Too dangerous to drive! Johnny Cash needs help
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2023
- Quick video I shot over 2 months ago changing out the leaf springs on Johnny Cash. I was surprised it was this bad.
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As soon as I saw the torch fire up all I thought was "It can't be stuck if it's a liquid" And noted, "Steve does not wear high heels for comfort."
Not for comfort. 😁
@@SteveSummersjust sex appeal?😮😂😅
23:50 "I'm DONE underneath of this truck". Oh, you sweet summer child.
Retired GM mechanic: Yes I have replaced many leaf spring assemblies. I was the brake, suspension, steering mechanic. Dually springs are heavy. I have seen many cracked and/or broken springs. Because I hated to start fires, I started using a recipicating saw with a high tensil blade to cut the bolts loose. My magnetic Dewalt light was used by many fellow tech's and left stuck under a truck going down the road. Good job. My main complaint for those after-market wheels is {they come loose} but they look pretty. Many manufactures require to re-tighten within 500 miles.
I like seeing custom work where it might not be to my taste. It's fun seeing what other people like, and at the end of the day how you customize a thing is 100% subjective.
Thanks Steve. I trust you saved a few pieces of that old spring steel for projects down the road.
Steve could make a lot of knives with that amount of inventory! Lol
Yes plenty of uses for old spring steel, even if it is detempered and used as a high quality bar for some applications, it will survive abuse well.
Nice source of spring steel for future projects, or a nice gift for your local hobby blacksmith.
I'm glad that my C30 crewcab dually,1979
was an original Arizona bought and always lived here. No snow, not much rain to make em rust, plus hardly ever had any heavy loads on it. She checks out fine. No rust and no cracks.
Thanks for making me take a good, hard look at mine.
Take care, my friend. 😊
Did I mention that all the other husbands on UA-cam have fixed their wives square body rear fenders!!! Truly enjoy your content, pace and skills Steve. Keep up the great job and we as viewers will continue to give your bride honey-do suggestions.
Does anyone else now have a picture of Steve in their head, running his lathe in high heels? 🤣😂🤣
Steel toe cap high heels. 😅😂😂
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Keith Rucker raised some of his machines with cribbing to make them more comfortable to use. I guess Steve went the other way.😂
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If it’s liquid it can’t be tight
I had to do the same for my 1990 Sierra 4.3L 1/2 ton. When I noticed all 4 U bolt had rust broken completely throuhg on the outsides. 😲😲I cut everything out nothing was worth saving especially the U bolts and bottom plates. Got two nicer bottom plates from the junkyard amazingly. For these new to me I drilled two 1/2" drain holes in each at the lowest points to allow dirt, water and salt to fall through. Than cleaned and paint brushed everything with a 1gt can of Rust Oleum gloss black after a preheat. 👉👉So many I saw at the junkyard were completely full to the top with dirt and rust layering.
I trust your wife can really appreciate your skills. You are keeping your family safe and saving a lot of money by doing it yourself. Warmest wishes for the Holidays, grandpa.
Up here in Michigan it takes the invention of new dirty words to do that job. You have to cut the spring bolts with a sawzall the shackles and rear hangers will definitely need to be replaced also. If you’re lucky the center hole in the spring pad won’t be 3 times too big from rust also. Dodge uses same setup for the u-bolts too where it traps junk to make the job fun.
Nice new Springs ...... *** still has rear shocks from the Duran-Duran era..............
*raises hand* Frozen bushing bolts can be the worst of all stuck bolts.
I really love your videos. I am a Father too and I love that your family wants to be around you even while you’re working. It shows that your demeanor is the same in front of the camera or not. It makes me want do better myself. I am a contractor and when I’m working I am “at war “ usually with knucklehead people. Your kindness inspires me. Thank you for sharing your videos your one of my favorite channels. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Just 2 days ago I replaced my leaf springs in my 76 C30 same situation broken leafs. Unlike yours my bolts were seized in the bushing and a broken u bolt let me just say bad words were said !!! Love your truck !
Thanks buddy. These trucks were bad about rotted leaf springs
Good Saturday Steve, Cora, No Grits, going to family Christmas early. YES, I have struggled with a frozen leaf spring bolt. Right angle grinder but I had no touch. Got it anyway. Thanks for another enjoyable Saturday. God Bless.
I had the center bolt rust out on my spring pack under my 65 Chevy g-10. The axle slid back and I ran over my van with my van. Maybe not skid but telescoped... I cranked the steering wheel hard as the rear end turned 45 degrees and went diagonally off the road. Couple of leaf springs later and it's back, but I'm swapping the rear end for a four link cuz I want to airbag it and all the spring mounts are rotting out of it.
I live on Cape Cod, rusted hanger bolts are a way of life. Loosen the nut then put a socket on the nut and put a air chisel punch through the socket and just keep hitting it with an air hammer till the rust breaks up.
Further knife projects, leaf springs is great blade steel. Great catch, I have friend that flip his Jeep because of a broken leaf spring. Thanks for sharing.
One of the very few things that makes me happy to be in Southern California. ROAD SALT!!! Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas
I've done that Job a few times 😢 My 1990 Chevy has been done. 400k miles and still going. Good job, High heels 😅 really!!
Good Job 👍.
George from Indiana
I hope you get the toetector high heels in a nice red. All the best for Christmas and to new year to you and your family
Hello from Australia, Steve. 1. Good job on the detective work on the leaf springs. As usual, you are on top of problems !
2. More importantly, She's a dear little dog, Mate.... and she loves you. It makes me miss my
long passed dogs like her OH so much. Give her a pat for me, mate.
Yes, the best dogs are those that come and find you.
I really enjoy the cello music, it is a nice touch.
Unsprung weight, weight below the springs, has a 5:1 weight ratio for the impact on the vehicles performance. In other words, you add 5lbs of weight impact for every 1lbs of unsprung weight you add. This can add up pretty quickly. If those wheels are 10lbs heavier you are adding 50lbs for every wheel, times 4 wheels you added 200lbs.
Can't wait to see you work your magic on those rear fenders!!!
When pieces come out of leaf springs they can be a hazard to others on the road. Some years back, a truck in Wisconsin had a piece of a leaf spring fall off. A minivan hit it and the piece ended up poking through the gas tank and the floor of the van. Apparently the piece of spring scraping on the road created sparks starting a fire. The driver was able to stop the van and he and his wife got out but the van was totally engulfed in fire and I think at least two children in car seats died.
The bolt going through the spring leaves is called a "Center Pin" and it does locate the springs to the rear end housing.
We always called them a spring center bolt, back in the 70s they were even called that in the moog parts catalog,
I never had an eye bolt slide out of a bushing without having to cut it out or apply heat until the rubber catches on fire and drips flames down onto the floor. How your's came out freely is just a miracle.
Replaced mine for up rated ones... They lasted about 4 months and broke. Luckily noticed it before going far. Supplier replaced the broken leaf without charge, thank goodness.
Not only did you make the truck safer for occupants, but you also made things safer for the other people on the road. Imagine one of those spring pieces flying at your windshield.
Laughed out loud while watching a bearded guy in rural Kentucky (if I remember where you are) working on a dully say "you don't wear high heels caus there comfortable, at least I dont...". Keep being your not so serious self man. Still loving the content.
Bolts rusted into a bushing is always an awful way to start a job. Usually black smoke and burning rubber comes next. Glad it was nice and straightforward. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Sounds like you’ve had the pleasure of doing that job a couple of times! Lol. Everyone that’s done this job knows the smell and amount of work that it involves. Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎉🇺🇸
wow, that was scary.. Glad you caught it.. You should consider fluid filming the underside of that truck, will help stop the rust progression..
Nice to have a new video to watch! Next time get out the high heels and dig in😂
Several years ago, near where I live, a mother was driving her two kids to school. A pick up truck coming in the opposite direction suddenly veered into them head-on. All three were killed. The pick up driver was uninjured. The center bolt in the rear leaf spring had suddenly broken. The father and husband lost his whole family. I think of him whenever I work on leaf spring suspensions.
About 1969 I put a new set of leaf springs on my '57 Chevy 'Blair. That was my first big project on that car.
-I bought the replacement springs catalog order from Sears.
- It took much beating and knocking. Didn't have access to a torch, etc.
-Exhausted my vocabulary.
Steve, your video brought out some old memories/nightmares.😅
Subaru rear control arms bolts are very prone to seizing on the bushing. the struggle is rel. Great work.
I cant believe the bolts just came right out of those eyes.? EVERY time ive done this, ive had to cut the bolts for one reason or another...usually the bolt backs out into the gas tank.? brilliant...
You were rolling when you jacked that thing up. Careful Steve don't want that big thing rolling on you buddy. I saw later you had a brick in front of the tire. Good work.
Congrats Steve, on getting the broken rear springs-off and u still have all of ur fingers. noticed that the rear right fender needs work.
merry christmas to all.
DUDE I NEVER SEEN A BLONDISH WOOLY WORM
I have had spring bolts seized a few times. I have also seized my axle shaft in my motorcycle because I put antiseize on them. I had to cut the axle out with a Sawzall. I had to buy a new axle. Spacers and bearings. Fun times.
Any time I have had to swap springs, or even more often replace shackles and brackets, I’ve assumed everything will be rusted to heck and picked up new bolts and bushings. I’ve never gotten so lucky as to not need them. I usually drill through the bushing close to the eye, then run a sawzall blade around the inside surface of the eye.
I appreciate the fact that your a busy man yet ………..still find time to film a bug for a moment. Love the content keep it up happy holidays
It's funny to me, because leaf spring tech has been around for as long as cars have been and yet the manufacturers still don't make them right today despite having the solution and far better technology at their disposal (i'll be back to that).
The solution is to grease every leaf spring individually, tie them up, insert them into place and then sow a leather boot around that's ligated with copper wire at the eyelets. This then gets pumped with grease as well.
With today's technology, they could make a boot that's vulcanized properly to fit as a sleeve.
Good morning everyone watching from Lincolnshire UK 🇬🇧
…..and from Dorset, UK 🇬🇧
And Thailand.
🙋 Merry Christmas. Y'all take care.
Had to deal with many rusted and frozen bolts in my life ...never fun but Man's work never is...
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Did the same job.
No fun.. Lol
You were fortunate to catch them before they failed.
I trailer a bunch, so went with overload leafs.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
With that truck you had all the room in the world. Try that job with a 67 to 69 first gen Camaro or Firebird with H/D multi leaf springs! you can't even get to the spring box bolts and it is so tight up there that you can't use gloves so your forced to get all cut up a bloody mess to get the bolts started back in. You had it easy.
I've done a few rough ones in the past. These came out easy
Merry Christmas steve and the rest of your family, Cora looks happy when she is with you , i have worked on leaf springs in my past changed them on a chevy S-10 and on bigger trucks and trailers in the 80,000 pound range never fun to work on but necessary for safe operating.
New springs, AND a pile of high-quality steel for future projects!
ps. Some new shocks might be in order too ;)
I remember having to remove the rear leaf springs from my old land rover, the pins were completely rusted into the bushes and I ended up having to cut the head off the bolt and cut the nut off the other side, burn the rubber out of the bushes then cut the outer sleeve out of the spring eye, it was not the most pleasent way to spend a day!
I hate getting a flat in -20 - 30* Celsius and try to get the dam wheel off using stock aluminum wheels I found the only way is to use a dead blow hammer to get it to release it has saved me a few times when you don't want to lie under a truck kicking the dam wheel in the snow!
That was good caterpillar walking music
Thanks for sharing your shop adventures with us and I’d like to wish you, your family and everyone else out there a Merry Christmas and to have and enjoy a Great New Year! 🎄🎉🇺🇸
great catch on those iffy springs !!...........Glad they're swapped out !.............But I wanna see that Grandbaby-Grandbaby-We wanna see the Grandbaby !!.............................
I have a '96 Ford dually that needs the same treatment. just a job that is easy to put off on a truck you don't drive every day.
Do-all Steve hi heels Summers. Those springs were much worse than they looked on J Cash. Well done, great video. Pray you all have a Merry Christmas especially with your new member of your family. Till next time, thanks for bringing us along.
Happy Christmas to you,Elizabeth family and the dogs,good luck for 24
Mick Dorset,England
Happy Christmas Steve and your family, from Mal, Sue and family.
F350 Diablo carbide blade & recip saw got my springs out
Afternoon Steve 😅 Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family 😅
Great call and save! Yes, during my years in owning big tandem dump trucks, annual inspection had to be done, and both rear and front leaf springs were a must to be in top shape. Not only would DOT be one of the things to look at when pulled over, but if one leaf was cracked, the truck was downed and flaged at location. Those bolts were a bi_ _ch to remove on the side of a HWY😞. Thats for sharing, and now can sleep knowing you and Elizabeth will be safe. Merry Christmas from BRS.
The rust jacking would put a lot of stress on the ubolts.
i just got a 79 C30 with a similar problem, suprisingly none of the leafsprings are broke but i was suprised the actual Ubolts on the passenger side Rotted completely off, so i ordered 4 new ubolts and will change them all out before i tempt to put it on the road
Loved the video! 😊
Cool content. Got a 84 square body with a terminator x max stealth. Wish I noticed your channel a year ago. Nice square body
They are great trucks. Thanks for watching
12 frozen bolts on a FJ-40 Land cruiser. First time ever changing out leaf springs. Verry happy I was still young and determined.
They can really put up a battle sometimes 😄
Nice use of the gas wrench! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Steve good job you have done n your wife truck but i always change all the parts include the bolts and nuts , thank you for videos Merry Christmas
Steve buddy safety glasses with that torch
a guy i worked for had several of these year trucks with the water holding u bolt holes he had me drill a weep hole in the saddle to drain the pocket he also had us grease the leaves of the spring pack to prevent or at least delay the rust in the pack if it worked i cant say but he took great care with his equipment an paid us ok
Hope you and your wife had a Merry Christmas and will have a wonderful New Year !!!
Merry Christmas Steve and Elizabeth! Enjoy the season.
You have a lifetime supply of knife making steel cheers.
I wonder if those rear shocks need replacing? Probably!
Good steel for future projects! Also Cora really helped with the ear hygiene! 😉
Nice job, it did look like the shocks were leaking and in need of replacing.
I wouldn't be seen on the road with the wheels like that 😮
Or high heels,bra,panties could be added to the list
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas Steve!! Also a healthy and prosperous New Year!!!!
Glad to see you back on the ole WhoTubes Steve. I love watching you bring stuff back... Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Smoke wrench for the win!
I usually leave the jack under a car in addition to jack stands. I lower the car to the stands and then engage the jack just a little bit. Does anyone else do it like that? It is something that I picked up in my teen years, when we lifted tractors to mount wheels at work.
Scrap springs are good to hand over to a blacksmith for knife making.
I actually bought my first Sawzall years ago because of a frozen eye bolt in a leaf spring.
Wow I was surprise those end bolts can out for you . I had to cut them off with a grander✋
I have fought spring bolts; not able to drive them out after cutting the nuts off and things like that. The other thing about heavier tire/wheel combos is the unsprung weight affects the ability to keep the tires n contact with the road which affects both ride and handling even on the rear of the vehicle. Those indexable pry bars are awesome! I don't work as a mechanic for a living anymore so I haven't bought one but my son has them and more tools that were not available years ago. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Really good catch to spot that hazzard ! The old spring leafs might make a bunch of half way decent knifes. Not as good a steel as the older cars and trucks up to about 1963 or 1964 thou ! ! ! If not you then maybe someone you may know or put out some feelers. I hate to see good steel go to waste.
This sure isn't the first time I have seen this. I believe that there are too many thin leaves and that is what can be avoided by fewer thicker leaves. This job starts with the cutting torch for sure. Hanger bolts frozen to the inner spring bushing are almost never recoverable so I just don't try any more. Hot wrench and all new hardware are the best way to go in my eyes. Far quicker as well. While you are shopping get some new coil over shock absorbers as these ones are leaking. Take care and seasons best to you all!
When dealing with hub pilot wheels, brute force is not the best option. Simply apply enough pressure to the bottom of the wheel to get it to stand straight up, then pull the top gently towards you, they will slide right off. If you go to jerkinh them around it just binds them up.
Yes Steve, the adjustable pry bars are a game changer, since I bought my 2, the other bars are going rusty, lol.
Living in the saltbelt i know you're pain merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas Steve and Family.🎄🎄⛄🎄🎄👍
Merry Christmas and God bless.
Steve good job mate. Suggestion, I'd get plenty of anti seize on the face of the hub adapter before winter really gets there, or you will have a devil of a job getting a wheel off as the dissimilar corrosion gets between that bright steel plate and the Aluminium wheels. That goes for the fronts as well. Also it helps to stop the mating face of the wheel from corroding
Agree with the anti-seize but Eric O turned me on to Fluid Film, not the best smelling stuff, but it does wonders for preventing wheels and axle hubs from mating. I now keep extra cans of the stuff in the shop and use it regularly.
Good catch. Merry Christmas! God bless!
Not in a leaf spring, but I had a bolt seized in the LCA of a 911 that I had to cut out by angle grinding the LCA into pieces, while extinguishing the resulting bushing rubber fire.