Low Boy Axle Repair
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Hey guys. Here's a short video of a common problem with this type of axle combination. Fortunately its a rather easy fix if you have the tools to make things faster, like an arc gouger. I hope you enjoy it and learn something from it whether good or bad. Enjoy.
People who have never done a repair of this nature can not fathom how difficult it is because of all the access issues and space constraints. Additionally, no welding school can teach it, only experience. Great job Isaac!
Absolutely....working on any vehicle that has been used and is in the field...or driveway is just not like having two bits of metal sitting in front of you on a bench. Getting a good weld is rarely easy...even on a flat straight piece like that.
Welding schools really should have a scrap trailer for kids to weld on to experience the real deal. or a deep muddy ditch to weld overhead XD
William Thomas, couldn't say it better. In the fabricating shop I worked in the boss hired a "certified" young welder straight out of school. He quit the second week because he didn't like welding aluminum 40 feet off the ground while standing on a scissor lift.
I’m amused by the occasional comment that you doing something wrong. I’ve seen enough of these videos to trust you a lot more than any of those folks.
Exactly, I work on trucks, trailers and equipment. Until you have a mirror, and a rod bent in the middle. It's hard to understand where you may have to putbdown a bead!
At least the company is checking their trailers and doing preventive maintenance
Yep, good catch by them.
It seems they do not under estimate the value of a clean equipement ;-)
Probably got shut down by dot during an inspection and that's the only reason it's getting fixed.
@@mikeznel6048 Yes Eyes To See
I worked on those for 18yrs.
I've had to change the beam/trailing arm. But the one I've rewelded never held up for long. Then I was talking to a guy at a suspension shop and he recommended changing the U bolts after the repair because they stretch over time even though it's welded also. Started changing them as soon as I started seeing the slightest cracks and it worked out. Saved alot of time and money and down time
What a gentleman, turns down the volume for the needle gun, I wish welders could do that in real life.
Not a how too; but a how I did it. Sage words of advice. I wish more people would understand the meaning of that!
More then one way to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop
That needle scaler has paid for itself 9000 times. Quality work as always.
I have worked for the same logging and trucking company for 31 years. My boss sent me to welding school 26 years ago. You are, in my opinion, the best RUclips welder site out there. I truly enjoy your videos.
Right on, thank you very much. thank you for the support.
Never apologize for doing the best you can do. If everybody gave their absolute best effort it would be a more wonderful world.
Watching the real professional at work is always a pleasure. Great job.
Welder of over 20 yrs in structural steel construction/iron working. Love your videos. A little different than what I did, but have had my hand a time or two fixing our own stuff or the occasional, “hey welder can you look at this?” Love this latest commentary about rod and carbon sizes and heat. Think it’s great help.
Got it 200 amps, 1/4” arc air, solid is ok but hollow is better. Another nice job, you make it look easy, takes a steady hand. I appreciate the effort of getting us viewers in close for that money shot, although it’s cumbersome for you at times.
It’s funny how he makes his jobs look easy and gives his customers a professional finish , nice job Isiah.
I CAN SEE THE WELDING AREA REAL GOOD- YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL BREAK THERE AGAIN 😎
my dad had some those carbon rods, had no idea what they were for, couldn't weld with them, melted everything! Couldn't ask him what they were for, as he had them hidden away, with an imaginary do not touch sign on them!
Good gloves so you can hold the rod if needed and good rods will help a lot
I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I've welded flat on a trailer. It rarely ever happens it seems. You did a fantastic job there especially with the gouger. A nice job on the prep and beautiful beads like always!!
Yeah I started doing vertical welds even on pieces that I CAN rotate around, just to get that practice in.
Starting to get the idea, turn down voltage & feed enough to get a solid bead without runout.
You've been doing all this amazing welding without an auto darkening helmet all this time? 👏props!
Precision helmet flip is a lost art…
@@island7458 I used to do ok with my TIG and one of the gold lenses because i'd had bad luck with autodark and getting flashes. Now I have a quality autodark and would hate to go back.
Amateur welder who has been welding with good auto darkening full helmet supply air system for thirty years. Don't understand why anybody would want weld without a good auto darkening. Allows amateurs to make reasonably good welds because they can see what they are doing.
I always enjoy watching professionals weld they make it look so smooth and easy.
Good video.
I like weld without auto-darkening. It works better than auto-darkening when used to it. but it is no days hard to find a good normal weldíng helmet.
Isaac has an auto darkening helmet, but uses it for the camera. Old school and better than most with the auto stuff.
Yes I did almost the same, on quite a few big trailers. Sometimes other people did it first differently, but it failed. Just take the time to do A good job !
I seriously have to invest in a needle scaler...Something you said about sealing out dirt reminded me that there are so many situations when welding vehicles where you simply can't get it clean, so you have to do the best you can then weld it, then clean it again and get the good welds on the second or even third pass.
For me a needle scaler would I think make that process a lot easier
I got one a little while back to try and it makes a huge difference. The second job I used it for was 3/4 dia plug welds in 1in plate, it was amazing how much of a difference it made trying to chip slag in the hole.
I wish they made an electric one. Don’t have an air compressor yet. To new in my break out period and I miss having one at my old 9-5 haha
@@Froggies505 They make electric needle scalers but they're heavy, bulky and expensive. The money would be better spent towards a compressor with balls and large diameter hose.
Great job much better than the original welds.
I love the way you explain what you’re doing and how are you doing not too many people do that you do great work
Your gouges are prettier than my welds lol.
Tough location. But Isaac can weld in any position. I'd probably have set the dirt on fire...
I really appreciate you showing us your experience.
I'm glad to see an inspection was done in the first place.
Beautiful job Isaac
Sure nice doing repairs,something different daily !
Thanks for bringing us along again Isaac, I love to see your work
Y beam, new way, I remember my first rebus hon them, the thin rubber pad under the axle in the seat, and the pivot bushing took me a minute to cut it out, after many of them there a breeze. I love watching your videos I always learn something new 🤙🏼👍🏼
Damn you are good sir. There is lot of pride in your work! I appreciate the tour and I always seem to pick something new up from your videos.
Totsaly appreciate you sharing some techs as you go- super helpful for us noobs. Next time when you are gouging in a video, can you show how the air is connected and how it gets directed at the "puddle"?
Will do!
So for what it is worth, a trick I use when I have dirt on that separation line to reduce porosity and bubbles is use 6010 on that first pass. (6011 will work too) it burns through the dirt and crap pretty well to seal it up. Then switch to 7018 to weld on out. Anyway, as always, nice repair my friend.
yup, in the dirt&gunk, 6 series is a great way to prep for the proper welding with 7018; it can gauge, clean out tight gaps, blows off rust scale/water/oils, adds material to weld to, and preheats.
@@wim0104 are they the cellulose sticks.
Looks like match head ironically deep penetrating and boils out impurities like a nice sweeper .,👍🤔💪✌️🙏 cut my teeth on 6010 before certifying 7018 3 G at 18 finishing high school , instructors were good mentors and leaders, Roy Beals rip , Tony Anness ,✌️💪👍🤙🙏😔
@@skystevenson24 thanks
@@milotorres6894 cheers
I certainly enjoyed the excellent view of your work and appreciate the sacrifice you made having to see around the go pro.
Takes a lot of skill to make something difficult seem easy. Love watching your vids✌✌
My favorite RUclips welder hands down
Great audio. Nuthin' like a little Garcia. Thanks Isaac.
Yup - sure nice to hear that!
Very nice, I’m a diy welder I’m learn a lot of good stuff off ur videos, I even made my popcorn watch the best movie ever, don’t stop, bravo, rezboy,
Great music, you always do a good job and explain all you do. Wish you well in all you do, be safe
I always learn from you video's ... Thank you so much . Thanks for taking the time to get all those difficult camera shots .
Great job, always beware when working on airbag suspensions, they can creep down on you, I've been trapped a few times. Always block them up.
Very good tip.
Hello from Russia, great job!
The interlude music is just like the welding. Shweet!
Yes Done Well !
The physical/gymnastics of field welding repairs, Issac gets it done.....
Well done, when you started I voiced “ you have to get up on the axle!”
Along with the normal praise for the Master, praise for whoever found that crack in time.
New subscriber. I just hobby weld. Really enjoy your videos and presentation. Thanks for letting us get in the way.
Looking good 👍 thanks for keeping the working man on the job
Those really are well designed in how they take weld. It took way fewer rods than I thought it might! A combination of about 40 1/8" and 5/32" or so if you did all four joints.
I did a little welding job at my shop the other day and all of a sudden I realized that I had my needle scaler in my hand and I thought "now where did I get this idea" ? Thanks for the good tips. 👍
you always do beautiful and strong work!! I am sure your finished product is at least 2 times stronger than the original !! Liked!! Subbed!!
weird the folks at the weld shop insist that I would need a 300 amp or better machine to even think about arc gouging... turns out 3/16 carbon rods do just fine at 150 amps, I might have to try some 1/4's soon
They just want to bribe you into buying a 15k machine. My local weld supply store wants me to do the same and have me a fancy looking rig then they will recommend me at quarry's to do welding...it's stupid the way that works!
You can definitely gouge on a smaller machine with smaller rods but have to pay attention to your duty cycle, if you are constantly maxing out the amperage on lots of gouging your machine won’t keep up. He’s running a Miller Big Blue I think, so he’a got amps to spare.
@@Mike-nn3tf Understood, however, most machines if you don't max out the amps have plenty of duty cycle, engine driven welders tend to have 100% duty cycles anyway, so a guy can easily pull it off with a smaller engine drive of 200amps or so, maybe even get some done with the modern inverter welders too, the lincoln Square wave 200 can do it easily.
One of the greatest inventions of all time is the auto darkening lens.
Lowering the volume when you use the needle scaler... Just proves you are trying your best to make the video awesome... Keep up the great work enjoy your videos and the great humor
Good repair. I'm surprised the owner of the trailer caught that crack before it was a real problem.
Can hear it when braking
Thanks for all the great videos, Isaac! I'm sure they take a huge amount of time and effort as well as a large investment in camera equipment and software. Please know - your videos are appreciated!!
Glad you like them!
You do such excellent work 👏
Isaac, your passes always look like a stack of dimes knocked over.
Excellent job!
The Music you play in the background is also fantastic. Any chance you could give some indication of the Artists. They are part of the show just like I C
You know a weld is spot on perfect when the slag comes off in a sheet.
Of course what would you expect from someone as pro as he is.
From the way he diagnosed the problems to the way he went about getting the job done he certainly deserves the big bucks.
I am a fan of your talents,the music tho is not for me. Your content is good enough that you don’t need it. Just my opinion.
Sure looks like a crack, @0:12 left side above center in suspension beam?
Man I can't wait to get done with work so I can watch this one !
Thanks for working around the go pro (and making your ob more difficult). My "welding" would have set the steel on fire. Very informative, thanks again. I really enjoy watching skilled people work.
That’s the oldest fire blanket I’ve seen lol
Love that music , sounds a bit like "The Grateful Dead" Love all your videos ! Thanks !
When you finished the last pass on that the words "hell yeah" actually came out of my mouth !! That looks great !! And it will most certainly hold !! Outstanding job !! I love this channel !!👍👍
Look like it will last a long time, good job!
nice work for an awkward spot
I think I have a crack underneath a axle shackle on one of my internationals I'm getting gear oil leaking out by the u-bolts.
very fixable
@@ICWeld yeah I just put some air into the axle right now it's leaking out of where the spring hanger meets the axle probably rub through or just cracked.
very cool i like the arc gouge seemed to work well
thx for the video
Honestly, really tempted to look into the right components for arc gouging, that really does make short work of old weld removal.
Only advice I would have something an automotive mechanic you might want to invest into angle grinders that have driven by air and maybe a small Dremel tool we use them for doing tight little jobs on cars and might be useful for you just an idea
Thanks for the tips!
I'll subscribe when you do. Subscribe to safe work practices respirator, hearing and vision protection, hard hat. what kind of influence to younger workers are you sharing?
Another job well done!!👍🇺🇸
What are you using for a air compressor? We really would love a rig tour!
Miller trailblazer airpak
How do you decide between stick welding and wire welding when it comes to filling a big gap like that?
Great work young man!
I recently bought a Symex 1000amp arc gouging torch and shortly after was offered another (torch only) for little money. I just need to get a bigger mobile welder now to power up and gouge when the job suits!
Don't tell them that its not a big job we can't get the big money then tell them on your videos it's harder than hell your wife to go shopping you got the camper all fixed she wants to go camping I your video you do a nice job narrating them
I appreciate the information on the arc gouge rod and the amps on the machine, how about the air pressure and hose size.
Thanks
Nice work. 👌
I always appreciate your work ethic and the pride you have in the quality of your work. By the way, the up close views are terrific even though they are a giant pain in the backside for you. Thanks for putting us right in the fire where we can see as it's cooling out, definitely not hiding the results.👍🤙
I only used a needle scaler once in a great while because a lot of shops did not like them it's a lot easier to clean a weld with them otherwise you spend more time cleaning the joint..
Sorry I have fat fingers. Cannot get everything right. You know your the master!
Thank you for the video Isaac and thanks for including the weld settings and your thoughts on the tools that you use. That's all very helpful information.
that fire blanket looks like Linus's from Peanut and Snoopy😂
I always learn something from you !
Thank you for sharing with us.
Something makes me want to wear a tie-died T-shirt when I watch some of these vids... :)
This weld looks better than the original welds….or is that just me?
I used to weld and also at times also assemble lowboy beams for Neway, now USF Holland.
When I was younger I was a welder and found it to be my calling. I enjoyed it and every day at work was a great day. As I got older and learned more I got into weld examination using remote cameras inside nuclear reactor cores. I really enjoyed this as well and my years of welding helped me a great deal. I could see problems with welds easily that others struggled with seeing because they did not have the hands on experience. If I could mentor young men and women I would tell them to find something they enjoy doing that someone pays them to do. It may be difficult at first but when you find your calling you will never work another day in your life. I would look forward to every day I went to work and every new challenge.
I enjoy your videos very much and will be watching everyone that pops up. I still do my own welding at the homestead now that I am retired with my little Miller Syncrowave I bought when I needed to make a motor mount out of aluminum for my old school mini bike I used as a pit bike when I was into road racing motorcycles. Why pay someone to do something when you have the skills to do it yourself? It would have cost me a lot to have someone else make the mount so I bought the Miller and have used it many times since for other jobs.
Thank you for your videos! :)
Love your videos, thanks for sharing
I have done very little welding but from that experience I can say this is much harder than he makes it look. Getting that nice a weld requires a steady and skilled hand, even in a clean environment with new stock.
It's only an "easy" job when you are fixing it lol! Thanks for the video, love em all, and the tunes also!
What welding machine do you have where you can choose so specifically your amps? And which machine do you use for gouging?
I use a Miller Trailblazer Airpak for my welding and gouging.
nice job should work for many years
Thank you very much for another wonderful 'how to' :)
Thanks Isaac, you explain things so well. :)
I really need an arc gauger. I've welded a few of those. Had to replace an entire axle on time about 18 years ago. It snapped right off 1 inch from the u-bolts. One of the last times I got to work with my dad.
Another awesome video man. I have a question for you, have you ever welded anything with 2 rods at once? I just seen a guy do that when welding on new cleats on a D11 in Australia. It looked like it was a great job. Just curious if you have done that.
Just watched the same video. It seemed to work great on their particular task. BUT welding grouser onto D11 pads is like a black hole for welding electrodes. Plus he had a modified stinger too. Isaac did do some “Texas Tig” welding awhile back so I guess technically he was using two rods at once. And honestly - if I ever find myself welding grouser bar... I’m definitely gonna try using two rods at once!
I bet you just sharpened that markal rite before it dropped
We really appreciate you telling us the amperage setting and just being informative over all
Bar Crawl like the Dead and your welding is not that bad.
Love your videos man ! I'm soon to.start at a company fabrication on mining equipment, so love seeing the neat tricks you have for a lot of your repairs but was wondering do u ever wear hearing protection as I know how loud a lot of the equipment us boilies use lol 😆
Oh yes. always hearing protection. I use the small expanding foam cones. ( not sure what theyre called.)
don't let your safety or quality be sacrificed for content
Dress Right Dress ISAAC! Again QUALITY! Always a pleasure and learning experience watching you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Is the arc gouger also using gas or is it just a rod of some kind?
Beautiful craftsmanship as always!
Eric
The arc gouge uses a solid carbon rod to melt the metal and compressed air to blow it away.