You covered up the "hole" where the axle goes in but left the unsealed bearing open to the grit from the flapper wheel! Not counting the metal dust it created from the flapper wheel. Any grit can destroy a bearing
FYI, the pumps in those parts washers are usually simple submersible pumps, the same as used for fish pond fountains. I have a portable unit, and the pump got smashed sliding around in my work vehicle. I went to my local hardware store and bought the exact pump in their garden department.
Ray ! For the life of me, I don't know why you didn't have Troy help you on this thing ! Plus, he probably remembered the order of things. All the brackets and hey Troy, lift the rotor to get that bolt in. I've never seen you struggle so much on a job. I was even getting frustrated watching this one. But you did it ! Yay !! 😊
What I see is. Ray has brought into his shop, a young man who wants to learn and is willing to help in any way. Even washing the walls. Had Ray called out, Troy would have been there. Thing about Ray, and I love it is. He just never quits ! Not afraid of anything. The shop. His property. His wife and kids ! Never stops. I don't know where he gets his energy or motivation from. From busting it himself all the way to the tiniest detail, Ray amazes me. And ? Ray makes mistakes. Fine. He thinks and overcomes. I still say. His new shop is only the beginning for this guy. Just watch. He could easily create a franchising thing if he wants to. That's what I see in this Man !
And, I watch Eric O and his wife. Eric is really sharp ! Great wife ! Love them both. More earthy than Ray but I see Ray transcending this shop. I'll just keep watching.
Man I was cracking up LOL yelling at the tv trying to tell you something And I was LOL because i'm a do it yourself guy, i've been there and to me to see a pro struggle was alright don't get me wrong I dig you and your channel and when you said "stop not doing what I want " I fell on the floor I laughed so hard my wife came out of the room to see *◇♤¥\○■♡\ Anyway God bless you and yours
You are a special kind of person Ray! I want to thank you for showing the “real” side not just the successful outcomes but the mistakes along the way and even failures. The world needs a lot more people like you!
I've found that most rear differential leaks are not a bad seal but a plugged up vent which causes pressure to push past the seals. I find it really hard to believe that 2 axle seals both went bad at same time.
Yupp...Happens to Toyota trucks all the time.. The vent is just a little rattle cap on the axle...if you do any sort of real truck stuff with it, it gets caked with mud and next thing you know youve not only blown out the axle seals, but washed the grease out of the pressed on axle bearings too... So once the seals bliw youve got a much bigger job than just replacing seals on your hands... The smart guys have done an axle breather relocate so that doesnt happen.
I'm wondering, if you like doing the hard stuff while Troy is out, how is he supposed to learn? You know how hard it is to get the right experience, don't take it away from him. I understand you need to get the vehicle flow done for the week, so thanks for a great video once again!
If Ray keeps taking work away from Troy I suspect that Troy will then feel that Ray doesn't trust him. That is a very poor idea to put into someone's head when they are trying to learn.
No need for a pile-on. While you're all dead right, I get the impression Troy gets plenty of chances to work on the hard stuff and will learn more working with Ray than he would alongside most parts monkeys. But there's nothing wrong with surprising a colleague by doing one of their jobs for them every so often; whether it's a ball-ache of a repair job they were dreading, or even doing the sweeping up and putting away when they've had a crap day. You can be a boss and also a colleague 👍
I don't work on cars, but I do work on machinery. I watched this video after having to take over and finish a job that someone else started. I gotta say that I know the struggle is real. Thank you, Ray for another entertaining video.
it is too bad, that YT could not make it easy to have both full one hour videos and split in chunks - videos! that way everyone could be Happy! I do not mind Long videos or short! But, if I had to make a choice of one or the other - I would choose the longer videos!
It certainly is. One of the biggest issues I had as a Maint. Mgr, was communication. The outgoing shift would just waltz off, leaving the incoming clueless. To stop it, there was a 90 second in/out meeting, in spoke, out listened I had the outgoing take the incoming guy to the job and explain. The place better be tidy and all parts available AND I had a habit of checking how the whole thing went. Oddly enough, no one complained and everyone was happy.
I work on machinery, too. Had a customer's maintenance guy go in and start taking things apart then got put on an indefinite parts hold (long story, but we couldn't even source a good used part). He was on vacation when the parts showed up 2 months later. I was tasked with getting the machine up and running because they needed it to finish production. Nobody knew what parts were where, or where he started and stopped with the repair. I ended up breaking everything down and rebuilding it from the ground up. Had them up and running 3 days later versus what normally takes 5 minutes. At least we made some pretty good bank from it and they pretty much got a completely rebuilt machine out of the deal.
It' hard picking up the ball not knowing the order of dissembly, especially on Friday when your hot,tired & wanting to get the job done before you leave.Have a great weekend
Whenever I had to fit a bearing, bush, seal with a metal outer ring etc. I would always put them in the freezer for a couple of hours first. It works so well that sometimes you can actually just push the item in by hand.
After gouging a few housings I learned to drive the seal towards the middle and using the seal puller to pull on that instead of the outside of the seal where it meets the housing. Better pulling point and no damage to the case
I bet Troy is in the background pissing himself laughing at his incompetent boss having a mental breakdown.😂😂 The best part was at the end……….the Wifeunit’s smile.
Reminds me of the time my brother in law asked me to assemble the gas grill that he had started trying to assemble himself. He had it almost 3/4 complete and realized he didn't have a clue what he was doing. Using the proper fasteners in the proper places and following the order of operations is critical for those things. I had to take it apart, measure all the screws and bolts and figure out what went where. A 45 minute job turned into 3 hours.
There are days no matter you do things go wrong,but you got put back together without loosing your temper says alot about the man behind the tools. Wife unit got her self a catch Good job wife unit and Ray !!!
Very entertaining video! Glad to see you struggling,lol. Made me smile to see that some days even the best mechanics are as confused as the rest of us!
Dictionary / Definitions from Rayneman Rae's Languages · Learn more Job's com·fort·er noun / pronounce: vari / joeb's , Jobe's Def: a person who aggravates distress or takes great relish in kicking another man in the balls under the guise of offering comfort. We are all mortals and to err is human. In Ray's defense, he stated that he didn't take it apart. It would be fair to say the rear end /CV axle /suspension section in the CTS is unfamiliar territory to 98% of the people who are watching this video. I would go so far as to say 98% of the people watching this video, don't even own a Cadillac let alone worked on one. I appreciate the reality of the video and the success of the job, he got it done that's all that matters. Ray didn't have to put it out there, it was big of him that he did and that's the way I read it.
@@GrayRealities Why tell me...? Tell him yourself... If you paid close attention you would have seen at one point where Ray did look 21:57 at the other side as a reference guide. You already know he didn't take the rear end section apart.. Unfortunately as you may not be aware...car parts are lousy at giving directions and incapable of orally communicating the chronological order in which they need to be re-installed. It's quite obvious Ray struggled, he had to do, do-overs, he got it , we get it, he got through it, we got over it, the world didn't end, everybody slept like a baby.. so what?
Ray, your debacle brought back memories. I once replaced the water pump on a Ford 351M/400. There is a skngle bolt behind the pump for the power steering bracket. The bracket had to come off with the pump. I put it all back together, with Permatex on the pump gaskets, then found the bolt I'd forgotten . All back apart. Trip to the parts store. Do it again..
We feel the pain. Would definitely have been a good idea to let Castor Troy put his own repair back together - more chances to learn. Please post a reel where you overlay Troy's face over yours as you finish his repair ;-))
Seeing you have a lil struggle mad me feel so much better about myself cause that's like my experience almost every time as an amateur. Lol sry for you struggles ray. But you over came and didn't even swear.
Troy is perfect fit for your shop. And he is slowly getting used to the camera. And even speaking. A little bit. Keep up the great work. I'm not a mechanic but I do learn a lot from your channel.
Oh man ! I mean this in the best way, It is very reassuring to see others struggle the same struggle as I! Makes you feel not so alone in that struggle ! Thank you Ray for sharing your experience in the fraternity of frustration.
Good to see the highly skilled mechanic looking like the rest of us. Inspired by your videos, I replaced my son's front suspension. never done it before, mistakes were made, but got there in the end. Then I looked at the rear😢.
I have assembled these. They're not that bad. But do require a correct order of operations. I had a good laugh at this one watching someone try and reassemble all the links.
Just caught this going up 48 seconds ago with only 1 view. Only one person to blame unnecessary taking over of the job. I've always said designers should be made to work on things they design. I feel the pain in keeping removing everything. It did make me snigger probably because I've been there and it's not my pain this time.
Three things I learned today, 1. Always remember the order of operations, 2. Have patience, 3. I don’t have to cuss and throw things when the project isn’t going right. 😂
"cuss and throw things," Cussing and throwing things ( like cans of Break Cleaner) are required by the mechanics "oath of office." If you cannot cuss and throw things you are not allowed to be a mechanic. I was taught that in high school auto mechanics. Ohhh.. you know what that class was discontinued just before the school was shut down and taken over as a Junior High School. The new high school even had a completely new name. I wonder if the crusty, old, auto mechanics teacher had anything to do with it?
This was one of the most enjoyable videos I have ever watched from you Ray and it's unfortunately because of the problems you had and how you handled them but it was good. You did a great job. Congratulations!
Thank you for showing your mistakes, Ray. I've learned quite a bit from you and a lot of that is from seeing what went wrong so I know what to watch out for. And that's not a backhanded compliment either. Way too many people edit out their mistakes so when I try to make the same repair I get blindsided by a bunch of bs. Thank you for understanding that some of us are new mechanics and knowing how to reassess and fix a mistake is just as important as knowing how to do the repair in the first place.
I totally felt your pain and frustration from the reassembly of such a complex, expensive and difficult hub system. It probably had 3 different guys designing it who did not share a common language and were unable to communicate with each other.
Congratulations Ray. Good thing you’re a quick study. Lol You’re now an expert on Cadillac all wheel drive rear axle assembly. Certificate is in the mail. I always hated when I had to put shit back together after the guy who tore it apart quit. Of course parts came in piece meal which only added to the aggravation of a basket case. Nice video Ray.
Dang Ray, that was a fight. Tried to save some time and help Troy out, and it blows up in your face. You said that you should have been an astronaut, I was studying to be an astronaut in college, I was taking up space. lol This was still a good video.
I just use an old dish tub, a brush and kerosene. Kerosene may be expensive these days, but its still cheaper than brake clean. Then, I finish it off by using the brake clean for just the final rinse. I don't go through a lot of brake clean that way....but to each their own. Best wishes, Ray.
Back in the 50's and 60's, my father was a mechanic and he exclusively used kerosene. He was also able to do a simple filtering of the catch bucket to recycle and use for first pass clean on the really dirty stuff.
You can never go wrong using a socket to hammer seals in they always work 12:25 they always come in clutch when ya don't have the Oem branded Tool @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Guten Morgen Ray. Ditch the seal puller. Try using a blind bearing/seal extraction collet. It was the only tool I used on aircraft engine aps (just for the very reason of case/housing damage). It would do a killer job on those pilot bearings, too. I say it in past tense because I've been medically retired. So, there is a lot of viewing time of you and Eric O. Can I trade my A&P in for a ASE? Hahaha! Thanks for the great content. Learning a lot from you and Mr. O.
You had me sitting on the edge of my seat flexing my arms and fingers helping you align and secure the task at hand.... What humility and self flagilation
Morning Ray, Today's video is very entertaining to say the least . You have the patience of a saint! I would have let the expletives fly LOL. Bottom line you got it done. Thanks for sharing the process. I'll be here waiting for the next episode. Say hi to the whole team and keep cool 👍✌️
Hey Ray, you're a great mechanic. I gotta say you showed a lot of patience. Keep up the good work. It's hard to find a good mechanic but one that's dedicated to his craft like you is a big plus. Keep up the great work.
Hey Ray I love your videos! My father was a mechanic for 60 years, in time before cordless tools & battery powered lights. I was wondering have you ever heard the term “Drop Light”? ✌️✌️👍
How refreshing to see even a pro can chase their tail sometimes! I've been a backyard mechanic for over 50 years and have found myself in this very situation on a number of occasions. And I was the one who took it apart in the first place! While I keep most of the neighborhood's cars up and running I don't do anything near the number of repairs as a pro like yourself Ray. Thus I have from time to time backed myself into a pickle and also had to retrace my steps. I had to laugh a couple time as I watched your struggle on this one as it brought back many memories of my many misadventures under a car or hood. So thanks for letting all of us high functioning amateurs see that even the great ones occasionally have to reverse course and retrace their steps before the job is done.
Armchair expert: Lube seal lips EVERY TIME before installing shaft. You left output shaft roller bearings exposed to sanding grit when smoothing down the seal puller damage, recall the sanding drum dumps silicon into the area, and this is not so great on bearing surfaces, cover bearing rollers and the hole, prior to sanding/polishing. Use a flat ground chisel to knock in the edge of the seal prior to pulling. Seal pullers are great for puncturing the metal shield and doing the exact kind of damage shown to the seal bore surface. For your wash tank, you can use a discard fuel pump to circulate solvent, and it is only 12v. Look at your ball joint press set for round tubes to install new seals, you will often find a suitable tube, or lathe cut one or more, and every time you remove a junk part, look it over to extract a new seal/bearing installer tool which may be cut from the junk part, brake caliper pistons, for example, bearing races, etc. An M3 aircraft machine gun barrel shroud, full length, has a nice tube to make a seal installer from, also is a fine cheater tube. You had that screw jack right there, why not use it to support the hub while fitting up the parts? Instead you stab yourself in the chest, over and over, with the wheel studs.. at least make a cover board to hang on the studs to protect your chest, from 1" board. Always attempt part alignment before shoving in threaded rods, as the threads cut out much metal going in, in misalignment. Lastly, never tighten these control arm bushings while the suspension is hanging.... these are to be finalized with vehicle weight on the suspension links, to prevent rubber bushing spin-up, torque, and tearing. Get a small lathe and bench grinder to stick over in the corner, very useful for knocking out a custom seal/bearing install tool or press arbor tool, if for nothing else but to square the tube ends.
I used to use crappie tools years ago because that is all you could get back in the 60s/70s but now a days especially with the internet you can get really good tools and the job takes you half the time so well worth it and its good to show things not going right on how you had to struggle ,thank you for the video
Ray this was a very funny video. It shows that even a master mechanic such as yourself sometimes has issues. We have all done things multiple times and it's not fun. Have a better weekend.
I wouldn't say I enjoyed watching you struggling with this, but it brings some kind of relief to me as a sunday mechanic ... Seing highly skilled professionals experiencing the same difficulties / time loss provides relative trust in my own capabilities !
Ray - I laughed & laughed and laughed. I bet Troy and the other office lady was too! I must admit, it is better for "the boss" or a supervisor to make errors than the underlings lol. When I was a supervisor I did like it a lot when I was able to show my team I actually did know not only what I was doing, but was also able to do what they did. Admittedly I was a little slower in some areas, however I was not doing what they did every day, I had my own work to do, which involved ensuring they had the skills , knowledge and equipment to do what they needed to do.
Good honest video. Pressure to get jobs done before the weekend by 'helping out' often causes that kind of issue. You had it right, just do the bearing and leave the complicated reassembly to the one who took it apart and could remember the order. Everyone learned something there.
Yeah, the guy who took it apart knew the long bolt had to be in before the axle went through the hub. Probably should have even left it in place, ready for re-assembly.
Hey, Ray, you're exactly right! coming behind another person to complete a job is challenging!, I was in the mechanical business until I'm now retired.
@@StevenDaugherty-uo5cs I’ve seen Ray hit his flangies with a hammer and not a foul word out of him. That is something that editing will not solve at the moment it happens.
This has to be your best video. I know I have done the same thing before. Some laughs, and impatience but you worked through it and for that, it shows you are a great person. You could have ended the video in frustration way before you corrected your mistakes but you didn't. Great JOB Ray.
Those yellow seal anti-theft rings really make replacement tough! Seriously, you are too hard on yourself. I would have done everything the exact same, 'cept a couple. As for going behind someone, that's tough, too - and with me, an hour after I took it apart, it's as though someone else took it apart😊! Only thing worse is if the original tech broke stuff while taking it apart, and I've been there. Take a deep breath, and have a good weekend!
@@mod_incllc3235 Just finished. I'm not sure if and when there will be a next round. Simplest way is to go through Insight Global or Apex Systems (I like Apex better) and ask about Azure openings. For whatever reason, none of the last round were open to Full Time, that I saw. Best of luck.
😂 good grief Ray , you need to slow down to go fast “ you should have left it alone and let the rookie go thru the changes , how is he to learn. I really wanted to go over and assembled it for you ..🤣😂🤣😂😂 it’s cool you showed the struggle is real at times ! Keeping it real buddy thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I thought this was entertaining, yes, I also get stressed, and tired. And watching others helps me learn how to tackle problems like this, when you don't know what it looked like before, how it came apart, no blueprints, no drawings. In R&D land it's common for engineers to know nothing about repairs, and make stupid design decisions. I suppose it's job security. Keeping it cool is a great trait to learn when working on complex mechanical designs. Chair seat warrior signing off.. ! o7
Does the suspension need the weight of the vehicle on it before you tighten the control arm bolts ? I know on some vehicles it does or it will rip the rubber bushings out when the suspension goes through its full travel.
And sometimes you're the driver crossing the Mississippi I74 bridge when you drive through a swarm of insects that splatter like those quarter sized raindrops during a thunderstorm. Man that was a mess.
That was painful....I've done the wheel speed sensor thing before and I was the idiot that took it apart...but in your case this process was reason 462 why tag team repairs don't work ..lol
Much respect for sticking with it. The ongoing joke between mechanics and engineers comes to mind. I honestly believe that if design engineers had to work on these things that they would suddenly get very maintenance friendly. I took my kids 2001 Chrysler Sebring into the dealership (the only place that would work on it). When I picked it up, the mechanic said that it was the worst designed/engineered car he has ever had the displeasure of working on. When you have to remove the tire to disconnect the battery, you know it's going to be a long day.
Had to laugh. My rule is 'if the skilfully machined parts don't seem to want to go together easily, then am I doing something wrong?' Stop and look. Don't just think it needs a hammer or pry bar. Look at it again.
Sorry Ray, but this made me smile. Brought back memories of putting an old Ford 2n tractor back together after my dad had taken in apart. Towed it home with 4 or 5 boxes of parts with no idea of where to start...
I always found it frustrating AF when I was trying to learn something by doing and some well meaning person would hop in and do it for me. As much as I appreciated the thought, it felt like a learning opportunity stolen.
My tech school instructor, Mr. Riddill always said the proper tool is what is available at the time ! That was almost 50 yrs ago and nothing has changed!
You know, you nearly bit off more than you can chew 😂. Should have let Troy finish the job after he came back from lunch. Never seen you in such a pickle. But it was a good giggle😂. Can't help wondering if all those bolts went back in the right way round. Definitely a case of to many cooks spoil the broth. Good vid though. You have yourself a good day Ray😂.
Excellent video as always! I feel your pain. Our shop was doing a restoration on a Lamborghini coupe from the early 70s. I was handed several boxes of parts and window glass for the doors and told to install the windows and make the electric window regulators work. No manuals. I managed it and thankfully the shop owner paid me for all time spent doing the work. Previous mechanic had quit after disassembly.
I felt your pain all the way through that. Ray you are a true professional… you love your job soooo much you’ll do it as much as needed to get it done!
By trying to help Troy you proved the saying “No good deed goes unpunished “😅
You covered up the "hole" where the axle goes in but left the unsealed bearing open to the grit from the flapper wheel! Not counting the metal dust it created from the flapper wheel. Any grit can destroy a bearing
You are wise.
cut the seal and clamp down while pulling
What a day. I remember days like this.
FYI, the pumps in those parts washers are usually simple submersible pumps, the same as used for fish pond fountains. I have a portable unit, and the pump got smashed sliding around in my work vehicle. I went to my local hardware store and bought the exact pump in their garden department.
Who wants to see the long delayed Parts Washer fixing video? 😮
@@markfudger5267 ME!
If only there was a mechanic around
Sounds like a great opportunity for Troy..... 😉
Wife unit job?
Ray ! For the life of me, I don't know why you didn't have Troy help you on this thing ! Plus, he probably remembered the order of things. All the brackets and hey Troy, lift the rotor to get that bolt in. I've never seen you struggle so much on a job. I was even getting frustrated watching this one. But you did it ! Yay !! 😊
I don't know the relationship between Ray and Troy.I've been in shops where coworkers watch you fight a job & sweat! Have a great weekend
What I see is. Ray has brought into his shop, a young man who wants to learn and is willing to help in any way. Even washing the walls. Had Ray called out,
Troy would have been there. Thing about Ray, and I love it is. He just never quits !
Not afraid of anything. The shop. His property. His wife and kids ! Never stops.
I don't know where he gets his energy or motivation from. From busting it himself all the way to the tiniest detail, Ray amazes me. And ? Ray makes mistakes.
Fine. He thinks and overcomes.
I still say. His new shop is only the beginning for this guy. Just watch.
He could easily create a franchising thing if he wants to. That's what I see in this Man !
And, I watch Eric O and his wife. Eric is really sharp ! Great wife ! Love them both. More earthy than Ray but I see Ray transcending this shop. I'll just keep watching.
Man I was cracking up LOL yelling at the tv trying to tell you something And I was LOL because i'm a do it yourself guy, i've been there and to me to see a pro struggle was alright don't get me wrong I dig you and your channel and when you said "stop not doing what I want " I fell on the floor I laughed so hard my wife came out of the room to see *◇♤¥\○■♡\
Anyway God bless you and yours
You jinxed yourself right from the start by saying you didn't want to make another hour long video 😅 Happy Friday dude cheers!
You are a special kind of person Ray! I want to thank you for showing the “real” side not just the successful outcomes but the mistakes along the way and even failures. The world needs a lot more people like you!
I've found that most rear differential leaks are not a bad seal but a plugged up vent which causes pressure to push past the seals. I find it really hard to believe that 2 axle seals both went bad at same time.
Yupp...Happens to Toyota trucks all the time.. The vent is just a little rattle cap on the axle...if you do any sort of real truck stuff with it, it gets caked with mud and next thing you know youve not only blown out the axle seals, but washed the grease out of the pressed on axle bearings too... So once the seals bliw youve got a much bigger job than just replacing seals on your hands... The smart guys have done an axle breather relocate so that doesnt happen.
I'm wondering, if you like doing the hard stuff while Troy is out, how is he supposed to learn? You know how hard it is to get the right experience, don't take it away from him. I understand you need to get the vehicle flow done for the week, so thanks for a great video once again!
It was hard for me to not jump in on my son's 68 Chevelle 327 instead of letting him do it.
If Ray keeps taking work away from Troy I suspect that Troy will then feel that Ray doesn't trust him. That is a very poor idea
to put into someone's head when they are trying to learn.
No need for a pile-on. While you're all dead right, I get the impression Troy gets plenty of chances to work on the hard stuff and will learn more working with Ray than he would alongside most parts monkeys.
But there's nothing wrong with surprising a colleague by doing one of their jobs for them every so often; whether it's a ball-ache of a repair job they were dreading, or even doing the sweeping up and putting away when they've had a crap day. You can be a boss and also a colleague 👍
Ya'll are fucking weird. Just watch the videos damn
I don't work on cars, but I do work on machinery. I watched this video after having to take over and finish a job that someone else started. I gotta say that I know the struggle is real.
Thank you, Ray for another entertaining video.
it is too bad, that YT could not make it easy to have both full one hour videos and split in chunks - videos! that way everyone could be Happy!
I do not mind Long videos or short! But, if I had to make a choice of one or the other - I would choose the longer videos!
It certainly is. One of the biggest issues I had as a Maint. Mgr, was communication. The outgoing shift would just waltz off, leaving the incoming clueless. To stop it, there was a 90 second in/out meeting, in spoke, out listened I had the outgoing take the incoming guy to the job and explain. The place better be tidy and all parts available AND I had a habit of checking how the whole thing went. Oddly enough, no one complained and everyone was happy.
Hi Ray I notice you don’t torque much use torque specs
I work on machinery, too. Had a customer's maintenance guy go in and start taking things apart then got put on an indefinite parts hold (long story, but we couldn't even source a good used part). He was on vacation when the parts showed up 2 months later. I was tasked with getting the machine up and running because they needed it to finish production. Nobody knew what parts were where, or where he started and stopped with the repair. I ended up breaking everything down and rebuilding it from the ground up. Had them up and running 3 days later versus what normally takes 5 minutes. At least we made some pretty good bank from it and they pretty much got a completely rebuilt machine out of the deal.
I did computer repair for 14 years. Nothing worse than taking over a repair or maintenance from someone else.
It' hard picking up the ball not knowing the order of dissembly, especially on Friday when your hot,tired & wanting to get the job done before you leave.Have a great weekend
Whenever I had to fit a bearing, bush, seal with a metal outer ring etc. I would always put them in the freezer for a couple of hours first.
It works so well that sometimes you can actually just push the item in by hand.
good tip
I like to stay in the freezer with the parts. Hey Ray where's your freezer!?
You know he has no patience for that kind of stuff. He can't even wait until bolts are cool from torching.
This one would have had me throwing things around. I really admire your persistence. Keep up the great work.
I love that you show the struggles of learning and the honesty of your channel.
I got tiered watching you struggle. This job was a literal pain. Great job seeing it through.
After gouging a few housings I learned to drive the seal towards the middle and using the seal puller to pull on that instead of the outside of the seal where it meets the housing. Better pulling point and no damage to the case
Ray I've been having a good laugh at the struggles, life can throw a shit storm sometimes and you have passed the trials again and again good for you!
We feel your pain Ray!
SO glad that even though you were frustrated with this job, you never lost your cool or said bad words. Way to go Ray!!
I bet Troy is in the background pissing himself laughing at his incompetent boss having a mental breakdown.😂😂
The best part was at the end……….the Wifeunit’s smile.
Reminds me of the time my brother in law asked me to assemble the gas grill that he had started trying to assemble himself.
He had it almost 3/4 complete and realized he didn't have a clue what he was doing.
Using the proper fasteners in the proper places and following the order of operations is critical for those things.
I had to take it apart, measure all the screws and bolts and figure out what went where.
A 45 minute job turned into 3 hours.
There are days no matter you do things go wrong,but you got put back together without loosing your temper says alot about the man behind the tools. Wife unit got her self a catch Good job wife unit and Ray !!!
The camera helps to contain the temper though! :D
@AquaPeet lol true but sometimes people for get they are on the camera lol
Is anyone else surprised by how soft the bore surface was? I am amazed by how easily it was gouged by the seal puller.
Very entertaining video! Glad to see you struggling,lol. Made me smile to see that some days even the best mechanics are as confused as the rest of us!
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Job's com·fort·er noun / pronounce: vari / joeb's , Jobe's
Def: a person who aggravates distress or takes great relish in kicking another man in the balls under the guise of offering comfort.
We are all mortals and to err is human. In Ray's defense, he stated that he didn't take it apart. It would be fair to say the rear end /CV axle /suspension section in the CTS is unfamiliar territory to 98% of the people who are watching this video. I would go so far as to say 98% of the people watching this video, don't even own a Cadillac let alone worked on one.
I appreciate the reality of the video and the success of the job, he got it done that's all that matters. Ray didn't have to put it out there, it was big of him that he did and that's the way I read it.
Hahaha I was laughing 😂 as I was watching you I worked for caddy over 20 years I own one of those
Even the best ? This guy is a rookie
@@IR-nq4qv All he had to do was take a GOOD look at the other side first....LOL
@@GrayRealities Why tell me...? Tell him yourself...
If you paid close attention you would have seen at one point where Ray did look 21:57 at the other side as a reference guide.
You already know he didn't take the rear end section apart..
Unfortunately as you may not be aware...car parts are lousy at giving directions and incapable of orally communicating the chronological order in which they need to be re-installed.
It's quite obvious Ray struggled, he had to do, do-overs, he got it , we get it, he got through it, we got over it, the world didn't end, everybody slept like a baby.. so what?
I was about to say, that this isn't a seal puller but a bore scratcher 2000. Low and behold, the bore was mangled xD.
Troy and the assistant always together is it ❤
She seems to be Troy's apprentice🔧🔧
- Hey mate, what do you wanna do today?
- The same thing we do every day Ray. Try to takeover the WORLD!
She called Troy "her man" in a previous video.
Yep, noticed the chemistry for sure a few videos back. . Fair play to them, I wish them luck and best wishes.
lol just finished commenting the same thing ....i hope it works for them and they have great fun together
Ray, your debacle brought back memories. I once replaced the water pump on a Ford 351M/400. There is a skngle bolt behind the pump for the power steering bracket. The bracket had to come off with the pump. I put it all back together, with Permatex on the pump gaskets, then found the bolt I'd forgotten . All back apart. Trip to the parts store. Do it again..
We feel the pain. Would definitely have been a good idea to let Castor Troy put his own repair back together - more chances to learn. Please post a reel where you overlay Troy's face over yours as you finish his repair ;-))
Seeing you have a lil struggle mad me feel so much better about myself cause that's like my experience almost every time as an amateur. Lol sry for you struggles ray. But you over came and didn't even swear.
Troy is perfect fit for your shop. And he is slowly getting used to the camera. And even speaking. A little bit. Keep up the great work. I'm not a mechanic but I do learn a lot from your channel.
That is the most insane design for rear hub assembly I’ve ever seen. So sorry Ray you got involved with this
Oh man ! I mean this in the best way, It is very reassuring to see others struggle the same struggle as I!
Makes you feel not so alone in that struggle !
Thank you Ray for sharing your experience in the fraternity of frustration.
Good to see the highly skilled mechanic looking like the rest of us. Inspired by your videos, I replaced my son's front suspension. never done it before, mistakes were made, but got there in the end. Then I looked at the rear😢.
I have assembled these. They're not that bad. But do require a correct order of operations. I had a good laugh at this one watching someone try and reassemble all the links.
Momma said their would be days like this, Momma said. As usual you have overcome the objective with proper commentary. Good job my friend.
"My mama say, 'It be's that way sometimes.' Have Mercy!" -- Wrestler "Iceman" King Parsons 😉
Just caught this going up 48 seconds ago with only 1 view.
Only one person to blame unnecessary taking over of the job. I've always said designers should be made to work on things they design.
I feel the pain in keeping removing everything. It did make me snigger probably because I've been there and it's not my pain this time.
Try being a designer who has to take over and fix designs made and F'd up by others in another state.
Its easy to forget the added 90-100 degree humid Florida heat when watching a vid. Im sure it makes things 60% more complex.
Three things I learned today, 1. Always remember the order of operations, 2. Have patience, 3. I don’t have to cuss and throw things when the project isn’t going right. 😂
Worst case scenario, I'd rather be cursing at an inanimate object than a person.
"cuss and throw things," Cussing and throwing things ( like cans of Break Cleaner) are required by the mechanics "oath of office." If you cannot cuss and throw things you are not allowed to be a mechanic. I was taught that in high school auto mechanics. Ohhh.. you know what that class was discontinued just before the school was shut down and taken over as a Junior High School. The new high school even had a completely new name. I wonder if the crusty, old, auto mechanics teacher had anything to do with it?
@@bflandragon90 This.
This was one of the most enjoyable videos I have ever watched from you Ray and it's unfortunately because of the problems you had and how you handled them but it was good. You did a great job. Congratulations!
It makes me feel better knowing that even the experts can have a hard time sometimes.
Frommm alll video this is the one make me smile and laugh from the middle video until the end, thank you ray For entertaining us 😄👍🏻
Thank you for showing your mistakes, Ray. I've learned quite a bit from you and a lot of that is from seeing what went wrong so I know what to watch out for. And that's not a backhanded compliment either. Way too many people edit out their mistakes so when I try to make the same repair I get blindsided by a bunch of bs. Thank you for understanding that some of us are new mechanics and knowing how to reassess and fix a mistake is just as important as knowing how to do the repair in the first place.
I feel ya bro! Happens to me all the time in the shop. Make good time on a repair just to find out you gotta undo all of it to get one little part. 😩
I’m an old English mechanic and that job looked like a ten minute sit down and a nice cup of tea and everything would look better.
I totally felt your pain and frustration from the reassembly of such a complex, expensive and difficult hub system. It probably had 3 different guys designing it who did not share a common language and were unable to communicate with each other.
and all three of them had brain damage from a studabaker falling on them!!!
But it fits together fine on the CAD system!
Engineering 🤪
And not a @#$%! one of them having had any experience working on anything mechanical.
The control arm bolts should be tightened up with the vertical at ride height. To prevent a bind. So I was taught.
Congratulations Ray. Good thing you’re a quick study. Lol
You’re now an expert on Cadillac all wheel drive rear axle assembly. Certificate is in the mail.
I always hated when I had to put shit back together after the guy who tore it apart quit. Of course parts came in piece meal which only added to the aggravation of a basket case. Nice video Ray.
Dang Ray, that was a fight. Tried to save some time and help Troy out, and it blows up in your face. You said that you should have been an astronaut, I was studying to be an astronaut in college, I was taking up space. lol This was still a good video.
You're allowed to have an off day and ride the struggle bus Ray, You work so damn hard!! Have a great weekend with the family bud!!
Glad you visited my planet... That's why I don't work on them anymore. Got too old to fool around with that stuff. Keep up the good work Ray.
Hey Ray, a nice sharp wood chisel works great to get the metal rim up for you, without damaging anything. Makes it a lot easier to get it out.
That's what I would have done !
I go around and tap it in with a brass punch
Nice to see that i am not alone with struggle!
We needed an onscreen counter on how many times that big bolt had to be taken out and put back in 🤣
With all due respect, your pain was our gain. That was one of the most entertaining videos I've watched in a long time. Just don't make a habit of it.
I just use an old dish tub, a brush and kerosene. Kerosene may be expensive these days, but its still cheaper than brake clean. Then, I finish it off by using the brake clean for just the final rinse. I don't go through a lot of brake clean that way....but to each their own. Best wishes, Ray.
Back in the 50's and 60's, my father was a mechanic and he exclusively used kerosene. He was also able to do a simple filtering of the catch bucket to recycle and use for first pass clean on the really dirty stuff.
@@MacRODesign55 Kerosene can last a long time for cleaning as can diesel. Just need to filter the particles out.
Yes agree, Why spend a lot of money on Brake clean when you can wash the parts in a diesel tub and then just finish whith a touch of the brake clean.
@@MacRODesign55 The sludge settles at the bottom over night. Just poor out the clear Kerosine/Diesel for reuse.
he feels climax to see gush of Braleclean.
You can never go wrong using a socket to hammer seals in they always work 12:25 they always come in clutch when ya don't have the Oem branded Tool @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Guten Morgen Ray. Ditch the seal puller. Try using a blind bearing/seal extraction collet. It was the only tool I used on aircraft engine aps (just for the very reason of case/housing damage). It would do a killer job on those pilot bearings, too. I say it in past tense because I've been medically retired. So, there is a lot of viewing time of you and Eric O. Can I trade my A&P in for a ASE? Hahaha! Thanks for the great content. Learning a lot from you and Mr. O.
You had me sitting on the edge of my seat flexing my arms and fingers helping you align and secure the task at hand....
What humility and self flagilation
Morning Ray,
Today's video is very entertaining to say the least . You have the patience of a saint! I would have let the expletives fly LOL.
Bottom line you got it done. Thanks for sharing the process. I'll be here waiting for the next episode. Say hi to the whole team and keep cool 👍✌️
I am quite sure there were a few edits to remove the 'dirty words',
Reminds me of that movie, Groundhog Day!
In the mean time Troy does 4 jobs Ray was planning to do.😁
Troy *starts* 4 jobs Ray was planning to do. Decides Ray can finish them. 🤣
4 oil changes.
Hey Ray, you're a great mechanic. I gotta say you showed a lot of patience. Keep up the good work. It's hard to find a good mechanic but one that's dedicated to his craft like you is a big plus. Keep up the great work.
Hey Ray I love your videos! My father was a mechanic for 60 years, in time before cordless tools & battery powered lights. I was wondering have you ever heard the term “Drop Light”? ✌️✌️👍
There is a reason "ruggedized" light bulbs were invented. 😉
How refreshing to see even a pro can chase their tail sometimes! I've been a backyard mechanic for over 50 years and have found myself in this very situation on a number of occasions. And I was the one who took it apart in the first place! While I keep most of the neighborhood's cars up and running I don't do anything near the number of repairs as a pro like yourself Ray. Thus I have from time to time backed myself into a pickle and also had to retrace my steps. I had to laugh a couple time as I watched your struggle on this one as it brought back many memories of my many misadventures under a car or hood. So thanks for letting all of us high functioning amateurs see that even the great ones occasionally have to reverse course and retrace their steps before the job is done.
Armchair expert: Lube seal lips EVERY TIME before installing shaft. You left output shaft roller bearings exposed to sanding grit when smoothing down the seal puller damage, recall the sanding drum dumps silicon into the area, and this is not so great on bearing surfaces, cover bearing rollers and the hole, prior to sanding/polishing. Use a flat ground chisel to knock in the edge of the seal prior to pulling. Seal pullers are great for puncturing the metal shield and doing the exact kind of damage shown to the seal bore surface. For your wash tank, you can use a discard fuel pump to circulate solvent, and it is only 12v. Look at your ball joint press set for round tubes to install new seals, you will often find a suitable tube, or lathe cut one or more, and every time you remove a junk part, look it over to extract a new seal/bearing installer tool which may be cut from the junk part, brake caliper pistons, for example, bearing races, etc. An M3 aircraft machine gun barrel shroud, full length, has a nice tube to make a seal installer from, also is a fine cheater tube. You had that screw jack right there, why not use it to support the hub while fitting up the parts? Instead you stab yourself in the chest, over and over, with the wheel studs.. at least make a cover board to hang on the studs to protect your chest, from 1" board. Always attempt part alignment before shoving in threaded rods, as the threads cut out much metal going in, in misalignment. Lastly, never tighten these control arm bushings while the suspension is hanging.... these are to be finalized with vehicle weight on the suspension links, to prevent rubber bushing spin-up, torque, and tearing. Get a small lathe and bench grinder to stick over in the corner, very useful for knocking out a custom seal/bearing install tool or press arbor tool, if for nothing else but to square the tube ends.
I used to use crappie tools years ago because that is all you could get back in the 60s/70s but now a days especially with the internet you can get really good tools and the job takes you half the time so well worth it and its good to show things not going right on how you had to struggle ,thank you for the video
Ray this was a very funny video. It shows that even a master mechanic such as yourself sometimes has issues. We have all done things multiple times and it's not fun. Have a better weekend.
done to increase entertainment value, he could easily read on repair steps from Alldata.
I wouldn't say I enjoyed watching you struggling with this, but it brings some kind of relief to me as a sunday mechanic ... Seing highly skilled professionals experiencing the same difficulties / time loss provides relative trust in my own capabilities !
Ray - I laughed & laughed and laughed. I bet Troy and the other office lady was too! I must admit, it is better for "the boss" or a supervisor to make errors than the underlings lol. When I was a supervisor I did like it a lot when I was able to show my team I actually did know not only what I was doing, but was also able to do what they did. Admittedly I was a little slower in some areas, however I was not doing what they did every day, I had my own work to do, which involved ensuring they had the skills , knowledge and equipment to do what they needed to do.
I will tell you from experience, that made you an awesome supervisor. Leaders lead from the front! Kudos.🍻
my supervisor doesn't even know how to turn my machine on, even with written directions hanging on it....
@minotaurbison I've run into that too...
Troy should be with you😢great learning experience
Good honest video. Pressure to get jobs done before the weekend by 'helping out' often causes that kind of issue. You had it right, just do the bearing and leave the complicated reassembly to the one who took it apart and could remember the order. Everyone learned something there.
Yeah, the guy who took it apart knew the long bolt had to be in before the axle went through the hub. Probably should have even left it in place, ready for re-assembly.
@@mrpesky163 If only the guy who took it apart was around. And this video was recorded on Thursday not Friday.
Hey, Ray, you're exactly right! coming behind another person to complete a job is challenging!, I was in the mechanical business until I'm now retired.
Seriously, how did you not say a single 4 letter work in this whole video? You have the patients of a god good sir.
Editing
@@StevenDaugherty-uo5cs I’ve seen Ray hit his flangies with a hammer and not a foul word out of him. That is something that editing will not solve at the moment it happens.
And patience.
This has to be your best video. I know I have done the same thing before. Some laughs, and impatience but you worked through it and for that, it shows you are a great person. You could have ended the video in frustration way before you corrected your mistakes but you didn't. Great JOB Ray.
Those yellow seal anti-theft rings really make replacement tough! Seriously, you are too hard on yourself. I would have done everything the exact same, 'cept a couple. As for going behind someone, that's tough, too - and with me, an hour after I took it apart, it's as though someone else took it apart😊! Only thing worse is if the original tech broke stuff while taking it apart, and I've been there. Take a deep breath, and have a good weekend!
nice of you to help Troy, but you learned that no good deed goes unpunished!
Back to my morning routine of watching Ray prior to jumping into my in-depth tech support role.
Is your company hiring?
@@mod_incllc3235 Just finished. I'm not sure if and when there will be a next round. Simplest way is to go through Insight Global or Apex Systems (I like Apex better) and ask about Azure openings. For whatever reason, none of the last round were open to Full Time, that I saw. Best of luck.
All of us Mechanics Have these Days Ray It happens 😂 34:26 good old Mechanic Life @Rainman Ray's Repairs
Tighten the bolts at ride height would be a very good idea 😮
Way to hang in there! Figuring it out and doin’ it right by the time you finished up. Another great job bud!
😂 good grief Ray , you need to slow down to go fast “ you should have left it alone and let the rookie go thru the changes , how is he to learn. I really wanted to go over and assembled it for you ..🤣😂🤣😂😂 it’s cool you showed the struggle is real at times ! Keeping it real buddy thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You had me pushing and grunting along with you . I feel for your frustration in this assembly . Have a good weekend , stay safe , have fun .
I thought this was entertaining, yes, I also get stressed, and tired. And watching others helps me learn how to tackle problems like this, when you don't know what it looked like before, how it came apart, no blueprints, no drawings. In R&D land it's common for engineers to know nothing about repairs, and make stupid design decisions. I suppose it's job security. Keeping it cool is a great trait to learn when working on complex mechanical designs. Chair seat warrior signing off.. ! o7
Does the suspension need the weight of the vehicle on it before you tighten the control arm bolts ? I know on some vehicles it does or it will rip the rubber bushings out when the suspension goes through its full travel.
Some days you're the bug and some days you're the windshield.
and some days, you're the wind in between the bug and the windshield.....
@@MrMustangMan And some days you're the windshield wiper blade.
And sometimes you're the driver crossing the Mississippi I74 bridge when you drive through a swarm of insects that splatter like those quarter sized raindrops during a thunderstorm. Man that was a mess.
Love me some Mary Chapin Carpenter. 😉
The frustration is real. This reminded me of a remodeling job I got to finish once. At least you knew it had been together once upon a time.
That was painful....I've done the wheel speed sensor thing before and I was the idiot that took it apart...but in your case this process was reason 462 why tag team repairs don't work ..lol
Much respect for sticking with it. The ongoing joke between mechanics and engineers comes to mind. I honestly believe that if design engineers had to work on these things that they would suddenly get very maintenance friendly. I took my kids 2001 Chrysler Sebring into the dealership (the only place that would work on it). When I picked it up, the mechanic said that it was the worst designed/engineered car he has ever had the displeasure of working on. When you have to remove the tire to disconnect the battery, you know it's going to be a long day.
Had to laugh. My rule is 'if the skilfully machined parts don't seem to want to go together easily, then am I doing something wrong?'
Stop and look. Don't just think it needs a hammer or pry bar. Look at it again.
Sorry Ray, but this made me smile. Brought back memories of putting an old Ford 2n tractor back together after my dad had taken in apart. Towed it home with 4 or 5 boxes of parts with no idea of where to start...
I always found it frustrating AF when I was trying to learn something by doing and some well meaning person would hop in and do it for me. As much as I appreciated the thought, it felt like a learning opportunity stolen.
My tech school instructor, Mr. Riddill always said the proper tool is what is available at the time ! That was almost 50 yrs ago and nothing has changed!
You know, you nearly bit off more than you can chew 😂.
Should have let Troy finish the job after he came back from lunch.
Never seen you in such a pickle.
But it was a good giggle😂.
Can't help wondering if all those bolts went back in the right way round.
Definitely a case of to many cooks spoil the broth.
Good vid though.
You have yourself a good day Ray😂.
congratulations on completing it and also sharing the video. It would have been easy to not share it and pretend that it didn't happen so cheers Ray
Ray, you’re just showing us that you’re human like the rest of us after all 😅
A lot of us fill your pain Ray, because we have been there and done that. You worked threw it better than most of us.
I don’t know why these cars put up a fight in the end you always win. Props for never giving up a true master mechanic!
God bless you brother I am so glad to see a professional mechanic struggling like I do and I am no mechanic love your channel
Excellent video as always! I feel your pain. Our shop was doing a restoration on a Lamborghini coupe from the early 70s. I was handed several boxes of parts and window glass for the doors and told to install the windows and make the electric window regulators work. No manuals. I managed it and thankfully the shop owner paid me for all time spent doing the work. Previous mechanic had quit after disassembly.
I felt your pain all the way through that. Ray you are a true professional… you love your job soooo much you’ll do it as much as needed to get it done!
Thanks!