DIY AWESOME Heavy duty engine stand, Geared spinning head
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2017
- I needed an engine stand for the 5.0 to hang on for its build up. I looked at a bunch of off the shelf options; amazon, ebay, autozone, TSC, HFT and so on. It was obvious after seeing a youtube video by filthyphill100 that I needed to go the DIY route. In his video he used a brake slack adjuster off of a semi truck to spin the head. His idea is very clever. I was given some used brake parts by my dad which was just what I needed. I also have a large pile of scrap steel I want to use up. I was able to come up with enough good parts to put together this stand. I did buy new iron casters and a new slack adjuster totaling around $50. Im waiting to drill the holes in the arms until I know what size is the industry standard. Look for it to be painted with a 5.0HO v8 hanging on it in a future episode of the '47 ford p/u build!!
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The frame material is random bits of box tubing
The spinning head is 3/4" plate steel
The arms are 1 1/4" bar stock
The pivot shaft is 1 1/2" 28 splined brake shaft
The casters are 330lb each
The bolts are all 5/8" NC
The spinning head is held in place by a retention clip, like on a semi
Casters: amzn.to/2NUzyqv
Roloc discs for a die grinder:
Polishing: amzn.to/2NsQ2Hs
Grinding: amzn.to/2CrPGuw
Thanks
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I think when people worry about the steel caster supports bending its just a misunderstanding of the actual amount of weight on that piece of angle. If I put that small piece of angle on the ground and drove a mid-size truck over it would it bend? What do you think?
Great use of an S-cam and slack adjuster, love the trap door to keep the shaft and zerks clean.
I first watched this Build video about a year ago. Started my replication about 6 months ago. Finally found a S-cam in the scrap bin that has the correct spline count. I can now finish the build. I just wanted to say “Thank You” for the Phenomenal idea.
The suspense of how you were going to grease the shaft bushings was tense until the end of the video. Great job!
Man I haven’t seen anyone use a blowtorch like that since I was a kid watching my dad! Everyone wants a plasma cutter anymore! Good job! I wish I would have learned from my dad!
I wish my Dad had taught me more about engines. Maybe when he retires...... Thanks for watching! Have a great day!
I've had a bit to do with slack adjusters and that idea is goddamn brilliant! Subbed on that idea alone!
My 5.0 is currently on it being rebuilt, its working perfectly. Thanks!!
Excellent build! Thanks for the video
Now this is a true metal worker
pretty kool. . slack adjuster for the gear drive. good one!
Thanks for dropping in!
Thanks for great example and build.
Thanks for checking it out!
good idea , real engineer
Thanks for watching!
Now that was badass!
thanks!
Good stuff.
Nice work
Awesome Craftsmanship Bros 👁👁👍
Helpful and Thank you.
Gut gemacht ❤️💪
Loved watching it come together without all the blabbing talk. TY
Are you building one?
I built 1 for my 800lb 7.3 diesel using a HF 2000lb engine stand.
This is fawkin awesome!!!!
New subscriber!!!🔥🔥🔥
I used to build stuff like this all the time. Now a days though I tend to just buy new tools with warranties because it's honestly a better use of time. Instead of spending all the time making your own just buy one for much less. But again, I understand the whole built not bought aspect. I guess I've just grown out of that.
Earned your way out of it.
This is great. I've got s-cans, tubes, and slacks kicking around from a logging unit.
Really nice build. Only thing I would question is the angle iron for the casters
Yeh, Thats the week point but then again each of those pieces of angle would take hundreds of LBS to bend and there are 4 working together. Ill probably do an update video.
Where did you get the drill driven crank mechanism from thanks nice video
How I wish I could build this for myself
awesome
Thanks for watching!
Do you think the slack adjuster will hold its position if there was significant leverage against it? Like if I made a frame rotisserie using thus device.
Donde lo consigo esa herramienta para girar color oro muchas gracias por el video
awesome dude
Good👍👍
Great
hello what material do you need to do everything?
Slick build buddy! When can I come by to pick it up and borrow it? Im pulling my cummins motor to replace the piston cooling nozzles and that motor is a beast to try to turn over on a regular engine stand! I wish I had a decent welder to replicate your build. Awesome work though. I wonder what the capacity of this unit would be?
Im not sure what max cap is. I know those cummins are heavy. Ive had a couple 6bt's pass through the shop over the years. My little forklift will lift them, but she feels it.... Good luck on the repairs and thanks for watching!!
Can you give me the od a id of the two tunes used that the slack adjuster goes through re grease fitting thks please
Good afternoon, what is that grinding wheel you have on your die grinder? It really cleans it up good for welding. I now have inspiration for my auto rotisserie. Thanks and take care.
Glad you found the video! The discs are Roloc style, they are super handy.
Grinding discs: amzn.to/2CrPGuw
What is the gold thing that you added to it
I was wondering now that you've had a chance to use it, if you feel the original S-Cam bushings are adequate, or if you'd go with bearings next time?
Its been working fine. For how much it spins I think the bushings are ok.
love it. what is the golden colour thing you install at 5:42
Thanks, its called a 'manual slack adjuster'
Why d'you have a compost pile goin' on yer bandsaw?
where i can buy spinning head. I don't know the exact name so I can't find it
That will last a life time
Hopefully. I wish I had more opportunity to use it. Thanks for watching!
Where can you buy such a gear ratio I'm writing from Poland thank you
This is off of a semi air brake system. A truck mechanic or repair shop will have these parts
Cómo se llama esa matraca
What is the cleaning spray you used for the metal and then washed off?
Just standard foaming engine degreaser you buy at any auto parts store
Great idea but i have seen a couple of videos and no one put a load on it!! Too me it qont work with the gearing on a slack adjuster
My buddy rebuilt my 5.0HO on it
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@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 great ok thanks.
How well does the slack adjuster work once you have a built up engine on the stand?
To be honest I havent had a chance to use it. My '47 for project went on hold because of my '53 chevy.
Did the metal you used for the wheels support the weight when you put an engine on it, or did it drop to floor because you didn’t gusset? Also was the reduction enough with the weight of a motor on it? The ratio looked way to high to be useful?
It held fine. Steel is strong. The rotation feature worked well also. I need to make a video of it in use. Here it is with the 5.0 on it: ua-cam.com/video/6Zy-kV2htC4/v-deo.html
Are you using a Brake ratchet?
Slack adjuster.
what is the dimension of the mounting head plate ?
If I recall what I did was looked up a couple mounting hole patterns of some small and big block engines (look for the circumference of all the holes) and then made sure I could adjust for all the common sizes.
Goood
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can you please tell me how is called that piece from 7:09 ? that thing with gears
'manual slack adjuster' let me know if you need any additional info.
Let's see it rotate with an engine on it
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01:12 you sped up *the fireworks* ... real speed w'd have been nice too :(
Looks rough
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he's not showing us how it works with the weight of the engine.
I don't think it would work.
Works like a dream ua-cam.com/video/C3Ue8jKnvsY/v-deo.html
That is not a real engine stand all of the steel used looks extremely light duty, how coud the front wheels hold up if there welded on angle iron. Cheap cheap crappy project should if left it as scrap metal.
Have you seen the thickness of the Chinese engine stands that everyone uses? It's less than this and I just had my big block on one with no problems. This stand looks plenty strong. I'll agree about the caster mounts, those look like they'll have a little flex but it probably wont matter.
Lets see your stand pal this one will hold a fully dressed big block Chevy all day long.
Elias Lara who Pee’d in your Cheerios?!?! Damn Dude! The stand he built has about Double the steel used in almost every Engine stand you can purchase. Check the next video he has with a fully dressed Ford small block on it. It barley has any flex. Plus he actually has control as he spins the motor unlike the manual ones that spin with NO control at all.
Why the stupid, annoying music?
A common problem I was running into was copyright issues. If I had the radio on in my shop and youtube recognized the song then the video would get flagged. If I overlay with free music then the youtube algorithm cant ID the songs anymore.