Incorrect parts, slightly different parts, when a big job goes sideways every way possible.
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- A mechanic’s nightmare of a job. Working on old obsolete vintage vehicles and retrofitting similar parts to do the job.
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The guy is at work around with. Use a engine place to lift that same object up. We had MC fives, sixes, sevens, 8 nine, and 102. We also have buffaloes buses. I learn quite a few odd things about him. We did have a bus who Chase the same. Parts app like I said they would use an engine hoist to hold it up healthy back-and-forth. To get that part in just a suggestion. I'm not the mechanic, you guys are definitely the mechanics.
Your neighbor over here in. North Carolina Ridgely from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hate to sound like a nervous nelly, but wouldn't an engine cherry picker with a sling be easier to get that huge torsion in and out?
What kind of angle do you think a cherry picker arm is going to be at to go in through a wheel well? Yet alone have clearance for a sling and the torsion tube. The tube doesn’t even go in straight we had to stand it up to the top to get around the rv leveling jack on the side. The tv must make it look easy because my hoists won’t fit in that area they are to tall. Then try managing the legs around all the jack stands holding the body, the axle, and an extra safety stand for good measure. Ain’t gonna work
Scott, great job despite the setbacks! Because the owner was involved he knows a lot about his bus for future issues. You gave him that gift! Congrats!
the engineer that designed and thought up this torsion suspension set up had to been demented lol
But, it sure looked good on paper!
Twisted
😂 yep 👍. Nuts 🥜
nice to have a young strong man like Jonathan. He seems to have a great work ethic.
doesn't waste much time talking either!
Why is this so fascinating to me!? I was just a driver on GMC only coaches, not a mechanic, but I just cant stop watching your videos. I like them all!
Deep down you always wanted to know the mechanical mysteries of the buses you drove. Now you can see!
Getting that spring unit out was one of those jobs that you want to get hold of the designer and condemn him to a lifetime of extracting the units while exposed to a howling gale and continuous rain....
Im sure the bus manufacturer made special tools for that very job. Of course for only $3000 it could be yours!
Congrats Dan!
Your home is ready to roll once again 🎉
“They just don’t make ‘em like they used to…”. THANK GOODNESS! 😂
You guys do an amazing job! You are such a good person to always put your customer first, even if it cost you money! Well done.
You know,I've been watching yourself and Jonathan work.....I have hope in the future now that a youngster is learning from the "master" the ways of keeping vintage buses on the road. I does my heart good!! Thank you Scott for sharing another awesome video. Y'all stay Merry Christmas to all!!
Awsome job guys, a few setbacks, but y'all overcame that, and got him back on the road. Bravo!
That is one good looking bus!!! Great Job Scott and crew!
Hope you pay your apprentice good, he deserves it. Hang in there young Jedi and you'll be a master someday.
What’s good?
@@BusGreaseMonkey If he's still with you after that marathon, it's good
Thank you for the aviation reference! "The 3 most useless things in aviation is altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel in the truck."
You guys are saints for seeing this project through. I’m sore just watching this
I know there are others that could do that job, but your the only one I would trust with my equipment.
I always enjoy watching your videos. I used to be a best driver for a company called ray and Ross. Transportation at Las Vegas in go to the test site. An enjoyed it, but really used. Enjoy getting off work and going back and helping them. Mechanics work back there just to give them a hand. Rihanna, about 10 mechanics, and they were all in trouble. You give me a lot of good memories watching your videos. There was a part of my life. I very much enjoyed, and it really enjoyed helping them mechanics. Because they were so intelligent to know all the secrets such as you do. Since I watch you no, thank you again. You are a fantastic young person.
I'm missing my harbor freight pump table now. Sure was handy over the years. I used a vevor motorcycle jack to get that sm465 out of my truck the other day.
Nice job Scott! Even if it didn't always go according to plan! 🙂
What a miserable repair! I was cussing just watching the original video.
Same here!
My go to rusted bolt buster is under the rim toilet bowl cleaner! Never lets me down.
I like this channel I am a proud owner of a 1987 MCI M9 with a 8V71 with supercharger and it’s a converted STC bus I from Saskatchewan Canada and plan to do lot of my own work
I can't imagine tackling a job like that and encountering the setbacks you did and still be able pull it off. However, I'm willing to bet that the next time someone comes to you and says, "I'd like to have you replace the rear Torsilastic Suspension on my Flxible," you'll be saying, "Um, let me think that over."
Glad the twisters passed you by, I was worried about you all. What a terrible storm, 13 confirmed tornados. Take care.
I assumed those tornados were not near your location thank goodness. But pray for those that were in their paths.
About 50 miles away. We prepared for bad storms and it got nasty but no tornadoes
Without a doubt, BGM and his crew need to modify an engine hoist and come up with an extension arm to hold up stuff like that torsion spring assembly while it's being guided into place. Trying to hold and guide heavy stuff like that inside such cramped conditions begs for a material handling solution.
I can’t believe anyone would design something so wrong
It's actually a great system....until it wears out...never any air leaks or blown bags...//
@@garymackey850 I understand. I’m not sure how many miles this bus had on it. I have replaced lots of shocks, air bags, and suspension parts. Never worked on one of these so I don’t have any reason to bad mouth the system. Everything eventually wears out.
I don’t know the mileage, but this bus was in commercial service for 20 years and those torsilastics made it 54 years.
Another Happy and relieved customer GO BGM !
thanks for sharing the struggle
Another happy customer!
This makes me appreciate every nut and bolt on my a😮ir bags
Even the worst airbags are a breeze in comparison
I live in Maine. Once something is about five years old, mechanics go straight for the oxy-acetylene torch set on undercar stuff like suspension or exhaust work. _Everything_ is seized.
Another good well done and a happy costmore 😊
I drove MCI for 15years and had the chance to drive on eagle a few times and the suspension on the Eagles won hands down
Most banks around here even the big names ones are not open on Saturday. And many of them close a half a day Wednesday!
My father would often base the repair cost on how many times he scrapped or busted his knuckles. So, what is the count on this job?
When I was still able to turn wrenches for a living jobs like this had the M####r F#*ker surcharge as in every time I said /yelled it the labor charge went up
I love to see the low gas prices when they test drive through town.
I know a shop can't wait 6 days, but I had a stainless steel bolt frozen inside an aluminum lower power unit. Sprayed both ends with Kroil morning and night for 6 days and she broke loose. Got to be able to give the creep time to work.
You will want to get the hose adapter to hook it up to a 20 lbs tank. Worth every penny when 4 1 lbs lp bottles cost 25$ versus refilling a bbq tank that hold 20lbs of lip for around 15$
Nice Bus . Ride Hight looks good too
Considering how unusual and aggravating that torsiolastic suspension is, I wonder how much easier/more expensive it would be to convert that Flxible to airbags? I know you would do that with those air beam buses that were rotted out but I'm guessing it would be quite the ordeal since it's not one air suspension to another but completely different setups.
I tried Kock' er Loose Plus by CRC, best I've EVER used Scott.
Well, it is a 4 stroke - sounds good too.
❤❤❤he was happy all in the song😊😊
Bust out some PB Blaster. I've had great success with that product.
How did that Superzilla work out? Been seeing lots of advertisements for it
I wonder if the heat from the welding on the tube bothers the rubber inside the tube?
If you look he was keeping wet rags on the tube to cool before the rubber
@@BusGreaseMonkey I am surprised that that wet rag did anything, at least if my limited experience with copper pipe soldering is any guide! Helps but it takes a lot of heat to weld that heavy metal. But he did seem to know how to weld, maybe did it fast enough the rubber didn't burn up. Hope that wasn't the reason for the sagging on the second torsilastic.
He kept dipping the rag in a bucket about every 30 seconds. It clearly was removing heat. He kept his duty cycles short and never built up massive heat. He didn’t damage anything.
keep the clips coming
Jeez, what a nightmare!
that is a beautiful looking bus, but man, what a nightmare suspension system to work on! what exactly is inside of those tubes to make the suspension do its job? some kind of opposing springs or something?
Are the torsilastic dampeners side specific or do they fit either way? It would be nice if the torsion ears at the ends were splined with a snap ring like other torsuon bar type suspension systems. Having splined ends and keys would allow for more adjustment.
Yes splined would be great
That would be a lot of stress on the splines.
@@hotpuppy1 That area of the torsilastic bar is probably close to 2" in diameter so there is plenty of room for splines and the width of the splined area could be 2" wide. The input shaft of my transmission is 32 spline and 1" in diameter and the width of the splined area is about an inch wide and it has no problem taking the 2000hp I send into it.
If there's a chance of an easy repair becoming a nightmare it will happen. A few days ago I got a new radiator cap and that's about as easy of a replacement as you can get. Wrong. The springs inside the cap are broken and the thing won't release for love or money. I might have to replace the whole radiator and thermostat just to replace a $10 radiator cap.
Did any of those tornadoes affect you?
Seems like the remanufactured tubes are damaged - with the bent tube.
It took months to get what we got and the old ones were shot. So we used them. In a perfect world we would have sent them back
Can I ask you where your son has been? I noticed he hasn't been in any of the videos lately.
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Scott, none of my business really and you may have well answered this question in the past but, I haven't seen Tyler for quite a while. Has he moved on? I hope that he is doing well. Thanks.
What engine is in the Flexible Bus?
Cummins L10
Are those torque tubes rebuildable?
Those replacements were rebuilts.
Didn't catch that in the video. Cool deal. Thanks.@@theunknownkeyboardist6154
A smaller motor lift would bear the burden better than your back.
What did you do about the shock clearance issue against tire ?
We moved the mount.
Great sounding bus, what engine is that ? :o
Cummins L10
What happened to your Son! I don't see him on other chanel either ?
Gee, who came up with this monstrosity of a suspension idea??
banana for sure Scott.
NTS do not get a bus with a Torsolastic suspension.
I would really look close at them before thinking of buying one.
How was the strom
Maybe better with an engine hoist next time?
How tall is your hoist? The angle into a wheel well is to low to reach in. Hoists are made to lift an engine out through a open car hood. Try removing one with the hood closed then let me know how that works. The wheel well is the same as a closed hood. It’s too short.
what a project. did you guys escape yesterday's terrible tornado?
Why not use an engine hoist next time?
It would have to be very short to go in a wheel well. They are too tall and not enough room
@@BusGreaseMonkey You guys did a marvelous job on this. It was daunting as hell, but you persevered. Maybe in your spare time during a lull in work, you and Jonathan can build a low-profile cherry picker for these arduous jobs.
WOW.
Do you all not have heat out in the shop there?
I messed up and left the exhaust vent fan on all night. It was in the 30’s outside and all our heat went out. So it was freezing cold in the shop in the morning. So the heater worked out great to warm us up
@@BusGreaseMonkey oh man lol. Hey we all biff it from time to time.
Small engine hoist might help carry the weight. Maneuvering might be easier then.
Ratchet straps are awesome!
That’s what I was thinking. Cherry picker engine hoist
The bus was parked and blocked up and no room to slide a hoist in from the side.
What's going on ?
How'd you fix the shock hitting the tire?
As soon as that bus is out lock the doors and shut off the lights. Don’t answer the door. 😊Steve
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As I've gotten older, loss of muscle strength has forced me to find new ways to use a shop crane, sometimes called an engine hoist, to accomplish lifting tasks. This job seems like the perfect application for a shop crane to suspend the weight while tilting, clocking, and pushing the torsion cylinder into the mounting spots. Harbor Freight sells two ton and one ton models that are well-made. Not as cheap as they once were, and they're overkill for that torque cylinder, but better than breaking your back. Surprised BGM doesn't already have one around.
Hope Jonathan has a hot tub and a chiropractor on hand. What a hard working guy and with your knowledge job well done!
Great effort! One of the most difficult jobs I’ve seen you guys do. Thanks for sharing and be proud.
A LOT OF WORK
How far away were the tornadoes? This was a real struggle to get fixed but the results are great. This has all of the heavy in heavy equipment!
I remember Jay Leno saying that his old (Sometimes Antique) project cars would get the threaded fasteners soaked with penatrating oil regularly for weeks/months before attempting to remove them. That is possible with a hobby project but of course not often an option for a business trying to make a profit.
Good grief! How many times did Jonathon have to walk away and take a break from that mess? Talk about the patience of Job.
When we decided the Torsilastic had to come out, he said he was going go get a beer. If was 11:04 am ;)
@@BusGreaseMonkey I’m a teetotaler, but I would have done the same thing😄
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WOW. What a job, the owner sounds very happy with the results. You should include a chiropractor visit for the both of you in the bill.
That was a rough job Scott. I'm sure your like I was after a few rough jobs like that you invest in a big jar of anti seize. I got to where I didn't mind wearing it around for 3 or 4 days after a few of them. Keep up the good work.
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Hey Scott. What happened to Tyler. Hope he is ok.
Why did you walk those heavy bits across the yard bring the truck to the door
Was sure thinking of how a cherry picker/ engine hoist might have helped lift that heavy torsion bar into place.
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Your propane heater will consume oxygen in an enclosed space faster than you could imagine. Those type heaters are used all over Europe and we lost quite a few American military not familiar with them using them in enclosed spaces (i.e. bedrooms etc) when I was stationed there in the past.
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Thanks for the video Scot 👍
Easy for me sitting watching video but was it not possible to drop the axle,while supporting the chassis, or at least lowering it.
It is dropped
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Wow!!! What a pain in the tush that was... even gave you cramps in the leg!! There's nothing you can't conquer!!
I love these type of videos. Love the hands on and those "actors" with their guttoral theatrics (Sarcasim)... Glad to see another satisfied customer. Please be careful with Ye Olde Backerooski's. I have to take an aspirin sometimes to just watch. I think that is Jonathan helping spin all 92 wrenches, great job! Thank you.
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