New Parts = No Brakes and Other Problems | 1964 Chevy K20 Project 

When I first clicked the video I thought I clicked on a whistlingdiesel video. Glad you're not destroying it!!!

Careful pulling that in. There is bulk oil and a propane tank there to stop you if you need them though.

This video is so good, I’m watching it a second time. The dialogue about all the springs is priceless!!

You can reinstate life in a dead vehicle! Love it.

You're a brave man for letting go that thing after it slipped out of the front yoke.

“Cool Chevy stuff, I guess.” LOL Thanks for the video.

Finally! Something in my wheelhouse.

Don't worry Old Max is not a quitter he is going to get it sooner or later.😊 He reminds me of you it will be fixed and figured out no matter what, he will succeed also.

Waited all week to watch Wes work. Guess I gotta watch him work today, instead of doing my own work.

The best way to install U joints is show a before and after dadada shot that effectively ends the moaning from the peanut gallery, or alternatively install each cap with a different method just to make sure all the couch mechanics have their preferred method used. Guaranteed to trigger a few sensitive people and make my belly roll.

Had my mouth gaping wide open bending that yolk back. Great work!

Hey Wes, I had bought an abused ‘67 4x4 Chevy 3/4 ton pick in ‘84 it’d spent its entire life on a farm and hadn’t even been licensed since 1970! Drove it 38 miles home with almost no brakes! Nobody could get drum for it so my brother in law and I decided to swap in the rear ended out of a 74 3/4 ton! We measured a bunch of stuff and found out the spring purches were almost exact so we put the trucks tail to tail raised them up with a hoist dropped out the ‘67 first then the ‘74 and literally bolted everything back together! Used a hybrid U-joint to make the driveshaft work! Beings the ‘74 was camper special I got the 8700lbs leaf springs and huge brakes! Swapped out the 4:56 front gears to match the 4:11 rears and drove the beast everywhere since I was swamp meeting back then in that Silver beast! Lots of fond memories!

I'm with you on not trusting anybody. It's not a bad thing. Sometimes I don't even trust myself.

Being a person involved in the driveline industry for 25+ years ,I put thousands of u-joints in just like you did and they work fine, those two drivelines are dangerous the way you found them, nice catch sir. Thanks for the video even if I am months late watching it.

You're the one doing the work you do the work the way you want

I'm jellious of all the old 4x4 pickups I keep seeing on RU-vid . . . I want one. I use to have a 1989 F-150 4x4 that I traded in and wished I had kept

Oh it's mint, you can tell by the color 🤣

That dash alone makes that truck worth saving. Instrument cluster was rare in '66. From the good old days when you could get in under the hood, sit on the inner fender, and work on it in the rain. Nice truck. Best regards from Indiana.

Recommended by Snowball engineering ! Enjoying your channel and the wry humour ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I am so glad to see you get to work on a quality product that is not a complicated mass of wire and hoses due to a rolling computer.

I’m too old to buy repos and flippers so I just watch young technicians . The things one sees in dyi repairs are hilarious . Great job Wes .

Wes, I think your wife might be expecting one of these trucks for Christmas. You can tell by the look on her face that she really likes the truck!

That truck brings back Memories, I learned how to Drive in a 63, 3-On-A-Tree in the middle of Winter in a Wrigley's parking lot back in 1972, I was 11 Years Old 🤣😂, DAMN That Was FUN, and Maybe a 373 in the Rear?

This truck is an excellent candidate for a body swap to a much newer chassis and drivetrain. I love how you put your heart in each video.

You know Wes, I would hope that the owner would realize that this almost 60 year-old truck is from a different time. It was not designed to go 60-70mph. 45 is about right for safety & longevity. It actually is a good setup, 283, rather than a monster motor, 4 sp manual, and low gears. They were made to work, not cruise on the expressway. Towing, hauling, and snowplowing, and working on the farm is what was in mind when these were new. We are too used to the boulevard cruisers that they call trucks today. A/C, power everything, 4WD that is electrically operated, leather interiors, sunroofs, all mated to a weak, undersized frame that will be history in 5-7 years. You won't find any of these as survivors, they won't stay together that long. All of this for 75 thousand dollars.

First of all the way you installed the U-Joints I see no problem with the installation. I would like to see more content on this truck. The customer needs to let you go through the entire truck from bumper to bumper with a fine tooth comb. It deserves your love to fix it right. Have a Blessed One Sir

My face lights up ever time you post.

The correct way to replace U-joints, is the way that works for you with the tools you have available. Keyboard mechanics be damned! Great job Wes! I'd love to lay my hands on a truck that looked that good. Even if she does need a little love.

Wes saving pedestrians one life at a time! Vise and a presser socket... Yeppers

This truck is the reason you "bring a mechanic". It's the equilv of a house flipper special.

That parking brake bracket you just made is the best part of that truck.

In 1975 I bought the 1966 version of the same truck for $600.00 from the grandfather of one of the Duck Dynasty guys. He farmed in West Monroe, Louisiana and the truck spent most of it's life on that farm and around the local town. It had less than 20,000 miles on it. It still had the original wooden bed flooring because he had soaked it with creosote at some point. I used it for several years as a to and from work truck. I had a Sears and Roebuck universal under the dashboard air conditioner installed in it. It worked great unless you were sitting at a stop light and the A/C compressor would come on nearly stalling the engine. I think the engine was either a 250 or 292 C.U. straight 6. I'm old now and can't rightly remember. El Mirage, Arizona

I love watch old vehicles getting fixed! These are the vehicles that I grew up with. Santa still hasn't left me a classic car in the driveway. I'll have to speak to my husband.

Wes, the Mortske man said that you are the best brake man around, that we should request to see more break jobs from you. 🙂 LOL

That is a sweet old truck, regardless of issues. The brake adjusting reminded me of high school auto shop. In 1967.

Can't wait for that 20+ part series of Wes trying to fix all those niggles in this truck. Thumbs up man!

Wes vs drum brakes round two! I share his "love" of 4 wheel drums. I cut my teeth on first gen Mustangs with 4 wheel drum brakes, and to this day (45 years later), I have an undying loathing and hatred for them. Those brakes were anemic, impossible to adjust correctly and erratic; and that was on a good day. Add a little moisture to the equation and now you had brakes that barely functioned at all. Disc brakes are a godsend.

That is a super clean 283 stroker very well loved and taken care of @Watch Wes Work

Wes, I worked as an engineer for Arvin Meritor's heavy duty driveline division for years. Your method to assemble the yoke and roller bearings is fine. For RPL (Rockwell Perma-Lube) production, we used a hydraulic press, for field assembly a vise was OK to use. Lastly, after the yoke assembly was fully assembled with the snap rings, we had operators smack the yoke with a steel hammer (real hard!). This centered (stress relieved) the cross between the ears on the yoke. Primitive, but it worked. Love all your videos.

Wes I have a 1964 Suburban. I swapped my rear axle to a common 14 bolt, and it’s an easy swap because the spring mount perches are the same width, at least on the 3/4 ton axles. The one tons are a bit narrower, to fit dual wheels. I also swapped transmissions to an NV3500 from a 90s Chevy, which gave me overdrive. My tires are 31” dia, and with 3:73 gears, the engine spins 1800 at 60 mph. You are correct that there is an equalizer bar for those e-brake cables. That brake master cylinder is definitely not stock, as these trucks still had single pot masters. Looks like the common corvette master, which is designed for disc brakes. Thanks for the video. Oh ya, I suspect Novak Adapt could supply you with a new transmission output yoke.

Wes, just imagine riding in the back of one of those (3 on the tree 2wd) with a camper shell sitting on a lawn chair for 3000 miles round trip. Not enough room in the front seat for four plus no AC. That was way back in the late 60s and my ears rang for two days from the road noise. Swore in my youth that I would only fly to any long distance destination after the trip and have held to my oath to this day.

I love the creative use of the mig wire pliers @26:40. Years ago when I was a young guy struggling with U-joints, I gave up in frustration and went to the local driveline shop. The sage old driveline specialist with decades of experience took pity on me and showed me how to install them correctly. never had a problem since. Keep doing what you do Wes and ignore the keyboard warriors!

Changed the rear U-joint in a 1955 Ford Victoria on the side of the road, on a 103-degree day with a bumper jack, a hammer, a 10-inch Crescent wrench, a pair of vise-grips and a couple of screwdrivers. I had purchased the new U-joints and was on my way home to install them...and didn't make it... Luckily, I was 16 years old at the time and didn't know any better. Sometimes I am amazed that I am still alive...:D

when she says i aint been out here since your spill She means your near death experience. And when she says dont ding that door she means you aint ever gunna live it down lol😊😊👍

It’s a shame it has so many problems, the truck is beautiful! Can’t say that too often…

Had too say it before the video even gets started.... beautiful, gorgeous, awesome pick up....

Music at the end was priceless. Great job.

64 chevy half ton with a 283 was my daily driver for 20 years. Thanks for the memories.

That’s a pretty sweet truck. I’m glad the rust belt hasn’t gotten to it yet.

Seeing under that rig gave me a good chuckle. Thanks Wes great entertainment is so pleasing.

Good darn job Wes..That year of truck will always be popular....

As a low-level diyer, I appreciate the seemingly conscious effort to point out the diy mistakes without totally shredding the mistakes. I look forward to a follow up on this truck!

On U-joints, I spent over 25 years in the driveline industry, only thing we made sure of was to line up grease zerks, and install them anyway that works as long as, like you say, as long as the needles don’t fall into the bottom of the cap, your good. Thanks for the ride along sir, I enjoyed this one.

This is a refreshing change. Not a scan tool or wiring diagram in sight.

WES!! Do it the way you have always done it. IT IS YOUR SHOP AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLY FOR IT'S Quality or lack of. The people adding their comments have nothing to lose. So Again do it they way you want to.

The best installation method is the one that leads is easiest and leads to the best outcome with the most amount of comments. The algorithm demands it!

Wes, I've actually reached a point, where it brings a smile to my face knowing that somewhere, somebody is losing their sh*t over how I do something 🤣🤣

Ever since I started watching your channel a few years ago, I’ve started paying attention to bull haulers and I’ve never see one that wasn’t straight piped. And I live around cattle country so I see quite a few of them.

She is beautiful my brother in law used to have one like it and it was so fast and his grandpa put some power steering on it before he gave it to him and he would thank his grandpa everyday for that

Judging how roughy an engine runs on the "glass smooth" Illinois roads is clearly a fine art requiring much experience and finesse.

Ditch the rubber lines, clamps and zip ties and just use short pieces of copper nickle brake line. It's easy to make, bend and it holds it's shape. Bleeding made simple! Look at the GM 14B for a replacement axle - should be a fairly easy direct swap. That truck is a piece of work!

Truck would look way cooler stock.😎

“The tool is a little bit stiffer in the winter” THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!!😂😂😂😂

Wow that slip Yok straightened out well @Watch Wes Work

Guess I’m gonna be going into work about 25 mins later than usual. Darn these “icy road” delays. Hahahah.. As always from one Wes to another thanks for the great videos! Cheers

Great video Wes, and don't worry about the comments from keyboard critics. I have put universal joints in many different types of vehicles and have used every method out there since 1965. What ever works for Wes and your customers is what works. Thanx for sharing, love your sense of humor. Happy holidays to you and your family.😃

Whoever “re-built” that 20 did a real bangup job 😂

She's pretty mint? It's literally mint! Look at that color!

I had an experience with that exact master cylinder setup 40 years ago. Brand new out of the box and bled it just as you did on the truck= Soft pedal. Took it off and clamped in the vise and repeated the process using the screw driver to push piston method and put back on = good pedal feel. Turned out the pedal assembly in the truck was not getting a full stroke out of the piston so it wasn’t getting fully bled. Food for thought.

Replacement parts for that truck are available from places like LMC Truck and National Truck Depot so who knows if it's original. We restored my dad's '69 C-10 using some replacement body and interior parts. Good work Wes.

After you got done talking about making sure the needle bearing doesn’t fall out you started pounding on that u joint with the next u joint standing at the edge of the table. My heart rate was going crazy!

Thank you for sharing your own home. I’m interested is seeing the renovation on this house.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the front lift blocks. That was always been a no-no in my book.

The type of precision needed to work on something like a newer model diesel high pressure fuel pump is not required to install ujoints. They’re fine as long as you don’t screw up the needles and you get the retainers in. When I was younger I’ve dropped them in the mud, reused old one and put different ones together to get what I needed. The ujoint installation isn’t even on the list of worries I’d have with that truck. Good work Wes. Love the content.

Rule number one, Never lend out your tools., they get lost, never returned , or returned broke. That includes relatives. Merry Christmas Wes and Family.

Even as well as the body looks it's still a $10,000. project moving forward. Good luck Wes. Keep on smiling.

That is something I've noticed over the years with "builds" like that. Looks really nice on the outside and maybe has a killer engine but that's where the builders talents ended and the rest is cobbled together. Sad because then it gets passed on to a buyer who thinks they're getting a nice rig......... Great video as always Wes, would love to see more of this truck. It's got potential!

If you need to worry about the grease hole in your u joint being in compression then you need u joints with no grease hole or the ones that grease thru the cap so they are only drilled on center.

The only place I take any exception is with bringing the name of the Lord into it. His name deserves due honor. Other than that, you are the expert. I bow to your knowledge. Most of the people criticizing you probably don't know what they are talking about. If you have any questions on a 50's-80's GM truck, I'd be asking Jeff Bradshaw over at Elderly Iron. He probably has an original emergency brake lying around, or knows what you need to make one.

That interior is Gorgeous and Mint @Watch Wes Work

The only adjusters that seem to work well on drum brakes are the ones that Toyota has been using for the last 40 years, still putting drum brakes on the Tacoma's today and they work fantastic

Oh man, what a pile. I always commend you on some of the vehicles you work on. You are a saint and a scholar, sir.

Mortskes beard is gonna catch on fire when he sees those flexi hoses on this gem.

I gotta get a life. When you and diesel creek run past your regularly scheduled posts I find myself logging in to YT 20x a day hoping for the next video. Thank you!

I like your videos because generally at the end, the problem has been fixed. This is like peeling an onion, it just goes on and on. Hopefully the owner will keep going and fix those issues, especially fixing the brakes. Another commenter talked about 20+ videos on fixing this up. Go for it, I'll watch every one of them!

If your customers are happily paying and bits aren't falling off it's a fair bet what you're doing is right. There's always an expert ready to tell you what you should have done. Think happy thoughts Wes,you display incredible patience.

That saying, "They don't build them like they used too"... never more true. I'd take a modern truck for a "daily" any day of the week period. Lol Merci

I’ve got a 1964 Chevy C10 with the 250 4.1l. Most reliable thing you’ll ever drive. Runs great and drives like your floating on air.

Been watching for a couple years. Just want to say love your content and how well you explain things. Much love to you and your family from Canada 🍁👌

When you were installing the driveshaft, there was one point it looked like it would drop on your head. I could hear Matt's "OSHA violation" song playing. Good video Wes! Keep up the good work!

the best kind of vehicle for a youtube channel. So many issues and you can make it better. "brakes dont work" - "did you bleed them" - "no" - "Sigh" one of those days.

I had a 64 Carry All C-10. 292 CI. Three on the tree. I bought it from a carpenter around 1974. I loved that truck. Green and White also.

Thanks for bringing us along on what looks to be an epic saga. As usual your work ethic shines through.

Love your videos Wez! Don´t care about all those "hobby experts" don´t let them under your skinn, you are doing a great job, continue with that.

Old trucks like this are always a cobbled together nightmare, looks like this one is slightly better than most though 👌

Pinion Bearing on the rear differential is the sound you are hearing when under power and coasting.. I used to have a 64 Suburban. I know the sounds and repairs on a personal bases!! LOL

I feel all of your pain with the u-joints and all of the above might be true if the thing had a 800 horsepower but it's a small block.... So I believe you're correct sir although I'm sure you already knew all of that keep up the good work always enjoy the channel

Possibly already done with the truck, but you can swap the whole axle assembly on these to the squarebody 73-87 axles and get open knuckle front and disc brakes. A 14bolt rear will fit as well and you can get a disc brake kit for those as well. I swapped them on my 68 that was 4 whl drum and they bolted in. The only thing I am not 100% sure on this truck is if the springs are the same distance apart, but I think they are. If you put the newer axles and factory brakes on it, then you can use the same master cyl and proportioning valve off the squarebody too. Oh, the 66 and older were single reservoir master cylinders, so the one on this truck is not factory. Last thing, I have had and been around a ton of these trucks and this is the only one I have seen a factory tach dash in, that might be worth as much as the whole truck to be honest...

Mrs. Wes is the cutest. Lucky guy.

I don't care what's wrong with that truck that truck is a God