Lol. The speciality tools are really nice and worthwhile if it's something your doing everyday but when you're just maintaining your own equipment your not doing these jobs every day so it can be hard to justify the cost when you can still efficiency do the job without them
No, he’s making it harder then it is, I have an anchor pin press works easier then a ball joint press, he should put springs on the other way, he’s working to hard, I remember bolting the brake blocks on in the 70’s
From experience delivering truck parts, I can tell you the way he just grabs and tosses those drums is amazing. They’re heavy af. We use clutch cart or dolly to move them. Rest of the things it’ll take me an hour to do on my civic and I still have to take it the mechanic shop cause I screwed something up.
I've been an automotive master tech for decades and I can say you are talented sir. Your work ethic and attention to the proper procedure is very good. Thanks for keeping the big rigs safe and rollin brother. Big respect.
I've driven truck for 20 years. Seen this job done in snippets here and there, never the whole process. Always appreciate you mechanics making our trucks safe and easy to drive. When we can actually get you guys to do something......woooooooo....Uhhh Ohhh.... (thanks for the video)
I’ve done this job. You rarely see guys over 40 doing it, because it tears the discs in your back in to a fine powder. Diesel machanics deserve $100.00 an hour. Because your career is over in 20 years.
When I was coming up as an apprentice, this is the way my journeyman taught me how to do these style brakes. Tried em a few different ways, but this seems to be the fastest and safest way to do the job right.
Look, listen, and learn all you crazy kids. If you want to be an O/O get used to doing stuff like this, it will save you a TON of money over the years. been doing it myself since 94. Keep up the good work and great videos Ezra.
Don't encourage the kids to be truckers, it ain't what it used to be. Mostly warm bodies holding a steering wheel, automatic trans and an electronic babysitter in the truck.
I've done tons of brakes, and yet here I am watching. Haha I found the snapon tool for pushing out those anchor pins at a gas station. No idea who lost it but I bet they were upset.
Thank You. You remind me of my dad. LOL. You do what it takes to get the job done without being all high tech. You are clear about what needs to be done and also informed me about the laws etc... I am a driver and have been for several years. I became an owner operator last year and am learning as I go on the mechanics side of trucking. I couldn't make a living doing this without doing as much of the work as I can on my own. The shops do great work but labor is very expensive. You help me have confidence in my ability to do some of this on my own. Thanks again.
You do great work and are always very informative. I think I mentioned this before but your a hell of a hard worker. You do the job of three guys by yourself.
We had an entire fleet of school buses with frozen rollers at one point. One guy had to wail on the spider with a sledgehammer, while the other put their body weight on the air hammer positioned right on the roller. We couldn't use the ball joint press, because doing so meant also changing the wheel seals on the rear hub, and we couldn't stock enough of them. We all got drained, but we also got bigger muscles..... luckily our wives noticed.
@@josift1283I agree. But even so, juice brakes can be a head ache. When the pump motor burns out the ABS module, it's 3,000 for the whole assembly, plus labor. You wanna talk about pissed off customers.....
@@jibblesq One time one of the guys used the torch, and bent the spider. But I think he heated the spider and not the roller. So I guess that would explain it.
Here I am an automotive apprentice watching a video on how to do drum brakes on a semi trailer. I do plan on moving to truck and coach so not a waste of time. Great video, really interesting
Don’t know why your work brings smile on my face and when in the starting you tell about the job , I’m already sure that you’ll nail it 😀. Lots of love from India 😗
I wouldn't give a shit what other people say about your prior videos..... they didn't do the work.... you did.... Im amazed at how easy you make this brake job look..... YOU ROCK......
Great Video there are very few people who do as great of a job showing tractor trailer maintance. I guess there are people who need to comment about every little thing so I will add my two cents Great Video sound was correct volume you possitioned the camera in the best possible Possition for viewing while doing a brake job with excellent instructions on everything that needed to be explained. For brain dead ones who think this is a total information video on attempting a brake job on there own. I leave that to there own mechanic abilities but one great video by a hard working individual many other RU-vid video producer have 2 or 3 people doing your one man job LOL Great Job I encourage everyone else to give great comments and thank him for doing what he does as a one man show
Dude... total respect for you. This is hard work. Working on semi's, everything is bigger, heavier, and more cumbersome. The abuse your body takes is outrageous. Thank you for your service and keeping America rolling!
@@irish-thinker4429 I did it for 8 years between 12-20 helping out my family. I will never do that shit again. I got paid to do it obviously, but, I have massive knee, back and wrist issues from it.
I do mechanical on all our trucks, medium trucks, heavy trucks, and equipment of all sizes as well. Oh, and I'm the company welder/fabricator.. LOL Hired as a welder and have since become one of the "go to" guys for everything. And, yeah.. It's hard on you physically, but nothing that doing ironwork for 20+ years didn't prepare me for.
I followed your example mount dismount 8 drives, complete drum and pad replacement, change 1 wheel seal and the biggest pita changing 2 dust shields and my 65 year old ass promptly fell down exhausted muttering I gotta get rid of that You Tube guy. He's killing me with his enthusiasm LOL. Keeping it real for truckers everywhere EZ. Thanks for the great videos FWIW I installed silverback HD brake shoes cause we haul 135000-139000 lbs. Give them a try if you're a heavy hauler you wont be disappointed
On " me ass promptly fell down " my friend answered the question : " how did your day go " ::::: : When I got home me ass was draggin so low I had to lug it up the driveway in me pantcuff " (Johnnie)
that was my job as a rookie truck mechanic back in 1972-4 taking trailer brakes up and managing the drum and shoe replacement schedule,back then we used a wheel brace and a 6ft piece of scaffold tube never lost any 1200x20s but now at 64 e z i have my air hammer and air ratchet/wrench and shoes back then were relined by drilling out the rivets and rivetting on new with copper rivets,great video my friend .
i don't know what brought me here but i watched the whole video. Great info tho , i respect people like u who work and record their work to help others even if it take more effort u did it with great smile . much love from Saudi
Something I found worked good for me to put the small springs on was to use a pair of vise grips on the spring, then take a 24” prybar and pry against the axle to pop them in place.
I'm going to try that.I all ways put the small springs on first, Hang the shoes, Then the big spring than pry up to instal rollers and super fast that way.but gona try this way next time and see if I like it better.Every one has there favorite way don't mean ones better than the other.what ever works best for each person.
Even tho I'm just a lowly company driver, it's always interested me how to repair these awesome machines. I don't think I'll ever have to repair them but watching these videos is just awesome. Plus the more you know could end up saving someone's life.
Thanks I’m 74 as a young man I did your kind of work. You are highly skilled for you not only do hard work but you solve problems on your feet. Great job!😎
I really have to hand it to you, my friend. For your size, you're stong as a bear. Thanks so much for the videos. Great stuff. Be safe out there driver.
It's not the Dog in the Fight , but the Fight in the Dog...maybe someone could sponsor him with workwear.. sown in knee pads into work trousers plus a set of soft kidskin leather Work Gloves...If you don't ask you don't get... Great upload....
It's not the Dog in the Fight , but the Fight in the Dog...maybe someone could sponsor him with workwear.. sown in knee pads into work trousers plus a set of soft kidskin leather Work Gloves...If you don't ask you don't get... Great upload....
Thanks man I’m learning a lot from your videos. Yes I’m a greenhorn, lost a good job so I’m working on getting my CDL. Kind of tired of the factory scene, need something new. I used to machine large natural gas/diesel fired engine parts. Hopefully my new path brings me more freedom. Thanks again.
I use ear plugs when I do anything that is loud, even making smoothies LOL (I just have ear buds layin in my pockets at all times, you never know) and yes, I have perfect hearing in both ears, down to 0 decibels
@@BryanByTheSea Some gloves wouldn't go amiss too. No one else is going to take care of your body, the pencil pushers aren't going to give a fuck when your back is ruined and failing hearing after 20-30 years of service.
I see he's punched himself in the face enough times to know that you alway push down on the torque wrench or breaker bar when tightening or loosening the lug nuts
Nothing wrong with giving folks a refresher course on things even if you have done it before . One positive I can think of is your helping teach folks plus when you have plenty of old parts you have scrap metal. Have a great weekend
Yeah there was definitely some things that should have been covered in the first video that were left out. Figured I could improve upon that video a bit
Yes, yes they do. It's like they brought back inboard brakes. The brakes themselves are easy to change but makes wheel seals and such annoying and heavy.
I always used a vise grip and small prybar later in life as it gave me better leverage on the small springs. Also used a air hammer to gently push out the bushings, I got pretty quick at getting them out . I also used a ball hone on the inner surface to clean it all up to insure the bushing wouldn't get deformed putting it in. Instead of using a ball joint press to put the bushing in,I used a alignment bolt and spare washer to run them in to save time . Put the Alignment bolt through the alignment washer and tap the bolt head with a hammer while pulling on the back of the bolt. You can steer it some with the pulling side a little by wiggling the bolt. My ball joint press was a cheap Napa item. Less than 80 bucks. Lasted me until retirement. Great video. Awesomly informative for new techs and maybe some older hands.
'EZ,' you're one of the 'coldest' and this whole video was of 'content' worth watching! And a six grader could have watch this like me, and have an understanding now, of what this type of 'break repair and replacement' consists of! Thank you for 'tutorial' and I'm watching every other video you do, and I can't wait to see you do some 'disc breaks' on a 'truck!'
Wow! I can't believe I ever did this! I went from a retired missile systems test engineer to a grunt in two months. Lol. I never could figure out an easy way to do a brake job. Was a great experience. Busted tires as well. We had an air wrench that I swear weighed near 50 lbs. I could barely pick it up and get the socket on the nuts. A fella named Big John showed me how to do it. He picked it up like it was a box of cotton and zipped all those nuts off. Then, he put a hug on the tire and slid it right off. John could do that all day long. The outfit I worked for rebuilt cattle trailers and did long hauls so they had about 24 tractors. I repaired tires for all the tractors and trailers and did maintenance such as lubrication, repacking bearings, changing oil and fuel filters AND getting real greasy. Great experience, it was hard work. I rode to work on my Harley back then and one day I started to straddle the bike but noticed my Levi's were down past my waist. Pulled them up, tightened the belt and got on. When I got home, I looked closer at the belt. I had lost so much weight I had to put more notches on the belt. Hard works has benefits!
@@_Adam_27 no way will a 1/2 in impact remove those lug nuts. I’m an auto tech and once in a while get a big work truck. My 1/2 Snap On does not budge lug nuts on the big stuff.
Nice job man! I use to do anchor pins the same way. Until I bought a tap1 anchor pin press kit from strap- on. It’s presses out pin and bushing at the same time. Hit it with some sand paper wrapped in a cotter pin. Anti-seize and press in the new bushing and pin. Now it takes longer to remove the wheels then the brake job. Lol
I did that for so many years no impact just a very large 4way with a 5' pipe trailer's/ Mack / Freightliner Did my own tire work on the side of the interstate bars and tire HAMMER and a 6×6 and a very large bottle jack u joints/ adjust clutch and free play service motor work and transmission I've hauled logging/ ran eastern seaboard 53' strick Fla to NY over sized loads Fla to ga flat bead sod Fla to ga I was laid off from trucken 10 yrs ago I got a government job now 3 yrs to retirement driving was my passion when I was young now it's time to backer her down . You do good work I can tell you will go some were GOD BLESS You
First off, that guy is a beast! I about blow a fuse picking up drums and putting them on. Second he makes everything seem way easier than it actually is! Way easier!
Respect for this man... using simple tools and doing an excellent job... I like this kind of mechanics, no expensive tools for the same job, than others charge too much money just to recover the money invested on their pretty tools.. great job my friend..
Great video brother I am still watching your videos and they are very interesting and educational and I am learning more about these trucks day by day as you post more videos keep them coming
Snap on makes an anchor pin press that is amazing. It works so much better then a ball joint press. Fits in tighter areas to. Its shaped to remove and install. I read down and see a few other recommendations for the snap in lol. Either way good job, I remember starting as a tech at a fleet so many brake jobs, my knees hurt thinking about it.
