Hey Matthew, might be a good idea to start opening the cap on brake master cylinder before you push pistons in. Word is - you can destroy the brake booster like that. Pressure have nowhere to go when the cap is still on 🤔
I have a 17 charger pursuit. And there are a handful of choices. The v6 base model has the smallest ones The r/t has another size The pursuit cars have even a larger size Then you have the brembos. I think the scat pack non brembos share the same size as the pursuit.
Looks like you had the front pads for the two piston front calipers and the car had the single piston caliper. Should have been part D1056 from Duralast. With Chargers and Challengers always look in the description of how many pistons the caliper in the description of the pads.
That's the thing with those late model dodges cars. It will ask you vented or solid rear rotor. Then it has options for 4 piston or 6 piston brembos which usually only come on the R/T's and up. I think there are about 4 or 5 different pad options for them. Hard to blame a customer or the employee for that one. I worked at Autozone for about 4 years. I would always have to go out to check these dodges for which one the customer needed because they barely knew what year their car was much less solid or vented rotor. Loved it when they came in with one of the pads in their hand. Made it easy.
Subbed!!! Hey man can you possibly do a video really nitty gritty when you started. Bare essentials you need to start off and also the important things, like insurance, someone’s car comes off a jack stand and crushes you. Great content man keep it up and I look forward to more of your stuff.
A few years ago I bought a set of pads and on the Sunday afternoon I did the job realised that one single pad out of the four was for a totally different vehicle! Shop closed until the Tuesday too as it was a holiday weekend. Quality control got messed up somewhere for sure. Worst part was I’d taken all the old pads off and dumped them up the road in the street bin a couple of hours before. People were looking at me crazy cos I was rummaging in the bin for my old pads which had some life left in them 😂😂😂
What's the best way to clean up and regrease the slider pins/bolts and bushings? And what type of grease is best for them? Mine have always been rather sticky and don't slide all that well and I've tried to clean and regrease but that hasn't seemed to make much difference.
I said this in the past video of yours It looks like you get into the habit of not using a jack stand I had my jack give out not too long ago and I'm glad I had a jack stand underneath SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INEXPERIENCED THAT'S WATCHING THESE VIDEOS YOU USE JACK STANDS OR PUT THE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE NO QUESTIONS ASKED DO IT YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT!
@@peachyclean93yup had one start lowering on me, i at least had a wheel under the pinch weld, a coworker had asked another one to lower that same jack as he was under the car… with no jackstand… smh, I told him he had his wife and kids waiting at home. So stupid to play with your life like that. A dumb way to die too.
@@bagginn very true it's scary when that starting to squat it's like yikes what is happening can happen out of nowhere too! You are correct No shame just bringing awareness right because we care! I don't want to shame no one I don't want anyone going home in a body bag not to their family.
Hey man, to do this stuff do you have to be licensed/insured? What steps do you need to take to actually start charging people to work on their vehicles.
she wasn't wrong about Firestone they tried to charge me $445 just to replace the rotors & pads on my '96 Corolla.... I'm like: "my car is almost 30 years old, shouldn't cost that much" I already had cross drilled rotors & ceramic pads on hand but they don't do outside parts so I took my car to another shop called La Techuela (I'm in El Paso, TX & some shops have people speak spanish) & they charged me $70 to replace both sides at the same time never had an issue since it was replaced in 2022
Here in Australia ya go into the parts store give them your number plate and aslong as you haven't done any mods your car pops up on there system and you ask for the part you need and boom its done. So much easier than what you just went through lol
Summit did the same exact thing to me on a 14 challenger. The pads they sent ended up being for a mustang. I guess the part numbers in the system were similar somehow.
Not sure how you could do this for a living. I had my own shop for a couple years. Sometimes it was great but allot of the time it sucked. I always wanted to help people out when they where down on there luck and it almost always bit me in the ass. I would give someone a quote on a starter or a engine with a 20% mark up with parts from a reputable company. Many times they would complain and say I can get the starter for $50 online. I would tell them I can't give warranties on there eBay parts if they fail. Often they would and those same customers would come in a few months later complaining. Cause I put a starter or whatever in there car a few months ago and now it's not working. It was almost always someone I gave discounts and tried to help. I work for a large corporation now taking care of a large fleet of big rigs I make better money with Great bennies and none of the stress of running my own buisiness.
I have ran into the problem before and learned the hard way, was it made in the last few months of the year before?? If so it might be one those weird cars where it is sold as the newer year but still has parts from the older years, or vice versa
I,m pretty sure you need 4 years for a Mechanics license. Find anyone possible. Just keep your mouth shut and learn all you can. Ask as many questions as you can. The first 2 yrs was easy, the last 2 yrs will be tough.I know you will make it!
Just tires is all i buy ill never go to a auto dealership or auto repair shop firestone told me 2400 bucks for front brakes on a 2001 gmc safari van outrageous
I had the same problem with a 2018 jeep compass cv axles only sold by dealership at 400$. went to every parts store around me looking before calling the dealership. thank god i drive a honda
I ran into this working on my nephews 2014 Honda Accord,parts stores didnt have the parts I had to go to Honda and pay double at minimum. Thank God I drive a 68 Charger! (former Toyota tech for 18 years).
Dude in 44 now, i used to do this same shit and just couldn't do it any more cause of the parts issues always back and forth, and i didn't film it. Tough dude.
Bro I just did CV axle on a Yukon from advanced 135. I look up the part number and they're $52 online garbage GSP brand CV, axles and mind you already clicking and I double checked the torque spec on all the bolts. Even the next day I retorqued it... Pretty sure it's a faulty part. I go to wheel bearing from them too but it was the professional one. The CV only had one level 💩💩💩.. I always go to stores personally but ready to try online
I hope you are charging the customer for your time, mileage and gas going back and forth because they didn’t get the right part. I get feeling bad, it’s not your fault. If your not charging is it because your not worth it? OF COARSE YOU ARE MATT!! SO YOU BETTER BE CHARGING FOR IT!
Mechanic myself for the last 25 years ..a bunch of places like lisle and snap on sell a 22.5mm socket for ford lug nuts , works on dodge wheels too, scary to think that the company that builds the car can't design a nut that holds a wheel on correctly , them chrome caps are the dumbest sh*t ever.
That, and many shops won’t warrantee services that are done with a customer’s own parts. The video is one good example. If you’re a shop and you’re only charging labor for a job, and then find out the parts the customer ordered aren’t right, then you may have just done a whole lot of work for nothing. You as a mechanic or shop owner may also be held liable if anything goes wrong as a result of a job you did, regardless of whether it’s their parts or yours. Customers also love purchasing the cheapest parts possible because they think they’re saving money, but that clearly isn’t the case. All they’re doing is buying parts that aren’t gonna last as long and won’t work as well. Are you as a shop owner willing to take on the liability of having installed a customer’s parts when you never should’ve done so?
It doesnt matter whether you are a licensed mechanic or not.But you need to make this declaration to the Customer, and also on the receipt. You do need to get some kind of Personal Liability coverage from an insurance broker. Probably $500/yr. It will protect you from Personal Damage and Injury claims.
And that's probably why it was $400 because it is expensive game parts from the dealership but this guy is going to still charge her less than what the big name company
Like Tech said Chrysler puts plastic caps over the lug nuts to make them ‘look’ nicer and not so cheap. They get trash and rust under them and swell up so the correct socket does not fit anymore.
@@GunzNBunz dude, no it doesn’t 🤣 maybe if you owned a Chrysler you’d understand they are very hacky, been using the same brake design for 20 years now. Do y’all keyboard Crusaders work or even own anything Chrysler?
@@jaymoney119966 did you take 1 second to see that my profile picture is a 05 jeep grand cherokee with a hemi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keyboard crusader i wasn’t even talking shit but you’re a real life bot
@@ogdoprah every video is him diagnosing a problem he cannot fix. The only one I have seen is when he Jumped a lady and charged her 50$ for that. I am sure he does lots of jobs but so far in the 15 or so videos I have seen that has not happened.
there's like 4 or 5 trims of dodge chargers & they all vary by year too, if you mess the year up or the engine size or model when you ask for brakes atta place like autozone or orielly, they're gonna give you exactly what you asked for.. sux cuz some places ARE scummy & they'll try to getcha with that trick
hey you're young now but if you get some gardening cushion kneepad or a thick pad your knee and back will thank you in a few years. GL
This, Im a hardwood floor installer and have a bad knee get some knee pads brotha!
I'm using knee pads and harbor freight has a tool box with wheels and seat for 50 bucks when I got mine a few years back have that just for brakes
$450 don't sound too bad now, There's no saving money, Someone always pays in the end, I hope you didn't stick to the estimate You gave her
Im gonna take this advice even though it wasnt for me. Thanks man.
@@24GarrettFPS Glad you will, once you hurt your knees or back it’s so much easier to re injure it so best to avoid that route
My son use to work at Autozone, and they carry those breaks. It was the parts person. They could've looked up the parts via the vin number.
Dude you need to get a nice mechanic mat for ur knees, kids got me one for xmas and I use it everywhere I go
Bet you do 😉
@@jamesp1289 especially at ur moms, she got hardwood floors lol
Good honest mechanic. Way to hustle the right way.
Hey Matthew, might be a good idea to start opening the cap on brake master cylinder before you push pistons in. Word is - you can destroy the brake booster like that. Pressure have nowhere to go when the cap is still on 🤔
That's definitely won't hurt the booster.
That's what they say but I've done probably 2,000 brake jobs and it's never happened to me or anyone I've known
Please get a half sized lug nut socket set. I can’t watch you pound the 22s.
bro matt jus came across you n LOVING your videos keep them up PLEASE 🤙🏼
I have a 17 charger pursuit. And there are a handful of choices.
The v6 base model has the smallest ones
The r/t has another size
The pursuit cars have even a larger size
Then you have the brembos.
I think the scat pack non brembos share the same size as the pursuit.
All scat packs come with brembos dodge let the last year challenger and charger v6 model order brembos. I don’t know why as it isn’t needed.
Looks like you had the front pads for the two piston front calipers and the car had the single piston caliper. Should have been part D1056 from Duralast. With Chargers and Challengers always look in the description of how many pistons the caliper in the description of the pads.
Good video! Brakes can be super easy or a total pain in the ass! Helps to take the old pads and slap them on the counter.
Love the sound of that cobalt impact ❤😊
For my truck, the ones build first half of the year is smaller than the ones built the 2nd half of that year.
I use a 23 mm socket on those Chrysler s works great
not sure about dodge but with VW you can call a dealer with the VIN to get the OEM information to match up sizes and parts numbers etc.
Man I hate when I get the wrong parts from the store. Awesome job tho
Your my new favorite UA-camr . I been watching all your videos
Hell yeah man thanks bro!! Much love
Please use Jack stands for your safety!
$400 ain't bad for front and back honestly. Here in Oregon that would barely get you one side.
I had a heck of a time getting correct fuel pump for my 2011 E 250 van took 2 trys
This dude reminds me of my boys in Missouri. Solid cat.
That's the thing with those late model dodges cars. It will ask you vented or solid rear rotor. Then it has options for 4 piston or 6 piston brembos which usually only come on the R/T's and up. I think there are about 4 or 5 different pad options for them. Hard to blame a customer or the employee for that one. I worked at Autozone for about 4 years. I would always have to go out to check these dodges for which one the customer needed because they barely knew what year their car was much less solid or vented rotor. Loved it when they came in with one of the pads in their hand. Made it easy.
Pad slapping baby but ay it’s still better then before I love your videos bro I’m gonna be a mobile mechanic I’m starting out
Subbed!!! Hey man can you possibly do a video really nitty gritty when you started. Bare essentials you need to start off and also the important things, like insurance, someone’s car comes off a jack stand and crushes you. Great content man keep it up and I look forward to more of your stuff.
I just started watching,cool stuff.
You're a good guy Matt 👍 plus you're a fan of scotty 😂
A few years ago I bought a set of pads and on the Sunday afternoon I did the job realised that one single pad out of the four was for a totally different vehicle! Shop closed until the Tuesday too as it was a holiday weekend. Quality control got messed up somewhere for sure. Worst part was I’d taken all the old pads off and dumped them up the road in the street bin a couple of hours before. People were looking at me crazy cos I was rummaging in the bin for my old pads which had some life left in them 😂😂😂
What's the best way to clean up and regrease the slider pins/bolts and bushings? And what type of grease is best for them? Mine have always been rather sticky and don't slide all that well and I've tried to clean and regrease but that hasn't seemed to make much difference.
Use silicone on slide pins and anything rubber, don't use greases as many are petroleum based
What kind of lube do you use for the caliper slides?
Always use a silicone lube on caliper slides, don't use the thermal "greases" because it hardens up quickly
I said this in the past video of yours It looks like you get into the habit of not using a jack stand I had my jack give out not too long ago and I'm glad I had a jack stand underneath SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INEXPERIENCED THAT'S WATCHING THESE VIDEOS YOU USE JACK STANDS OR PUT THE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE NO QUESTIONS ASKED DO IT YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT!
He’ll be alright
@@Luis_slides Nah, you won't be all right 4,000 lb car on you Not a good scenario...
@@peachyclean93yup had one start lowering on me, i at least had a wheel under the pinch weld, a coworker had asked another one to lower that same jack as he was under the car… with no jackstand… smh, I told him he had his wife and kids waiting at home. So stupid to play with your life like that. A dumb way to die too.
@@bagginn very true it's scary when that starting to squat it's like yikes what is happening can happen out of nowhere too! You are correct No shame just bringing awareness right because we care! I don't want to shame no one I don't want anyone going home in a body bag not to their family.
Amateur Hour.
you have great videos, really nice to learn and follow along. where/how did you get training/school/certification?
Hey man, to do this stuff do you have to be licensed/insured? What steps do you need to take to actually start charging people to work on their vehicles.
You should grease the pad ends also, that's why those fronts wore evenly but at an angle.
she wasn't wrong about Firestone
they tried to charge me $445 just to replace the rotors & pads on my '96 Corolla....
I'm like: "my car is almost 30 years old, shouldn't cost that much"
I already had cross drilled rotors & ceramic pads on hand but they don't do outside parts so I took my car to another shop called La Techuela (I'm in El Paso, TX & some shops have people speak spanish) & they charged me $70 to replace both sides at the same time
never had an issue since it was replaced in 2022
Crazy it's the same on the 08's Dodge Charger Pursuit for the rear, 2 different Rotors and several different brake pads
Here in Australia ya go into the parts store give them your number plate and aslong as you haven't done any mods your car pops up on there system and you ask for the part you need and boom its done. So much easier than what you just went through lol
Yeah Mopar was weird with their front brakes between 08 and now they kept changing sizes up. Even on the minivans. I ran into the exact same issue
I'm annoyed that the video doesn't fit my screen. 60% of my TV is black on all these videos. You should do full resolution and crop for your shorts.
I've gotten OEM brakes from Nissan for my G37 for $20 less than AutoZone and O'Reilly's
Brake PADS are not called Brakes. They are called Brake Pads.😂
Also, see you call Wheels "Tires" also.
Summit did the same exact thing to me on a 14 challenger. The pads they sent ended up being for a mustang. I guess the part numbers in the system were similar somehow.
Pro mobile mechanic here.
I used powerstop with drilled and Slotted rotors. Only ran me $555 with lifetime warranty.
Always always check the production date on the driver's door jamb.
It happens to me on European cars all the time, at least get a photo of the old pad, if you can't take it into the store in person, God bless you
At leaat the front pads from the dealer wont leave any brake dust
Not sure how you could do this for a living. I had my own shop for a couple years. Sometimes it was great but allot of the time it sucked. I always wanted to help people out when they where down on there luck and it almost always bit me in the ass. I would give someone a quote on a starter or a engine with a 20% mark up with parts from a reputable company. Many times they would complain and say I can get the starter for $50 online. I would tell them I can't give warranties on there eBay parts if they fail. Often they would and those same customers would come in a few months later complaining. Cause I put a starter or whatever in there car a few months ago and now it's not working. It was almost always someone I gave discounts and tried to help. I work for a large corporation now taking care of a large fleet of big rigs I make better money with Great bennies and none of the stress of running my own buisiness.
I have ran into the problem before and learned the hard way, was it made in the last few months of the year before?? If so it might be one those weird cars where it is sold as the newer year but still has parts from the older years, or vice versa
Yea that charger should def not have brembos as far I’m aware of
Just saw you are in the Tulsa area. Nice town. Cheers.
Im about to graduate automotive tech 2yr program, it would be fun to work with u and work out
I,m pretty sure you need 4 years for a Mechanics license. Find anyone possible. Just keep your mouth shut and learn all you can. Ask as many questions as you can. The first 2 yrs was easy, the last 2 yrs will be tough.I know you will make it!
@@christianworthinton8000 No, they have faster than two years also. Just keep your mouth shut while you ask those questions.
Always bring 4 different lug sizes son
Im surprised you dont have a system where they check the car via either the reg or vin number
And if they are any kind of imported cars always be sure to check if the part matches your vehicle if it was made in the US or overseas.
Just tires is all i buy ill never go to a auto dealership or auto repair shop firestone told me 2400 bucks for front brakes on a 2001 gmc safari van outrageous
Usually the part store ask single piston or dual piston calipers..kinda weird of them
Would put a good sized Flat head in between the caliper to bring in the caliper piston before you even take it off so it makes it faster
My favorite is a C clamp to compress the piston.
That sir would be a gt / sxt I have the same breaks in my car 2020 sxt dodge challenger
Sometimes you can find the part number you need on rock auto and then order it elsewhere with said part number
I had the same problem with a 2018 jeep compass cv axles only sold by dealership at 400$. went to every parts store around me looking before calling the dealership. thank god i drive a honda
I ran into this working on my nephews 2014 Honda Accord,parts stores didnt have the parts I had to go to Honda and pay double at minimum. Thank God I drive a 68 Charger! (former Toyota tech for 18 years).
Autozone sucks ass for brakes, they did the same for my Nissan when I did my brakes.
Dude in 44 now, i used to do this same shit and just couldn't do it any more cause of the parts issues always back and forth, and i didn't film it. Tough dude.
Bro I just did CV axle on a Yukon from advanced 135. I look up the part number and they're $52 online garbage GSP brand CV, axles and mind you already clicking and I double checked the torque spec on all the bolts. Even the next day I retorqued it... Pretty sure it's a faulty part. I go to wheel bearing from them too but it was the professional one. The CV only had one level 💩💩💩.. I always go to stores personally but ready to try online
I hope you are charging the customer for your time, mileage and gas going back and forth because they didn’t get the right part. I get feeling bad, it’s not your fault. If your not charging is it because your not worth it? OF COARSE YOU ARE MATT!! SO YOU BETTER BE CHARGING FOR IT!
Love your honestly
Try using Vin number next time I've had to do that with my wife's nissan juke they kept giving me wrong parts
Yeah she had the V6 brakes
My mom had 2004 dodge pick up every time we needed to fix something we would have to go to dodge to get it turned me off of dodge really quick
Idk if you have a video about this, but could you show your tools? There are plenty of tool maniacs like myself.
I wanna learn!? Why did you have to tap the socket onto the nut when taking the wheel off?
I bet the lug nut was a bit warped or stripped. Others are saying it’s due to that model lug that swells a bit over 22mm
@@crazymike401 ohh Okok
The lug nuts are soft steel and impact wrenches twist them. He is pounding them straight so he can take them off by hand.
@@christianworthinton8000 ohhh okok thank you for the info
sounds like the lady says Burbo brakes
Mechanic myself for the last 25 years ..a bunch of places like lisle and snap on sell a 22.5mm socket for ford lug nuts , works on dodge wheels too, scary to think that the company that builds the car can't design a nut that holds a wheel on correctly , them chrome caps are the dumbest sh*t ever.
Be glad Ford/Dodge no longer has reverse lug nuts on wheels. Those things drove me crazy!
Go to the dealership
No brembo brakes on that charger, must be an SE or SXT
Why do you not have a 22" fitting for this tyre Bolt ? Maybe you should buy one !!
22mm tire socket 😂
Cool videos-randomly popped on my UA-cam page. You make it look easy.
You need to get a video editor to take your channel to next level
I'd love to!!
now i see why shops dont like customer supplied parts...
That, and many shops won’t warrantee services that are done with a customer’s own parts. The video is one good example. If you’re a shop and you’re only charging labor for a job, and then find out the parts the customer ordered aren’t right, then you may have just done a whole lot of work for nothing. You as a mechanic or shop owner may also be held liable if anything goes wrong as a result of a job you did, regardless of whether it’s their parts or yours. Customers also love purchasing the cheapest parts possible because they think they’re saving money, but that clearly isn’t the case. All they’re doing is buying parts that aren’t gonna last as long and won’t work as well. Are you as a shop owner willing to take on the liability of having installed a customer’s parts when you never should’ve done so?
@@shyro76 i see your point there, good points
Good ole dodge
Vin check would have been easier 😅
What kind of insurance do you need ?
It doesnt matter whether you are a licensed mechanic or not.But you need to make this declaration to the Customer, and also on the receipt. You do need to get some kind of Personal Liability coverage from an insurance broker. Probably $500/yr. It will protect you from Personal Damage and Injury claims.
Give them the vin to car
And that's probably why it was $400 because it is expensive game parts from the dealership but this guy is going to still charge her less than what the big name company
buys a Charger but only wants to spend money on a pad slap
That's like half of America in 2024; there's more chargers on the road than any other car
Ummmm why exactly did you hammer on that socket to the lug nuts is what I would like to know ??
Bc those gm lug nuts swell so they are 21 but you have to hammer on a 22 it’s ridiculous
Like Tech said Chrysler puts plastic caps over the lug nuts to make them ‘look’ nicer and not so cheap. They get trash and rust under them and swell up so the correct socket does not fit anymore.
Have you tried nvm
You should have just looked up 05-10 Jeep Grand Cherokee brakes they are literally the same
still depends on motor
@@GunzNBunz dude, no it doesn’t 🤣 maybe if you owned a Chrysler you’d understand they are very hacky, been using the same brake design for 20 years now. Do y’all keyboard Crusaders work or even own anything Chrysler?
@@jaymoney119966 did you take 1 second to see that my profile picture is a 05 jeep grand cherokee with a hemi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keyboard crusader i wasn’t even talking shit but you’re a real life bot
@@jaymoney119966 you must be slow , literally got a hemi jeep WK in my pfp 😂 how am i a keyboard crusader for stating facts i ain’t diss you 🤡
if you knew anything srt 8 has brembo
I’m impressed you actually did a job, only half of it but it’s something
? he does jobs all the time what
You have obviously never worked as a motor mechanic and had to deal with parts supply problems like this, it's a common thing
@@donrosscojoe5014 Well so far I have watched like 15 videos and this is the closest he has came to completing a job lol
@@ogdoprah every video is him diagnosing a problem he cannot fix. The only one I have seen is when he Jumped a lady and charged her 50$ for that. I am sure he does lots of jobs but so far in the 15 or so videos I have seen that has not happened.
@@Chris-cz6hn Yeah thats just not true
Oreillys way better
there's like 4 or 5 trims of dodge chargers & they all vary by year too, if you mess the year up or the engine size or model when you ask for brakes atta place like autozone or orielly, they're gonna give you exactly what you asked for.. sux cuz some places ARE scummy & they'll try to getcha with that trick