Testing Truck Brakes After Changing Ball Joints

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Nate McCullough on behalf of Expert Village. In the following clips we are going to talk about the proper procedure for replacing your upper and lower ball joints on a two wheel drive full size vehicle. In this clip we are going to talk about the last step involved in our ball joint service. During our ball joint service, we had to remove our vehicles break in caliper. In order to take the caliper off, we had to press the hydraulic pistons a little bit to get them off of the roter. Before you fire your vehicle up and drive it away, you are going to have to re-prime your braking system by pumping the pedal up and down. What that will do is it will engage the brakes to make sure they are right there and ready for you when you need to use them. What I am doing is just going to stroke the brake pedal until it becomes nice and hard. You are not going to want to take the brake pedal all the way down to the floor. You are only going to want to take it approximately a third of its travel. Just take it and stroke it nice and easily, don't force anything about it. You will notice a distant distance in the pedals firmness once you've got them properly adjusted and there you go. From here you are ready for your test drive. Go ahead and take it around the block to verify your ball joint replacement."