WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Removing and inspecting Grant Tank suspension units
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Join Daryl and Jesse on their heating, quenching, lubing, and impact wrenching odyssey as they remove and inspect the WWII Grant Tank suspension units. 🔥💧🛠️
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That was damn impressive. Battled it out through a huge fight W those bolts, took the knocks, still had a great shop atmosphere right up to that last blow W the broken springs; still up an in on the rest of it to finish it out.
I am in awe. If anyone deserved some John Williams battle music, it was you guys.
Now that was one hell of a fight to get those bolts out- it was a true lesson in skill and perseverance. Kudos to you all for succeeding in the end!
just 5 more suspension units left...
@@TheFandorn That's very true- I hope that they're at least a bit less stubborn than this one was, at any rate
As a military historian and historical miniature wargamer . I thank you gents for teaching me many of the details of the vehicles I have known and loved for decades. --Bob Bailey in Maine, USA
you need a higher CFM inch drive impact gun. 😀 Little tip I learnt from many track frame restorations. Heat the bolt only, it expands then cool it , then try undo it.. Never had luck with penetrating oil unless soaked overnight
No matter what's going on in the world, my mood always picks up when I get the notification of a new Workshop Wednesday. Great job fellas.
That facility must have close to 1 million dollars worth of tools and yet they were reduced to using brute force just to inspect those springs. I'm surprised there was not a snake inside those springs! I went through the same frustrations when I restored my M-37!
Well that was easy!😳😳 5 more to go. Love your work boys. 👍🏻🇦🇺
I'm amazed that you managed to film enough footage of this to make an episode that excluded all of the frustrated swearing that was involved in this task :D
You aren't making progress until someone busts their knuckles and the cusing begins. Then you know things are getting done.
Love how Kurt Fromausarmour gives us his full name each vid.
Im recovering from a hip replacement and look forward to these each week. Love them. Watching the trials and tribulations is most interesting.
From someone who's had pelvic surgery (recovery had the worst pain imaginable... took 18 months before I was allowed to fully walk unsupported), and waiting for spinal surgery, I wish you a speedy and pain free recovery!!!
Don't put weight on it before you're allowed to! You wouldn't want to redo the surgery, and it's worth letting time do it's thing to heal properly.
Best wishes for a new and trouble free hip to you sir!
These guys have the patience of a saint
Hello from Belgium !! 5 left to do ... what a crazy job !! but what victory when they are finally dismantled !! Good work :)
I love watching people work, especially when they really know what they are doing. I admire their grim determination to get the job done.
What a war on those bolts. I love the fact that there is a man rocking short shorts, taking apart a tank! God I love the Australians! Cheers to all of you!
Very slick film work Kirk. You lads really worked hard there. It'll be a 20 second clip in the finished article video in the future. No mind. We will remember the trials and dedication along the way! Very impressed. Chris in the UK.
I´want to see the faces of my colleagues when I treat the next stuck bolt on our wind generators as you guys just did 😀
Awsome!
Thank you!
That made my day!
Bloody hell, those lads have the patience of Job, I'd have lost me rag a lot sooner. Or maybe they did and that part didn't make the cut. 😁
No wonder that last bolt gave so much trouble, it's completely munted!
I know! when I looked at those threads all i saw was metal bonded into each groove of the threads. They will have to re-tap that hole, probably go up one size t so much metal came out with the bolt!
The attitudes of everyone that works there amazes me. I could never keep my cool like they do.
You’ve got the 3 foot “don’t argue bar”, perhaps get the 10 foot “I wasn’t asking” bar? 😄 Great perseverance lads.
LOL!
This is so addictive, makes me want to go to Europe and North Africa to scout for wrecks.
The best episode, not from the technical side, but the boys are working extremely hard against frustration - but can keep their spirit and solve a sh*te problem at last.
Respect!
You could tell just how hard that was because these boy's never complain and Daryl promised to be good in the next life. Hats off champs, we love it.
Well done boys big job on the bolt removal. Like the camera shot of the reflection in the water
They had plenty of time to contemplate the shot, haha.
Brilliant, who'd have thought 20 minutes wrestling with seized bolts would be so fascinating!
Hey guys, there is a tool called a induction heater, to heat those bolts up very quickly, keep up the fantastic job !
This episode was all about taking off the rusted bolts. It tells us Tank restoration is not an easy job and lot of patience and imaginations are required.
I would recommend cutting all of those 6 bolts on the rest of the boggies and replace the bolts. heating and water quenching the steel changes its mechanical properties. and their is a good chance of damaging what is left of the internal threads in the cast parts. either way they will need to be chased with the proper tap. keep up the great work guys :D
We would start putting penetrant on two to three days before weed begin working on the bolts, fasteners etc. weed keep adding it through the days after removing paint and surface rust etc. to allow it to work. You can use many different types,deep creep,pb,superzilla etc. it may take fore thought planning ahead but it's worth the effort.
Lubes work wonders given the time! Love the show! Cheers.
Hello guys ,from the USA. I work on heavy town trucks for a living. I use a product called sea foam deep creep. This stuff has a high flash point so you can use it with heat . I have found it works great on rust especially if you can soak it for a day or so with some heat add . Hope this helps you out.
An excellent presentation on removing seized, rusted bolts. Judicious use of the big torch, liberal amounts of penetrating oil and copious amounts of patience wins out every time.
Great video. You folks need a hydraulic wrench set. We use them to disassemble steam turbines. No rust there but the extreme high temps of turbines create "blue blush" on threads which is every bit as bad. Save some of that hammer slamming.
Great work, hard physical graft. Maybe knowing what the first one was like, would it be easier to just remove the complete suspension units, and then strip down on bench. Ex mechanic, love these videos, you've got a great team there.
That was exhausting just to watch! That job looked bloody dangerous, too. With all the heating and cooling it would've been so easy to inadvertently touch something that would fry you. Not to mention the heavy stuff that could've dropped without warning. Kudos to the blokes for getting through it without injuries.
Big round of applause for these gents who are restoring historical tanker technology one tank at a time always excitedly looking forward to seeing what is next on the do list
We enjoy your weekly updates in nebraska USA. Seems like fun to me. FYI Mullins jeep parts in college Station Texas has helped me with parts for my ww2 tracked vehicles. Maybe they can help you as well. Keep the updates coming
I must admit that despite the rather odd design that was not exactly the right path, I really like the Grant.
That's where the work is fellas.. hats Off All Round... a big well done from Pommie land..
Doing this job would have had me swearing and kicking things round the workshop in frustration. Congratulations to you both for your determined patience!
How many bottles of gas have you used per vehicle? I'm a self-employed mechanic with my own workshop and when I'm feeling overwhelmed with stuff i just tune in and get my fix of you guys struggling and it make my day go so much better. keep up the good work.
A tremendous effort! I hope springs can be sourced. This is the best channel on tank restoration.👏👏👏
Fantastic determination.
As a retired mechanic I really enjoy watching you guys. Try hitting them with the impact while still hot. Just a suggestion.
Being an old tank driver I thoroughly enjoy every knock of the hammer, brings back memories.
I've built and repaired mining machines on and off for years and I would have chopped those bolts off in no time. Tank restoration is lots of hard work trying to save bits. kudos
Just like changing springs in my Pontiac Firebird. 😉 Perseverance, you guys will get it done and back in like new condition!
I've used that cold spray in a can used for sports injuries after heating the bolt up. BUT never on any bolts that size. Great perseverance.
I just cannot wait for my Workshop Wednesday's, thanks team brilliant show, cheers
Thank you again, great show.
Love your work lads. just a suggestion, they test printed circuts for faulty components with cans of freezing liquid to chill parts. This may assist in cooling just the bolt . Cheers Deefer
Great camera work and editing Kurt. That could have been a boring Bolt episode but you made it engrossing. Well done men.
Great video guys, that part at 5:17 had me in stitches
Patience and determination.
That looked an epic struggle lads,all the while I'm sat watching with a cuppa tea.Well done on that one, look forward to seeing you tackle the others.
No job too big, no job too small. Well done.
Tank restoration is both fascinating and tedious. Persistence pays off.
Franchement, un grand bravo depuis la France !
Je vous suis depuis le début et suis abonné depuis un moment : cela me permet de réviser mon anglais et de prendre une grande dose de mécanique, de passion et de sérieux ! Bravo Messieurs !
Keep up the great work. Chin up, your doing a awesome job on those difficult bolts. The tank will look great once completed.
I can’t imagine that the designer in 1940 would dream some one would be trying to undo those bolts eighty two years later and cursing the design.
Hard job this one guys!! Can’t wait to see the next step!!!👍👍😁😁😁
Hot, wet and flustating hard work. You guys made it look easy. I know your hearts sunk when you found the cracked spring, but thank god you did and now we can watch you guys figure out a way to make it work!! Cheers to you!!
Dogged. Love it. What a crew.
Wetting/cooling the bolts after heating them up sends the heat down the bolts to the threads where the torch couldn't get to. It's an old auto restoration trick for getting bolts out of rubber sleeve bushings in suspension parts. And I learned the hard way just how quickly heat travels through the bolt 🔥🚑 👨🏾⚕
I bet you’re fighting most of the bolts on this tank, I’d be happy getting one section off per day. Keep up the good work.
Kudos to all of you for your perseverance. This is the kind of work that'll leave your body aching all over at the end of the day.
That Grant is going to be a thing of beauty thanks to all the hard work you’re putting in now. It may suck right now but you’ll be able to look back and know it was done right. Keep it up!
Heck of job with those bolts!!!! //Lars
Kurt gets a job at a tank museum and makes a steamy video😀 for their UA-cam channel! Cheers again from NZ🇳🇿!
Interesting technique in getting those rusty bolts out, but one has to wonder if in the process you may be making the base metal slightly more brittle. Most places it probably doesn't matter but in some places it may. I guess in the end it comes down to risk vs reward. If you can't get the bloody thing apart to restore, may as well park it off in a field somewhere. Solid work lads.
Definitely making sure I find you guys if I ever make it to Australia!!
12:05 clever camera angle. Good work Kurt.
Hope the Friday Fact Sheet Show is still on the cards.
Wow. Keep at it , great job, and great perseverance!
Its an absolute joy to watch the sheer grit and determination your staff employs on a daily basis to save these incredible machines. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Impressive!! Good fight boys!
fantastic fight... and I like the kuranda steam railway sounds in the background at 12:20!
After a career in machine shops at 37+ years and some of the stuff we had to take apart.....my issues were tiny compared to that.....WOW great job. I would have been cussing like a sailor.
Great Video again, thank you Aus Armour ❤
Amazing the amount of work it takes to remove parts from this tank. And those bolts and nuts just don't let go easily either. Impressive amount of hard work you guys do... Thumbs Up!
I opened up my UA-cam app and immediately got notified of this video. Less go!
You can't win them all. Sometimes you find pristine gears in a final drive. Sometimes you find broken springs. Overall your win record is doing great so grab a Two Turtles Pale Ale and reset :)
I love watching these guys! They make it look so easy. They're doing such a service to history, too.
Hard yakka! Well done, lads!👍🇦🇺
Wow! What an effort that was!
Well done boys .
I have a 3 step process with these great weekly updates
Step 1: grab dinner
Step 2: press play
Step 3: forget to eat
I hope the impact gun people are a sponsor!
Cool....such persistence...
Bravo!
Bloody hell, that’s a task and a half.
I take it the holes were open on the top letting all the water and crap in.
Solid effort fellas! That was pretty brutal tbh
One down 5 to go ,Great work guys
What an amazing effort to get those bottom bolts out! True grit and determination. Way to go lads!
Great work lads, that was a struggle 👍
Hard yakka lads. Well done.
I don't know how old Daryl is, but huge respect man. What a worker.
Wow and that was one .....more to go. Very impressed with their dedication
What a battle!
Outstanding!
Sheeesh, good work lads!
Excellent production.