Brake Systems Advanced: How to Know You're Due for Service (Before You Ruin Them)
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Brake Systems Advanced: How to Know You're Due for Service (Before You Ruin Them)
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Car
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
The Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS is a sporty car from the 1980s known for its performance and style. It's a classic car that many people admire today.
Term
light truck
Light trucks are vehicles like pickups and SUVs that can carry both people and cargo. They're generally smaller and lighter than heavy-duty trucks.
Term
heavy duty diesels
Heavy duty diesels are powerful diesel engines used in big trucks and buses. They can carry heavy loads and are built to last longer under tough conditions.
Car
Nissan Rogue
The Nissan Rogue is a small SUV that is great for families because it has a lot of space inside. It's also good on gas, which means you won't have to spend too much money filling it up.
Term
emergency brake
The emergency brake is a special brake that you use to keep your car from rolling when it's parked. It's important to use it, even if your car has an automatic transmission, to make sure it stays in place.
Term
rear disc brakes
Rear disc brakes are a part of a car's braking system that help stop the vehicle. They work better than older types of brakes and are commonly used in newer cars.
Car
Dodge Ram
The Dodge Ram is a big truck that can carry heavy loads and is often used for work or towing. The 2010 version has a powerful engine, but it might have some problems that you should look out for.
Car
Kia Borrego
The Kia Borrego is a large SUV made by Kia. It's designed for driving on rough terrain and can handle off-road conditions well.
Car
2010 Dodge Hemi 2500 4x4
The 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 is a strong pickup truck that can carry heavy loads and is good for off-road driving.
Car
Porsche Cayman
The Porsche Cayman is a small sports car that is designed to be fun to drive. It's known for being very good at handling curves and going fast, making it a favorite among car enthusiasts.
Car
Trans Am GTA
The Trans Am GTA is a sporty car made by Pontiac in 1984. It's known for being fast and having a cool design, making it a favorite among car enthusiasts.
Term
automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is a system in a car that changes gears by itself, so the driver doesn't have to do it manually. This makes driving easier, especially in traffic.
Part
rear brakes
Rear brakes are the brakes found at the back of a car. They help stop the car along with the front brakes, and it's important to take care of them to ensure safe driving.
Part
front brakes
Front brakes are the brakes located at the front of the car. They help stop the car and are usually more important than the rear brakes for stopping power.
Term
braking balance
Braking balance is how much stopping power each wheel gets when you brake. Usually, the front wheels do most of the stopping because the car leans forward when you brake hard.
Part
brake pads
Brake pads are the parts that help your car stop when you press the brake pedal. They squeeze against the wheels to create friction, which slows the car down.
Part
calipers
Calipers are parts of the brake system that hold the brake pads and push them against the wheels when you brake. They help your car slow down or stop safely.
Term
warp
Warping happens when brake rotors get too hot and change shape, causing problems when you try to stop the car.
Term
shake and break
'Shake and break' is what people call it when the car shakes while braking because the brake parts are not working smoothly anymore.
Term
parking brake
The parking brake is a special brake that keeps the car from rolling when it's parked, especially on hills.
Term
brake services
Brake services are maintenance work done on your car's brakes to keep them in good shape. This can include changing worn-out parts and making sure everything is working properly.
Term
brake inspections
Brake inspections are checks done to see if your car's brakes are working well. It's important to make sure everything is safe and functioning properly so you can stop your car when you need to.
Term
classic vintage car
A classic vintage car is an older car that many people find valuable because of its history and design. These cars can actually become worth more money as time goes on, unlike new cars that usually lose value.
Term
balance braking
Balance braking means using the brakes evenly on all four wheels of a car. This helps keep the car stable and prevents it from sliding when you stop.
Part
brake rotors
Brake rotors are the round metal discs that the brake pads squeeze to stop the car. If they get too hot or damaged, they might need to be replaced.
Term
overheating brakes
Overheating brakes happen when the brakes get too hot from being used too much or too hard. This can make them less effective and cause damage.
Part
four-wheel disc brake
Four-wheel disc brakes are a type of braking system that uses discs instead of drums on all four wheels. They help cars stop more effectively and are found in most new cars today.
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We are now at Brake Systems Advance.
How to know you're due for service.
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I've been 31 years on the radio and fortunate to have helped a lot of people
in some very tough situations and to learn the basic fundamentals
and the basics when it comes to ownership, vehicle ownership.
Doesn't matter what age group you are, tall, wide, short, whatever,
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You can learn the fundamentals, the basic fundamentals.
I always say this, they never change.
Doesn't matter what year the vehicle is, the basic fundamentals never change.
The way they function may change.
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from push button to turning a knob to sliding a lever over to touch control.
It all works the same.
The same accessories, the same functions, but how they're done is the only thing that has changed.
So instead of sliding a lever, you press a button or it's Bluetooth and it's done for you
or it's remote control.
You understand what I'm saying?
It doesn't matter.
You still got to put gas in it.
You still got to put air in the tires.
You still got to change the fluids.
You still got to take the wheels off.
You still got to change the heater controls.
I'm having a hot flash, honey.
We got to turn that back.
You know, I think I'm going to bake muffins on my forehead here in a minute.
Yeah, all those things are the same.
Brakes, everything out there, even if it's an electric plug-in jalopy or whatever, it has brakes.
And they're going to need to be serviced.
And you're going to burn them out.
And there's going to be a cost.
But how can we reduce the cost?
That's why I'm here today with series one, episode 56.
And this part is called Break Systems Advance.
So we are going to go into the nuts and bolts so that you can unpack it.
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Follow what I'm telling you and you'll put money back in your pocket.
You won't be buying a brand new vehicle every five years and continuing on the never, never plan.
That is, you never really own it because by the time you finish paying it off, there's nothing left.
And I hope I'm not talking to those people because they don't care.
I've talked to them before and you might as well get a cinder block from
Niagara Block and bang your head against it because you're never going to get them to buy
into the fact that, you know what, one of my vehicles is heading for the 400,000 kilometer
club and I'm pushing on to get to the 600k club.
And you can do it too if you change your mindset at how you look at your vehicle.
Don't look at the age.
Don't look at the mileage.
And certainly don't listen to the salespeople because you know when they're lying, their lips are moving.
And on that, I'm not being disrespectful.
They got to feed their families.
If they don't sell you a car, then they're, you know, that's a page part of their paycheck gone.
They got to move as I was told by a long, long time seasoned salesman.
We got to move that sheet metal and rubber motor mouth all the time.
We got to sell it and sell it good.
So I'm sharing over 40 years, four decades of being the automotive service and repair industry.
My licenses are up to date for light truck and passenger, my air conditioning license,
as well as highway trucks, coaches, and diesels, heavy duty diesels.
Truck drivers know how to save money.
Truck drivers know how to keep their rig going because dental time is over 1000 bucks
a day.
It used to be when I worked for Peterbilt, Ontario, was about $960 a day that the truck
would lose in profitability if it were in the shop being fixed.
So three days, that's a lot of money.
And so that $960 today is probably twice that and then some downtime.
So just imagine your vehicle when it's parked and it's laid up for service,
waiting for parts or whatever, getting diagnosed, determine what's wrong with it,
or it's basic maintenance, that's still a day of downtime.
Imagine how would you feel about absorbing a couple of thousand dollars out of your pocket
for lost profitability that day or working for your boss over the next three days for free
because you got to pay for, you know, it's going to come out of your pocket,
pay for the car to get it back, right?
All right, so one of the biggest areas that we saw this past summer and that's what's pushed me
to push on you a little bit harder is I want to see you save money.
I want to see you keep that vehicle that's bought and paid for and you own it.
So when you put the key in the ignition, you're not in partnership with the bank.
I remember one day I was going through the border quick story here and it was a summertime
and I was when I was broadcasting in the U.S., we didn't have our own studio like we do right now
as we have since about, we started building it in 2012, finished it in 2014.
Yeah, talk about contractors.
You got to have the right ones, babies.
Whoo. Yeah, that was a learning curve.
Should have hired a general contractor.
I know all about that now.
So if you're building something at home, don't be the general contractor.
It's going to cost you, but in the end, you know what?
It's going to be worth it because the general contractor lays a whoop on on all the other
contractors coming in to do their diddy, getting it done on time,
checking to make sure the work is done to satisfaction.
You don't have to deal with that.
If I had known that, then we would have been up and running a long time before that.
So it took two years, two years from the shovels going in the ground to almost the end of 2014.
So we started October the 7th, 2012 and didn't finish till the following year in the fall of 14.
E. Gadsman.
So the US customs dude in the booth looks at me and he goes,
who owns this vehicle?
I go, oh, I'm in partnership.
In partnership.
What does that mean with the bank?
And he started laughing.
He goes, I have never, ever heard someone say that before,
but isn't that right when you're making payments in interest?
I go, yep.
But you know what?
I got, I've got less than six months to go.
Last payment.
I am going to do a 20 minute happy dance on my front yard.
And it was good for you.
I said, I've worked hard just, I don't want to pay,
make payments for a car anymore ever.
I'm done.
If I can't pay cash for it, I'm not getting it.
It's that simple.
And I don't care what year it is.
You know, my newest vehicle is officially an 08.
That's right.
That's the one that runs on practically farts in a jar.
Just a little Nissan Rogue.
And I'm babying it and taking care of it.
It's all wheel drive.
And I know they have lots of problems.
And I know the list.
And I will take good, really, really good care of it
because it doesn't use a whole lot of fuel, which is amazing.
So just remember that.
When you put that key in the edition or press that start button,
is it yours?
Or are you in partnership with the bank or a financing company?
Because if you talk to Tony Miele and Larry Teetro
and sit down and have an hour and a coffee,
they'll tell you best vehicle in the driveway,
especially in the economy we're working with right now,
is the one that's paid for.
So let's jump right in to tearing out all the details
in brake systems advance.
First and foremost, I'm going to critically pull apart the myth
that because your vehicle is an automatic transmission,
honey, we don't need to use the emergency brake.
You could never be any longer by saying that.
If you buy into that myth, that's the reason why you go
to our YouTube channel and go through all the videos
from summer 2025.
You will see vehicle after vehicle after vehicle,
all different makes and models, rear brakes completely blown apart,
rotted out, rusted out, just nothing salvageable, nothing.
Why?
Because you don't use the emergency brake, the parking brake.
That's where it all starts.
Because the rear brakes on most vehicles now are rear disc brakes
with a brake drum tucked inside the rotor.
And those components need to be working to keep the system working
properly on the rear of the car.
And here's where I blow a hole.
I take your lunch money, fellas, and your milk money.
When you're not using the emergency brake every single day,
it takes 21 days to make or break a habit.
So if your habit's been, oh, I don't need to use the parking brake
because it's an automatic.
Well, you know what?
If I were there with you, I would treat you like a very bad donkey.
But sometimes there's two types of ignorance.
There's ignorance with knowledge and ignorance without knowledge.
That's ignorance without knowledge.
That's why I'm being a little on the gentle side,
is you don't know what you don't know.
That's why you don't have, because if you knew it,
you knew you'd have it.
To know what not do it means you never knew it in the first place, period.
So armchair warriors, this is where you can exit the channel.
I don't care.
I'm talking to the people that really want to put money back into your wallet.
And that's my job.
My job is to educate you.
That is not true.
Look at the videos.
All the basics.
I pull it all apart every single.
Make a model that I worked on this past summer.
2010 Dodge Ram Hemi with a Hemi Tic.
We'll talk about that later.
Engineering and tolerances and why engines are coming apart right now.
Lots of them out there.
Domestics, pretty much.
Anyhow, what I'm talking about is all different makes and models.
Same rear disc brake setup.
Just a little different manufacturer to manufacturer.
We did a 2010 Kia Borrego.
First time I'd ever seen one.
Great big behemoth of a four wheel drive.
V8 as well.
We did some engine work on that too to tune up and whatnot.
It needed that.
But the brakes in the rear were just like a bag of hammers.
Nothing to save.
Nothing.
So that's a gut job.
That is all your money right there.
Because now in order for me to get those rear brakes working,
I've got to get the emergency brake working.
And here's where the problem begins.
I did a 2010 Borrego.
I did a 2010 Dodge Hemi 2500 4x4.
And these were all rear disc brakes with the same emergency brake setup
where there's a drum inside the rotor.
And there's shoes in there.
There's hold down kits.
And that's where your cables go to for your e-brakes.
What else did I do?
The 08, I did the 08 Nissan Ragu.
Rogue, sorry, I nicknamed it Ragu.
Because you just move the letters around.
It makes Ragu.
Which I used to eat on my pasta going through college.
And drinking, not really drinking,
but taking a big spoonful of coffee crystals and a glass of water
and out the door, get to school on time.
Don't get a cease training.
So that's three, but there's more.
I know there's more on there.
All the same thing.
And I show you every detail, every single detail of the destruction.
But here's the problem.
It's like my professor friend.
Many years have passed away from pancreatic cancer.
It was a huge surprise.
I still miss him.
He's been gone for almost a decade.
I miss him every day.
He taught me so much.
He was a psychologist.
And he said, you know, my job of 38 years
has been very simple motor mouth.
And that is, all I got to do is get people to think.
But he says, where the 38 years comes in,
I got to get them to think right.
And I think about how I'm explaining this right now to you,
the rear brakes.
And if I had a nickel for every fella that said,
oh, it's an automatic.
I don't need to use a park brake.
I'd be sitting in the Cayman Islands,
enjoying little fruit drinks with the umbrella sticking out
and calling you and saying, hey, what are you doing?
Oh, you're working.
What are you doing?
Well, I'm sitting here with the waves lapping my feet,
having an ice fresh, freshly squeezed fruit drink
with a little umbrella and watching ice melt.
They hang up.
I don't know why.
But that's what I'd be doing.
Here's the problem.
All those three vehicles I just talked about,
the same rear brake setup.
In fact, we got an 84 Trans Am GTA in the shop.
I own that not because I wanted to.
There's a huge backstory to that.
You can watch the video as well.
I was so cheesed off with that, having to pay for that car
that I put it away in storage for 30 years.
I put a new motor in it, did all the brakes and everything.
Anyways, that has rear disc brakes.
And the emergency brake on that too, it's an automatic.
Must be working.
Must be working fully functional
for the rear brakes to stay in adjustment.
Your car is exactly the same if it's five days old.
Rear disc brakes, automatic.
Use the flipping parking brake.
Use it.
And if you haven't used it for a long time,
please don't use it until you have a service tech check
to make sure you can put it on and it will come off
and that it's working 100%.
Because if it isn't, it's going to turn into a freak show.
I'm just saying.
Don't just start using it if you've not been using it.
But here's where the problem comes in.
If I can't convince you to change your habit of not using it
and the mentality of, oh, it's an automatic,
I don't need to use it, then I can't help you.
There's no possible way I can come to your house
and check and make sure that your parking brake is on
every time you park the car, every time you park the car.
Not once in a while, fellas.
And I'm picking on the fellas because they're the ones who say,
oh, it's an automatic.
I never use the parking brake.
Oh, really?
That's usually how I spend.
Oh, really?
You know how much that's costing you?
What do you mean?
Well, you're ruining the rear brakes.
And you're burning the front ones out.
So that's where we're going.
Why do you need to treat the rear brakes better?
Well, because when they're not working,
you burn out the front brakes faster
because all the weight and all the braking
is being done by the front wheels.
When they're already doing most of the work
at about 70, 75% of the braking
is done with the front wheels.
Well, then I hear the fellas, well, you know,
the rear brakes are just there for vacation, for fun.
Maybe we don't even need to do those,
just do a rear brake delete.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
You go ahead and do that.
Not me.
So when the rear brakes are not working properly
and you apply the brake
and you don't feel like the back of the car
is slowing you down sooner,
like the rear brakes will come on sooner
than the front brakes.
So it's like a dog squatting to pee, a female.
Except I did have a male dog that, yeah, I did.
I had a beagle, a Cato.
He always squatted to pee.
I questioned that way back then.
Anyhow, I digress.
But that's what should happen.
You'll start applying the brakes,
you'll feel the rear of the car
starting to slow you down
and then the front brakes start to engage.
That's the way they're designed.
So if you don't understand how they work,
that's why I say there's ignorance with knowledge
and then there's ignorance without knowledge.
And primarily what I'm talking about
right now is ignorance without knowledge.
Because unless you go to an automotive evening program
and we did some for quite a few years
and it got out of hand,
it could have become a full-time job for me
was hosting women's service clinics.
And we took in 12 ladies.
They had to buy a ticket.
The proceeds from the tickets went to
local charities by the shop host.
And then we got some of our program partners jump in
and pay for snacks and stuff like that,
goodie bags and raffle prizes.
It was a great evening.
And then I got the guys going,
well, you're doing that for the women.
What about us guys?
Oh, you guys know it all.
Well, you know, we might learn something.
Might.
The ladies were right into it.
We put them in coveralls.
We had three or three.
Depending on the size of the shop,
we could run three or four service bays
with a different project
going in each bay monitored
with a licensed mechanic there with you
to walk you through it.
And then you got to do it.
So it was not just talk all night.
It was talk then do.
And then you would rotate to the next elective.
It was really cool.
So that's where we had the ladies doing break jobs even.
Taking calipers off, pulling the brake pads out,
having a look at them,
getting to know where the pins and bushings are
and what they do and how they work
and that they need to be nice and free and lubricated.
But here's the thing.
If you won't look after the rear brakes
that do the braking,
so get the car slowed down sooner than later,
you're going to constantly go through front brakes
because you overheat the brake pads,
overheat the rotors and they warp.
They warp before you even burn the brakes out.
So then you get something called,
I call it shake and break.
You're applying the brakes and you're kind of,
are my fillings going to stay in?
Yeah.
Okay, I got it. Stop.
And it doesn't get any better.
It just progresses.
So that is the cause and effect.
But even if I got out and I changed calipers,
pins, bushings, the whole nine yards,
cables, brake cables, the emergency shoes,
all the hold down kits, springs and whatnot for that.
And then we got brake pads on top of that.
Even if I do all that and you still have the mindset,
well, it's an automatic.
I don't need to use the parking brake.
I can't help you
because you begin the process of destruction
on the rear brakes all over again.
So you now spent all that money
and now you're not going to utilize the rear brakes properly.
Tell me how, this is what I'd like somebody in the comments
or send me an email.
Tell me how that makes sense
because I can't make sense of that.
Tell me how.
I only need to do brake inspections and services one every six months.
I don't drive like an idiot.
I can't afford it.
I don't play hard because I don't want to break it.
I don't race the thing down the highway,
30 to 40 kilometers an hour over the suggested speed limit.
I don't like wasting my fuel economy.
I certainly don't like spending money on my vehicle
that I don't have to because of my own negligence.
So somebody tell me how all that makes sense to you.
Really, because I can't wrap my head around that.
I honestly can't.
I've seen people for over four decades.
I won't tell you how old I am,
but I've got actually more than four decades
in the automotive service and repair industry, more than that.
And I still love it.
I really do.
I enjoy every minute.
Some days, you know, you get into something in the shop
and it can be difficult and it can be challenging,
but you got to get through it.
So all those years of experience,
I can tell you how to save money,
but I can't help you if you don't listen.
It's that simple.
Brake systems advance is everything I just talked about.
How do you avoid all that?
First of all, you've got to buy into exactly what I told you.
If you're not going to use an emergency brake,
you're going to keep paying to have all that equipment
and parts replaced, parts and labor,
to start the process all over again.
Well, it's an automatic.
I don't need to use a park brake.
And you drive like maniacs.
Honest to goodness.
I used to love driving.
I did.
I used to love being out on the highway and byways.
I don't anymore.
I can't stand it because it's crazy.
It's absolutely crazy out there.
And most of you don't realize
if your car's not performing well
and the brakes aren't working well,
nothing else matters if you can't stop it or steer it.
You make one mistake and you hit the brakes
and they're not performing well.
They're not all the vehicles not staying
and tracking straight when you hit the brakes.
You've got a brake system that's got wear and tear.
You can lose control of vehicles,
snag somebody else's car and end up in a 50 car pile up
in literally minutes.
Minutes.
And honest to goodness.
How that doesn't happen every day on the QEW.
Just on the QEW.
Not the 400 series.
I'm not even talking about that
because that's just a chaos on steroids
when you get to the 400 series, highways.
I watch you folks out there and I go,
man, you got more money than brains.
The way you drive,
the way you're abusing that piece of equipment,
they're not designed for that.
Did you know that?
They're not designed for the way you're driving it.
Like you stole it.
Like you got money to burn.
That's what I'm trying to teach you here.
Money to burn.
That's what I see.
I watch the driving.
I watch the brake lights coming on and I'm going, yeah.
Those cars will not be able to drive.
Make it a year without having to have major brake replacement.
And as I mentioned already, gut jobs.
That means nothing salvageable.
You've destroyed it all.
Please tell me how that makes sense.
Because I can't wrap my head around it at all.
Why would you want to drive like the way you do,
costing yourselves a ton of money on the repair orders?
A ton.
Not once, but every single time.
Every single time.
You're spending, spending, spending, spending, spending,
and driving the vehicle right into the ground.
You're killing it.
Absolutely killing it.
So I'm pushing it a little bit hard today
because I hope you understand where I'm coming from.
Cars aren't getting any cheaper.
You're paying $60,000 plus dollars
for a piece of sheet metal and rubber.
Tell you what, I'll take a classic vintage car
that's increasing in value any day
over anything that's on the market right now.
There's nothing you could give me
for free that I would want out there.
Not one.
Because you know what they are?
They're throw away.
They're all throw away.
That's what they want you to do.
So if you understand that a little bit more,
you know what?
You're going to save money.
Keep that sucker going as long as you can
and get to the $600,000 kilometer club.
And guess what?
You will have put a lot of money in your wallet.
Instead of throwing it to the wind,
whereas my professor would say,
just take that big wad of cash, go to the bathroom,
keep throwing it in and flush, flush, flush, flush
till it's all gone.
Because that's what you're doing with your life.
You're throwing it away.
That's what your most of you,
a majority of you that I see driving out there.
You are throwing away your hard-earned cash.
You're throwing away what you're trading your time for
and that is money.
Trading time for money.
That's what we've done.
And you do it for 35, 40 years.
How can you save money?
That's why I'm here.
I'm here for those that are going to go, I'm ready.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
That's how it works.
It's that simple.
So if I can't get you to believe that the rear brakes
do a lot of work for you to keep balance braking
on all four corners of your vehicle,
takes the weight off the brakes on the front
so you're not heating them up,
burning them out prematurely and getting shaken brake.
And once that happens, you're into money.
It's pads, it's rotors and it could be calipers as well
as well another time.
Again, I got to do calipers again.
Yeah, you've overheated them.
They're burnt and we can smell it.
You can, as soon as you pull the wheel off,
you can smell it, burnt brake.
I don't even like that with barbecue sauce.
In the rear brakes, on the three particular vehicles
that I've been talking about,
that we recorded, video recorded for our YouTube channel,
there was nothing salvageable on any of it all the way around.
All four corners of the vehicle, there was nothing left.
Nothing left.
So I was asked by all the people who owned those vehicles,
what can I do?
You need to do a full brake inspection.
Now here's where the rubber meets the road.
A full brake inspection, wheels off, not a peekaboo,
every, for you folks that drive like I just explained,
you need a brake inspection and a service every four months.
That's not going to be $1,000.
It's not even going to be $400.
But an hour's labor on the front,
but an hour's labor on the back, money in the bank.
To get those brakes, keep them solid,
keep everything working, using the parking brake
every time you park the vehicle, every time.
Oh, I'm just running into every time.
I'm just getting a, every time.
You can follow me all day, every day, and you'll see.
You'll see every single time,
before I even take my seatbelt off, the parking brake is on.
Whatever vehicle I'm using, parking brake is on.
And today you could walk the parking lot here
at the car connection workshop.
Every vehicle that's sitting parked right now
that's around the building, handbrake is on.
Park brake is on, period.
That's how you do it.
That's how you do it, period.
So we're going to do one more segment for this.
Brake systems review.
We're going to do a full review.
I'm going to talk about all the components
and give you a good idea of what that costs to do that job.
What it costs.
And I'm going to get, I'll use the service and repair times
and I'll look up the parts just on an average vehicle out there
and tell you what that costs to do a four-wheel disc brake job,
including the emergency brake.
Because if the emergency brake system is not working on the rear,
there's no sense in doing brakes at all back there
because it won't function, 100%, period, just won't.
In many cases, you can't even take it apart
and put it back together without having all the pieces working.
You just, you can't, it's not possible, not possible.
We'll do that as a follow-up.
Brake systems, we'll call it brake systems follow-up
and review and cover parts, labor, tax, all in, what that looks like.
So that you can, I want you to really get a good feel about the money.
And that's where I really like the challenge
from the certified financial planners is to stop using your debit card,
your credit card, and pay cash for everything.
Take out window all of it for a month.
Watch your mindset change about money.
It's crazy, but it works.
Go to the grocery store.
You unload those bills and you pay for your groceries.
No debit card, no credit card, period.
Do it for a month.
Your mindset about money and what I said about trading time for money
will be a huge reality check.
So that's where I thought, best way to do a really good follow-up
on brake systems and how to know when you're due for service
is to get you to hear the cash it's going to take to fix it.
Parts, labor, and tax.
So that's coming up next.
We're going to unpack that so that you really know what that, oh, honey,
you don't have to use the emergency brake, parking brake.
The car's an automatic.
Anyhow, that's the way that works.
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So till tomorrow morning for another edition of the Motor Mouth Morning Drive.
Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for having me.
And I hope I didn't beat up on you too hard.
I don't want to apologize for that because if you want to save money,
you've got to get tough.
If you want to make it happener, then the only way you're going to make it happener
is by listening and doing.
And remember, the do does and the did is done.
Happy motoring and peace, patience, and kindness.
And we'll see you in the next one.
Keep it under 100 with that coffee on.
We're going to come to your house.
About this episode
Understanding brake systems is crucial for vehicle maintenance, and this episode dives deep into advanced brake service knowledge. Niall shares insights from his extensive experience, emphasizing the importance of using the emergency brake, even in automatic vehicles, to prevent costly repairs. He discusses common issues seen in various vehicles and stresses the need for regular brake inspections to save money in the long run. With a mix of humor and practical advice, listeners will gain valuable knowledge to keep their vehicles safe and efficient.
Original notes
In this episode of Motormouth Morning Drive, Nile "Motormouth"Jenkins goes deep into Brake Systems - Advanced, breaking down the real - world warning signs that tell you your brakes are. due for service - before bad habits turn into expensive repairs.
Brakes don't just "wear out." They're ruined early by driving habits, neglected parking brakes, and ignored warning signs.
In this episode, you'll learn:
1) The telltale signs your brake system is in trouble
2) Why rear brakes and parking brakes matter more than most people think
3) How neglected brake systems lead to full replacements instead of simple service
4) How identifying problems early can save thousands of dollars
This episode also sets the stage for the next installment where we break down actual brake repairs costs-parts, labour, and tax-so you can see exactly how expensive neglect really is, and how much money you could keep in your pocket by changing habits.
As always: the do does, and the did is done
Brake savings start with mindset.
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