I have used an old brass bore brush for a rifle/pistol mounted in a drill to clean these holes out and it works great. Less chance of scratching the bores which can invite more rust and it makes for a smoother bore in the caliper. The 9mm brush usually works great since it is a little bigger than most caliper bores and results in a really nice finish.
Thanks man! Worked like a charm! Didn't blow up but hissed pretty bad at me before I pulled it out! Saved $80 for new parts. Sent from my wife's tablet.
I enjoyed your video. You spoke naturally as if you were speaking to a friend that was helping you with the brake caliper. The video flowed and did not seem as though it was over twenty minutes. I will look for more of your videos. Thanks for showing the details too.
Thank you Briansmobile. It has also worked for me, of course, I subscribed. A WORD OF ADVICE for people like myself. Remember that pressurized air is powerful, now you might have a bb gun like workpiece. The guide pin that we are trying to unstuck is now a projectile. After heating the part and trying to move back and forth the pin it could as in my case just shoot out. As in the video, I have heated the part until I started to see the grease bubbling. Then proceded to move the pin and as I was prepared for.. just in case. It shoots out with greater force. So aim somewhere were if it would not hurt or break some and also where the force would be absorbed without a rebound. Remember it could also shoot out by itself while being heated.
Auto repair at the improv! Nice utilization of tools and thinking outside the box to get the job done. This was packed with pearls of wisdom and tricks with a short rift on the art of sound with the Qtips in the slide. Joking aside stuck slides are a problem in the northeast. On that note the worst place to own a vehicle in the US is between Erie, PA and Albany, NY. Driving your car in brine for 6 months. Great video!
Julia CHILD "The French Chef" hosted the first TV cooking show. Before that, she worked for the OSS during WWII. She is the Mother of todays cooking shows. She had a great sense of humor too. And thanks for another informative and well-done vid. -Ben
Thanks for the video, did this today on my wife's 2002 4x4 xterra. Worked perfectly. I used a plumbers 1/2" fitting cleaning brush on a drill to clean the bores. Your videos are always helpful. Keep them coming.
Been in this situation before. I drilled a small hole in the other end and pounded it out. Then I tapped the hole and put a small screw in to seal it. Gratuitous use of heat and power words helped things along.
Thanks Brian- Very helpful. I also appreciate you helping someone who was trying to help someone else (and then doing the work to make a vid to help others online).
Your video helped me out greatly. I was ready to replace my calipar just due to a seized pin. The cooking trick worked like a charm. Thanks for the entertaining video. I did hear the music while I was cleaning out the hole. Cheers, Keep up the great vids.
@@ed8519 lol really? someone should really capture the bang one of these can make, someone will gt hurt if they dont pay attention to the "point it away from you and animals.
Great video to this day. Had a seized slide pin on a 2013 F-150 rear caliper. Wouldn't budge a millimeter. Took that torch and just held it right where that air pocket is inside the bracket, using a pair of vice grips to slowly twist it back and forth. After maybe 10 minutes, the vice grips had a bit more spin going and suddenly - POP! The slide pin almost shot out like a bullet! I decided to just buy new pins and boots, but I did use that trick with the chainsaw file, taking off the small end with an angle grinder - did the trick in filing the bore out for the new pin to slide through easily. Greased the whole thing and re-installed. Thank you so much for the tips and tricks for the DIYer!!!
I'm glad I decided to watch a few videos to brush up on brake repairs before I started on my vehicles that both require work done. And I stumbled upon your video. I never even gave any though about possible rust frozen slide bolts. I hope I don't experience this, yet if I do, now I know exactly what to do. So.... thank you Brian.
thanks brian! subbed! i actually fixed the stuck pin on my 2000 Nissan Pathfinder...the brakes seized while driving...not fun. used the torch and it took a good 5 minutes of heat to get it out...but it finally did. i didn't file it down but i replaced the pin and greased it up a lot and cleaned it with q-tips. thanks so much.
Great vid Brian. I made a similar tool once. I took a 2 inch piece of hose, and jammed my rasp in. I cut a piece of sandpaper to size and super glued it to the hose. When it wore out, or if I wanted a smoother surface, I changed the sandpaper. I also squared off the drill end to keep it from slipping.
This definitely works! I torched it up for 2 minutes and pin came right out after twisting it with the vise grip. I highly recommend this method before buying a new caliber brake bracket.
Awesome video... ran into this exact problem this weekend. As I didn't know what to do I just hammered them until I could fit them back on with intentions to call a garage. I'll be attempting to fix myself now since the garages are 1-2 weeks booked!
cool trick thanks! I thanked you also in one of my videos to because more than once I have used your tricks for my projects. I have found myself in a bind a few times and your videos helped.
I enjoyed that you tried to help that guy. I used the concept that grit abrasives being applied by a tool the same diameter would provide a better and more uniform result. In other words, I would use the same bolt and a drill. The rust would break off and act like a grinding abrasive. Once that loosens to a point that I can put some abrasive material in the hole, I do. Sort of like stones used to polish other stones.
This video was really helpful. I was stumped when I couldn't put the brake caliper back on because the slide pin was stuck. Again thanx for the informative video.
Thanks. I just had one super seized for the first time and this trick worked great. Watch the cannon effect, boys, mine shot across the garage when I tapped it with a screw driver and hammer and didn't miss the far tire by much. I really mean tapped, it would turn but wouldn't pull out, but it shot out when tapped and a big cloud of smoke came out. The shaft was pretty ugly but it cleaned up fine and it worked nice when put back together. Done many, never had one that badly seized before...
Hey there! Thank You so much for making this video! It was perfect! For me anyways. Everything that u did worked for me just right. I feel Blessed to have come across it. It is easy and simple. Just like changing breaks r spose to be right.?!? Lol. After hours if banging on the sliding bolt as dad says to till our bodies r numb, i prefer to do it the easy way lime i told him in the first place. Must be an older generation thing! Anyhow! Keep up the good work and ill keep watching! Tools r wounderful I agree. They make things easier on a girl! You r Blessed to have a great skill and such a wonderful out look on others
Well thanks for the video thank god I found it!!! I busted my slide pin off and I was screwed then I did a search seen your video and I didnt use a torch to heat it up!!! The only thing i have that gets really hot is my heat gun set to 1100 and it worked well thank you
sometimes i think i'm my grandfather doing things by hand. but with a drill or by hand, it works. thanks for the techniques to go with the chain saw files..
Chain saw files are way too small to do an effective/rapid job. Either slot a piece of bar to take a strip of 400 emery cloth (not paper) and put in a drill - OR use a proper round file closer in diameter to the pin.
Great review of a common problem, and a very good idea for a new tool, ha ha. Seriously, sliders need to be examined every time, and those who do just a pad slap make this problem worse for others later. With so much rust, changing all the boots seems like a good plan, to prevent more rust in the future. Water got in there somehow....
Hello Brian! I have a neat trick for cleaning out the bore. I take a plumbing pipe cleaner. And i cut the handle off and stick in the Drill, and it works great for cleaning those pescky guide pin bore. Thank u for the videos Brother!!!
I have never had slide pins on any vehicle I owned in the past. This video definitely taught me a lot. Got mine most of the way done before it started raining on me!
Brian, thanks for the processes you ise in your video. STEALERSHIPS just throw parts at a problem but you use reasoning to approach a solution that does not cost an arm and eight legs.
Thanks for this great video! Just the fix for my problem. Will have to get it done without the heat tho. Found this issue while i was replacing my clutch. Breakbads just crumbled when i removed the caliper =)
I had decided I wasn't going to use the torch, but the aftermarket boots fit so poorly, they won't keep water out (bought two sets this week for two sets of messed up brakes!), back to the propane torch! Thanks for making this video!!
Very instructional & informative. Thanks a lot.Could I take a steel spiral brush & use it in my drill to get the old grease out or, is there an easier way?Somebody used black axle grease instead of lithium grease!?
Ever tried using a drill bit? I know the pins over here in the UK are around 12mm so i go through with a 12mm drill bit and that cleans them out lovely.
Awesome video. Helped me outta a new jam. Plus, the wife enjoyed the video. She normally rolls her eyes when I look something up. Keep up the jokes. Especially Julia Childs
Great video, Brian This just happened to me on a brake job. I'm soaking the pin and the hole in lemonade kool-aid (citric acid) overnight,. And since I don't have a little round file, I'm going to chuck some stranded copper wire in my drill and see how that cleans out the hole.
Your vídeo is very very useful, I have a 2011 Odyssey and I could not take off the small bolt in it’s guide pin and there is no way to unscrew it from there! Man it looks like to be welded in place forever. I was thinking to cut the bolt head or the pin.. this think is driving me craze 🥴🤯 By the way, Your foreign friend hás so far 3 different names hahaha 😂😂 Francesco, Frederico & Alfredo.. 😂
Brian, I've got a 1991 C1500 2 wd that I'm getting ready to put new brakes on. The Akebono Ceramic pads I bought came with caliper pin slider o rings and dust boots. Can you show a video where you change them out? Do you have a video showing a drum brake job on a 91 C1500? They look different than other brakes I've done... Thanks. Love your channel!
Hey that was a good video to watch. I just changed my brake pads and rotors the other day for the first time. Thank God I didn't break a bolt. Oh! Good imitation of Julia Child. Made us laugh. Keep up the good work.
i used about 3-4 Q tips together at one time and twist them in the hole. seems to really wipe up grease pretty good. about 4 or 5 rounds of that method works quick and fast and Q tips are cheap anyway
Hi Brian - I really like your videos and method of teaching & sharing your vast knowledge. You seem like a modern day renaissance man. May I ask how you learned so many things? Did you study engineering in school too? Thank you.
I don't know if it was mentioned yet but maybe a simple way to clean the rust out of the slide you could use a drill press with the right size bit, or possibly a Dowell rod wrapped with sand paper. Just brainstorming to make things simpler.
Good video. I am dealing with a similar situation where one of my caliper pins is stuck. I heated it and tried Turing it and it didn’t budge. Looking at your video, you cook it for a good 1 1/2 or close to 2 min. Will try that and see whether it breaks loose. Another q, is there a real difference between the driver side and passenger side brake caliper brackets? What are your thoughts (if I am unable to break loose the caliper pin, I could buy a used caliper bracket, while trying to buy a used one if both sides are identical, it’s easier to find). Thanks
Man, the tricks and tips that the weekend warriors don't know. . . . until now. Thanks for the great video!! Who woulda thunk a Bernzomatic torch would be the right tool?!?
I have used an old brass bore brush for a rifle/pistol mounted in a drill to clean these holes out and it works great. Less chance of scratching the bores which can invite more rust and it makes for a smoother bore in the caliper. The 9mm brush usually works great since it is a little bigger than most caliper bores and results in a really nice finish.
Thanks man! Worked like a charm!
Didn't blow up but hissed pretty bad at me before I pulled it out!
Saved $80 for new parts.
Sent from my wife's tablet.
I enjoyed your video. You spoke naturally as if you were speaking to a friend that was helping you with the brake caliper. The video flowed and did not seem as though it was over twenty minutes. I will look for more of your videos. Thanks for showing the details too.
Thank you Briansmobile. It has also worked for me, of course, I subscribed.
A WORD OF ADVICE for people like myself. Remember that pressurized air is powerful, now you might have a bb gun like workpiece. The guide pin that we are trying to unstuck is now a projectile. After heating the part and trying to move back and forth the pin it could as in my case just shoot out. As in the video, I have heated the part until I started to see the grease bubbling. Then proceded to move the pin and as I was prepared for.. just in case. It shoots out with greater force. So aim somewhere were if it would not hurt or break some and also where the force would be absorbed without a rebound.
Remember it could also shoot out by itself while being heated.
Auto repair at the improv! Nice utilization of tools and thinking outside the box to get the job done. This was packed with pearls of wisdom and tricks with a short rift on the art of sound with the Qtips in the slide. Joking aside stuck slides are a problem in the northeast. On that note the worst place to own a vehicle in the US is between Erie, PA and Albany, NY. Driving your car in brine for 6 months. Great video!
Julia CHILD "The French Chef" hosted the first TV cooking show. Before that, she worked for the OSS during WWII. She is the Mother of todays cooking shows. She had a great sense of humor too. And thanks for another informative and well-done vid. -Ben
Thanks for the video, did this today on my wife's 2002 4x4 xterra. Worked perfectly. I used a plumbers 1/2" fitting cleaning brush on a drill to clean the bores. Your videos are always helpful. Keep them coming.
Been in this situation before. I drilled a small hole in the other end and pounded it out. Then I tapped the hole and put a small screw in to seal it. Gratuitous use of heat and power words helped things along.
Thanks Brian- Very helpful. I also appreciate you helping someone who was trying to help someone else (and then doing the work to make a vid to help others online).
Your video helped me out greatly.
I was ready to replace my calipar just due to a seized pin.
The cooking trick worked like a charm.
Thanks for the entertaining video. I did hear the music while I was cleaning out the hole.
Cheers,
Keep up the great vids.
This worked like a charm. Tried hammering, every brute force method I could think of. All it took was a little heat. Thank you so much.
I've had trouble with stuck slide pins for years. Tried this tip, worked like a charm! Thanks brian!
Thanks... the ONLY video I've seen so far on how to clean the ports where the gliding pins go.. THANK YOU!
It's still one of the only videos on how to clean the hole.
@@ed8519 lol really? someone should really capture the bang one of these can make, someone will gt hurt if they dont pay attention to the "point it away from you and animals.
Great video to this day. Had a seized slide pin on a 2013 F-150 rear caliper. Wouldn't budge a millimeter. Took that torch and just held it right where that air pocket is inside the bracket, using a pair of vice grips to slowly twist it back and forth. After maybe 10 minutes, the vice grips had a bit more spin going and suddenly - POP! The slide pin almost shot out like a bullet!
I decided to just buy new pins and boots, but I did use that trick with the chainsaw file, taking off the small end with an angle grinder - did the trick in filing the bore out for the new pin to slide through easily. Greased the whole thing and re-installed. Thank you so much for the tips and tricks for the DIYer!!!
Very informative. Excellent delivery. I especially like the resourcefulness and ability to adapt tools to make adjustment and save time.
Great video. Like the ingenuity of creating tools on the spot. Learned something. Thanks for taking the time creating the video.
I'm glad I decided to watch a few videos to brush up on brake repairs before I started on my vehicles that both require work done. And I stumbled upon your video. I never even gave any though about possible rust frozen slide bolts. I hope I don't experience this, yet if I do, now I know exactly what to do. So.... thank you Brian.
You're certainly welcome!
thanks brian! subbed!
i actually fixed the stuck pin on my 2000 Nissan Pathfinder...the brakes seized while driving...not fun. used the torch and it took a good 5 minutes of heat to get it out...but it finally did. i didn't file it down but i replaced the pin and greased it up a lot and cleaned it with q-tips. thanks so much.
Great vid Brian. I made a similar tool once. I took a 2 inch piece of hose, and jammed my rasp in. I cut a piece of sandpaper to size and super glued it to the hose. When it wore out, or if I wanted a smoother surface, I changed the sandpaper. I also squared off the drill end to keep it from slipping.
This definitely works! I torched it up for 2 minutes and pin came right out after twisting it with the vise grip. I highly recommend this method before buying a new caliber brake bracket.
Awesome video... ran into this exact problem this weekend. As I didn't know what to do I just hammered them until I could fit them back on with intentions to call a garage. I'll be attempting to fix myself now since the garages are 1-2 weeks booked!
Thank you for the video, I was looking all over for video's on these Caliper brackets, helped a lot, cheers!
Thanks Brian, I had the exact same problem and now I know how to cure it! Thanks again!
Hey man I was at a total loss because I couldn’t find the caliper bracket anywhere. Your video really help me out of a bind. Thanks!!
Good informative video. One of my pins got stuck and you helped me fixing it. Thanks
Brian, you're amazing! Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge. You made a crappy job look fun.
: D Thanks!
cool trick thanks! I thanked you also in one of my videos to because more than once I have used your tricks for my projects. I have found myself in a bind a few times and your videos helped.
Wow thanks for this video. This helped me removed a seized rear brake caliper pin on my 1990 Mazda Miata. Thanks a ton!
I enjoyed that you tried to help that guy. I used the concept that grit abrasives being applied by a tool the same diameter would provide a better and more uniform result.
In other words, I would use the same bolt and a drill. The rust would break off and act like a grinding abrasive. Once that loosens to a point that I can put some abrasive material in the hole, I do. Sort of like stones used to polish other stones.
Thanks for being real. Just a regular guy trying to save a few bucks doing the repair yourself. It has been really helpful. Thank you very much.
I feel ya. I hate paying hundreds of dollars in labor cost for a procedure I am more than capable of doing myself.
Thanks for the tip, the gun bore brush worked great!
Hey Brian. Good video. A little tip would be a 1/2" or 3/4" copper fitting cleaning brush fits in those slide bolt holes real slick
Thanks for the info Robert!
This video was really helpful. I was stumped when I couldn't put the brake caliper back on because the slide pin was stuck. Again thanx for the informative video.
Thanks. I just had one super seized for the first time and this trick worked great. Watch the cannon effect, boys, mine shot across the garage when I tapped it with a screw driver and hammer and didn't miss the far tire by much. I really mean tapped, it would turn but wouldn't pull out, but it shot out when tapped and a big cloud of smoke came out. The shaft was pretty ugly but it cleaned up fine and it worked nice when put back together. Done many, never had one that badly seized before...
Thanks for the help! Freed up the front caliper bolts on my 2006 Charger. Cheers! I owe ya a beer!
Thanks Brian - another extremely helpful video!
I enjoyed your video. Informative and entertaining. Thanks for posting.
Hey there! Thank You so much for making this video! It was perfect! For me anyways. Everything that u did worked for me just right. I feel Blessed to have come across it. It is easy and simple. Just like changing breaks r spose to be right.?!? Lol. After hours if banging on the sliding bolt as dad says to till our bodies r numb, i prefer to do it the easy way lime i told him in the first place. Must be an older generation thing! Anyhow! Keep up the good work and ill keep watching! Tools r wounderful I agree. They make things easier on a girl! You r Blessed to have a great skill and such a wonderful out look on others
Well thanks for the video thank god I found it!!! I busted my slide pin off and I was screwed then I did a search seen your video and I didnt use a torch to heat it up!!! The only thing i have that gets really hot is my heat gun set to 1100 and it worked well thank you
sometimes i think i'm my grandfather doing things by hand. but with a drill or by hand, it works. thanks for the techniques to go with the chain saw files..
Chain saw files are way too small to do an effective/rapid job. Either slot a piece of bar to take a strip of 400 emery cloth (not paper) and put in a drill - OR use a proper round file closer in diameter to the pin.
Great video, I had to do this a few weeks ago when I replaced my brake pads
Great review of a common problem, and a very good idea for a new tool, ha ha. Seriously, sliders need to be examined every time, and those who do just a pad slap make this problem worse for others later.
With so much rust, changing all the boots seems like a good plan, to prevent more rust in the future. Water got in there somehow....
Got the idea from the sanding bits in my Dremel kit. Does an awesome job.
Thanks Brian, I was having some trouble cleaning out the slide pin bores.
I'll be doing tomorrow morning . locked right up today, got home red hot. Thanks for the video.
Hello Brian! I have a neat trick for cleaning out the bore. I take a plumbing pipe cleaner. And i cut the handle off and stick in the Drill, and it works great for cleaning those pescky guide pin bore. Thank u for the videos Brother!!!
Wow..nothing like getting instructions from a pro..thanks for this.
Great vid I'm a KTM fan aswell, best dirtbikes I've ever ridden especially the 2 strokes.
I have never had slide pins on any vehicle I owned in the past. This video definitely taught me a lot. Got mine most of the way done before it started raining on me!
Thanks for the fine job Brian
I have got frozen slide pins out using an air hammer...takes all but 2 min....never had a broken one though...good work Brian!!
Hey as always great vid.
I never tried it but I think you could also use 9mm gun brush at end of ur drill, its brass and it wont take too much off.
Great video Brian! I just learned something new from watching!
Subscribed. Your videos are always so helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Rex!
This was awesome man. Thank you.
Brian, thanks for the processes you ise in your video. STEALERSHIPS just throw parts at a problem but you use reasoning to approach a solution that does not cost an arm and eight legs.
Thanks for this great video! Just the fix for my problem. Will have to get it done without the heat tho. Found this issue while i was replacing my clutch. Breakbads just crumbled when i removed the caliper =)
Dude- this is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Very good information. Well done!
Thanks- glad you like it.
Enjoyed your video. tomorrow i will tackle my ford brake sticking brake caliper. thanxs.
I had decided I wasn't going to use the torch, but the aftermarket boots fit so poorly, they won't keep water out (bought two sets this week for two sets of messed up brakes!), back to the propane torch! Thanks for making this video!!
Thanks. I enjoy learning something(s) new!
right on man!! thank you..just what I needed..
Great video, great work!
Thank you, this is a great video.
Awsome,fantastic help,steve from the uk😊😊😊
Very instructional & informative. Thanks a lot.Could I take a steel spiral brush & use it in my drill to get the old grease out or, is there an easier way?Somebody used black axle grease instead of lithium grease!?
Great video it helped me a lot!!!
Ever tried using a drill bit? I know the pins over here in the UK are around 12mm so i go through with a 12mm drill bit and that cleans them out lovely.
Naw man, you're doing great, thanks for the video, keep up the good work! 👍🏻
Glad to know to use lithium grease instead of axle grease. Didn't know that and have screwed up many times. Thanks, Ben
Awesome video. Helped me outta a new jam. Plus, the wife enjoyed the video. She normally rolls her eyes when I look something up. Keep up the jokes. Especially Julia Childs
YES!!!! THAT'S AWESOME!
Very cool and informative video, thanks
Great video, Brian This just happened to me on a brake job. I'm soaking the pin and the hole in lemonade kool-aid (citric acid) overnight,. And since I don't have a little round file, I'm going to chuck some stranded copper wire in my drill and see how that cleans out the hole.
absolutely. copper is the way to go
Nice job Julia.
Your vídeo is very very useful, I have a 2011 Odyssey and I could not take off the small bolt in it’s guide pin and there is no way to unscrew it from there! Man it looks like to be welded in place forever. I was thinking to cut the bolt head or the pin.. this think is driving me craze 🥴🤯
By the way, Your foreign friend hás so far 3 different names hahaha 😂😂 Francesco, Frederico & Alfredo.. 😂
Great video, very helpful ✌
That was a really good job.
I use a copperbrush, made for cleaning the chamber on my gun, to clean the bores. The copper is soft and will not damage the walls on the bores.
Thank you sir! You are a legend!!!
Yes you do!
I've had great success salvaging them. The key is proper cleaning and then coating the friction surfaces with grease so they can't rust again.
good vid brian! keep it up
numero #1 mi amigo
Brian, I've got a 1991 C1500 2 wd that I'm getting ready to put new brakes on. The Akebono Ceramic pads I bought came with caliper pin slider o rings and dust boots. Can you show a video where you change them out? Do you have a video showing a drum brake job on a 91 C1500? They look different than other brakes I've done... Thanks. Love your channel!
Excellent video it help me very much thank you brother. Hooah!
Hey that was a good video to watch. I just changed my brake pads and rotors the other day for the first time. Thank God I didn't break a bolt. Oh! Good imitation of Julia Child. Made us laugh. Keep up the good work.
i used about 3-4 Q tips together at one time and twist them in the hole. seems to really wipe up grease pretty good. about 4 or 5 rounds of that method works quick and fast and Q tips are cheap anyway
Hi Brian - I really like your videos and method of teaching & sharing your vast knowledge. You seem like a modern day renaissance man. May I ask how you learned so many things? Did you study engineering in school too? Thank you.
Jesus man, bolt down that grinding wheel
🤣🤣🤣
excellent video, thank you...
I don't know if it was mentioned yet but maybe a simple way to clean the rust out of the slide you could use a drill press with the right size bit, or possibly a Dowell rod wrapped with sand paper. Just brainstorming to make things simpler.
Thanks, great information.
Good video. I am dealing with a similar situation where one of my caliper pins is stuck. I heated it and tried Turing it and it didn’t budge. Looking at your video, you cook it for a good 1 1/2 or close to 2 min. Will try that and see whether it breaks loose.
Another q, is there a real difference between the driver side and passenger side brake caliper brackets? What are your thoughts (if I am unable to break loose the caliper pin, I could buy a used caliper bracket, while trying to buy a used one if both sides are identical, it’s easier to find). Thanks
Excellent Video
Man, the tricks and tips that the weekend warriors don't know. . . . until now. Thanks for the great video!! Who woulda thunk a Bernzomatic torch would be the right tool?!?
thank you very much got the bolt out
Vice grips and a torch works every time