Your channel is addictive. Love the zero f*cks given approach. Wish I still had gear head buddies. All mine died or moved away. Happy birthday Easter!🐣
You have more ingenious ways of doing things than anyone I ever saw! Yeah, the press is another stroke of brilliance... Although I had my doubts during part of the design/construction. ;)
Up here in New England there are still a few water wells punched by pounding. The rig used is very similar to your derrick truck. It is very economical but time consuming. However, they are usually less than 100' deep as opposed to the drilled wells which are much deeper.
you know watching those pakistan work videos rubbed off on me and now I hardly work on my benches they have just become another shelf I have this big foam pad that I sit and kneel on and use the concrete floor as my bench
Love your Tee Shirt collection. I hope you drilled a hole thru that bearing spacer to allow grease from your zerk fitting to pass thru, for it sure looks like it would block the passage you made.
That upside down radial bearing is kind of opposite engineering for me. To me, I would expect radial pillow blocks on the two sides with a stationary shaft on the top. But this works as well.. just seems weird from what I normally see. LOVE your press man. What a great fast clean press you built there. If I could redo my last 30 years, it would be putting a press like that in instead of manually trying to press things out with a bottle jack. Smart putting in a zirc
Another great video, Zach. I always like your oil field videos, this one is especially interesting. Thanks for sharing your oil field expertise, always a pleasure to watch you work.
Great job Love your videos. Was a heavy duty equipment mechanic / operator and truck driver for over 40 years. Always fascinated with oil well equipment. Keep the videos coming.
I have a trick for taking and putting on jam nut sets quick. use a deep well socket wrench and break the top nut loose a turn then line it up with the bottom nut then you can use the socket to hold both the nuts as you impact the bolt out. I used to deal with a lot of them daily
Did the interior bearing spacer between the two outer bearing races block off the grease zerk? I know in some applications parts like that have holes or channels to pass the grease.
@@bryanh1944FBH @13:39 He indicates that he put a whole tube of grease in it, those grease guns will do a few thousand PSI. I guess the tolerance between the sleeve and the housing must not be as tight as it looks when it is being gently installed with the press.
@@TheZachLife Excellent work! I hope you enjoy the eclipse (If your part of Texas is where totality is). You can be outside greasing the pumpers and enjoying the eclipse all at the same time! ha ha
I am surprised you didn't put center punch marks on the end caps. How did get the grease to go around that center sleeve? Trick to make a step is use a piece of chain wrapped around the base . As the the chain slips down it tightens for a fast step.👍🏻🇺🇲
Man ya scare me with no safety glasses!! I was using a press and a paint chip shot off the housing and got into my right eye. It was agony for a few days till they got it out
I know it's easy to climb up and grease nipples that are up higher like that, but have you ever considered getting longer grease tubes to bring the nipples down to lower points? That would be easier to access instead of having to climb up and grease them. I know it wouldn't really be possible to do it on a moving part, but at least attaching a grease tube to the arm and bring it down to the point where it rests low. Then you can disconnect the grease gun there and pump instead of having to climb up onto the tower
I would be cutting a couple V's in the press work support plates to support round parts better. Yesterday, I found out that Walmart SuperTech 2-cycle oil being very slippery and tacky makes an excellent lube for tapping steel parts.
@@ShainAndrews Well, all I had was the 2-cycle oil & it worked unbelievably well. It will not be buying any threading & tapping fluid as I always have the 2 cycle oil for fishing boat.
Love the tubes man, please keep making them! Maybe cut a V in the middle of that press plate to assit with jobs like this. Less shattered hard steel me thinks. I was yelling at the screen about the races pressing from an inner shoulder, lol! Thanks!
Didn’t explain why, but did you run it 1//2 way to prevent up & down over-travel in your down hole pump when lifting above & lowering below the normal bearing axis?
In 50 years of being a maintenance mechanic, I've never seen bearings installed with a press like that. Learn something new every day!
Zach definitely wins the internet tee shirt contest. Hilarious 🤣
8:27 if you set up a bigger table, from my own experience, it will collect more crap and the working area is still to small
Haha! Yep! All four of my work tables at work are each a mountain of crap.
100%
Let's just push on it and see what breaks. I love that.
Your channel is addictive.
Love the zero f*cks given approach.
Wish I still had gear head buddies.
All mine died or moved away.
Happy birthday Easter!🐣
Have the same problem here, having lost all my gear head buddies as well. Long live the mechanical approach!
Thanks.
Put a milk crate with a truck mud flap in the bottom under the press. It helps when stuff goes flying all over the shop floor
I love your repair videos. Suggestion make a ladder rack for you truck and leave a ladder permanently on it.
He's really made that hydraulic press the 3rd arm😂 strong arm
You have more ingenious ways of doing things than anyone I ever saw! Yeah, the press is another stroke of brilliance... Although I had my doubts during part of the design/construction. ;)
Thanks.
Thank you for another enlightening video. I loved the quick terminology part. Always a good day when there is a new Zach upload.
I never thought of using a tee post to lock up a gear box. Half of the time those hand breaks don't work when you need them.
You are a technician! A very practical one!!
Gotta love the hammer and press bearing install method,
That press is a work of art. Only a “Machinist From Hell” could fabricate that 😎👍
Hahaha
Looks like the press is working wonders for you.😊
Up here in New England there are still a few water wells punched by pounding. The rig used is very similar to your derrick truck. It is very economical but time consuming. However, they are usually less than 100' deep as opposed to the drilled wells which are much deeper.
If you was to clean that shop up you might find stuff you lost 10 years ago lol. Good video
Nah, he'd never be able to find anything then!
you know watching those pakistan work videos rubbed off on me and now I hardly work on my benches they have just become another shelf I have this big foam pad that I sit and kneel on and use the concrete floor as my bench
Hahaha
Thanks again for the informative content Zach. Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends.
Thanks.
Always fascinated by the machines and the work involved to keep your enterprise running!
Love your Tee Shirt collection. I hope you drilled a hole thru that bearing spacer to allow grease from your zerk fitting to pass thru, for it sure looks like it would block the passage you made.
I like real mechanic job You showed here, not like instruction movies where everything is clean, new and easy to do.
That upside down radial bearing is kind of opposite engineering for me. To me, I would expect radial pillow blocks on the two sides with a stationary shaft on the top. But this works as well.. just seems weird from what I normally see. LOVE your press man. What a great fast clean press you built there. If I could redo my last 30 years, it would be putting a press like that in instead of manually trying to press things out with a bottle jack. Smart putting in a zirc
Very nice. What a difference a grease fitting makes.
Another great video, Zach. I always like your oil field videos, this one is especially interesting. Thanks for sharing your oil field expertise, always a pleasure to watch you work.
Thanks.
That's a great press you made.
WOWZA !!! keep them pump jacks pump'n that Texas Crude !!
Love the t-shirt
Cool video I worked for weatherford for several years doing pumping unit service
Great job Love your videos. Was a heavy duty equipment mechanic / operator and truck driver for over 40 years. Always fascinated with oil well equipment. Keep the videos coming.
I dont say thank you enough for the content
Can't wait till the next thing breaks !
This guy is a true oilman😎😎
Enjoyed it, Thanks Zach
I came for the hydraulic press vids and stayed for your every day oil field fixing vids! lol
Haha Thanks for watching.
Having known a guy that lost an eye pressing a bearing watching you do that with no eye protection scares the crap out of me
GoPro is being studied to understand how they summon the wind. Fascinating for sure. RUGER
That press is awesome!
Must be nice working on those little units I have a couple that are 22 foot to the top of the walking beam there a bear
Good to have a goodly supply of copper grease on hand which I know you do since you are not shy with it.
I like your press also... Thanks for the video! Awesome!
9:07 I like your expression when the bearing race let go.
Hahaha
S/O from Saint Louis Oklahoma! St Louis well service is where I work an I love your videos!
Awesome. Thanks for watching.
Love that press!! Stay safe out there.
Good job buddy how is the maintenance man in factories for over 40 years and I agree with everything you did find video to watch thank you
I have a trick for taking and putting on jam nut sets quick. use a deep well socket wrench and break the top nut loose a turn then line it up with the bottom nut then you can use the socket to hold both the nuts as you impact the bolt out. I used to deal with a lot of them daily
Did the interior bearing spacer between the two outer bearing races block off the grease zerk? I know in some applications parts like that have holes or channels to pass the grease.
Yes Zach, I second this question from lazaruswws.
@@bryanh1944FBH @13:39 He indicates that he put a whole tube of grease in it, those grease guns will do a few thousand PSI. I guess the tolerance between the sleeve and the housing must not be as tight as it looks when it is being gently installed with the press.
@@lazaruswws Thank you. I agree. The sleeve must not be that tight. But, it sure looked like it.
The spacer wasn't a tight fit. The grease flowed around it.
@@TheZachLife Excellent work! I hope you enjoy the eclipse (If your part of Texas is where totality is). You can be outside greasing the pumpers and enjoying the eclipse all at the same time! ha ha
from the way it goes together it looks like they intended there to be like a gasket or some rtv on the plates to seal everything
gota love the press too !
I am surprised you didn't put center punch marks on the end caps.
How did get the grease to go around that center sleeve?
Trick to make a step is use a piece of chain wrapped around the base . As the the chain slips down it tightens for a fast step.👍🏻🇺🇲
the space is a loose fit in the housing.
Sweet fix and zerk will insure a long life
That shirt saying is exactly how I feel! Thanks for the video
Just replaced a tail bearing pin on a 16. $2,000 for a rebuilt 😢 Won’t even tell you the Labor! Zach is saving that $$
I believe it.
Thankin you for the effort mate, keep it comin👌
Man ya scare me with no safety glasses!! I was using a press and a paint chip shot off the housing and got into my right eye. It was agony for a few days till they got it out
I'm just here because you broke something.
Another fine fix
As always thanks for taking the time. I think I saw that same press at Harbor Freight the other day? Don’t forget to hide the eggs! Happy Easter. Kc
Hahah Thanks.
We getting or Saturday evening video?
I love your engineering
if those bearings do not make full 360 degree rotations they will constantly wear out just rocking back and forth
this type of set up is considered superior to the bushing type and is how all the big manufactures are going to now.
I know it's easy to climb up and grease nipples that are up higher like that, but have you ever considered getting longer grease tubes to bring the nipples down to lower points? That would be easier to access instead of having to climb up and grease them. I know it wouldn't really be possible to do it on a moving part, but at least attaching a grease tube to the arm and bring it down to the point where it rests low. Then you can disconnect the grease gun there and pump instead of having to climb up onto the tower
I sometimes will on one I can't reach. This one is easy to get to.
Cook Bearings work great too Napa can get them
Really? I'm going to look into that.
nice job ,, yes that home made press is a blast.. no more pumping
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I would be cutting a couple V's in the press work support plates to support round parts better. Yesterday, I found out that Walmart SuperTech 2-cycle oil being very slippery and tacky makes an excellent lube for tapping steel parts.
@@ShainAndrews Well, all I had was the 2-cycle oil & it worked unbelievably well. It will not be buying any threading & tapping fluid as I always have the 2 cycle oil for fishing boat.
That has been the plan. I just haven't gotten it done.
That fence post brake😂😂😂
Did that outer track spacer have a grease hole. Otherwise your added grease port won't be able to get any lube through to the races??
Looks like a skinner brothers stuffing box
BEST Tee shirt game on the internet! Never tire of yer vids! Loyal "Toober" here in Santa Cruz Cali! Cheers
Hahah thanks for watching.
How does the grease go around the center sleeve sandwiched between the outer races?
Love the tubes man, please keep making them! Maybe cut a V in the middle of that press plate to assit with jobs like this. Less shattered hard steel me thinks. I was yelling at the screen about the races pressing from an inner shoulder, lol! Thanks!
That has been the plan. I just haven't done it. Haha.
Merica! Fixin and gitenerdone. Cleanest surface is the press bench.
How much for a well service contractor to make the repair ? You save a grand or so. It makes your business profitable.
Won’t that spacer stop the grease from reaching the bearings?
The original bearing that came with it I call a suck wee style bearings!
Did you drill the spacer so grease will get to the bearings?? I bet you did and just didn't show it. Love the press.
didn't that spacer block off your new grease zert hole ???
5 gallon pail half filled with thick foam sheets (thicker the better) underneath the press will save your feet and your parts.
I have a Bethlehem saddle bearing for that
You got to hammer tight thos bolts! that how its torqued in the oil feild
Show us your winch truck !
Definitely a PRETTY PRESSING JOB 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Zack how much pressure is put on those bearings ?😮
Pozdrawiam z Polski 🇵🇱👋👍
Good Morning Sir ✔️ please how the relay system in oil refineries ? , and how Oil stored in tank pls discribe?✔️🇮🇳
I will make a video in this in the future.
I really like the sound of that. That engine on the Pole truck. What kind of engine is that?.... Just so I can tune my ear..... Sounds good.
It's a 5.9 cummins.
Didn’t explain why, but did you run it 1//2 way to prevent up & down over-travel in your down hole pump when lifting above & lowering below the normal bearing axis?
is it me or did the spacer block the grease zerk hole
14:29 spooked me just a bit
"Got'er"😂
Old Zack Always working harder not smarter. But always looking good I mean if I would that way. Oh forget it LOL.
Why is it called a GIN POLE ?
The American touch
Always wearing a shirt with an interesting saying on it 😂, I like it.. Good stuff man.
You put that spacer between them bearings by you didn’t put a hole for the grease to pass through
the spacer doest fit tight.
You need some V-notches cut in your press plates Zach 🙂
Thats the plan just havnt done it.
@@TheZachLife Good deal!
For some reason I always thought that bearing would be Babbitt I’m surprised by this
Most are bronze and a few are babbit.
Zack do you have any converted to a Teflon bushing and pin, back in the Eighties we converted Cabot’s, Emsco and some older units this way.
Yes that what I generally do when replacing brass bushing. Roller bearing are my favorite.
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A bigger table ain’t gonna solve the ‘problem’ 😂
Hahah.
I love how he uses chromies on everything