Wess, your vast amount of knowledge and abilities never fail to amaze me. I know what I’m saying as I’m an old retired mechanic. I enjoy your videos, thank you.
I owned two freightliners and a Mack. And kept them running by my self. Some times work on them till midnight and up early to go to work. Wouldn’t trade the years for anything.
I have been in the automotive repair business for almost 30 years and I have to say I would never touch the stuff (big trucks and equipment) you mess with. More power to you, sir.
thanks for being informative in your skills and techniques or know how. thanks for showing others. im struggling as a 53 ft trailer mechanic and this helped me understand wheel seals removal, repair, and replacement.
I’ve done at least 100 wheel seals over the years but that was probably the best job I’ve seen anyone do. I always cringe when I see someone muscling around inboard drums. I’ve just found your channel and I enjoy all your videos but these repair videos are my favorite. Being an owner operator is tough but you’re doing a great job
Holy crap some of the comments on this video are unbelievable. I probably would have quit youtube if I had to listen to this crap. I'm glad you have a thick skin because I really enjoy your videos
I'm surprised there's no torque spec on that axle nut, or at least a procedure to set axial preload. Presumably that Belleville washer gives correct preload through a wide range.
Hi that system is common on Volvo trucks in Ireland and as far as I know you tighten it down enough to leave a few thou endfloat and the idea of the bell washer is to prevent the inner part of the bearings from turning on the stub axle and causing wear
I realize this is a couple of years too late, but discoloration where the bearing sits on a shaft is an indication of non-contact in that area. Where there is good contact, the metal will be shiny. Still looked like there was plenty of contact though.
I worked for the Timkin Co. for a while. When adjusting the firce to secure a wheel bearing , life goes way up as the proper end load is applied but suddenly goes way down as the bearing is overloaded.
Wes, not only are you a very knowledgeable mechanic, your narrative style is very engaging.......on par with Mustie1. Keep up the good work you have many fans.
Your last video didn't other me. I enjoyed it. The sound of that Cummins cancelled out the vibration for me. Keep up the truck videos. I am interested in the power steering. My exhaust manifold on the 5.9 went well. I managed to get the five broken bolts out with an excessive amount of swearing. Then the thermostat housing and oil supply line for the turbo were swapped. I glad that's done. Thanks Wes
I have had the best luck with the Nationals. I am not familiar with that weird spacer but I can only quess it was supposed to be some device to make endplay setup easy but you have to know the tricks!
I've used more Stemco seals than anything else. I like the Grit Guard seals because you don't need a nice surface on the spindle for them to seal. It's basically a speedi sleeve. But I don't have a strong opinion on it. I don't like the 2 piece seals though because it just adds two more places to leak.
Your wear many hat Wes!! and your camera work is extremely grate. Keep up your interesting videos and sharing them with us! I just found this one and sorry a year late! LOL
Wes correct me if I am wrong those are Rockwell brake shoes and aren't they supposed to have a retain spring/ clip on the roller buy the s cam it been a while since I worked on one
the seal probably leaked because they probably tried to re use the seal after doing the brakes, normally if you have a spacer between the bearings its the spacer that sets your end play so you just tighten the nut down tight if the end play isn't correct you would add or remove shims or use a different size spacer. iv never seen that set up on large trucks but iv done a few in other applications. i actually prefer the 2 peice seals,
You've got alot of informative videos. Can you give me some advice on where to get parts for trucks like that? I'm interested in buying a 1985 international or similar truck.
Always check that the races do not spin inside the hub. If they do it's time for a hub and no amount of seals will fix it. Only for a short time they will seal up. But they will begin to leak again shortly after. Mark my words
Really good video i do it different myself but you did it very easy your way very nice and the tire probably had a repair where the separation is also good taste in beer lol 👍👍
I love it when you get a drive axle and they’ve put a couple thousand miles on it man that’s the kind of Grease that you have to wear off your hands Or whatever you get it on. When those bad ones would roll In I had some special blended industrial purple power that the guy made extra strength for us in the steam Jenny cranked all the way up. Id hit it before I tore it down and then after I had it all apart. Just had to be extra careful not to get that cleaner on anything aluminum that was polished or you had some Pissed off drivers lol.
Hey Wes, great job on the videos man, keep em coming dude. (Question) Would you willing or do you even have time to troubleshoot an Atlast Copco air compressor ELEKTRONIKON controller?
Haha lol we're is this wes at n the newer videos always good videos probably better on the rocks though lol also curious how u no the slack adjuster was bad?
The needle rollers in the bearings are hollow spring steel tubes which are squishy, the bearing system is designed to be compliant and the Belleville washer is designed in to allow self realignment of the bearings during sudden dynamic or thermal overloads that would damage a traditional rigid bearing . 😘
I have seen tapered roller bearings that were preloaded with springs, such as in a Blanchard grinder spindle. However, that's not the case here. The spring pushes the bearings apart, the opposite of preload. The purpose is still a mystery.
Wes, is your work starting to pick up after the pandemic? Good job on the wheel seal I've never worked on a big truck like that. Learned a lot. But didn't quite understand how a two piece seal works.
if you want the fill to go quicker put some oil in the hub before you install the outer bearing. sitting there watching oil soak through a is boring and takes to long.
Hey Wes, I gotta ask, I'm gonna own a Mack diesel engine truck RD what's the best way to learn basic mechanic for it most likely changing brakes, drums, hub seals, calibrating air brakes, greasing, etc.. Would appreciate any info.
The Panasonic Lumix TZ-100 has this too, it's the lowest end Lumix that has it. It's not quite Gimbal stable or GoPro 7 stable, but it does a very nice job, without the weird tracking artifacts that some others have. That said, a plain GoPro does a nice job (I have a Hero 4 Session that I mag-mount to stuff). I'm seriously considering getting a Hero 7, but I don't need it (why do I need 3 lathes and 2 mills?)
I read the comment from the guy from Canada who gave you a thumbs down. Oh well, what can you expect from people who elected Justin Trudeau as their prime minister...
I grew up in the trucking business...any of the wheel bearings we would load them until there was a bit of drag....gave one more quick grunt and close it up. In the 50 years of being around the trucks we NEVER had a problem with the bearings from doing that. Not a criticism...just a different method....it always worked for us
Bearing failure caused by too much pre load and insufficient end float can cause bearings to fail when especially when they get hot . Look it up straight fact no hatin just sayin, never ever in my career as a tech have I done up a hub as you’ve described .happy new year .
These "Here hold my BEER" video's usually go this way! Better to hold the celebrating drinks till after the work is done! IMHO! You just hate those surprises at 70 MPH, loaded in that curve to find out what got put back wrong during the drinking phase! LOL!
@@WatchWesWork I kind of figured that. Just learning on this big rig stuff. I will have to pull it and find out what one I need. I suspect the reason of failure was this bus sat for 4 years before we picked it up.
