How To Unseize A Brake Caliper | Workshop Diaries | Edd China
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We're looking forward to new content - would be good to have a regular rather than stop-start schedule. Currently I would diagnose a clogged fuel filter in the video production room the way videos are being released right now
Not a fan of reposts tbh Edd. I don't like the feeling of getting part way through a video and getting deja-vu because it's rebadged content. You've caught me out twice now, three times will be an unclicking of the bell and an unsubscription. I'd rather have only new content less regularly than having to bother figuring out what I've seen already or not thrice a week. (Love your work, just being honest mate).
Me is loving all your videos Edd ❤.
Thanks for this notification.
I don't mind reposts/clip videos but can you please mark them as such in some subtle way? I've watched every one of your videos already. If I know a "new" video is old material I might watch it anyway without being annoyed if it helps support the channel. Tricking loyal followers into watching old stuff isn't great relationship building.
"How To Unseize A Brake Caliper" Edd - "Just fit a shiny new one" C'mon Edd, we want to see you drown it in WD40, max out the press, beat 7 shades of granny out of it with a club hammer before hurling it across the workshop into the scrap pile, whilst calmly saying to camera "I guess you can't save them all".
I agree. Watched the whole video to see "How To Unseize A Brake Caliper", but only saw how to do stainless lines?
Let's rewind the clock back and remember his father in-law wasn't very well last year. Edd was stuck in a snowy Norway helping to look after his father in-law and other things. Consider these things: He might be there in Norway. Something has taken priority over everything else. Things come to a natural conclusion because of everyone involved have other important commitments. I am sure in time Edd shall post something to provide an update. But in the meanwhile let's just respect he clearly has something that is much more important. 🙏 Peace, love and harmony to all 🙏
Then updates in the community tab is a better sollution than reposting videos. "Reposting the same video multiple times on your Channel counts as spam. You will most likely not be accepted into the KZhead Partner Program for spam later down the line and in absolute worst cases get striked since "spam" is against the community guidelines."
@@rimmersbryggeri as I mentioned something clearly is far more important. Life is far more important than anything else and so that takes ultimate presidency over everything. 🙏
@@garyhalkon8749 I think it is getting increasingly difficult to get sponsors to pay enough on such an unreliable production regime which is why you get 2 videos of using the "cool" laser blaster which admittedly was a cool thing but a 5 minute segment would have been plenty. If you have time to repost a video you have time to write. "There will not be any new videos for some time due to personal circumstances." People who dont make tens of thousands per video can afford themselves to do that so I cant see why a millionaire couldnt.
@@garyhalkon8749 I hear and understand what you're saying but I for one would rather wait indefinitely for something new than receive regular notifications for old stuff.
The world needs more people like you good sir.
Edd might have something going on in his private life keeping him from making new content. If you are really fans you will understand and stand by him
I really hope edd is ok
What’s up?
I get that, but uploading videos that already is on youtube is just weird
Yeah and if he had input in this he wouldn’t have called it something that doesn’t happen!
Takes less time to record a short phone video and post in on the community page than it does to recut these old videos. If you care, truly care about your fan base, then you are transparent about your content. And please, in the future DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
I enjoy doing this kind of work. Thank You Edd. I did get a couple of tips and further knowledge of doing ship shape work.
I must say that I enjoy watching and learning from you. Years ago my brother paid for a motor mechanics course for me. I ended up quitting, because the instructor started the course off with nothing but formulas, ratios and the like, for at least the first 3 months, so I quit. He didn't even try to make the course remotely interesting! I have been doing and learning on the go ever since. 1989 was a turning point. I haven't sent a car or bike to the garage to fix something I could do myself, hence I haven't sent a vehicle to be fixed since 89! I do wish my instructor had more of a classroom presence like you, I wouldn't have quit then!
I think Neil should get some Edd China decals for his rally car! 😁
Just a DELIGHTFUL CLASS !!!! PLEASE.... more videos.... more often
Nice and useful video, as usual. Just a suggestion for your video makers: We strangers often need to activate the subtitles, that KZhead put at the bottom of the screen. Please mind to left free the 20% on space at the bottom, while filming or edit, to not have the overlap between subtitles and important details. Many thanks. 😀
@@Kploom Thanks for help, I didn't know. I tried to down them a little, but after 1 second they shift up again to the old position. Only move a little right/left works.
Thanks Edd for the effort. I appreciate the tech info. You're a favorite of ours.
Thank you for the extra footage about the break hoses. This is what makes you so special in my mind. You show the tiny bits that , if not shown would lead to a failed job.
My pleasure! Always important to show the entire process so you can potentially try safely at home if need be! Glad you enjoyed - Edd
Hang in there Edd
Much love from Houston Texas. Been a fan for years now.
Another great video edd, no more corroded brake lines,great performance parts.
Awesome like always Edd, always learning
Hi Edd, watching you from Brazil! You is my inspiration for home car fix!
Great educational episode.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE, GOOD PRACTICAL MOTOR ENGINEERING. BUT PLEASE NO MORE REPEATS OR 'ASK EDD', MOST PEOPLE WILL FIND IT IRRITATING AND NOT BOTHER WITH THIS CHANNEL ANY MORE.
Bye!
Tip top tips. Amazing and it’s the basics that count
Top man Ed, well done for some very comprehensive explanation and H&S! I always remember my dad being laid up for 3 days with arc eye...
Yet another Edd video that smells like a rerun.
Another re-upload :(
I thought I recognised it
This channel started out really good. Now edd doesn't upload anything for two months and then just starts repeating old episodes. Just with a different edit! What's going on Edd?
Love the way your telling Edd but your actually telling us viewer’s always find that funny
As British as it gets. Great process and results as usual. Love your channel.
What a great tip for cutting braided hose without specialty tools….well done!👍👍
We are now using a Goodridge 'Classic' braided hose in the workshop for period restorations. It has a Matt black sheath and is a close match to the standard rubber brake hose. Combined with plated fittings, it keeps the classic car show judges happy.
I am new, so I don't have problem I enjoy watching how he works
I've always been a great fan of yours Edd! Started watching You when You and Mike Brewer were doing Wheeler-Dealers (They NEVER should've gotten rid of You,as YOU were my favorite on that show!) and I'm glad your still doing well,fixing things here on KZhead! Good video! Cheers Edd!!! : >)
Nice work Edd. A Brit from Southend sitting in my Florida home a long way from all the UK slush and rain. Keep up with the great content.
Always enjoy your videos Ed, did I miss the how to unseize a caliper? Maybe re-name the video
Ditto for me too!
Before I watch it, is it (yet another) re=upload?
Yes
Ed you are the best.
Edd’s got the best music, ngl 💥
Nice Video. As a mechanician, i can use a lathe on my work, to turn warped/damaged brake discs back to nice and shiny useable "like new" ones. Very satisfying and thankfull work.🙂
Love your work true legend never forgot 🥰
Can you make a part 2 of this where you unseize the old one?
Yes, that would be as the title suggests. I watched the video to see a caliper freed but only saw the installation of new parts.
Outstanding
Love you videos all very clearly explained and always interesting.
Let me say again sir , you are the star of the show please keep posting your videos
We love Edd ❤️
Absolute genius
Thank-you. 👍
Congratulations ! 1 million subscribers coming...
Some guy gave a top tip email to edd about fitting these ends...I remember it was quite clever too. Edds was already quite impressive.
Great video on braided brake lines. Question; What happened to un-seizing the brake caliper? I had to do this recently on one of my cars and it ended up involving a blow lamp and an impact tool. It was not fun
Indeed. We've come to trust the titles of videos on this channel to be a true reflection of content.
It seems the answer is buy a new one 😂 🙄
@@GIXXERUKX Indeed. Everyone, everywhere, follows America down every misguided rabbit hole. It's just a matter of when. And we have even less justification than they did: their examples have demonstrated to the whole world that it was a bad idea in practice, not just in theory.
Hi Edd great video you inspire me for when I do my videos on KZhead Richards home mechanics 😊
Edd China And Matt Armstrong should do a build together! Lets get Edd to a million subs!!
I'm going to do my own braided lines in future.
just buy them custom from someone who does it professionally. You don't need the crimper about in your way , once you've made your lines.
These brake hoses-Something similar to old tv aerial cables and fittings😁
I have used an aluminium tube that fits tight over the braided brakeline. Than i have cut it with an angel grinder. It works pretty neat.
What’s angel grinder? A hook up app for gay divine messengers?
master of mechanics
Sat here still wondering how to unseize a caliper...
Saludos desde Morelia Michoacán México
Only channel I turn off ad block for honestly the amount of respect I have for you Edd and team making this possible and actually going in depth to teach us the newer generations of gear heads and hopefully trained techs, 🫡✊😄 so contrary to what discovery channel thinks a car show should be ❤️ I leave these on autoplay in the background mostly for the entertainment and absorbing the 🔥🔥🔥 knowledge.
Puzzled that the title is 'How to Unseize a Brake Caliper', but it's actually about totally replacing it.
Edd, I've loved your work for a long time. I'm a big early Wheeler Dealers fan where the best bit was you. And I've enjoyed this KZhead channel. Watching the new video as it was released was part of my Friday night routine. But please stop with the repeats. I can always go back and rewatch the original video if I want to. I'll hang around and wait for new material patiently, but the repeats have started me eyeing up the unsubscribe button. So I'm more than prepared to hang on until you are able to do something new, but am irked by the repeats. I hope things sort themselves out for you soon. All the best.
Hi there, thanks for your kind words. Whilst I understand your frustration, we are experimenting with more creative edits on the channel as we get ready to share new content with you. Thanks for understanding and I hope you enjoy all that's to come - Edd
Been thinking about doing this to my R50 Mini Cooper, If i may ask, is there anything i need to know about the sizings for the hose and the fittings, the job itself i can do, but the measurements for the hose and fittings is where I fall short
Do you really believe the heat shrink tube will stop water from entering through the braid to the label?
Saludos de mexico edd
Guide good !
Thanks for yet another nice video Edd. 👍😁
File this under the increasingly long list of “things that I hope never to encounter but will be glad to know how to deal with if it happens”
Super 🙂👍
Is the PTFE hose with braided SS cover legal in the U.S.? I’d love to use it in my vintage Mustang!
I don’t see why it wouldn’t be legal in the us as there stronger than the usual rubber ones
Hope u r good Ed 🤞
Спасибо Эд Очень интересно.
Game over
Just pointing out that you get all of these videos for free. I'm sure the team will post new content when available. So chill 😎
:) Great work ! only hydraulic pneumatic Load Pressure controlled suspenrion parts can bring on thought more ;) Audi itself hate that , but works over super sonic series;)
So, LHM (Citroen's famed green hydraulic oil) versus the DOT stuff that adsorbs water from the atmsphere and rots things from the inside out cos it's hydroscopic (much like the ethanol in petrol these days)? :P
I thought that the hand brake was used a lot on a rally car? It looks like the original cable. Wh not change that as well?
Why all the repeats
It’s like Dave on KZhead…
Edd do you fancy lowering my caddy 5 van ? 👍
Does anyone know what brake bleeding kit that is?
Those brake lines, was that a compression fitting?
Love ya videos. But swapping a seized caliper for a brand new one Hardly constitutes unceizing a brake caliper . Ive one on my vito and wanted tips on how to free it off 🤣
Brake caliper is filled with brake fluid? Did you push new brake fluid through brake lines prior to hooking up to caliper? Put all air in lines into caliper. ??
Neat technique with the cable ties. Has anybody produced special pliers for the collet-attachment tasks? It looks like somewhere a dedicated tool would help, but maybe it's not done enough to create a demand? Might it make sense to put all the fittings for both ends onto the hose as soon as theres's a clean end, (possibly the necked one), to put them on? It would be easy to see then that all the components were present and in the right order.
Good Lucky eddy 🌹🌹
More Rally cars!
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Master ❤️❤️❤️💝🌹🇹🇷
Another re-upload? I have definitely already seen this. No way is Edd doing these uploads or text as he'd clearly know there was no unsiezing performed in this.
I always unseize brake callipers by replacing them. They seized up for a reason. New parts, or properly rebuilt parts are cheap generally and will outlast what ever you do to unseize a set. There ya go. Problem solved. 😂😂😂
Surely the braided hose bulges more than the steel but less than a Flexi?
When you thread 2 parts made of clean stainless steel they often will actually micro weld together and be very difficult to fix. always lubricate.
as long as you stay in "normal" projects you will be just fine
Look like a break of a ABC ACQ V6 rear break , cause all want out a break regulator of move by in suspention ;)))
I wasn't getting notifications for a while. Were you on holiday; or a "glitch" with YT? Looking god; Ed; hope all is OK
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Hi, when new episodes will be back? Please when it for, don't forget Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. Thank You!
I would be a little concerned using a heat gun on the braided pipe for the heat shrink. What happens to the inner plastic pipe of the braided hose when it is exposed to heat?
I think the pipe should have a higher melting point than the heat shrink, and that hadn't shrunk yet. These pipies can get close to exhausts etc where they'll be exposed to much higher temps.
More repeats it's like watching dave TV
saludos desde jujuy Argentina 🇦🇷 siempre me pareció un maestro de la mecánica automotris ..... como Aaron (gas monkey)
hi edd I've just had a service on my renault megane dynamique 1.5 dci and the engine is still making a ticking noise what can I do .
1st thought on the Thumbnail: What is a "ken" suspension and why do you call it "bro" ? Then i had my coffee and things suddenly got clearer.
Oh qué lástima tus vídeos ya no se pueden subtitular en español
am i getting déjà vu?
fiat doblo manufactured in turkey does not go uphill
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Looks like that master cylinder still has a threaded cap. I have an Eazibleed kit but have not been able to use it on the last few cars as they have had weird bayonet or other caps that are not included in the kit.