I was blessed to find one of those young, before I even knew much about cars. There were so many shops to choose from, so I decided my best bet would be the shop that proudly declares that it's a family run father son shop. NEVER had an issue on price or scams. Dude tells me everything I need to know, tells me what I can ignore for awhile, etc. When I buy a new car, I have it driven over to his shop to inspect before I buy it lol
As someone who has seen a lot of "messing with the new guy" videos. NEVER do anything when you see the other guys standing on the other side of the shop. Especially if they have their phones out.
"isn't there a better way of doing this?" _Yeah but we left the giant plunger at the other shop and you already have everything ready_ "Giant plunger my ass. why are yall the way over there you know this is stupid He's Recording!" _Do it Pussay_
Friend of my dad's once messed with the new guy by telling him "Yo, we're running out of sandpaper, go to the photocopier and make a bunch of copies of this one" and the new guy actually did it. 😅 That was pre-internet though; he just wanted to show to my dad that his new apprentice was, in fact, not the sharpest tool in the shed. (Neither was he, though, considering that that could've probably scratched the photocopier)
@beardiemom LOL. I was thinking it was gonna end up in the copier getting it jammed or scratched. Messing with the new guys is never really smart thing (at least not rhe ones that make it to RUclips LOL). Even really harmless pranks can lead to the new guy leaving or losing trust in their coworkers.
It's just good advice in general. If you see a bunch of guys standing around with their phones out waiting for you to try something, rethink your life decisions.
OMG that's so true it's almost painful. Like hold up, wait for me to get behind this bullet-proof cage before you do what I just told you was perfectly safe.
Jeremiah is a literal twin of my older brother, they look so identical its insane, their demeanors and humor are even the same. I've showed my mom some of the videos to see her reaction and she was blown away and it was always fun watching your videos just for that sake. Unfortunately my brother passed away two days ago at the age of 35 from a drug overdose and now your videos will be somewhat of a comfort going forward in life, Love you Dan.
@@oliver6287 *also it doesn’t look like they switched the wheel at all* I think they might have. When they first start trying to un-square the wheel, the back rim has a lot of rust on it. Next part after they are done, all the rust is gone as well.
and what all four should have said "unless you're hoping to get a screwdriver in the eye, never ever ever EVER YOU GET ME EVER do the running-motor fan belt thing"
Its ironic to me cause up here in the great north, its widely known to not buy a mechanics car or a cops personal vehicle. The cop most likely is lying and the mechanics car probably should have been off thd road about 15 years ago..
I'd watch a series of videos with the Bald Mechanic teaching Nolan things. 😆 Nolan has gotten SOOOO much more comfortable on camera lately, and him and that dude are great together.
I remember watching the old Donut vids in year 7 science and im now graduating and doing my first year apprenticeship in light vehicle tech. Nuts to see the development of the channel happen.
dude yes I remember watching them while working on a little electric go kart in high school. now I'm in college and these guys still pump amazing videos!!!!
In practice, bricks of a different kind than any mason would work with would be used, and the smuggler, ....er, the driver would be careful not to get in a wreck.
It seems a bit hard to imagine anything if you have a brick through the back of the head from inside your car as well as the impact from whatever else happened in the collision.
I was a manager at a big o tires in a town where there was a discount tires. I was making bout $50,000 a year, when I learned the manager at discount was making $170,000 a year... Yea, not super happy. Now, to be fair, they were a 8 million dollar store a year, and we were a 2 million dollar store.
Using co2 or refrigerate to shrink those sleeves will allow you to just drop them in. The rule of thumb for a interference fit is 0.001" per inch of diameter of the sleeve. So if you have a 4in od sleeve the hole is going to be 3.996. Freezing the sleeve with a sub 200° refrigerate will easily shrink a couple thou smaller allowing those sleeves to almost fall in. I use liquid nitrogen to shrink bronze bushings and oil lite bearings when repairing industrial machinery
"How have we never thought of this?" (using plastic cup to remove oil filter) I love how you guys are willing to give props to the actual good ideas. :-)
The faster a knife goes over a surface, the sharper it is. Put that potato on a power drill and spin it, then just touch the potato peeler to the potato and watch the magic lol
9:10 this is litterally how industreal sleeves are fitted for interferance fit. we use dry ice to freeze the sleeve and torches to heat the hole; typically heat works better than cold
Also for oil filter and fuel filter replacements on boats, we use thick ziploc bags to remove the filters. Keeps it clean and you then have a bag you can close and keep the filter in to dispose of.
The chain and the spring trick does work. I am a diesel mechanic and that chain trick saves a lot of time. However the chain was run a very awkward way but works. I use that trick on the semis and trailers I work on where applicable. This trick only works on specific shoes.
That is correct. I am a diesel tech as well and that is how my foreman showed me. These guys don't know much about the diesel side. I like the videos though.
Damn it james!! I remember every million special monologue and everytime he gets me on the verge of tears congratulations on another million you guys deserve it
BIG fan of Ms. A... I mean she knows her stuff. Also, the "Richard what'd you do?!" reference was perfect. Sandro should be a full-time host. Dude is unfathomably funny.
At around 8:50 where they're installing the sleeve they're using refrigerant from Walmart to supercool it down. Problem is that rapid cooling could break the integrity of the metal of the sleeve.
5:54 He swapped out the wheel with another less-broken one that was actually easily fixable. You can see the differences on the scratch marks of those 2 wheels
I don't understand half the stuff you guys talk about and I'll never do 95% of the work you show, but I'm still hooked on this channel for some reason. Congrats on the 7M!
The wheel bearing trick works great on 3rd gen 2wd dodge trucks. A tube in studded tires is actually pretty common. The chain trick on the semi brake shoes is REALLY smart. Wish I had thought of that. Spring hook pops over the pin and pushes the chain link out. Man, that would have made brake jobs WAY easier.
Clearong the drain - loved it. In the Navy we'd hook up 180PSI fire hose to a clogged sewer drain. Worked every time - but sometimes made a nasty mess if we missed a vent.
I've used that same tire tank over many years,if you get a long pipe,I think 3 inch diameter fits you can make that into a nice cannon,125 psi will launch a can of soda so high you can barely see it 😂😂😂 just be careful 👍
@@briandavid3637 I have had that on my list of things to build for a couple years now. As long as the valve is threaded which it will be, you can have an easily switchable tire blaster/potato cannon. And my air compressor goes to 180 psi. Well it did when I bought it. I turned it down. But shooting soda cans at that pressure seems a touch sketchy
The belt one, reminded me of a kid at a shop I worked at once. He was in a rush and decided to drill something while holding it in his hand... All we heard was screaming and turned to see the drill bit through his hand......
17:10 You guys (and the rest of the crew) could all be the _American Top Gear_ that we never really had. Made by 90s kids, for 90s kids. Great work by all involved!
I'm glad you mentioned that. I'm trying to wrap my head around it still. To be fair, I've only done pad and rotor and looked at drum brakes. The way they talk about it is interesting
I just wanted to tell you guys that I really enjoy every video! I suffer from agoraphobia (fear of outside) and after discovering your alls videos I finally started rebuilding my dads old work truck but since I don't make enough it is being pieced together which everyone ALWAYS has a comment about.... but I don't let it bother me anymore.... anyway I just wanted to say thank you for helping me get out and for all the laughs AND knowledge!
For the drum brake spring hack (looks to be on a semi trailer) the initial swing with the small orange springs and the pivot pins is legit, but it is much easier to put the blue spring on before the 2 rollers on the s-cam.
Yep. And I don’t buy being able to just pop the blue spring on with a big chain like that. There isn’t all that much clearance where the spring hooks over the pin so I just don’t see it working that well. Especially with the weird cut in there. Sure seems like they cut out where it didn’t work with that camera shake.
NBSV1 I work on semi trucks and this is a easy way to do brakes is a real thing. It does not work on all brake types tho, but it works in some of the most common ones.
@@zerophotography1372 wouldn't pulling the chain straighten the hook out of the spring though? Never did drums on a semi only passenger cars so I'm assuming springs are larger/heavier but chains don't magically lift off hooks
@@mgconklin995 It wouldn't damage the spring. But, you have to hook that spring over a pin that's in the center of the shoe. And, there isn't much of a gap in the hook part of the spring. Normally it would only take about 30-45min to change the shoes on an axle if the wheels come off easy and everything isn't seized up. It's way easier to just hook the big spring first then put on the smaller springs. But, I'm big enough to push the smaller springs. Sometimes they're hard to manage if you don't have the weight. There's many different ways to do them. But, in all the years I've been working on trucks I've never seen anybody do them this way and have it be worth the trouble. The cut in there says a ton. It likely either took them several tries, or they just put it together normally and then cut in them yanking the chain.
For the oil filter one I use something similar, but it’s a silicone funnel called an Oil Udder 😂 has a magnet to keep it in place and an over sized flange to let the oil drip down the sides
Been with you guys since the first up to speed and two grandmas and one Lamborghini, congrats on 7 million subscribers! You all are doing amazing and can’t wait for the future!!!
This is a great series, I'd love to see a pro install a part versus the donut guys or first timers lol this kind of perspective and insight is real valuable.
the hub trick using heat to remove the bearing race works way better then any other method ive tried... once you get good at it and good at using a torch it will become your go to method. works everytime I swear. last resort should be going old school, cutting a slit and cracking it in half using a chisel and hammer because chances of causing damage is higher then heat. the spinning in required so it just slips down once expanded enough otherwise if it was still it wouldnt want to slide down like it does spinning. that one is legit and worth trying if you havent.
The chain for the drums works great. That's how I was taught when I started as a diesel fleet mechanic but now I use the vice grip method because it's works better for me
Love this episode. I saw a fairly new car sold off a dealer lot that probably had damage like that last one. Instead of bricks the former owner used wire fence then bondoed over it. A couple weeks after purchase a bicycle hit the fender. It was inches thick and at least a gallon of bondo. My co-worker was not happy and said he was suing the dealer.
Congrats on the 7M guys! You definitely deserve it! Living the dream makes us dreamers believe that theres a way of making money doing things you love! I remember when you guys had 500k and I was sure this was gonna be big! To many more years ahead 🎉 greetings from Costa Rica!
the chain on the drum brake works super well, but only on certain styles. I have a chain in my toolbox with my notched out screwdriver for doing the other styles of brake shoes
Yeah dude it's a legit thing. Camera man got hit with an elbow. I'm laughing at all the auto mechanics that don't know anything heavy duty or commercial transport
5:33 once upon a time they were all tubed but in the mid 50's a lot went tubeless. Medium and heavy trucks/anything with split rim wheels obviously had to continue using tubes.
I recently moved to the heavy duty diesel industry and was amazed when my coworker told me after cracking the filter loose, before it breaks the seal, they use a punch and hammer to drain the filter before removing it. Saves a lot of mess and no slippery filter.
HOLY SHIT DONUT YOU MADE 7MILL!!! I remember when this channel only had 100,000. This team and it's continually improving content is one of my absolute favorite finds on the internet. Much love and respect
You'd sort of think being owned by a big media company they'd have better then react content... and probaly more diversity on the team considering they are all hires not a group of mates making car vids
Years ago I cleaned the drain holes on the doors of an old Chevy van. The holes were totally plugged, and the water coming out was as clean in the video. The cylinder sleeve can be a great hack. That is not compressed air. It is spray nitrogen, which is very cold. That will allow the sleeve to go in, and when it warms up to room temperature the sleeve will stay in place.
As a new viewer, I don't have to context of the old classics, so just wanted to say this style video is still good, the team at donut is legendary. Can't wait to see the crazy shit that is to come!
As someone who has changed heavy duty drum brakes, that chain hack was legit and a fantastic way to get the shoes locked in. Huge time saver and PITA avoidance.
I was in the tire manufacturing industry for 25 years. The trimming of the sidewall in the bead area, as long as they don’t take too much isn’t a big deal on tires with the bead protector like that. It’s just extra rubber in the sidewall.. as long as they don’t breach the sidewall compound and get into the abrasion rubber, it should be good..
20 years ago, I knew of an old guy who used to take raised white letter tires and take a dirt track tire groover, with a funky attachment, to shave down the white letters and make fat white wall tires out of them. He only trailered it to car shows. Never did drive it that much, but honestly, the older I got. The more I figured he was ahead of his time.
@@ryurc3033 What's the appeal to white-wall tires? I've heard them mentioned in varying contexts, so I can't figure out if they are just cooler looking (to a certain age group that is), or if there is a technical advantage/disadvantage to the white compound they used, or if it's simply a matter of them not being made anymore, and therefore being expensive/rare. Would you be able to tell me which one it is? I'm fairly sure that the white lettering on tires is just for looks, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about that as well.
as a female car enthusiast, it makes me really happy to see Angelina in these videos - smart, competent female representation (and no one's making a big deal of "hey we got a GIRL guys") is badass. GGs donut.
i've worked for a big european truck manufacturer putting sleeves in their 9 and 12L engines, they actually do something like that. The sleeve is going in a fluid in a refrigerator, the block was heated up to 80 celsius while pressure testing the freeze caps in a hot water bath. After 10 mins it came out and i manually had to install the sleeves, they fell right in if you had the sleeve perfectly perpendicular ( which is way easier then you'd expect , took an hour to get the hang of it and put them in 1 handed )
As a heavy duty diesel tech, the chain on the drum brakes is LEGIT. I've seen alot of older tech use this method, I know how to do it, but I don't. The easier method to set the springs for me is a pry bar that has a notch cut into it and use it to set the spings.
I’ve replaced the brake shoes on an air brake system as shown in the video and there is a way to do it where you don’t need tools at all as far as the shoes themselves
I would always adjust the s-cam in the right spot, attach the roller side first and just pop the springs in place on the opposite side with a big screwdriver, pretty simple. Either that or attach everything without the rollers, pry the shoes apart and pop in the rollers.
Love the content! In the clip with the large truck brakes and shaky camera. The guy hooks the chain to the upper retaining spring end and wraps the chain around the backside of the Retaining bar in the bottom brake shoe. When he pops the screwdriver it pulls the Retaining spring end past the anchor pin hooking to it.
11:30. I was about 17 sitting in line at a drive thru car wash with my dad. The car ahead went into the auto pull-through device, and half way it got stuck. Out walks a young kid from india who was working the gas station. The gears that drove the chain were all caught up, My father and I could see clearly into the wash bay. The young worker grabbed the chain that drove the entire wash bay, and right when he did it engaged. His hands were between gears bigger than Our faces, and a chain roughly 2 inches thick thats designed to pull hummers and more. It happened so fast He had no shot, His hands went around those gears and turned into jello. We could see his fingers hanging on by threads of skin and what was probably tendon. Morale of the story is dont fucking risk your life for stupid shit.
I came across this video because I've just been binging on Donut 🍩 and the appreciation at the end is really genuine. One thing that can be said about the guys at Donut is they fill a void that has been left behind by Top Gear. Definitely not comparing them, but I guess you could say I'm New Old School where I grew up on F&F, car mags and Jeremy Clarkson and I'm really thankful these guys fill that void. I hope they take it as a serious compliment 😁
Damn these dudes got 7 mil. I remember the ol'up to speed episodes like the og episodes and their subscriber count then compared to now is absolutely insane. Crazy how James built this channel to what it is today. I know it's a team effort yadayada I really enjoy the rest of the cast with goats like Nolan
The sleeve thing is legit, although I've usually seen it done via liquid nitrogen. A properly cooled part just slips right in and is unmoveable once at room temp.
That girl didn't know what she was talking about with interference fits. She seemed to think that it wouldn't be an interference fit anymore using a different cooling method. "Like usually you have to hit it in with a hammer still" just means it wasn't cooled enough to go on without any galling.
Lol that bead blaster one reminds me of what I’ve seen done to new guys. We tell em that the bead blaster needs cleaning and you do it by filling up a bucket with water and blasting it to flush the water through
You can see when they zoom in the inner portion is bent even though they are supposedly bending the lip of the wheel and then when they zoom back out the inside is still round so its definitely not the same wheel lol
@@Maheralwan They put the tube in to keep the tire inflated on the square wheel, but didn't need the tube on the wheel that was completely circular and could hold air.
As an ex ASE mechanic right out of high school,,, the best mechanical education though was Farm and Ranch working. Crazy custom wrenches etc being made for the machines.
awesome video as always. I was wondering if you could make a Donut version of the 80's "safety" video "shake hands with danger" or if you haven't seen it do a reaction 😆
I like bald guy. Feels like an oldschool mechanic that wouldn't take advantage of you and do it the right way every time.
Yeah, you'd def learn something from him.
Seems like a tough but nice dad. "Quit playin grab-ass and get back to work"
No school like old school
I was blessed to find one of those young, before I even knew much about cars. There were so many shops to choose from, so I decided my best bet would be the shop that proudly declares that it's a family run father son shop. NEVER had an issue on price or scams. Dude tells me everything I need to know, tells me what I can ignore for awhile, etc. When I buy a new car, I have it driven over to his shop to inspect before I buy it lol
Still better to learn to fix your car yourself than being good at knowing if a mechanic might rip you off lol
James' monologue at the end was so heartfelt - you can tell he's holding back tears of joy. Congrats, donut team :)
Kinda odd that Justin wasn’t there, anyone know if he’s left the channel?
18:07. I crashed a car today. 😳🤣😂🤦
@@QuickScience0 He's still with donut
@@leegoddard2618 r/nobodyasked
@@highlighterjelly you moron. Pumphrey said it, at the end, if you were watching. 🤦🖕
As someone who has seen a lot of "messing with the new guy" videos. NEVER do anything when you see the other guys standing on the other side of the shop. Especially if they have their phones out.
"isn't there a better way of doing this?"
_Yeah but we left the giant plunger at the other shop and you already have everything ready_
"Giant plunger my ass. why are yall the way over there you know this is stupid He's Recording!"
_Do it Pussay_
Friend of my dad's once messed with the new guy by telling him "Yo, we're running out of sandpaper, go to the photocopier and make a bunch of copies of this one" and the new guy actually did it. 😅 That was pre-internet though; he just wanted to show to my dad that his new apprentice was, in fact, not the sharpest tool in the shed. (Neither was he, though, considering that that could've probably scratched the photocopier)
@beardiemom LOL. I was thinking it was gonna end up in the copier getting it jammed or scratched.
Messing with the new guys is never really smart thing (at least not rhe ones that make it to RUclips LOL). Even really harmless pranks can lead to the new guy leaving or losing trust in their coworkers.
It's just good advice in general. If you see a bunch of guys standing around with their phones out waiting for you to try something, rethink your life decisions.
OMG that's so true it's almost painful. Like hold up, wait for me to get behind this bullet-proof cage before you do what I just told you was perfectly safe.
Jeremiah is a literal twin of my older brother, they look so identical its insane, their demeanors and humor are even the same. I've showed my mom some of the videos to see her reaction and she was blown away and it was always fun watching your videos just for that sake. Unfortunately my brother passed away two days ago at the age of 35 from a drug overdose and now your videos will be somewhat of a comfort going forward in life, Love you Dan.
Sorry for your loss man
damn, sorry
Sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry to hear…
🙏
I like how the tire requires a tube when it's square but not after it's "repaired."
Presumably they added the tube for the joke part of the video since otherwise it could not be inflated since it would not seal to the mangled rim.
5 minute crafts is just always bullshit. ALWAYS. And at least half the time they're dangerous.
Makes sense though and also it doesn’t look like they switched the wheel at all but it I still wouldn’t trust it
They had to use a tube to deflate the tire with the spigot valve from the beginning.
@@oliver6287
*also it doesn’t look like they switched the wheel at all*
I think they might have. When they first start trying to un-square the wheel, the back rim has a lot of rust on it. Next part after they are done, all the rust is gone as well.
love what the one mechanic said "if your not going to do it right dont do it at all"
and what all four should have said "unless you're hoping to get a screwdriver in the eye, never ever ever EVER YOU GET ME EVER do the running-motor fan belt thing"
Except he would have used proper grammar
Its ironic to me cause up here in the great north, its widely known to not buy a mechanics car or a cops personal vehicle. The cop most likely is lying and the mechanics car probably should have been off thd road about 15 years ago..
@@jtp1389 you’re right 😂
I'd watch a series of videos with the Bald Mechanic teaching Nolan things. 😆
Nolan has gotten SOOOO much more comfortable on camera lately, and him and that dude are great together.
Yeah, that dude should be their channel's official mechanic guru or something lol.
You know Barnes and Nobles?
Get ready for Bald and Nolan's
I remember watching the old Donut vids in year 7 science and im now graduating and doing my first year apprenticeship in light vehicle tech. Nuts to see the development of the channel happen.
dude yes I remember watching them while working on a little electric go kart in high school. now I'm in college and these guys still pump amazing videos!!!!
Ayoo congrats! (nice pfp btw lol)
Can you imagine getting in a wreck with the person that fixed their car with bricks and cement lol
In practice, bricks of a different kind than any mason would work with would be used, and the smuggler, ....er, the driver would be careful not to get in a wreck.
@@keensoundguy6637 lol... you're right about that
@@keensoundguy6637 Youve never seen border patrol 🤓
It seems a bit hard to imagine anything if you have a brick through the back of the head from inside your car as well as the impact from whatever else happened in the collision.
😂😂😂 Godforbid
As someone who works at a discount tire, that one about them shaving tires really killed me
What cracked me up was he had to wear rubber gloves for that.
I was a manager at a big o tires in a town where there was a discount tires. I was making bout $50,000 a year, when I learned the manager at discount was making $170,000 a year... Yea, not super happy.
Now, to be fair, they were a 8 million dollar store a year, and we were a 2 million dollar store.
I worked at Les Schwab, seeing that made me cringe
@@jeffersonott4357 I'd rather go to Big O tbh
As someone who works at Tire Discounters.... I agree with you.
Using co2 or refrigerate to shrink those sleeves will allow you to just drop them in. The rule of thumb for a interference fit is 0.001" per inch of diameter of the sleeve. So if you have a 4in od sleeve the hole is going to be 3.996. Freezing the sleeve with a sub 200° refrigerate will easily shrink a couple thou smaller allowing those sleeves to almost fall in. I use liquid nitrogen to shrink bronze bushings and oil lite bearings when repairing industrial machinery
Liquid nitrogen.
The expert mechanics you paneled for this were all really great and brought their unique perspectives to the table. Excellent vid as per usual, Donut!
"How have we never thought of this?" (using plastic cup to remove oil filter) I love how you guys are willing to give props to the actual good ideas. :-)
donut is one of the couple channels where I resist the urge to watch the videos immediately and download them just so I can enjoy them when eating
I just watch this one while I had my breakfast lol
Same actually xD
Same for me :D And it really needs to be good...
Lmfao watching over breakfast rn
Lol true I watch most of their videos while eating 🤤
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how sharp that potato peeler was? I need one like that for potatoes.
Seriously. I have a bunch of potato peelers that can't even handle a potato, much less a tire.
@@tankerd1847 People who peel their potatoes need to be in an asylum.
@@fortheloveofnoise you making mash with the peel laddie?
@@fortheloveofnoise I agree, just buy potato powder!
The faster a knife goes over a surface, the sharper it is. Put that potato on a power drill and spin it, then just touch the potato peeler to the potato and watch the magic lol
Congratulations on Seven Million and Also can't wait until the next series on Forza Horizon 5 because Donut Media has their own story in it!!!!!!
Woah really? That's actually a reason for me go play the game
They what now
you mean, like, you know, Forza Horizon...
wait for it
6?
😄
November 10th is when the Donut content drops, if anybody has interest in checking it out
@@user.10. absolutely I did. Nearly bought dirt 5 for their role in that but the game didn’t get good enough reviews to justify it.
9:10
this is litterally how industreal sleeves are fitted for interferance fit.
we use dry ice to freeze the sleeve and torches to heat the hole; typically heat works better than cold
Also for oil filter and fuel filter replacements on boats, we use thick ziploc bags to remove the filters. Keeps it clean and you then have a bag you can close and keep the filter in to dispose of.
A sock does the trick just fine,when you're a savage. 😆
I loved all the mechanics you brought in, especially the lady and the bald guy. Lady has great humor, bald guy just seems like a dad.
The lady is terrible... 8:30 proves that
Poor 3rd guy
The chain and the spring trick does work. I am a diesel mechanic and that chain trick saves a lot of time. However the chain was run a very awkward way but works. I use that trick on the semis and trailers I work on where applicable. This trick only works on specific shoes.
That is correct. I am a diesel tech as well and that is how my foreman showed me. These guys don't know much about the diesel side. I like the videos though.
9:40 step aside ''flick the bean'', you have outstayed your welcome, from now on its ''hammering the knuckle''
Damn it james!! I remember every million special monologue and everytime he gets me on the verge of tears congratulations on another million you guys deserve it
You guys are amazing. Thank you for giving a whole new group of people the chance to learn car stuff without feeling like an idiot
BIG fan of Ms. A... I mean she knows her stuff. Also, the "Richard what'd you do?!" reference was perfect.
Sandro should be a full-time host. Dude is unfathomably funny.
All of the mechanics you guys brought in are amazing - great casting!
Except the broad
Whats wrong with the broad
@@gerlarpar This is what I would like to know lol. I see nothing wrong with her advice/expertise.
@@BikingVikingHH cuz she's a woman? lmao
At around 8:50 where they're installing the sleeve they're using refrigerant from Walmart to supercool it down. Problem is that rapid cooling could break the integrity of the metal of the sleeve.
The heavy duty brake shoe chain trick and the heat up the race to remove from hub tricks work. In the heavy duty truck trade we do this all the time.
5:54 He swapped out the wheel with another less-broken one that was actually easily fixable. You can see the differences on the scratch marks of those 2 wheels
And it went from a tubed tire to tubeless
I don't understand half the stuff you guys talk about and I'll never do 95% of the work you show, but I'm still hooked on this channel for some reason. Congrats on the 7M!
The HD drum brake trick for clamping the counter spring is legit AF - learned it at Penske (the blue and gray shops in half these videos).
The wheel bearing trick works great on 3rd gen 2wd dodge trucks. A tube in studded tires is actually pretty common. The chain trick on the semi brake shoes is REALLY smart. Wish I had thought of that. Spring hook pops over the pin and pushes the chain link out. Man, that would have made brake jobs WAY easier.
Love these real mechanic reacts, definitely do more.
Bart is the reason I heard of y'all way back when. Give that man a call and let him know you care about him
You know its just a character... its played by Yeardly Smith so give her a call
Dude is that any way to talk about a fan.
@@BartSimpson-bt6hd I'm bart Simpson who the hell are you?
@@nolesy34 the guy who has been shaking his head since the fall of 1989 thinking “of all the names they could have picked.”
@@BartSimpson-bt6hd DOH!!
(Bart voice)
Waaaasit a minute.. youtube was created aaaafter simpsons
6:44 If your wheel looks like that, you should ask yourself what kind of person you are 😁🤣
Clearong the drain - loved it. In the Navy we'd hook up 180PSI fire hose to a clogged sewer drain. Worked every time - but sometimes made a nasty mess if we missed a vent.
I've used that same tire tank over many years,if you get a long pipe,I think 3 inch diameter fits you can make that into a nice cannon,125 psi will launch a can of soda so high you can barely see it 😂😂😂 just be careful 👍
@@briandavid3637 I have had that on my list of things to build for a couple years now. As long as the valve is threaded which it will be, you can have an easily switchable tire blaster/potato cannon. And my air compressor goes to 180 psi. Well it did when I bought it. I turned it down. But shooting soda cans at that pressure seems a touch sketchy
live the heartfelt send off for 7 mil rather then a dedicated video, it feels so right for this channel
more real mechanics, I love it. I'm apprenticing now and I love seeing what these mechanics say.
The belt one, reminded me of a kid at a shop I worked at once. He was in a rush and decided to drill something while holding it in his hand... All we heard was screaming and turned to see the drill bit through his hand......
Seriously I've seen tubes in car tires, extremely old ones. That square wheel is actually Canadian, I know that from watching South Park!
17:10 You guys (and the rest of the crew) could all be the _American Top Gear_ that we never really had. Made by 90s kids, for 90s kids.
Great work by all involved!
As far as the chain and screwdriver we do that all the time on 18 wheeler brakes, works like a charm!
I'm glad you mentioned that. I'm trying to wrap my head around it still. To be fair, I've only done pad and rotor and looked at drum brakes. The way they talk about it is interesting
lol I’ve been doing them the hard way until my co workers showed me this on….works like a charm
Totally binge watching all your content! Thank you for the work you put in to these videos!
I just wanted to tell you guys that I really enjoy every video! I suffer from agoraphobia (fear of outside) and after discovering your alls videos I finally started rebuilding my dads old work truck but since I don't make enough it is being pieced together which everyone ALWAYS has a comment about.... but I don't let it bother me anymore.... anyway I just wanted to say thank you for helping me get out and for all the laughs AND knowledge!
That sucks I had a girlfriend who was agoraphobic it seemed like a really tough time
I'd honestly like to see a graph of donuts subscriber count over time. Crazy to think donuts grown so much.
That brake trick is actually amazing.. i absolutely HATE drum springs…
For the drum brake spring hack (looks to be on a semi trailer) the initial swing with the small orange springs and the pivot pins is legit, but it is much easier to put the blue spring on before the 2 rollers on the s-cam.
Yep. And I don’t buy being able to just pop the blue spring on with a big chain like that. There isn’t all that much clearance where the spring hooks over the pin so I just don’t see it working that well.
Especially with the weird cut in there. Sure seems like they cut out where it didn’t work with that camera shake.
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I work on semi trucks and this is a easy way to do brakes is a real thing. It does not work on all brake types tho, but it works in some of the most common ones.
@@zerophotography1372 wouldn't pulling the chain straighten the hook out of the spring though? Never did drums on a semi only passenger cars so I'm assuming springs are larger/heavier but chains don't magically lift off hooks
That clip is edited. That’s why the camera guy swung the camera over real fast. It’s two clips edited together
@@mgconklin995 It wouldn't damage the spring. But, you have to hook that spring over a pin that's in the center of the shoe. And, there isn't much of a gap in the hook part of the spring.
Normally it would only take about 30-45min to change the shoes on an axle if the wheels come off easy and everything isn't seized up.
It's way easier to just hook the big spring first then put on the smaller springs. But, I'm big enough to push the smaller springs. Sometimes they're hard to manage if you don't have the weight.
There's many different ways to do them. But, in all the years I've been working on trucks I've never seen anybody do them this way and have it be worth the trouble. The cut in there says a ton. It likely either took them several tries, or they just put it together normally and then cut in them yanking the chain.
For the oil filter one I use something similar, but it’s a silicone funnel called an Oil Udder 😂 has a magnet to keep it in place and an over sized flange to let the oil drip down the sides
I use a 2 liter pop bottle. Cut the bottom off and cut some clearance in the side so you can spin the filter. Works great on Harleys.
I wondered how well those oil udder things really worked.
I lost a middle fingernail trying that belt hack. DON'T!
Lost my pointer the same way😅 it’s not worth it just rent the tool for free😂
you are a lucky one, could had lost the whole hand
I still remember when we almost lost James. But that's the past, and I'm glad James and the crew are still here. Here's to another 7 mil!
Been with you guys since the first up to speed and two grandmas and one Lamborghini, congrats on 7 million subscribers! You all are doing amazing and can’t wait for the future!!!
The first wheel bearing hack is so legit that it is how you are supposed to do it that way on dodge ram trucks
This is a great series, I'd love to see a pro install a part versus the donut guys or first timers lol this kind of perspective and insight is real valuable.
the hub trick using heat to remove the bearing race works way better then any other method ive tried... once you get good at it and good at using a torch it will become your go to method. works everytime I swear. last resort should be going old school, cutting a slit and cracking it in half using a chisel and hammer because chances of causing damage is higher then heat. the spinning in required so it just slips down once expanded enough otherwise if it was still it wouldnt want to slide down like it does spinning. that one is legit and worth trying if you havent.
Snug up a bearing separators behind the race heat it up good and pry it off quickly with one bar back and forth or 2 pry bars at once.
Super real monologue that ends with 'I crashed a car today.' Only James. Man, I love you guys.
The chain for the drums works great. That's how I was taught when I started as a diesel fleet mechanic but now I use the vice grip method because it's works better for me
Yeah but that video is edited. That’s why the camera guy flicked the camera over like that.
I can tell the video wasn’t edited I’m the guy doing the trick I bumped the camera person
Has it really been seven years? Time flies when you are having fun! Keep up the great content and keep having fun!
Love this episode. I saw a fairly new car sold off a dealer lot that probably had damage like that last one. Instead of bricks the former owner used wire fence then bondoed over it. A couple weeks after purchase a bicycle hit the fender. It was inches thick and at least a gallon of bondo. My co-worker was not happy and said he was suing the dealer.
The spinning hub to remove the bearing race with the torch works well as well. Done it a few times myself
If South Main Auto does it…
Congratulations on 7M subs. These "Real Mechanics React" videos are awesome - wouldn't mind seeing more.
i'm glad the guy with the compressed air was wearing a face shield
Congrats on the 7M guys! You definitely deserve it! Living the dream makes us dreamers believe that theres a way of making money doing things you love! I remember when you guys had 500k and I was sure this was gonna be big! To many more years ahead 🎉 greetings from Costa Rica!
Post more videos! Make that dream happen brother!
the chain on the drum brake works super well, but only on certain styles. I have a chain in my toolbox with my notched out screwdriver for doing the other styles of brake shoes
Yeah dude it's a legit thing. Camera man got hit with an elbow. I'm laughing at all the auto mechanics that don't know anything heavy duty or commercial transport
5:33 once upon a time they were all tubed but in the mid 50's a lot went tubeless. Medium and heavy trucks/anything with split rim wheels obviously had to continue using tubes.
the chain and break pads method is legit being the diesel mechanic field , it makes things quicker so your not fighting the pressure of the springs
Yes however that’s not what they did in the video
They never hooked up the left side springs though. That's the only problem I had with it.
7:11 I'm a mechanic from Detroit ( the motor city ) and I've been doing this for years ! 👍
I recently moved to the heavy duty diesel industry and was amazed when my coworker told me after cracking the filter loose, before it breaks the seal, they use a punch and hammer to drain the filter before removing it. Saves a lot of mess and no slippery filter.
HOLY SHIT DONUT YOU MADE 7MILL!!! I remember when this channel only had 100,000. This team and it's continually improving content is one of my absolute favorite finds on the internet. Much love and respect
I remember when they had less than 100k
You'd sort of think being owned by a big media company they'd have better then react content... and probaly more diversity on the team considering they are all hires not a group of mates making car vids
@@shibarmyburnz1978 we dont give a fuck about diversity and or any of that shit in the car community and they just hired a black guy too.
As a trained, professional mechanic; I love these videos 🤣
Years ago I cleaned the drain holes on the doors of an old Chevy van. The holes were totally plugged, and the water coming out was as clean in the video.
The cylinder sleeve can be a great hack. That is not compressed air. It is spray nitrogen, which is very cold. That will allow the sleeve to go in, and when it warms up to room temperature the sleeve will stay in place.
I’m definitely trying out that cup on the oil filter next time I change my oil
16:20. Geez, just added, what 300 lbs. To one corner. 😂🤣🤦
300 POUNDS!?!?!!? No more than 50
@@daone2474 not the one. M0R0N.
As a new viewer, I don't have to context of the old classics, so just wanted to say this style video is still good, the team at donut is legendary. Can't wait to see the crazy shit that is to come!
Congratulations guys! I just found you a week ago but I've watched about 50 videos so far! Great Channel!!
6:22
They uh...they didn't put the tube back in....
Also, why did they have it in there in the first place? Like what where they trying to do?
As someone who has changed heavy duty drum brakes, that chain hack was legit and a fantastic way to get the shoes locked in. Huge time saver and PITA avoidance.
Pretty sure the sus looking camera turnaway was the cameraman getting too close and getting bumped when the chain got yanked.
As the mechanic in the video I can confirm I accidentally bumped the camera person
I was in the tire manufacturing industry for 25 years. The trimming of the sidewall in the bead area, as long as they don’t take too much isn’t a big deal on tires with the bead protector like that. It’s just extra rubber in the sidewall.. as long as they don’t breach the sidewall compound and get into the abrasion rubber, it should be good..
20 years ago, I knew of an old guy who used to take raised white letter tires and take a dirt track tire groover, with a funky attachment, to shave down the white letters and make fat white wall tires out of them. He only trailered it to car shows. Never did drive it that much, but honestly, the older I got. The more I figured he was ahead of his time.
@@ryurc3033 What's the appeal to white-wall tires? I've heard them mentioned in varying contexts, so I can't figure out if they are just cooler looking (to a certain age group that is), or if there is a technical advantage/disadvantage to the white compound they used, or if it's simply a matter of them not being made anymore, and therefore being expensive/rare. Would you be able to tell me which one it is? I'm fairly sure that the white lettering on tires is just for looks, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about that as well.
as a female car enthusiast, it makes me really happy to see Angelina in these videos - smart, competent female representation (and no one's making a big deal of "hey we got a GIRL guys") is badass. GGs donut.
Yes, it's amazing cus it feels like she's there because she's a mechanic not just because she's a female mechanic 😁
100%
she seems incompetent
@@Tizzy-sh5ql where in the video?
And she gets extra points for making a splooge in the face joke.
i've worked for a big european truck manufacturer putting sleeves in their 9 and 12L engines, they actually do something like that. The sleeve is going in a fluid in a refrigerator, the block was heated up to 80 celsius while pressure testing the freeze caps in a hot water bath. After 10 mins it came out and i manually had to install the sleeves, they fell right in if you had the sleeve perfectly perpendicular ( which is way easier then you'd expect , took an hour to get the hang of it and put them in 1 handed )
I hope James is okay from his accident. With mo Powah comes mo responsibility ❤️
Accident?
@@joshuagibson2520 He mentions in the outro that he crashed a car. They're at a track so we'll probably see something in an upcoming video
The take away from this should be, "DO IT THE RIGHT WAY OR DON'T DO IT!"
Amazing advice from the whole gang. 👏
As a heavy duty diesel tech, the chain on the drum brakes is LEGIT. I've seen alot of older tech use this method, I know how to do it, but I don't. The easier method to set the springs for me is a pry bar that has a notch cut into it and use it to set the spings.
I’ve replaced the brake shoes on an air brake system as shown in the video and there is a way to do it where you don’t need tools at all as far as the shoes themselves
I would always adjust the s-cam in the right spot, attach the roller side first and just pop the springs in place on the opposite side with a big screwdriver, pretty simple. Either that or attach everything without the rollers, pry the shoes apart and pop in the rollers.
@@hoogovens3261 yea what I’ve done was just attaching the springs with the rollers off and prying the shoes out to put the rollers in
I also replace these brake shoes and feel like this "technician" is making it so much more complicated.
7:20 how does Jeremiah look more stressed here than he’s was for the low-car engine swap?
Love the content! In the clip with the large truck brakes and shaky camera. The guy hooks the chain to the upper retaining spring end and wraps the chain around the backside of the Retaining bar in the bottom brake shoe. When he pops the screwdriver it pulls the Retaining spring end past the anchor pin hooking to it.
Love the variety of people you have on here. They all sure know more about fixing cars than I do, lol.
loving this mechanic reacts series. keep them coming.
10:10 I’ve used one of those to unclog a drain when I worked at dairy farm shit flew every where
11:30. I was about 17 sitting in line at a drive thru car wash with my dad. The car ahead went into the auto pull-through device, and half way it got stuck. Out walks a young kid from india who was working the gas station. The gears that drove the chain were all caught up, My father and I could see clearly into the wash bay. The young worker grabbed the chain that drove the entire wash bay, and right when he did it engaged. His hands were between gears bigger than Our faces, and a chain roughly 2 inches thick thats designed to pull hummers and more. It happened so fast He had no shot, His hands went around those gears and turned into jello. We could see his fingers hanging on by threads of skin and what was probably tendon. Morale of the story is dont fucking risk your life for stupid shit.
14:00, I’m a heavy duty mechanic and I do these break pads all the time and he’s literally putting them on backwards and the video is 100% fake😂
I came across this video because I've just been binging on Donut 🍩 and the appreciation at the end is really genuine. One thing that can be said about the guys at Donut is they fill a void that has been left behind by Top Gear. Definitely not comparing them, but I guess you could say I'm New Old School where I grew up on F&F, car mags and Jeremy Clarkson and I'm really thankful these guys fill that void. I hope they take it as a serious compliment 😁
Damn these dudes got 7 mil. I remember the ol'up to speed episodes like the og episodes and their subscriber count then compared to now is absolutely insane. Crazy how James built this channel to what it is today. I know it's a team effort yadayada I really enjoy the rest of the cast with goats like Nolan
The sleeve thing is legit, although I've usually seen it done via liquid nitrogen. A properly cooled part just slips right in and is unmoveable once at room temp.
Yup, it's called a cold-fit weld. I used to work at a science museum and we used to demonstrate this concept using liquid nitrogen.
That girl didn't know what she was talking about with interference fits. She seemed to think that it wouldn't be an interference fit anymore using a different cooling method. "Like usually you have to hit it in with a hammer still" just means it wasn't cooled enough to go on without any galling.
Lol that bead blaster one reminds me of what I’ve seen done to new guys. We tell em that the bead blaster needs cleaning and you do it by filling up a bucket with water and blasting it to flush the water through
That wheel one is ridiculous 😂. Congrats on 7 million subscribers!
Seven Million Idiots..... how did I get on the boat?
5:50- minimal scratches on the wheel
6:05- multiple new scratches near the screw points
Yeah that's the 5-min craft trademark.
Thank you for calling it a wheel. Because all of the manufacturers call them wheels. A rim is part of a wheel.
You can see when they zoom in the inner portion is bent even though they are supposedly bending the lip of the wheel and then when they zoom back out the inside is still round so its definitely not the same wheel lol
what about the tube removed but not replaced lol
@@Maheralwan They put the tube in to keep the tire inflated on the square wheel, but didn't need the tube on the wheel that was completely circular and could hold air.
As an ex ASE mechanic right out of high school,,, the best mechanical education though was Farm and Ranch working. Crazy custom wrenches etc being made for the machines.
That 5min craft one just looked like they used the footage of them destroying the wheel and then played it in reverse
awesome video as always. I was wondering if you could make a Donut version of the 80's "safety" video "shake hands with danger" or if you haven't seen it do a reaction 😆
I learned about you literally 3 days ago and you’re all my best friends now.
Hell ya man, glad to see you guys doing good. Lookin forward to more!