I have my own shop so I deal with all the issues he mentions daily. I had a customer call me last week right after I did the kingpins saying the truck is shaking to only call me back and say it was the earthquake we had here on east coast. 😂😂😂
When i was a young apprentice i was told cleanliness is of the up most importance If you look like a grease monkey they will treat you like a grease monkey if you look like a technician they will treat you like a technician
Brother .... you're a Godsend! I thought that I'd wrenched on everything: from 5000hp electric motors and gearboxes to printing presses to tire-"rubber" mixers, BUT THEN I got the bright idea to work with my Bro-in-law: FRIGGEN EARTHMOVING AND TRUCKING FFS! Electro-mechanically, there ain't nothin new under the sun, BUT the specific knowledge you bring to the table ALMOST makes me feel like I know what I'm talkin about when it's Mack or Kenworth dump-truck time. THANKS MAN!!!! Keep doin what yer doin.
I get the pleasure of working on pre 2006 Macks. Rusty nasty old plow trucks. Kingpins and spring bushings galore. The trucks are grossly overloaded running in the worst environment possible. Delicious.
I'm a auto Mechanic 26 years now can't believe it's been that long, but I've been power washing everything now before working on it. Save so much, brake, clean and breathing them Fumes can't be good. That stuff stinks works out. Good for me.And next time I got to work on it every thing is clean It's years of build up, so you know it takes a long time to get real dirty. Helps the resale as well !!
Did my auto apprenticeship here in Australia in the early 80s and don’t even drive let alone work on trucks but I still find videos like this really interesting. Great job and thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just picked up a magnet from the shop. I'm a tractor-trailer company driver and I love learning more about the vehicles I drive. Thanks for the detailed videos!
Jimny Crickets that was quite the intro! Your editing skills are improving drastically. As always, love the content you're and inspiration! Keep up the good work my good sir!!!
He's the Merican version of Kurtis from Cutting Edge Engineering Stralia. Benny mate he's that uncle/grandad you allways wanted. Knew most things could figure out the rest of the galaxy type bloke.
As a sign of respect with a job like this I would always pressure clean the area before delivery of the truck to the workshop , Gives the mechanic a better chance of seeing other faults . Less chance of getting grease on the cab floor and steering wheel I have found .
Great job mentioning cleaning up the job! I'm always telling the kids working with me to take pride in your work. It pays in the long run, even if it means a little more work right now. Not to mention that you just might find something else you might have to fix later if you missed it today
I was a truck mechanic in my early 20's (the late 1900's). Back then, the spring pins weren't threaded (at least not on the trucks I was working on). The inside of the bushings had all these channels and dimples like a golf ball to hold grease. I have seen the pins with the two holes for the spanner, but didn't know what they were for...now I know they are threaded pins! Good stuff, man! I really enjoy your videos.
Yeah I do have a question about king pins To adjust for slack on a king pins where do you put the shims and why. I have my own opinion but would very much like to hear from a professional. Thanks so very much for your videos!!!! You are better than most!!!!
Even though I work on coaches with full air suspension, I watch all your videos to learn more about the larger suspension as much as I can, coming from automotive! Thank you for the great content and info!
I ask my beeline rep when they will be sending you the upgraded machine. He was very surprised at how old your laser was. Hopefully the sponsorship will workout
Defo appreciate you taking the time to go a bit more in depth in a 'how to do'. Seems like you've got a few porta power mobile hydraulics, are they all 10 ton or bigger? Can you recommend a particular brand?
good vid and GREAT hearing LED ZEPPELIN KASHMIR in the back ground... That's your key to the great work buddy... Not afraid to clean the small parts up, & LED ZEPPELIN in the air, combination for excellence....
I have a 2014 Pete I need to do front spring bushings and possibly springs on this month. Thank you for the concise, super informative, and non-condescending videos! And reach out if you need parts for that old coke truck you're gonna fix up! I'd love to help you out and we have several that will be getting crushed this summer so parts will be cheap!
When I hear a guy say I don’t get paid to clean that up it makes my skin crawl😂 what do you think these people are paying for. If they wanted to do it they wouldn’t be paying you and you wouldn’t have a job take the time and make it look professional. Nice job 👍
More importantly, are you happy to tell someone else “hey, I did THAT” and when they look, they just point out everything you forgot? Just take pride in your work. Be capable of showing it off. If you’re not ready to show it off, you’re not done. Simple
I'm waiting for someone to say that a real mechanic puts the stands under the oil pan..........................😁 Thanks for the videos Man because it's more fun when you don't need to do that stuff anymore and you can watch someone else and learn a few things!
Great video brother , tiger tool makes a great hydraulic spring bushing remover and installer with all the attachments for every kind of spring bushing and pin for all heavy duty and medium duty trucks . We have one at our shop and it's the ticket bro and you do t need all that stuff your using to remove and install them maybe your shoo will look into getting you the tool .. hope this helps
For content, I think a good instructional video would be frame health on a vehicle being purchased. Many people may not know how much frame pitting, rust, what kind of damage, etc etc is ok or not ok. I think people would benefit from seeing a video on what to look for, and what to avoid when purchasing a truck based on frame condition. One thing I see a lot is quicky spray paint jobs on trucks being sold that basically just hides the frame condition in favor of a sale.
Paint doesn't hide rust pitting, it's the buyer that looks at the paint and thinks, everything is OK, me on the other hand, that 30K truck is gonna get an offer 15K cus it's damaged like hell. Most likely I won't even make an offer and walk off.
@@jorgeposadas1192 I am aware that I could have typed that out better. I was tired when I posted the comment. Essentially, what I was trying to say is that I see listings online where paint is used to hide things and bump listing price. From what I can see (especially from one mid-country seller), is that paint is applied over the top of rust rattle-can style, which will cause worse issues later. I have seem attempts from online sellers at hiding pitting with bondo and paint as well. I hope that somewhat clarifies what I was trying to say with an empty brain battery.
Tiger Tool should sponsor you and if they dont you should still get the bushing tool. It's so much lighter and faster than working with the big setup you have. Granted your setup works great but you know how it is when you do this work everyday. Good video, keep it up.
I'm a driver at a company with dump trucks and semis that go offroad in construction and landfill work, very heavy loads and traveling on salt covered roads for half the year. I can see why our spring bushings commonly go out
@@CreatureOTNight we are up to our diffs in mud and garbage multiple times every day. We usually try to wash our trucks once each week but YOU know better than we do by having no clue about our situation and don't know anything besides reading one comment
10:40 i like how you refer to a 2013 as older...lmao i was working on that Macks great great great great granddad not long ago. Old trucks never due they just go to broker companies lol.
Can you do a video on S-Cams, Cam bushings and brake Pins/Bushings. I’ve lost count on the number of times I heard or been told that nobody worries with that stuff and they have never had a problem with any of that on their trucks. But somehow I always find an issue in on my first load anytime we run together and im using one of their trailers. 50 mikes down the road I’m pulling the rest stoop with my temp gun in hand trying to identify which set of brakes is dragging and keeping me from costing/screw up my gear sift timing. They claim to have just had the brakes adjusted but when I use the draw bar to check s-cam slack, we get an inch or more of slop when we lift up with the bar. Having to replace the spider ain’t. I fun especially if you gotta cut it off and weld on a replacement. They probably still won’t grease the tube but maybe they will change those wear items before they wear through and start eating into stuff that Ms not made to be replaced every 200k
That bushing tool looks shop made. There's quite a few trucks with washers between the spring and shackles. Mack tends to do things differently. Good job there.
I know the reason for "why" grease zurk's/zirk's often times, pending the part, do not automatically come with the main replacement part... I was talking with, or rather, complaining to a sales rep for (IH) International Harvester, and his reply was as follows.... (IH) did a 2 year study group of sorts, (about 15 or so years ago) checking with mechanic's and owners a few questions: Do you have certain preferences upon brand of grease zurk/zirk (GZ)? Do you have a certain preference upon type of (GZ), like: -flush threaded/non-threaded, -recessed threaded/non-threaded, -extended various lengths, -degreed in 90*, 45*, 22*. Do you have a certain preference in material they are manufactured in, steel alloy, stainless steel, and even brass and aluminum. due to the high options, and major complaints of the junky (GZ) that suppliers offered being problematic, they just stopped offering them, as the reporting was so up in the air of "just let the person deal with it, and as a bonus, we can save a few million dollars in the process, and reduce the calls and returns of a good part but faulty (GZ). This study became a standard protocol for about 450,000 parts nation wide and world wide, at least in the western world's economy. Drive line and suspension and brake components alike, all took to this process of, selling you the part, getting home or to the shop, and half way though the assembly, only to realize, you get to run back to the supply parts store and get a (GZ)... LOL... That is the story I was told, perhaps, to get me to just shut-up about silly (GZ)'s to a sales rep who likely doesn't want to have his time wasted, listening to me complain about something so far out of his control? Who knows...
Did a set of front springs on a 91 international 9300 that had the spot welds. Need to look through your videos and see if you have any on the springs bushings for the Freightliner airliner suspension. Done of those in my near future.
I have my own shop so I deal with all the issues he mentions daily. I had a customer call me last week right after I did the kingpins saying the truck is shaking to only call me back and say it was the earthquake we had here on east coast. 😂😂😂
😂
The one in jersey. Yeah, we felt that in earthquake in Connecticut. We thought one of the machines came apart in the factory.
The comments on being professional are so true, no one seems to take pride in their work.
I wouldn’t know a spring bushing from a hole in the ground but I’m here for this video because this dude is too legit. He’s the full on real deal.
Same bro
I'm a diesel mechanic myself. Please do a video of your equipment to do pin bushings. I would like see your setup.
Just ordered bob... I have some things I would like to vigously point at!
It’s too bad there were not more shops like you out there you are a master thank you for your videos
You can always tell a seasoned mechanic by how clean he is at the end of the day
Nope.
@@Failure_Is_An_Option I’m so thankful for your thoughtful rebuttal. I learned so much
When i was a young apprentice i was told cleanliness is of the up most importance
If you look like a grease monkey they will treat you like a grease monkey if you look like a technician they will treat you like a technician
Brother .... you're a Godsend! I thought that I'd wrenched on everything: from 5000hp electric motors and gearboxes to printing presses to tire-"rubber" mixers, BUT THEN I got the bright idea to work with my Bro-in-law: FRIGGEN EARTHMOVING AND TRUCKING FFS! Electro-mechanically, there ain't nothin new under the sun, BUT the specific knowledge you bring to the table ALMOST makes me feel like I know what I'm talkin about when it's Mack or Kenworth dump-truck time. THANKS MAN!!!! Keep doin what yer doin.
Always good to see that I'm not the only one with many uses for Aluminum shackle bars.
You are putting a cold sweat down my spine on how long a let a grease zert go on a Kubota. It's on my list for this -spring- weekend. Dang.
I get the pleasure of working on pre 2006 Macks. Rusty nasty old plow trucks. Kingpins and spring bushings galore. The trucks are grossly overloaded running in the worst environment possible. Delicious.
Ad you enjoy hooking up with Milfs or Gilfs. I bet you just love them Gilfs...
I'm a auto Mechanic 26 years now can't believe it's been that long, but I've been power washing everything now before working on it. Save so much, brake, clean and breathing them Fumes can't be good. That stuff stinks works out. Good for me.And next time I got to work on it every thing is clean It's years of build up, so you know it takes a long time to get real dirty. Helps the resale as well !!
Did my auto apprenticeship here in Australia in the early 80s and don’t even drive let alone work on trucks but I still find videos like this really interesting. Great job and thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I don't know anything about trucks or fixing vehicles in general but for aome reason your videos really keep me interested.
I kinda like those threaded pins/bushings from a maintenance/design view. Kinda nice.
Yes! More of these please
Those hot lights are good in the winter. Get the LED ones from harbor freight for the summer.
@10:05 shows just why he's so good. Puts elbow grease into every job. 😅🙌 Also that mobile press rig is straight genius.
It's hilarious watching the automatic caption creation try to keep up with you. :) Keep it up, Love your style.
Just picked up a magnet from the shop. I'm a tractor-trailer company driver and I love learning more about the vehicles I drive. Thanks for the detailed videos!
Jimny Crickets that was quite the intro! Your editing skills are improving drastically. As always, love the content you're and inspiration! Keep up the good work my good sir!!!
Jpaydirt has said your name in his videos before. Good job on cleaning up the old shmag.
More. Need more videos mate. U sir, are a master of his trade. And I, fucking love watching you do your thing mate. Respect from australia 🇦🇺 👊
He's the Merican version of Kurtis from Cutting Edge Engineering Stralia. Benny mate he's that uncle/grandad you allways wanted. Knew most things could figure out the rest of the galaxy type bloke.
As a sign of respect with a job like this I would always pressure clean the area before delivery of the truck to the workshop , Gives the mechanic a better chance of seeing other faults . Less chance of getting grease on the cab floor and steering wheel I have found .
Bendon you're a hard workin son of a gun and I appreciate you. You make it look easy boss, but I know it ain't.
Great job mentioning cleaning up the job! I'm always telling the kids working with me to take pride in your work. It pays in the long run, even if it means a little more work right now. Not to mention that you just might find something else you might have to fix later if you missed it today
Brother I had a shop teacher in high school you're better than he ever was you teach people everything they need to know it's all about the tools
Good video I don’t have a need for spring bushings but now I have UA-cam university videos to guide me how to do it!😂
Great information
I was a truck mechanic in my early 20's (the late 1900's). Back then, the spring pins weren't threaded (at least not on the trucks I was working on). The inside of the bushings had all these channels and dimples like a golf ball to hold grease. I have seen the pins with the two holes for the spanner, but didn't know what they were for...now I know they are threaded pins! Good stuff, man! I really enjoy your videos.
Kw's use them in the 2000's i don't know when they started
Yeah I do have a question about king pins
To adjust for slack on a king pins where do you put the shims and why.
I have my own opinion but would very much like to hear from a professional.
Thanks so very much for your videos!!!!
You are better than most!!!!
love your tool makes this doable
Even though I work on coaches with full air suspension, I watch all your videos to learn more about the larger suspension as much as I can, coming from automotive! Thank you for the great content and info!
Funny guy, and your methods aren't far removed for us folks with really old pickups (53 Chevy).
These videos are great. Thanks for teaching
Love it. Would enjoy a mash up with Rainman Rays repairs
I will probably never use this information, because I'm not CDL territory or a mechanic, but it's always interesting to learn how things work.
Tough work. I don't miss it. You do a great job.
Thank you I’ve learned some tips
take pride in your work! yessir
Using a five in one. A man of class I see.
I ask my beeline rep when they will be sending you the upgraded machine. He was very surprised at how old your laser was. Hopefully the sponsorship will workout
Doubt the ol' boy could run modern garbage machinary..
8:03 After numerous videos I finally got some relief. BEEEEEEP!
@ 7:38
You said an entire mouth full right there!!!!!
And you are spot on!!!!
That young ans don’t quite understand.
lol.
Thanks for showing that alot won't let you see how they do it !!
Awesome Job Devin Love The Long Vids Thanks 😀😊😀
Keep up the good work..
Thank you teacher.
NIce vid ! Always fun and informative, well mostly sometimes.
Definitely agree take pride in your work
Nice job Sir
Defo appreciate you taking the time to go a bit more in depth in a 'how to do'.
Seems like you've got a few porta power mobile hydraulics, are they all 10 ton or bigger? Can you recommend a particular brand?
Fascinating stuff sir
Great work sir.
You make this look so easy and it can be. Awesome video, cheers :)
So Wise , Thank You .
Awesome video
Thanks for the info!
love this content....thank you
That press fixture is a pretty clever design !
Great job r u always make it look so easy but after a dew thousands it is n thanks for the informative videos n bobs ready for a cold one too
Legend awesome work
6:04 🤣
Last noise I expected to hear.
Your content is great! Keep up the awesome work my good friend!👍
Awesome work Brother
Fun stuff! Hi from Michigan
I love seeing wrenching done
Great video 👍
You are the man!!!!
My 1947 Greyhound bus has threaded spring bushings. Thanks !
Rainman Ray in FL? Or maybe go on up to upstate NY and have Eric O. at South Main Auto show you some rust?
good vid and GREAT hearing LED ZEPPELIN KASHMIR in the back ground... That's your key to the great work buddy... Not afraid to clean the small parts up, & LED ZEPPELIN in the air, combination for excellence....
Great video. Even the synthetic greases are cheaper than replacing parts. Don't understand why people don't grease things
Becase going in dry makes the parts feel much younger than they actually are. No one wants to pay out for new parts these days..
I have a 2014 Pete I need to do front spring bushings and possibly springs on this month. Thank you for the concise, super informative, and non-condescending videos! And reach out if you need parts for that old coke truck you're gonna fix up! I'd love to help you out and we have several that will be getting crushed this summer so parts will be cheap!
really good job
Awesome!
Good stuff
Awesome show Devin 🍻🇦🇺
Stralians and Poms just love this fella?
When I hear a guy say I don’t get paid to clean that up it makes my skin crawl😂 what do you think these people are paying for. If they wanted to do it they wouldn’t be paying you and you wouldn’t have a job take the time and make it look professional. Nice job 👍
More importantly, are you happy to tell someone else “hey, I did THAT” and when they look, they just point out everything you forgot?
Just take pride in your work. Be capable of showing it off. If you’re not ready to show it off, you’re not done. Simple
that was cool to watch the process i don't work on thing that big but learning stuff thanks
Dont need to work on the bug stuff to have this channel give you a good perspective on the small stuff.
Hey bendin, I live my diesels too, but mine float er did 😅
I'm waiting for someone to say that a real mechanic puts the stands under the oil pan..........................😁 Thanks for the videos Man because it's more fun when you don't need to do that stuff anymore and you can watch someone else and learn a few things!
Great video brother , tiger tool makes a great hydraulic spring bushing remover and installer with all the attachments for every kind of spring bushing and pin for all heavy duty and medium duty trucks . We have one at our shop and it's the ticket bro and you do t need all that stuff your using to remove and install them maybe your shoo will look into getting you the tool .. hope this helps
Good DEAL!! I just don’t understand why guys Don’t clean up before and AFTER doing work or service to equipment. Pride plus helps keep you clean too!
For content, I think a good instructional video would be frame health on a vehicle being purchased. Many people may not know how much frame pitting, rust, what kind of damage, etc etc is ok or not ok. I think people would benefit from seeing a video on what to look for, and what to avoid when purchasing a truck based on frame condition.
One thing I see a lot is quicky spray paint jobs on trucks being sold that basically just hides the frame condition in favor of a sale.
Paint doesn't hide rust pitting, it's the buyer that looks at the paint and thinks, everything is OK, me on the other hand, that 30K truck is gonna get an offer 15K cus it's damaged like hell. Most likely I won't even make an offer and walk off.
@@jorgeposadas1192 I am aware that I could have typed that out better. I was tired when I posted the comment.
Essentially, what I was trying to say is that I see listings online where paint is used to hide things and bump listing price. From what I can see (especially from one mid-country seller), is that paint is applied over the top of rust rattle-can style, which will cause worse issues later. I have seem attempts from online sellers at hiding pitting with bondo and paint as well.
I hope that somewhat clarifies what I was trying to say with an empty brain battery.
Thank you
I wished I had that press when I changed mine years ago!
Tiger Tool should sponsor you and if they dont you should still get the bushing tool. It's so much lighter and faster than working with the big setup you have. Granted your setup works great but you know how it is when you do this work everyday. Good video, keep it up.
Sponsored by a young whipper snaper that doesnt know the meaning of work none the less hard work.
Freedom tool is a great place to get some of those tools from. And made in USA.
From globally sourced parts?
3:40 - Unless they've been in for 20 years somewhere with salt on the roads... Good luck!
I'm a driver at a company with dump trucks and semis that go offroad in construction and landfill work, very heavy loads and traveling on salt covered roads for half the year. I can see why our spring bushings commonly go out
They go out because you people are just nasty to your vehicles. Do ya'll even know what a preasure washer is?
@@CreatureOTNight we are up to our diffs in mud and garbage multiple times every day. We usually try to wash our trucks once each week but YOU know better than we do by having no clue about our situation and don't know anything besides reading one comment
@@strong40 And now I've learned something free of charge..
10:40 i like how you refer to a 2013 as older...lmao i was working on that Macks great great great great granddad not long ago. Old trucks never due they just go to broker companies lol.
Like the long form content.
Can you do a video on S-Cams, Cam bushings and brake Pins/Bushings. I’ve lost count on the number of times I heard or been told that nobody worries with that stuff and they have never had a problem with any of that on their trucks. But somehow I always find an issue in on my first load anytime we run together and im using one of their trailers. 50 mikes down the road I’m pulling the rest stoop with my temp gun in hand trying to identify which set of brakes is dragging and keeping me from costing/screw up my gear sift timing. They claim to have just had the brakes adjusted but when I use the draw bar to check s-cam slack, we get an inch or more of slop when we lift up with the bar. Having to replace the spider ain’t. I fun especially if you gotta cut it off and weld on a replacement. They probably still won’t grease the tube but maybe they will change those wear items before they wear through and start eating into stuff that Ms not made to be replaced every 200k
👍👍
That bushing tool looks shop made. There's quite a few trucks with washers between the spring and shackles. Mack tends to do things differently. Good job there.
GREAT VIDEO !! ILL BUY YOUR COFFEE !!
I know the reason for "why" grease zurk's/zirk's often times, pending the part, do not automatically come with the main replacement part... I was talking with, or rather, complaining to a sales rep for (IH) International Harvester, and his reply was as follows....
(IH) did a 2 year study group of sorts, (about 15 or so years ago) checking with mechanic's and owners a few questions:
Do you have certain preferences upon brand of grease zurk/zirk (GZ)?
Do you have a certain preference upon type of (GZ), like:
-flush threaded/non-threaded,
-recessed threaded/non-threaded,
-extended various lengths,
-degreed in 90*, 45*, 22*.
Do you have a certain preference in material they are manufactured in, steel alloy, stainless steel, and even brass and aluminum.
due to the high options, and major complaints of the junky (GZ) that suppliers offered being problematic, they just stopped offering them, as the reporting was so up in the air of "just let the person deal with it, and as a bonus, we can save a few million dollars in the process, and reduce the calls and returns of a good part but faulty (GZ). This study became a standard protocol for about 450,000 parts nation wide and world wide, at least in the western world's economy. Drive line and suspension and brake components alike, all took to this process of, selling you the part, getting home or to the shop, and half way though the assembly, only to realize, you get to run back to the supply parts store and get a (GZ)... LOL...
That is the story I was told, perhaps, to get me to just shut-up about silly (GZ)'s to a sales rep who likely doesn't want to have his time wasted, listening to me complain about something so far out of his control? Who knows...
Did a set of front springs on a 91 international 9300 that had the spot welds. Need to look through your videos and see if you have any on the springs bushings for the Freightliner airliner suspension. Done of those in my near future.
good video