Recent content by pattycakes

This vid shows the correct way to do it , no shop will take the time to do this they will just pound new pads in and out the door it goes and they start binding and not releasing immediately and pads be gone fast while the whole time causing drag and building heat etc etc .... not so much an...

One of the most important things that make pads stick and wear fast etc , the stainless pad clips MUST be removed and cleaned with wire brush and more importantly the rust cleaned out from UNDER them where they sit in the caliper holder if not the rust forces the clips up and pinch the brake...

Hey nothing said it had to be a 4runner !!!!!!!!!!!!

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NP , shit does just happen ,I go on a runaway every once and a while too, I guess I wont have to worry about change'n that filter then . got girls 7 and 10 I got bigger things to worry about than a stinkin gas filter

I could figure it out myself , but I have spoiled by the great write ups found on these forums and looking for the lazy way out just to get a feeling whats involved if its to hard to get at I will put doing it off for a while. lol

99 % of the time people strip the fill and drain plugs is because they don't have the socket on square . \ if you look at the end of a socket they are beveled for a few mm and the plugs are so short there is not much grabbing on maybe 2-3 mm total especially if they are corroded and have been...

beviled edge i speak of , grind a 6 pt socket nice and square until that bevil dissapears , much less chance of rounding plug head

99 % of the time people strip the fill and drain plugs is because they don't have the socket on square , if you look at the end of a socket they are beveled for a few mm and the plugs are so short there is not much grabbing on , I took a 15/16 6pt and ground it down until it was into the actual...

big pair of channel locks I find the best to use .

I don't even play with the little plug anymore , did it my first oil change and said that is a total mess makin waste of time , just unscrew filter canister and dump it in drain pan.

on my new vehicles I use 3m clear bra , make a paper template of headlight then cut 3m to fit clean with rubbing alcohol and put on , no air can get to it therefore it wont oxidise . older cars I polish them to like new then clean with rubbing alcohol and do the same thing with the 3m . and...

Dude that is hardcore !!!!!!!!!!! I would be at the chiropractor after that one

I respectfully disagree , if you take one apart you will see the very light weight spring and once dirt/dust gets stuck in there they are so weak they will not operate anymore , when an axle heats up it will release air , when it is cooled quickly it will want to suck in air (ie cold water river...

I did it the first time and never did again , it is pretty silly to continue to do it , life is too short to do things that have no relivent purpose