hi Eric sitting here in my kitchen watching you perform your everyday tasks, and the way you set up your camera you would think I was standing beside you like an apprentice. as a disabled person not able to do these things. I feel as if I can. Thanks. for giving someone like myself and others an independent look at what you do appreciate it Billy.
I use to do most of my own repair work as well and I got really sick 6 years ago and have not recovered enough physically to do my own work. Not to mention bored out of my mind most days . todays TV programing is just to disgusting and poorly written for me to watch but when I discovered all of these videos on youtube it has really been a huge blessing providing things for me to watch that I am actually interested in and now something about. thank you as well Eric. Oh and you mentioned in another video which penetrating oil is the best. I can tell you. Its which ever one is on clearance at the local Drug store such as PB blaster when they decide its not a mover and clearance it for $0.76 a can. God Bless
I replaced both my cam solenoids with dorman and haven't popped a code in 30k miles. I dont think all their products are garbage. Price was the deciding factor at the time.
@@oldschooldude8370I got some too. Lasted less than a year maybe 13 k miles. Luckily they were covered by warranty and I totalled the car shortly after
There are minute details that Eric does that set him apart from the majority of mechanics. He goes above and beyond not because he needs to, because he knows what is right and what is the best for his customers and longevity. We wish there were more of you out there!
I've recently ordered a SMA t shirt, and now Im thinking if I wear that, and spray a little brake cleaner on myself it ought to attract the ladies like mad.
My H.O.A Crucifies me when I break out the Uga-Dug and Compressor. I have to go Caveman, Most of the time,lol,. But I live vicariously through your videos, Thanks Eric🤜
Im always amazed that with some people you can just tell from the very first word out of their mouth that they are good and honest folk. I've watched your videos for a long time Eric, wish I lived closer and had a car in need of repairs.
I remember when I forgot to fully tighten a set of lug nuts Out of 5 lugs, I wound up shearing 3 off as the car drove. To this day I'll never know why I didn't get passed by my back left wheel. Local shop replaced the lugs and I learned a valuable lesson about making sure the nuts are tight.
Excellent video. I used to work in a tire shop & was ready to pounce if I saw something wrong. exact procedure for the patch. the only thing I would have done is put a little anti-seize on the hub face before putting the rotor on ~ helps get it off easier next time. And we always gave the Coats balancer a little head start by giving the wheel a spin before shutting the hood... our machine may have been a bit old & would complain if you didn't. LoL Also impressed that I saw the Torx stick on the impact. 4 tires mounted / balanced / torqued with the sticks & then double checked by a lead with a torque wrench ~ all in 30 minutes or less. We were slinging tires!!
I am echoing the comments from those of us out here who can for whatever reason no longer do the work ourselves. Thanks for the show, a pleasure to watch. I have had a local mechanic do ours for decades, and when he retired and I moved, looked for one out here. Found a local Chevy dealer who does good work so far. Getting stuff done like hood struts and rear window wiper so the parts don’t age out and are discarded (I have a 2008 Saturn Vue I got used and it’s a great car for my needs). I like your techniques, wish I was able to do them. Thanks again.
i was waiting for eric to bust out a rendition of that ole kenny rodgers classic "you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel" but i'm picturing hanna off camera with a tire iron lipping out "dont do it"
The memories you bring back while watching your videos. One morning while riding to school with my brother in his '61 Impala I believe, we were driving past the NAPA store, and my brother says' 'Where'd that wheel come from?'. I guess when we leaned over to look the weight transferred and the front end took a dive. Good thing we were going slow. Of course, NAPA wasn't open yet and my brother didn't have a jack so me and the other 2 guys had to pick up the car while my brother put the wheel back on stealing a lug nut from each of the wheels. I usually just use the lug nut with a washer to pull the new lugs in. All I had and worked. Thanks for sharing.
Just a few notes of concern 1 pulling the studs in by their threads I know its faster but wondering if a ball joint tool will fit so you can press them in from the back side 2- what about the coefficient of braking on right and left side I know its cheaper should have left it up to customers call on that 3-whats the big deal on the brake clean Having spent 37 years as a heavy duty mechanic then when safety solvent guys had to take it away and left us with soapy water our supplier told us we used more brake clean than any other dealer he sold to Then apon Retirment I participated in a brake solvent study with UCB that lasted over 7 years results came back from over 100 mechanics studied they could not associate any issues to any of the mechanics studied due to proper use which we couldn’t believe but thats what they told us Any way enjoy watching someone else work Really enjoying my union pension Keep up the videos
This probable wouldn't have worked on those studs but here is an old bush trick to get you home or to safety. If you loose all the nuts off of one wheel, take one nut off of the other three wheels and use them on the loose wheel. Keep your speed low and check regularlary. This is a last resort but if your in danger it can save you.
There was one time... I got called out to a "breakdown" on one of my customes, he hadn't forgotten to tighten the wheel nuts, he just forgot to remove the wheel wrench... Lucky for him it only damaged his car, not some poor byestander when it finally left the wheel nut...
Agreed. Have done it myself. And I guarantee the guy never bothered to buy replacement nuts. 5 nuts are a ridiculous redundancy. 3 will get you home, then down to the pub, back again, round to your mates house for a chat, hitch up the boat and go fishing, come back, load up for a dump trip, no problem.
About that... three high school kids my age were killed instantly when their wheel fell off. They hit a bridge hard. Three lug nuts are what killed them.
For a few weeks after replacing pads & rotors, my 18yo daughter insisted there was an occasional noise from one wheel, especially when making a turn. I never heard a thing, but she insisted. We decided to jack it up and see what's what. I learned that her hearing is far superior to my own... the coat hanger I had used to support the caliper was still threaded through the spring. I need me some bright green hooks.
Eric, I'm a huge s.m.a.fan.i was watching the episode where you replaced an egr valve on a Toyota. I bought a 99 Tacoma for$600.00 because the previous owner had replaced the EGR valve and didn't fix it.when i purchased the truck i realized that it had a new radiator. I then realized the t stat housing has not been installed correctly further review revealed the thermostat had been removed.i replaced the thermostat and it has been running smoothly for 300,000 more . miles.2.7 litre Toyotas EGR is water temp operated.who knew.thanks for the video.we enjoy them here in Alabama.
2 brake clean shots in one vid. Sweet! :D I was just reminiscing with the neighbor on how we used to use MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) as brake cleaner. That stuff would take your paint off in one swipe, and get you high as a kite if you breathe too deep, lol - the good ol' days, when chemicals were CHEMICALS. :D You can just about rinse your eyes out with the stuff made today ... My wheel balancer just cost me $315 this week! A board took a dump. It started beeping and flashing like an arcade game, after it wanted 4 ounces on ONE SIDE of a front motorcycle wheel, hahaha! Went haywire! Cattywampus! Hope Dorman doesn't make computer boards ...
Love the MEK reference. I grew up in the sixties and my father worked at Union Carbide. He would bring square 5 gallon cans of MEK home whenever we were running low. I remember the smell was strong but pleasant. He used it for cleaning various parts that came off the car - especially when he did carburetor work. That stuff worked great!
You always learn something new with awesome videos like this. I've never seen those caliper hangers but they're amazing and easy to find online. Never thought of something like that. I used to use bungies but they got annoying so I just got used to leaving it up behind the strut or something but those are so much safer.
I am very impressed that you fixed a tire with a internal boot patch. No garage in my area will do it even if requested. They will only stick plugs in that in my experience starts leaking over time usually within a week or two.
rob roberts Rock Auto is now refusing to stock the Dorman brand. They claim that Dorman wants to tell them how much to sell for. And it's supposedly a 200% markup from wholesale!
every time i get a car in the shop im not sure about i always think what would eric o do and it solves the problem every time thanks for all your great videos .
Personal learning experience of mine as a teenager - I had a hard time taking the lug nuts off my truck to rotate the tires. "Thinking ahead" I put grease on them so next time I wouldn't have that problem. My left rear tire passed me on the highway.
We don't get to see that side of the shop much. That was a treat. I love the comments you get on your videos. Poor Ivan. Even if he had a lift his garage roof is too low.
Right? Should’ve broken the bead again and rotated the tire 180 degrees, probably just had the heavy spots in the tire and wheel aligned. Also, old pads on new rotor? Only new brake parts one side? But brake parts cleaner- yeah that’s what’s important...
I've got a pair of 15 year old jeans, there is copper colored never seize on them. That stuff doesn't give up. Hey, what's the big heavy impact to get those studs out? I need one of them.
Had the exact same thing happen on my old sport trak. The lugs were torqued to spec! The problem was the spare rim. It was so nasty from being under the truck for 15 years that after driving a few miles all the rust fell off and left the wheel loose. I caught it right away and didn't do the damage that was in the video, but I carried a torque wrench with me and checked the lugs constantly after that until I could get it replaced.
Two shots of the good stuff AND an appearance by Big Nasty? That's a party in anybody's book! Oh, Scotty said he wants his big shop fan back...getting hot down there in Texas ;)
I had something like that happen to a wheel on a utility trailer about 20 years ago. It was a new utility trailer, so it was the manufacturer who did not tighten the lug nuts sufficiently. This happened in a somewhat remote area of Texas, so I had to leave the trailer on the side of the road to go try to find an auto parts store for new wheel studs. And to make it even more inconvenient, it was late on a Sunday and when I finally found a store, it was closed. The lug nuts were still on it, but the holes in the steel rims had expanded quite a bit. I was surprised that the wheel was still on the trailer. The groove that the wheel had cut on the wheel studs was quite a bit deeper than in your example here -- probably only half of the diameter of the stud was still there in the bottom of the groove.
The gentleman was extremely lucky that wheel didn't fly off, especially since you mentioned he was doing highway speeds. Easy enough fix, nicely done as usual. Thanks for the video.
Best how-to videos I’ve come across on automotive repairs. I watched this one because I have a Sport Trac too. You wouldn’t happen to know where the park lamp relay is located on a 2008 do you? My passenger side front & rear park/running lights won’t shut off & none of the relays & fuses I pulled from under the hood & dash got it to turn off. I can’t find the dang thing anywhere?!
Is there a calibration procedure on the wheel balancer? something a balanced test wheel that is used to check the machine? I've watched some pretty rugged treatment at a big box store of a balancing machine balancing tens of tires a day. I was just wondering. Do you check the tire balancer?
Yes sir about twice a year out of maintenance we check it with our test wheel and a special calibration procedure. Sooner if we start having vibration complaints. Good question!
We had a calibration "slug" to screw on the arbor, run "cal" and all done. Usually ran it every 5 sets of tires or so. Had almost no problems if everything was assembled properly FWIW
Your cool Caliper Hangers inspired a new way to bend my coat hangers for the brake jobs. The S design actually makes for many more uses and are easier to store and keep track of than old "bendy wires" laying around to trip on or the wife to throw away. (She didn't recognize them as valuable tools, just some old junk.) Thanks for posting.
Quick tip for those that said the tire took a lot of weight to balance it. Most tires have a Circle marked on the rubber. This usually indicates the Heavy Spot of the tire. A really good tire shop or tech will put the Heavy Spot Mark directly Opposite The Wheel Valve .. This will usually make it easier to balance without a lot of weights.
Another quick tip...be sure to have the correct settings on the balancer. I've trained a few techs, showed them how to balance. Lets just say they forgot a few things, and ended up decorating the wheels with stick on weights. Lmao
Had this happen to a couple I helped before. Luckily not as much damage. Thankfully I had some spare steal lug nuts and "recut/reformed" the threads with my sacrificial lug nuts. Took forever, but it got them back on the road. Told them explicitly to get a mechanic to install new lugs in the morning as my "fix" was only a bandaid. They didn't have a lot of money so hopefully I saved them a couple of bucks.
Oh that made me cringe when he impacted the carrier back on. But he did say he was going to torque the wheels and then re-torque once or twice more to make sure the stud are set.
A Wheel bearing and rotor is probably the closest to brakes that the Brake Cleaner will ever come. Still have yet seen the Brake Cleaner used anywhere near the brakes or calipers
@@eriktruchinskas3747 should watch the recent video :) i call that a good reason :D also only reason why I said that is because Eric always comments about it himself in many of his videos over the years; that he never uses it on brakes. Even in this video as you linked 11:40 where he also further comments that they should just call it parts cleaner. So it's just ironic that they call it brake cleaner but it rarely, if ever, gets used on brakes.
Banks Wood use a big C clamp and a socket to catch it out the other side or one of those C clamp style ball joint presses you get at harbor freight. It goes much faster.
I just did 8 studs on my son's new used car, as someone goobered up both front wheels. I learned from my Honda that a large hammer like a ball-peen and a good swing should get a stud out in one or two hits. Same on the Toyota. A carpenter's hammer can't deliver enough energy.
As a stud puller, I use the nut from the shock as a spacer, and the lug nut of the car along with anti-seize.... works just fine.... However, having a tool that will do the job is always nice and I'm always on the lookout for special tools...
the old expression Jack of all trades, master of none, and some guys leave us scratching our head-how are you the master of everything in the shop? Some guys do front end work, some guys do tires, some do engine/machine work, some do electrical. Somehow you do all those and more, and do them all well! Thanks for another good video, it's a pleasure to learn from your work
William Brigman well you should not have the duck bill that close to any rim I work at a busy tire shop where we do all kinds of tires from Passenger cars to heavy machinery and if we get a flat repair on a passenger vehicle we just marked to location of the stem for fast turn arounds
Can’t say enough good things about your content. 5 stars man. Super enjoyable watch. Top 3 auto channels for me. Up there with uncle Tony’s garage and Scotty Kilmer. Not many good ol boys left. I appreciate your efforts!
I like your channel, but never use an impact to tighten lug nuts. Loose lug nuts are just as bad as over torqued lug nuts. I just had to take a torch to a lug nut cause some jack ass used an impact on em! Final torque should be around 100 Ft lbs. No more.
After I have new tires installed, or for that matter anytime my wheels are removed by someone other than myself, I redo all the tightening using, what else, a torque wrench. If you have a flat out in the boonies and try to remove a wheel that has been overscrewed, you will be thankful that you brought your torch.
john doe.... fact check before you type. loose lugs are way worse than over torqued. your " around but never over 100 ft lbs" comment is not accurate. for example.... jeep renegade 90 ft lbs, old honda civic 75 ft lbs, ford f150 150 ft lbs. depends on the vehicle
He used a "Torx Stick" or something similar... it won't allow it to over-torque past the particular stick's rating. We always double checked with a torque wrench after to be sure.
Adding this one to the saved category, because I've never had that happen to me, probably because both of my vehicles have the old fashioned 4 way lug wrench in the trunk/behind the seat.
paid videos put a lot of subscribers off too! He has patreon for those that want to pay to help out. He is doing the right thing.I would feel rather annoyed at having restricted content. I am on a tight budget But I love his videos so I add a small amount to patreon as I can afford it, so having to pay for videos as well would put me off.
Besides me not liking it, I don't even have the option to purchase it (I'm from Germany). This is what upsets me the most. Was so looking forward to part 2... Do you have some more info on why he decided to do it that way and his reaction to the "rating" of said video?
I think he was trying to get his core charge back. Maybe he got to a point with the unit and realised it won't go back together and will have to eat the core charge. Thus, 800 views at $1 each and he's back to square one. I understand his reasoning behind it.
That's crazy I just had the same freaking thing at my shop last week. It might of been the same model. Wow deja vu. Just notice left front to. Same story changed a flat or they did brakes any was crazy
focus frenzy i'm seeing more & more vehicles with massive amounts of wheel weights on them. Tire manufacturers are obviously cutting corners in the qc department.
When I had my tire shop 35 years ago I never allowed that much weight on a wheel. I try first to break the beads down, rotate the tire 180 degrees and rebalance. In most cases it get the wheel weights down by around half the weight that was thrown on that wheel.
Learned the hard way myself. One rear wheel on my old F100 passed me doing 40 mph. Had to walk a ways to find that wheel! Nothing got hurt except my dignity...and the big divot the truck dug in the asphalt...I've been extra careful tightening lug nuts ever since.
I never would've thought Astro had good tools either. But, after watching you use and abuse them, I've purchased a few. So far, I've been having good luck and for pennies compared to Snap Off or the other guys. Don't know whether to thank you or curse you lol. I love me some new tools though. So, I'll thank you. Keep up the great vids. You make em, I'll watch and like em. Thanks to you and yours Eric.
Good morning Eric O ..greetings from Pennsville nj..just sitting here catching up on every video that you posted..and clicking on the like button to every single video..you guys rock
Holy crap!! I knew everything was going to go downhill when we see the wonderful "DORMAN" parts being installed. Eric O. better be prepared for those studs to deteriorate and fall apart in less than 3,000 miles. Lol. Dorman sucks
South Main Auto Repair hahaha its funny because Dorman makes most of the wheel studs and nuts out there. I have used them over the years and never had a problem with them.
i put new dorman lugs on about 1 year ago and they're in worse shape then the factory 1992 lugs they replaced due to the steel covers falling off, tried the dealer for factory nuts, not available.
Midas in Evanston gave me that problem once. They torqued ONE of the five nuts on my Jeep Liberty and a couple of weeks later it started squeaking and rattling. I pulled over to find four nuts missing and the fifth with buggered threads. I took one from each of the three good wheels to get me home and drilled out the stud.
In today's society ?? People don't maintain their cars like they did back in the 50s and 60s !! When there were drive in gas stations "service " stations !! You are a good honest person auto mechanic you get 2 thumbs up
I really like this video because it takes me back to the days when I was a child we had to fix our own flat tires on our Bicycles. My dad showed me and my brothers how to patch a tire . Back then I remember we had to scuff the area and then apply a flammable glue and then heat the rubber by lighting it up. I think back then a hot patch was considered the best. Today the patches look to be matchless, and cure with chemicals with in the Glues. Liked the safety glasses! Best part of this video is ""Break clean"" and ""Big NaStY" . Cool stuff Mr O
In the UK we have to repair a puncture in a similar way but must use an umbrella shaped plug and vulcanize it when fitted. The plug fills the hole and the umbrella patch seals the inside.
I had that same issue once. Only i was doing 70+ mph. I was hoing from a stop, around a corne and the last nut/stud that was holding on broke. Had to change on the side of the road. I used the lug nut and a larger nut to do the job.
