug nuts loose with ease and larger suspension bolts. I love how you roll. I know you're loving that Ford Ranger. Great gas saver, practical, and reliable. Saves you miles on the big box car truck.
Respect from another mobile tech. Keep your legs from under the car though! Always makes me paranoid seeing that. I sit Indian style mostly. Feels awkward but will feel better than the car falling!
This channel is blowing up Ernest! Mainly because of vids like these, love to watch your vids while on the treadmill walking, helps pass the time and you learn a thing or two!
Nice! And way to go!
I like following genuine people and you definitely have my attention! Look forward to more videos
Ernest I feally enjoy your videos. You are a class act!
Thank you!
Nice the work van got a wrap ! Can’t wait to see it . Upload it to your ig or Facebook page
Will do.
Have been busy working the past few weeks, haven't had much time. Glad you're still making videos! You've gained 10k since I saw the counter last! Congrats!
Thanks!
Thank God we don't have rust out here in Southern California glad you finally got a knee pad do those brake jobs easier
Honestly such a cool channel. Great watch after a long day at the dealerships.
Thanks for the video Ernest, I know what you mean about the rust, if I saw that much rust on my car down here in Oklahoma I would probably cry.😢
:)
This is something you like to do I support you 100%.It’s not is a way to make a living.Working on the road (Maybe get a portable umbrella)No negativity.I like what you do and keep doing keep going👍
bro i like the chill tone of this channel. also, utah looks gorgeous. gonna subscribe
You and taco stacks are the two most honest RUclipsrs ever
I’ll have to check him out!
Lol. Calls it rusty but uses a wrench to take of the line from the caliper. Another great vid as always.
Unless you're heating it up and then vice grips or Knipex pliers then it's not rusty lol. Had one where i heated it up, pefect it's coming off. Line was free too, then the line above started leaking...it burnt some of the line, nice.
thanks for the video Ernest, great work
beautiful vista btw , and that pad looks comfy
Hey man love your vids, you should probably invest in some road safety cones for when you’re working on the side of the road.
Hello great job on the brakes, I can't wait to see the new wrap, love your channel and stay safe.
Love your vids man this channel better blow up soon
I like the gravity bleed method myself. ive found that once you get the first bit to dribble out, i then shut the bleeder and tappy tap tap with a hammer, open again, tap some more. close again. pump them up and open once more. that will get the air out with minimal waste of fluid. if you doing all 4 brakes start with passenger rear, then driver rear, then passenger front, then driver front.
I always use a valve stem to plug the line when I replace calipers. Hardly lose any fluid. Just an FYI for anyone out there.
I would like to see a picture of how you use a valve stem
Really diggin your videos. Mainly because I’ve had the thought of doing something like this. Keep up the good stuff man!
Dude I'm glad you put the music back in the time lapse portion!!! I dig it, what is the name of that song?
I don’t know. I’ll try and find it.
The place you carry out your service seems very safe that you don't worry too much about tools theft from the street.
Can't wait to see that truck wrap. Keep the vids coming.
Using the hub to hole the rotor while cleaning seems so obvious now that I've seen it... But never crossed my mind before. Awesome trick!
Just a suggestion. It's what I do when doing calipers is mount the new caliper before disconnecting line from old caliper. Once new caliper is installed then I swap the line from old caliper to new caliper with bleeder open to let it start filling and gravity bleed. Just a suggestion
I'm from Ireland and my car is rusted in places that made one (ongoing) job a nightmare.
Enjoying your videos. Wouldn't mind being a mobile mechanic myself. Except the weather from the start of autumn to end of spring would not be the most pleasant!
Hey man just started watching your Channel and when I do brake jobs that require the calipers to be changed I pinch the line off with line pliers and normally fill the new calipers on the ground first then attach the line save a little time on bleeding the line and you know it’s got fluid in all of it just my way
What about cleaning the rust from the hub? Even a quick wire brushing would be better than doing nothing.
Yeah I broke my last brush and am just waiting on a new one nits a good idea.
Yes and then some anti seize.
Moonshade sponsors a lot of RUclipsrs. Maybe they would hook you up with one of their shade so you don't have to work in the hot sun.
Instead of using your finger for the brake caliper line to prevent air introduced into the system, try using a valve stem, has worked wonders for me and keeps both hands free for installation.
It’s always a good idea to take a wire brush and clean up the rust on the hub face to give it a clean and level mating surface!
I worked on my 1993 Mercury Cougar brakes a few years ago. The calipers were so gummed up that I had actually bent the handle on my disc brake kit. So I decided to replace the calipers. And then I discovered that the brake lines were full of gunky-slime and chunks of nasty. So I bleed out the whole system one line by one line. Then I just decided to call my mechanic friend to help me put it all back together haha. I did volunteer to pay her extra because she is my friend and she had to jump in the middle of my project.
Nice. That sounds fun. They can be a pain!
Im from fl , so to see a new suv like that with rust underneath is unsettling , cars and trucks here look brand new underneath , dosent matter the age
Here in Naples that is very true
@@12yearssober im in south fl too
The shield is a dust and debris shield. Not a huge deal if it's gone, so if ya'll are doing your brakes and notice it's gone, it's not an emergency obviously, but still get it done. It keeps rocks and dirt from getting on your rotors and pads while going down the road.
It's really important to clean the hub face of any and all rust and debris so the new rotor sits flush. Even a microscopic amount of rust will cause runout and brake pulsation. 3M makes a hub cleaning attachment and disks you use on a drill or right angle grinder to clean the hub face so its shiny and new. You can use a wire brush too for the inner crevice around the center. You can use a fluid hose pinch tool to gently pinch off the brake hose so it doesn't leak while you replace the caliper.
The musics back!! Yay!
what a beautiful place to work! wow
I think it's funny how long cars down south last... Here in ND, if a vehicle is 10 years old, it's completely rotted out. Heck, after one winter here the undercarriage is rusted out.
Well, people don't take care of them either lol, i get what you're saying though. Had a 2013 i think Silverado, dealership put some wack rubber undercoating on it day 1, yeah that helped a bunch the whole thing was just a lost cause, so many holes and weak metal. I can fix most things, but i just hate dealing with rust and metal/body work. I'll get a car with dents and scratches but rust just sucks. (Canadian here,rust belt) I try to undercoat with a liquid undercoat each year to stop that crap.
Really appreciate your videos!
I remember doing the same job once with the pins, one caliper had pins missing and the pin holes where a bit corroded, I was lightly tapping the new pins threw it when they started to bend!!!
The new ones were so fragile!
As always good job man.
I like putting antiseize on the bleeder screw, hub face and wheel studs. I live in the rust belt. It really sucks to snap a bleeder screw in a caliper. Some say your going to contaminate the brake fluid, just dont slob it on you will be fine.
Not wheel studs
here in las vegas, nv we dont have rust problems
Ive always found it a bit less hectic bolting the new caliper up first, then swapping the brake line over so its mounted still and you can directly swap it
Literally was thinking the same
One thing I wonder why you don't do it.
Whenever I work on the front brakes, I always turn the wheel all the way to the left or right in order to give me better access to the bolts for the pads and calipers.
Is there a reason you don't do the same and just leave the wheels straight?
Regardless, love your channel.
Yeah I just am staying out of vehicles for now.
Do you ever get a pair of long nose vice grips and pinch off the brake hose so it doesn’t drip any brake fluid while your working??? I do it all the time works great 👍 . Pinch it off just a bit so it don’t drip 💧 and won’t damage the brake hose
Just did this with my son yesterday on my wife’s car. It’s New England, the wire wheel cane out. I need one of those orange things to hang calipers I use a coat hanger
Use a valve stem or a vacuum hose cap to insert in the brake line to free up your fingers👍
Make sure if your trying this out the brake bleeder on the caliper up top if not you didn't do it right lesson learned on my end.
Great Video!
love the roadside music song you put in the vids make them 100x more enjoyable, be safe and love your videos! #autozone sponsor him already
Great video 🔥👍🏼👌🏽!!
looks like some pretty serious scalloping wear pattern on the inner edge of the passenger side tire tread.
Non company issue colour cover alls Ernest, whats going on man! Joking! :-)
I am my company haha.
How did you get those shopping baskets
Made friends with guys who worked at those place.
“There was a bot of rust so i had to tap the rotor off” i wish thats all we had to do here in WV
Ernest
Please Please !! buy a pair of Safety Cones for the sidewalk repairs street side
Don't know if you saw my first message a few weeks ago
if it's not one thing it's another haha
Send him a set
Miss seeing u on a regular bassis
Those kneeling pads are fine, but I prefer knee pads since they go anywhere you go.
What are those hills. They look amazing.
UNITA mountains. Utah.
You need a portable shade and fan👍
Fan coming soon haha.
FYI that shield is not really necessary but I kinda it keeps the heat from the axel(but I’m sure you knew that)
You should put out safety cones when working on the street
Man out in ny that's a brand new car
Are you registered with your state for mobile repair? Here in NY you have to display the state registered on home truck
I wonder the same question. I have business license for landscaping in Washington state and I keep it on the dash viewable from outside just to be on the safe side. I never had problems. I only ran into a quick question from the city (Seattle SDOT) if I had a permit to remove public-road asphalt, and yes the home-owner did have a city permit, then they continued on without verifying anything from our end.
Even had people flip out at me and take photos of me and my truck and try calling numbers all because I was running a gas leaf blower during the appropriate construction-noise time schedule. I went to my truck and said "would you like me in the photo too with dual wielded chainsaws?" hahaha. City law permits construction noise levels all days and something like 8am-10pm or something, but I only work between 10am-5pm.
For body on frame vehicles trucks and SUV’s put the tire under the axle. This will give you plenty of protection. Unibody cars and SUV’s are fine on side of car.
Rust? Doing just oil changes in Iowa you see alot more rust sadly. Great video though! I enjoy watching your content!
I was at a shop, parts guy dropped off new rotors, mechanic turned them! I asked why turn new rotors, he said quality is so low now they are not true out of box! Eye opening!
Can you add a link to those wheel lock socket set
Yes. It may be tomorrow.
How much would you charge for a job like this?
$20
20? Sang Vang really?
$200 labor + whatever parts cost most likely
I have bad calipers. I know it’s best to change them but would it be fine to change rotors and pads without new calipers? rusty and torn up boots
What tool did you use to flush out the brakes?
It must be nice! to work on stuff that falls apart like that! I've put used parts on my beaters in worst shape than the parts he's taking off.
Sorry Ernest for picking I love watching your videos. This seems like a good low overhead business you have going here.
You should buy your parts at world pac , you just need a business account and they have every part you need any make or model.
Please make sure you change the brake fluid in the master cylinder suck out the old and put fresh fluid in
Do you ever get customers saying “why are you filming yourself fixing my car?” 😁👍🏻
No.
Roadside Rescue oh ok, there’s nothing wrong with it, I was just wondering that’s all 👍🏻
Quick question. how come you drive that massive truck with really poor mpg? A modern like transit style van would surely be more than adequate and also give you like quadruple the mpg? Im sure there is a reason im just curious.
Just what I found in time.
I was thinking the same thing.
Years ago I drove a transit size Peugeot diesel van for some weeks, got 30 mpg+ with it(manual transmision).
A auto gearbox alone cost 20-30 % in fuel ecoomy..
I’ve really enjoyed watching your videos. I’m looking into starting my own mobile business. Really, I’ve already started but need the legality of things in place. What kind of insurance do you carry for your vehicles and the business?
With the gravity bleed, do you close off the bleeder valves BEFORE you pump the brakes or after?
Why don't you sand down the hub surface when installing new rotors?
I just purchased a 98 ranger, and would be modifying it to serve s my mobile workshop. I have the canopy already bought, and ready for install. Does anybody here has a link on a ford ranger that has being used as a mobile workshop truck before? Thanks
Do you ever use brake hose clamps to prevent dripping?
I try to minimize pinching the hoses.
You buy loaded calipers?
When I was new to cars at the age of 17. I jack my car on a slope with the car supplied jack and it fell over. Glad i wasnt under it
Wow.
Wheel chocks!!!! Please
@@justinacase2623 yea
Have you ever used a hand handle vacuum pump.??
Hi....
Really wanted to purchase an Cordless Brushless Ratchet frm Makita.
Lithium Battery.
What's the BEST one.?.
Not sure. But I would recommend Milwaukee. And most people I know would too.
@@RoadsideRescue
What kinda model ?
thats got to be the coolest caliper u dont have to take any blots out to just change pads
I love you channel! I did my rotors and pads this week end. My friend is a mechanic and supervised me while doing it. Here rust is a huge issue so we need to wire brush wheels and hub before to put new rotors. Also we need to put anti-seize on calipers,shim,rotor, and grease on the calipers pins. Do you need anti seize where you live? I didnt see any in the installation?
No. It’s super dry here.
Like I mentioned that was very bad rust for here. Haha