I’m 74 yrs old and just watch you for hours. I love your way of doing things. My wife asks me what I’ve been doing all day and I say me and Andrew have been digging up stumps, cutting down trees, working on machinery and lots of other things. I sincerely feel like I’m at work with you! Thank you for making an old man feel like he’s doing something! Keep it up!
No U, I am a bit confused as to why you would use Andrew Camarata's channel to recommend this other channel. I found Jesse Muller through AC's channel and he is very similar to AC and I love his videos just as I do Andrew's so I thought I would give this other guy a try also. I lasted less than 30 seconds. I have NEVER heard Jesse or Andrew use even one curse word and in the 30 seconds on this other channel that is all I heard. Sorry, but I thought this channel was one that you recommended on AC's channel because basically their channels are similar. No they aren't. I LOVE Andrew's and Jesse's videos and when I see a new one by either of them everything else goes on hold while I check out their latest. I will not EVER go back and even attempt to watch this other guy's channel again. Who is he trying to impress? Preteen boys who have just learned some nasty words and want to use them to show all their little friends how big they are? Now, he might use zip ties to MacGyver things together and if so that might be interesting but I can't get past his filthy mouth long enough so see if that's true. BTW, I have heard all kinds of language as I was married to a SAILOR for over 30 years but I never heard him use language just for the sake of using language! Nope. Not for me. So no, you are NOT in for a treat. You are in for a nasty little disappointment. Don't waste your time even checking this out.
I made a lot of things look professional with electrical or duct tape. I've even used PVC pipe underneath to make it round and or solid. Good job Andrew you just upped the value and made it easier and safer to use.
For your enlightenment...on the lower end it is a slip fit...on upper end where piston and dog ear connector is its a press fit...that way all wear goes to the bearing which is replaceable...way you did it by filing/honing the surface will cause bearing to slip in dog ear connector wearing out connector resulting in replacing the piston and after it starts wearing the connector you will end up replacing seals in unit on regular basis...way to do the upper end would be to get someone to pry bar end off while you were heating the upper dog ear...just saying...I worked for 8 years in a machine shop in Indiana then moved to Florida to work at the mines in there machine shop where I made parts and rebuilt all the too large and heavy equipment...like auto transmissions the size of a full size Ford car...then after 10 years went into the field replacing parts(pipelines ,gearboxes,etc) as was a lot less stress on me and much better pay. I am now 70 years old and do little as far as work goes...love your vids by the way!
People like you and Andrew keep this country moving! Sharing your experience that could save him money, gotta love it! Thank you sir, for many years of hard work
Great info. Do you have any tips for repairing an older cylinder style that has the oblong eye hole and keeper ring/wire instead of a threaded end. Just on my little skidsteer but I have welded it up 3-4 times now. Cracks always creep out from edges of the oblong hole that cap retaining wire goes into. Should I just spot weld a couple extra tabs around those edges to give it a little extra support?
@@peterwill3699 Last 8 years worked as a maintenance mechanic in a phosphate mine lugging 80 lbs of tools up 100-200 ft of stairs so joints are worn out...before that a maintenance machinist working on large machines as far as taking apart...seeing what was broke machining shafts making gears and repairing same with new parts when available...retired disabled in 2005
I'm 76 and an old "Wrench". Discover warming the eye up with heat and it will expand. Meanwhile freeze the shaft with liquid nitrogen and it shrinks. Then just slip the eye onto the shaft. Remember this trick as it will serve you many times in your future works. (and many sorrows) Keep on it kid I love watching other people work.
*- Yup, Bob. I'm 72 and can still hear the oldtimers who taught me: "How many times do we have to tell you, Robert, your Fire Wrench is you best friend and a can of "quick start" ether is your second best friend." {Never had Nitrogen handy though.}* *- I have recently been telling Andrew the same thing as you {see above or below somewhere} I sure hope he gets the drift of you good intentions.* *- Logging in deep in the forest at 36 below zero F with no equipment or on my big stone crusher in winter, we always did repairs that needed cold to shrink stuff the next morning so all we needed was a torch to get the job done . . . ether was too precious to waste on the cooling part.* *- Ever change a skidder differential with no jacks or blocking at 36 below zero F and only spruce boughs to drag the new on into place?* *- Laying down on your back, all it takes is an elbow positioned in the right place in the snow and the hand laid back and pushed under the diff. Then two other men to lift and position the diff so the first screw can be put on and your are all set.* *- The guy who taught me that owned miles and miles and miles of forest, didn't have running water at home and only heated with wood, and never got out of 6th grade and had sons as dumb as rocks, but paid me a fair wage so I could keep the oil furnace on so my pipes wouldn't break in winter . . . and could pay my tuition to finish my chemistry degree. Phill used me right, I tried to use him right, too.*
You are my hero, Andrew !! I absolutely love watching your projects - whatever they are !! You are an inspiration to not only me, but to a LOT of folk who follow your videos !! You seem to resolve most of your challenges in a calm and cool approach. Keep up the great examples an may our Lord Bless you accordingly !!
Andrew I'm sure someone else has mentioned this but I'll mention it too. That spherical bearing on the boom end of the hydraulic cylinder is supposed the be pressed into the cylinder it's supposed to slip on to the bolt. Both bearings were seized to the bolt. That's why the washer is the size it is and why it came off so hard. Great video and I can't get over those prices from Pettibone.
Seconded here. In my few years of Aviation experience, a spherical is NEVER pressed onto the ID, only pressed onto the OD. The washer is undersized because that joint sees no side loads so there's no reason to brace the press-fit portion, only the slip-fit portion. With your oversize "washer", I'd up the thickness to the next size you got in the scrap bin and just leave it at that, it's not a big deal. The rod end can be replaced by a machinist later if needed.
The oversize washer will grind the end joints at where it's sit during the boom moving up and down and will seize or loosing the nut where it should free from touching the end joints ear.
I ain't a machinist, mechanic, etc. but from an engineering standpoint, what they're mentioning here is sound advice. You don't want to hold the nut again the boom as it moves, and now that you have a washer filled with jagged edges grinding up against the boom as it rotates, I think you're going to cause some damage. You are thinking that the washer increases the surface area of the nut to the boom which is the technical purpose of a washer, but in this case the boom's rotation shouldn't be transferred into the nut through direct contact (washer or not). Unless you think that the booms movement should eventually undo the nut (like a ratchet), is the intended design. If those washers are OEM, I would just trust that the manufacturer did it on purpose in this case.
1.Cut off old spherical bearing. 2.Either bore out for larger bearing or weld and bore for replacement bearing. 3.Have hydraulic shop press new bearing. 4.Throw homemade washer in the bin and use original washer.
Those are self aligning bushings at the upper end of the cylinders. They are supposed to be a pressed fit in those cylinders. The inner race is supposed to be a slip fit on the shaft and the nut keeps it tight. However both of yours are sized to the shaft because they were not properly greased. The proper way to fix this issue is to cut the old self aligning bushings off the shaft and have new bushings pressed into the cylinders. Since you ground the inside of the one open, it is ruined. It will need to either have a replacement end on it or have it machined larger to accept a sleeve which will bring it back to the proper size to allow the new bushing to be pressed in. If you continue to operate this machine with your big washer, you will eventually ruin the cylinder because it is unable to keep proper alignment. It will begin to twist and possibly blow seals in the cylinder or twist the rod until it cracks or breaks. You could even see cracks in the welds of the actual frame of the boom. I am a machinist and I have operated and ran heavy equipment for years. Don't take me as a troll. I love your videos and I've been laughing for an hour about your " I read this in the manual" comment. Love how the castle is turning out! When are you going to repaint the little Kamat'su?
Since it would be hard to press fit them on with the cylinder installed. Could he freeze the new bushing and drop it in? That is a pretty big diameter and i've seen that be successful in the field.
Freezing the bushing will definitely help with installing it in the eye of the rod. I don't remember seeing Andrew having a hydraulic press, but I'm sure he can come up with a way to press it in lol.
That washer is soooo important you should pull the home made off as its now pinching the cylinder and that small washer is what sets the preload on the bushing.its your machine just want you to know the reason its a bad idea
Andrew I love how despite some of the more unorthodox ways of getting things done you always get things done in such a graceful manner and with safety always in mind, seat belts, hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection you're smart man way beyond your years. Glad to see how much your channels grown Keep it up man we all love your videos!
The smaller washer tightens against the bearing and allows the cylinder to pivot...adding that big one will cause it to bind and try to do up or undo the nut as you lift the boom up and down 👍🏼
anyone else thing he should have rotated the cylinder rod end over to see if one side of the hole was a sea hair bigger on one side to accept the bearing?
It goes without saying - I'm as impressed as anyone with AC and his skills even though I've had, driven, and repaired and repaired and repaired several old Jeeps, but I've never imagined gutting a starter motor to make it work in the old housing when the new starter housing won't clear the exhaust. Hella skills, this guy.
I have only gotten to the 4:47 mark and it has already became the story of my life. To do A, you must first do B, to do B, but you can't do B because C isn't working, so let's fix D to get C in a slightly useable state. (edit) Wow, only got to 7:23 and we have already thrown E and F into the mix too..
My father in laws truck started as a simple front end job and after it fighting me the entire way coming apart i find yet more wrong so replace that crap and now we are just about to the point where we started of a truck on jack stands but hey not its got a new power steering pump and steering gear.
Why is the a popular Utube channel...its the attention to details. I can’t imagine how much extra time it takes to just get all the right camera angles for the viewer to see what you are doing. Never mind the editing?!? It’s appreciated Andrew.
i m 70 and i see you do the improbable and at your age im very impressed i was born and raised on a dairy farm and we did everything for our selves and that is one of the reasons i watch you and agree with most of your decisions i also love your work ethic it reminds me of my grandfather who raised me and im actually proud of a person like you you are few and far between
I remember when RUclips suggested the fixing up the Yanmar video for months and I keep thinking "Why do I care about that?" And then I finally watched it so it'd stop being recommended and I'm still here because this is one of the best channels on RUclips.
I watched a video of Andrew's probably a month or so after it got posted on Andrew's channel, it was a driveway video that Andrew posted at the end of may of 2019. I ended up starting to watch it on one of my other channels, due to the video being recommended on my other channel, but I decided to move the video over to my main channel. :)
Seems we are unfamiliar with sarcasm, Ryan... (The Simpsons; Comic Book Guy). ;-) And Yes, Paul. Manuals just send Andrew in the wrong direction. :-0 This, though, is the first time I have seen him gall something. He is still SO good. Way better than I.
tbh i wouldnt be suprised if some form of brute force is actually required to remove them, if not noted in the service manual, probs in every service techs "the actual way", probably a winch it off with all the slings on it to spread the load job the contact areea when picking up thousand of pounds can be measured in square inches (and mostly on the front ram pins), and lets not mention the intant force of shovelling, those rams were probs stuck to the bearings
I met my wife in a parking lot. Her car wouldn't start. I walked over with a wrench I found in my truck and asked if she could pop the hood. Luckily the starter was in reach and I smacked it a few times as she turned it over. It started. I got her number. We've been married 8 years and have 3 daughters 😅
I always thought that the hitting with a hammer trick was only relevant if the solenoid was not engaging. That was turning over, but very slowly, so I would not have expected the hammer trick to work. That was very clever swapping the component parts from new to old starter though. How many people would have even thought of that, yet alone managed to do it.
Gotta confess - I've been tempted to swap guts in parts but worried too much - But when making a living depends on it - no fear. Straight genius and you saved a ton of money on the entire rebuild - another good one. Thx Andrew
hey andrew, welcome to the world of hydraulic cylinders i've been doing that kind of work for most of my career and i understand the frustration when it comes to dealing with those sometimes. That spherical bearing can always be a pain to deal with doing it the way you did it, the yoke looks straight but if that bearing tilts even slightly it will bind up as you saw. Not to mention what it did to the machined out part the bearing goes into, that misalignment and trying to force it on is what did that to it. I know hindsight is 20/20 but next time you have to deal with one of those setups remove that spherical bearing after you get it apart and insert it into the yoke first before putting the rod back on the shaft, it's a lot easier to deal with that way. Also in a lot of cases those spherical bearings might just have a retainer ring holding it in on either side (in some cases). Those retainer rings are not like your normal snap ring, they are like a layered flat spring steel coiled flat and are designed to be removed by prying out one end of the ring coil and pulling it out from the groove it is inset into. Not saying that was the case with your setup but i see that a lot on machines i work on like those telehandlers and also in some other equipment I've worked on in the past. The home made washer works just as good though when your in a pinch 😉. Oh and sending those cylinders out to the shop was your best move, as old as that unit is and as big as those cylinders were it's best safety wise to let someone else do it, the ram seals were probably dry rotted along with the packing nut seals. I've done some that size out in the field before and trust me when i say they are not fun to deal with unless you have the machines to take them apart and put then back together. What was that cody was getting into with that bottle of drink? whatever it was he wanted it real bad lol, chewed the top off and everything 😉😂 Nice job on that control handle, i never would have thought of doing it that way, and yeah, they think those things are made out of gold or something the way they price them 😒 i have a couple of GEHL's and a Gradall and some genie and jlg lifts i keep up that use joysticks on them and their pricing is all over the place but in general they are very high priced for what you get. Keep up the excellent videos buddy, i always enjoy your ingenuity when it comes to figuring out stuff and also love watching cody and levi 👍😎
@swoopulater I have a old Pettibone loader and backhoe 4wd. It articulates in middle like a skidder. It's the same size as a skidder. The steering wheel just spends but the tires don't move.is it a bad steering box? Whole machine is hydraulic powered
Yeah man, I'm a 25 year old gamer but EVERY video AC uploads I watch instantly. Andrew, I'm not sure you realize but you honestly inspire a lot of us younger guys to get out and do shit. Thank you! :)
Bonjour (de Belgique) vous êtes de loin le meilleur mécanicien (entre autre) que j'ai jamais vu et j'ai 70 ans . Vous mettez la main à tout , You are the best . J'aime beaucoup vous regarder travailler .
“That’s how you do it, I read it in the manual.” Lol. I have watched every single one of you’re videos and not skipped a single second. This is the sorta stuff that should be on TV. Keep it up mate.
Television producers and directors would ruin this just like they do with everything that's on tv. I do understand what you mean but hopefully Andrew sticks with this on here
I have rebuilt many cylinders over my lifetime and I can tell you from watching your videos for a couple years now and in my opinion you are more than capable to do them yourself.
The inner part of the eye suppose to stay with the ram. When you ripped apart you destroyed the eye the swivel part is a machined press fit. To be safe need new eyes welded back on to the rod ends of the ram. With what has happened. The rams can pop off under load. Sorry should of talked to the guy repaired the ram, he should of said something.
He did rip them off but there's really no way for the eye to slip off the boom as he put the larger washer on there. The boom would bend before there is enough force to pop that ram through the 1/4 washer he put on there.
Did he make another washer for the other side. He made a mistake removing them off for sure, and should look into fixing this issue, but we only seen him make one larger washer.
For the record, I bought some of the shrink wrap sodder connectors! Love seeing new things made even better. Watching your wiring and testing is quite educating and fun to watch. Your true nature & seeing how take things in stride, a refreshing and a blessing! Thanks Andrew, Cody, and Levi! You all put a smile on my face.
I put things together with those shrink rap tubes that had nothing to do with wiring. I even repaired the pool vacuum (underwater). I don't know, I build metal things and I use a lot of grease and oil.
Although I have previously watched this it is excellent 2nd time around. Improvise Adapt, overcome Andrew you are a genius, saving thousands by avoiding ridiculous shop & mechanic fees, doing it yourself, making u-tube video (that pays you for recording the work you provide (sweat rquity) paying yourself twice.
The bushing is suppose to be press fitted into the eye of the cylinder and come of together with it when you remove the cylinder Thats why it doesent need a washer. Now when you have a huge washer on it then it cant move freely
It's right they are bushings because there are no rollers in these. Because rollers aren't good for point loads like on the zylinder they are made where the point of pressure is rotating around like on gears. On Realy slow rotating objects you most likely going to find bushings
These are some of my favorite AC content, Andrew always turning a sows ear into a silk purse or something along those lines. Thank you Andrew for all you do, stay safe and stay awesome 😎
Just a FYI guys....the large bearings are installed into minus .001" bore holes by 2 factory assemblers using liquid Nitrogen, PPE, Sledgehammer, and a hardwooden bearing insert. When taken out of the Nitrogen you have less than 30 seconds to get that bearing slid into that hole. I know. Most bearings are into the frame.
Not only is this guy a hell of a mechanic, he also knows how to move heavy stuff around! Check it out, he still has all his fingers! I love watching this channel. Very informative!
Andrew! From Cody drinking sports drink and his rooster...to everything you managed to figure out on that forklift was just GREAT! Maybe your best ever. Editing was fabulous.
Your videos are such a big inspiration!! A few days ago i watched a video of you where you fixing small engines, a few hours later i bougth a broken lawn mower and tried to get it back, what worked!!! It's so fun to work on the engines and hear them run at the end. Find your videos really good please keep it up!! Nice greetings from Germany Hopefully my english is not too bad
I find the electrical tape ends up oozing the adhesive from underneath and gets sticky every time you touch it. You should try using the grip tape made for tennis racquets to wrap around on the joystick (probably keep the structural electrical tape underneath ha)., you can even get cloth type which is good when you have sweaty hands..
oversize electrical heat shrink works wonders too. ( I use them on my 5-cell maglite just in case my hands should get "wet") or bicycle inner tube sliced length wise ( capped with heatshrink ) makes industrial non-slip wrap.
I love watching Andrew because he reminds me of my Grandpa, who was a bricklayer but he could fix and rebuild anything. He would have LOVED this channel!!!!
He was from Northern Ohio and he built two family homes over the years and the entryway to one of them had that blue stone you see in a lot of videos that he polished so beautifully.
When I see you repair something, it gives me the motivation to fix something of my own rather than pay shop prices. Thanks. By the way, I 've seen all your videos and am waiting for those in the future.
Hope my great grandchildren (boys 2, 6, 9) are inspired by your process, enjoyment of each challenge, and most of all a job well done, we love watching.
UnitedStatesofBuild Yes, but it was way more cringy to watch the 10 ft of leverage being applied to something that’s obviously not lined up, and where the nut didn’t have a full bite on the bolt even I think.
It’s been about a month now since I started watching you vids, you have changed my outlook on working on my own equipment…. Thanks. Keep them coming!!!!
The bearing was originally cold fit into the hydraulic and was supposed to come off the bolt and stay with the hydraulic. Somehow it became stuck to the bolt and came out of the hydraulic. That is why the washer was so small.
Yea, I think you're right about that. I first was wondering if he didn't need to spin the rod around to line it up. He really does need to learn how to work smarter instead of harder though, I'm afraid he's gonna get hurt somewhere with his tactics.
Good job Andrew, you amaze amaze me as you are not afraid to tackle any repairs and you always find a way to fix it, and fix it right ! ( from Canada )
Next time you push an eyelet that’s got such little clearance, heat it up with a torch, they’ll slide right on. You run a huge risk of welding the threads with that much force. Also, return the lift to zero position since you had the other one set and then you won’t have to worry about perfect alignment. Kudos to your tenacity!! I loved it!!
Andrew, you are a very good earthmover, very good at solving problems, and a very good mechanic. But sometimes you (like all of us, including me), make blunders. When I saw you using a giant machine to bash that hydraulic cylinder off of its supports, I cringed. Mate, the pivots at each end of the ram need to be in line, so the ram needs to be taken off of the pivot pins, at *both* ends, at the same time. Trying to remove the upper end with force has a very strong probability of applying asymmetrical loads to the lower end, and has a concomitant probability of *bending* the lower fixed pin. I suspect that this is why you had such difficulty replacing one of the rams; the pins were no longer parallel, and of course the ram eyes could not fit as they were meant to do. "Reaming" the ram eye allowed it to fit, but I suspect that it did not solve the basic problem, which was that because of damaged fitment points the ram was *never* going to fit. Yes, you fixed it, but the fix was a hack rather than a repair, and a little more thought would have left you with a machine with better working tolerances, and a greater chance of reduced pivot wear. Please note that my comments are meant as constructive criticism, and not meant to denigrate you in any way. I greatly admire your work ethic, and your skill in a great many areas, and I shall continue to watch and admire your work. Thanks again, mate.
Greg Brodie-Tyrrell Well said. Well said. My sentiments exactly. I am not an expert but just know that when you have to apply that much force to something that you need to stop right there and consider that there is something wrong with your approach. Having said that, I know what it’s like to be in the heat of the moment, just trying to get something done.... it’s hard to stop and to not keep stepping it up a notch, especially if you have some beast-like tools!
Thanks for sharing your expertise. The only way to learn new stuff is to listen to people who know their shit! :) Is there anything that can be done to fix this now?
I think you are missing the function of the spherical bearings that are pressed into both ends of the cylinder. They are there so that it is completely OK to pull them one end at a time without "bending" the fixed pin. I think what Andrew missed is the fact that this is not the place the rod end was design to come off. If the inner part of the spherical bearing had come off as designed then he would have had none of these problems. The big washer had no way of aligning the outer piece of the spherical assembly with the inner diameter of the rod end. Therefore the increased forces only increased the misalignment. Had the inner part of the assembly com off the stud then the nut would have been able to push it back on with no tendency to jam. I think it is a mistake to add the large washer as it completely removes the proper functioning of the spherical bearing.
@@jeh3pe ... you are correct, but I think at this point in time he needs the big home-made washer to keep the assembly together. Once the bearing was removed from the eye on the ram, there was no longer a mechanical connection to keep the ram from slipping off the pin. A complicated (but probably correct) way to fix this would have been to try and remove the bearing off the pin, then press fit it back into the eye of the ram end and then clean up the pin to prevent seizing in the future. But with the bearing still seized on the pin, the washer is needed to keep the eye of the ram from slipping off now.
Is the bearing supposed to be a press fit to the cylinder? If so, the end of the cylinder needs to be built up and reamed to accept the pressed-in bearing. Or just use a plasma-cut washer. 😁 Seeing that washer cupped makes me nervous...
Good video Andrew. Everyone is correct on the spherical bearing. I gritted my teeth when you pounded on that threaded end of the bolt. Please put a nut on at least till it is broken loose (full thread) it WILL mushroom out. I have learned the expensive way, not to force things. The Mfg. didn't design them to come apart that hard. More critic: chain your expensive hammer wrench to the hoist so it doesn't drop, take the time to clean those shafts and bores to clean metal and then grease ... all the goo and grime take up space. I'm not an excavator operator, but those things are not designed for much of a sideload. Good luck and keep on digging.
I get asked all the time by my wife too.. :-p Eeeevery time its like "watching some american fixing machines and building huge things".. she just shakes her head .. xD
I learned a neat trick the other day when I ( as you ) took a starter completely apart now having to wrestle the brushes going back together.on the armature. I took a pen and pushed the brushes pushing OFF CENTER not center on the brushes but on the upper part of the brushes so the brushes would get stuck in the brush holder and still being pushed forward by the springs. I was able to get all four stuck in the holder allowing me enough room to slip the brushes over the armature together effortlessly . Now I simply touched the brushes to get them unstuck Jammed and the spring pushed the brushes right back onto the armature...
I was like uhh andrew when he had a 3ft pipe wrench and all the pipes on it i know from experience on a smaller scale that bad shit happens fast like that.
*- I love it, Andrew, your pup is as smart as you figuring out how to solve problems.* *- I see why you talk to him as if you already know he has telepathically understood what you are saying.*
Andrew put the washer back like it was and remove the one you made or it's going to cause the outer bearing to wear when you pivot the arms and cause you more problems! that's why it was designed and engineered that way
thats totally correct , the special washer is to hold the inner bearing to the shaft, the Nut is to hold the ram housing from coming off, by having the homemade washer to replace the factory one the bearing is not acting as it should and by using it the nut will slowly release in layman's terms the bearing is the pivot the special washer holds the center of bearing, and the outer bearing is floating on the ram housing(also floating) and thats held in place by the nut
And it would have been really easy to place the cylinder back on by just releasing the pressure from the pipes as the cylinder needed a little free play to go in.
It seems like ninety percent of RUclips wrenchers do that kind of thing. ~ I don't understand why it was engineered that way by guys with professional degrees so I'll just leave it out during rebuild. Fortunately the machinery is often at the end of its life by the time it will be finished with this owner... we hope that nobody else has to try and sort out that particular hack.
Andrew: "Bet they didn't expect ya to put a pipe on this thing." Archimedes: " Give me a long enough lever and a place to stand...and I'll move the world."
AC this is the 3rd time watching this for me and I died again when you said “for 300 dollars this is gonna stay broken”.....when talking about the dash level. I agree with you about most tools and equipment...it better make money or at least not spend too much to do it’s job. Love your content and glad to see your Castle shop evolve to have more style befitting the KING....of “no frills but results” property maintenance in the Catskills.....
Open the mailbox: "Andrew Camarata just uploaded a video". Take a time. Grab a beer. Sit and relax. Press Play. Thank you Andrew for all your effort. Thanks from a fan from Brazil!!! Hope to be in US soon!
Been up one day and already has over 200 thousand views. Evidently a LOT of people grab a beer and sit down when Andrew puts up another video! It would appear that Andrew is doing rather well.
@@scottkasper6378 I live in the south of Brazil, but when I talk about being there soon, I mean one or two years unfortunately. It's a beautiful and amazing country, I would love to be there.
46:05 I think that washer squeezes the bearing expanding it to hold the link together. Similar to a wheel bearing, if you over tighten it, it has a harder time rotating.
I thought it might be a 'dust cap' to keep the lube clean. you can see theres a gease gun fitting on the arm. but you are right a oversized washer is going to bind hard when the carriage is lifted
I have that same craftsman power tool set and bought the lithium batteries for it. Everyone said I was cheap and I should just buy new. Have to admit, I now use mine as a backup to my dewalt. It is nice to see you still working those good old tools!
ANDREW!!! COULD YOU HEAR ME I WAS SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN!!! Whenever you have trouble like putting those hydraulic arms on and off, there's always a little wiggle room in the hinges and steel support beams (for the fork). You can tappy tappy with a hammer a couple times, but the best thing to do is move the hydraulic arm a little, or in this case it looked like someone needed to go to the forks and jiggle them around preferably while you tappy tappy, in order to not burr up the hydro coupling.
I disagree. No amount of jiggling was going to help that situation. My guess is that he needed to pull off the spherical bearing from the machine and press it onto the cylinder yoke. I believe the reason it was binding was because it was not staying centered when he tried to press it on. I would think that it would be easy for it to misalign due to the nature of a spherical bearing.
Great thinking to realize the new internals were able to swap into the old starter case! Problem solved and works great too. Way to find a work around and get the job done!
Andrew my Milwaukee drill driver had that same bad bearing noise once, used a feeler gauge and slid it under the seal then gave it a good shot of ATV chain lube....quiet as when new. Cody and his Gatorade bottle reminds me of my last pup the way he holds it just right to drink it and not spill any, until he was done anyway.
That’s how you do that , I read it in the manual, I never laughed so hard. .we did stuff like that all the time on the farm. . If it works , then it’s ok 👍🏼.
You make the best videos I’ve seen, the editing is really professional! Never a boring moment Andrew, I believe there’s nothing you can’t do or won’t try! I love the Castle and watching you build it! I’m in Louisiana and I’d love to visit it just to see it and shake your hand! Of course I’d love to have an autograph! lol you’ll go a lot ways Andrew, you’re an amazing kind of person! Much respect and keep the videos coming brother! Thanks so much! 👍🏻
I’m 74 yrs old and just watch you for hours. I love your way of doing things. My wife asks me what I’ve been doing all day and I say me and Andrew have been digging up stumps, cutting down trees, working on machinery and lots of other things. I sincerely feel like I’m at work with you! Thank you for making an old man feel like he’s doing something! Keep it up!
you are not 74y you can't be hear you dead snopp
I'm 72 and fully understand what you mean Richard.
Me too.....He's a grand lad
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72 from New Zealand
Still running digger s
“A little more tape, to make it look professional “
I tell anyone who will listen about this channel.
Great stuff, keep em coming.
If you have never found the channel ziptiesandbiasplies you're in for a treat.
750 for a joystick nice improvise for 15 bucks same results.
@@milotorres6894 Better results, OEM wouldn't have solved that connection short at the plug end
No U, I am a bit confused as to why you would use Andrew Camarata's channel to recommend this other channel. I found Jesse Muller through AC's channel and he is very similar to AC and I love his videos just as I do Andrew's so I thought I would give this other guy a try also. I lasted less than 30 seconds. I have NEVER heard Jesse or Andrew use even one curse word and in the 30 seconds on this other channel that is all I heard.
Sorry, but I thought this channel was one that you recommended on AC's channel because basically their channels are similar. No they aren't. I LOVE Andrew's and Jesse's videos and when I see a new one by either of them everything else goes on hold while I check out their latest. I will not EVER go back and even attempt to watch this other guy's channel again.
Who is he trying to impress? Preteen boys who have just learned some nasty words and want to use them to show all their little friends how big they are? Now, he might use zip ties to MacGyver things together and if so that might be interesting but I can't get past his filthy mouth long enough so see if that's true.
BTW, I have heard all kinds of language as I was married to a SAILOR for over 30 years but I never heard him use language just for the sake of using language! Nope. Not for me. So no, you are NOT in for a treat. You are in for a nasty little disappointment. Don't waste your time even checking this out.
I made a lot of things look professional with electrical or duct tape. I've even used PVC pipe underneath to make it round and or solid. Good job Andrew you just upped the value and made it easier and safer to use.
For your enlightenment...on the lower end it is a slip fit...on upper end where piston and dog ear connector is its a press fit...that way all wear goes to the bearing which is replaceable...way you did it by filing/honing the surface will cause bearing to slip in dog ear connector wearing out connector resulting in replacing the piston and after it starts wearing the connector you will end up replacing seals in unit on regular basis...way to do the upper end would be to get someone to pry bar end off while you were heating the upper dog ear...just saying...I worked for 8 years in a machine shop in Indiana then moved to Florida to work at the mines in there machine shop where I made parts and rebuilt all the too large and heavy equipment...like auto transmissions the size of a full size Ford car...then after 10 years went into the field replacing parts(pipelines ,gearboxes,etc) as was a lot less stress on me and much better pay. I am now 70 years old and do little as far as work goes...love your vids by the way!
People like you and Andrew keep this country moving! Sharing your experience that could save him money, gotta love it! Thank you sir, for many years of hard work
Great info. Do you have any tips for repairing an older cylinder style that has the oblong eye hole and keeper ring/wire instead of a threaded end. Just on my little skidsteer but I have welded it up 3-4 times now. Cracks always creep out from edges of the oblong hole that cap retaining wire goes into. Should I just spot weld a couple extra tabs around those edges to give it a little extra support?
Shouldn't the bearing be pressed in to the piston or held by circlips?
Hard way to make a living,how's your body now.
@@peterwill3699 Last 8 years worked as a maintenance mechanic in a phosphate mine lugging 80 lbs of tools up 100-200 ft of stairs so joints are worn out...before that a maintenance machinist working on large machines as far as taking apart...seeing what was broke machining shafts making gears and repairing same with new parts when available...retired disabled in 2005
I'm 76 and an old "Wrench". Discover warming the eye up with heat and it will expand. Meanwhile freeze the shaft with liquid nitrogen and it shrinks. Then just slip the eye onto the shaft. Remember this trick as it will serve you many times in your future works. (and many sorrows) Keep on it kid I love watching other people work.
Heat was my suggestion too.
*- Yup, Bob. I'm 72 and can still hear the oldtimers who taught me: "How many times do we have to tell you, Robert, your Fire Wrench is you best friend and a can of "quick start" ether is your second best friend." {Never had Nitrogen handy though.}*
*- I have recently been telling Andrew the same thing as you {see above or below somewhere} I sure hope he gets the drift of you good intentions.*
*- Logging in deep in the forest at 36 below zero F with no equipment or on my big stone crusher in winter, we always did repairs that needed cold to shrink stuff the next morning so all we needed was a torch to get the job done . . . ether was too precious to waste on the cooling part.*
*- Ever change a skidder differential with no jacks or blocking at 36 below zero F and only spruce boughs to drag the new on into place?*
*- Laying down on your back, all it takes is an elbow positioned in the right place in the snow and the hand laid back and pushed under the diff. Then two other men to lift and position the diff so the first screw can be put on and your are all set.*
*- The guy who taught me that owned miles and miles and miles of forest, didn't have running water at home and only heated with wood, and never got out of 6th grade and had sons as dumb as rocks, but paid me a fair wage so I could keep the oil furnace on so my pipes wouldn't break in winter . . . and could pay my tuition to finish my chemistry degree. Phill used me right, I tried to use him right, too.*
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You are my hero, Andrew !! I absolutely love watching your projects - whatever they are !! You are an inspiration to not only me, but to a LOT of folk who follow your videos !! You seem to resolve most of your challenges in a calm and cool approach. Keep up the great examples an may our Lord Bless you accordingly !!
@@RobertFay Nitrogen is tough to find but if you get computer air cans and turn those upside down you can freeze parts that way.
Andrew I'm sure someone else has mentioned this but I'll mention it too. That spherical bearing on the boom end of the hydraulic cylinder is supposed the be pressed into the cylinder it's supposed to slip on to the bolt. Both bearings were seized to the bolt. That's why the washer is the size it is and why it came off so hard. Great video and I can't get over those prices from Pettibone.
Seconded here. In my few years of Aviation experience, a spherical is NEVER pressed onto the ID, only pressed onto the OD. The washer is undersized because that joint sees no side loads so there's no reason to brace the press-fit portion, only the slip-fit portion. With your oversize "washer", I'd up the thickness to the next size you got in the scrap bin and just leave it at that, it's not a big deal. The rod end can be replaced by a machinist later if needed.
The oversize washer will grind the end joints at where it's sit during the boom moving up and down and will seize or loosing the nut where it should free from touching the end joints ear.
I ain't a machinist, mechanic, etc. but from an engineering standpoint, what they're mentioning here is sound advice. You don't want to hold the nut again the boom as it moves, and now that you have a washer filled with jagged edges grinding up against the boom as it rotates, I think you're going to cause some damage.
You are thinking that the washer increases the surface area of the nut to the boom which is the technical purpose of a washer, but in this case the boom's rotation shouldn't be transferred into the nut through direct contact (washer or not). Unless you think that the booms movement should eventually undo the nut (like a ratchet), is the intended design.
If those washers are OEM, I would just trust that the manufacturer did it on purpose in this case.
1.Cut off old spherical bearing. 2.Either bore out for larger bearing or weld and bore for replacement bearing. 3.Have hydraulic shop press new bearing. 4.Throw homemade washer in the bin and use original washer.
When all else fails, get a bigger trackhoe.
Those are self aligning bushings at the upper end of the cylinders. They are supposed to be a pressed fit in those cylinders. The inner race is supposed to be a slip fit on the shaft and the nut keeps it tight. However both of yours are sized to the shaft because they were not properly greased. The proper way to fix this issue is to cut the old self aligning bushings off the shaft and have new bushings pressed into the cylinders. Since you ground the inside of the one open, it is ruined. It will need to either have a replacement end on it or have it machined larger to accept a sleeve which will bring it back to the proper size to allow the new bushing to be pressed in.
If you continue to operate this machine with your big washer, you will eventually ruin the cylinder because it is unable to keep proper alignment. It will begin to twist and possibly blow seals in the cylinder or twist the rod until it cracks or breaks. You could even see cracks in the welds of the actual frame of the boom.
I am a machinist and I have operated and ran heavy equipment for years.
Don't take me as a troll. I love your videos and I've been laughing for an hour about your " I read this in the manual" comment. Love how the castle is turning out! When are you going to repaint the little Kamat'su?
Since it would be hard to press fit them on with the cylinder installed. Could he freeze the new bushing and drop it in? That is a pretty big diameter and i've seen that be successful in the field.
How do we tag him so he sees this?
#andrewcamarata
Keep tag him.
Freezing the bushing will definitely help with installing it in the eye of the rod. I don't remember seeing Andrew having a hydraulic press, but I'm sure he can come up with a way to press it in lol.
Surprised the cylinder guys didn't ask about the bearings...
Little komatsu repaint would be a good one. Hopefully andrew sees your comment.
the washer is to hold the centre bearing and allows the outer bearing to pivot with the ram movment
Yup. if he keeps it on, every time he changes the angle of the boom, his new washer is going to cause wear.
You forgot that its pressed on and basically messed it up.
That washer is soooo important you should pull the home made off as its now pinching the cylinder and that small washer is what sets the preload on the bushing.its your machine just want you to know the reason its a bad idea
Andrew I love how despite some of the more unorthodox ways of getting things done you always get things done in such a graceful manner and with safety always in mind, seat belts, hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection you're smart man way beyond your years.
Glad to see how much your channels grown
Keep it up man we all love your videos!
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“Let’s just start unbolting stuff and see what happens.” No truer words have ever been spoken.
The smaller washer tightens against the bearing and allows the cylinder to pivot...adding that big one will cause it to bind and try to do up or undo the nut as you lift the boom up and down 👍🏼
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Agreed. Leave the small washer on then the big washer. Make sure the big washer is free and not touching the rod.
I was going to comment the exact same thing.
Also looks like it’s a bit of a shield for dust and dirt.
anyone else thing he should have rotated the cylinder rod end over to see if one side of the hole was a sea hair bigger on one side to accept the bearing?
@@cdoublejj I wondered if it was tapered!
17:01 "a little more tape to make it professional"
*Uses excavator to rip the cylinder off* - "Thats how you do it right there, Read that in the manual" lmao
electrical tape does make things look more professional, ductape on the other hand...
Almost oem.
duct tape
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It goes without saying - I'm as impressed as anyone with AC and his skills even though I've had, driven, and repaired and repaired and repaired several old Jeeps, but I've never imagined gutting a starter motor to make it work in the old housing when the new starter housing won't clear the exhaust. Hella skills, this guy.
I have only gotten to the 4:47 mark and it has already became the story of my life.
To do A, you must first do B, to do B, but you can't do B because C isn't working, so let's fix D to get C in a slightly useable state.
(edit) Wow, only got to 7:23 and we have already thrown E and F into the mix too..
My father in laws truck started as a simple front end job and after it fighting me the entire way coming apart i find yet more wrong so replace that crap and now we are just about to the point where we started of a truck on jack stands but hey not its got a new power steering pump and steering gear.
Why is the a popular Utube channel...its the attention to details. I can’t imagine how much extra time it takes to just get all the right camera angles for the viewer to see what you are doing. Never mind the editing?!? It’s appreciated Andrew.
55 minutes is what we like to see! Andrew treating us well.
i m 70 and i see you do the improbable and at your age im very impressed i was born and raised on a dairy farm and we did everything for our selves and that is one of the reasons i watch you and agree with most of your decisions i also love your work ethic it reminds me of my grandfather who raised me and im actually proud of a person like you you are few and far between
I remember when RUclips suggested the fixing up the Yanmar video for months and I keep thinking "Why do I care about that?" And then I finally watched it so it'd stop being recommended and I'm still here because this is one of the best channels on RUclips.
I watched a video of Andrew's probably a month or so after it got posted on Andrew's channel, it was a driveway video that Andrew posted at the end of may of 2019. I ended up starting to watch it on one of my other channels, due to the video being recommended on my other channel, but I decided to move the video over to my main channel. :)
It's scary how smart the algorithm is becoming...
“I read about that in the manual” = biggest lie AC had ever told.
I agree I don't think he has ever seen one lol
Seems we are unfamiliar with sarcasm, Ryan... (The Simpsons; Comic Book Guy). ;-) And Yes, Paul. Manuals just send Andrew in the wrong direction. :-0 This, though, is the first time I have seen him gall something. He is still SO good. Way better than I.
tbh i wouldnt be suprised if some form of brute force is actually required to remove them, if not noted in the service manual, probs in every service techs "the actual way", probably a winch it off with all the slings on it to spread the load job
the contact areea when picking up thousand of pounds can be measured in square inches (and mostly on the front ram pins), and lets not mention the intant force of shovelling, those rams were probs stuck to the bearings
was laughing hard after hearing him say that
"Its got a lot of little things that need fixing, like it constantly sounding like it's on fire."
The best things about these videos is, there's never a "hey guys", no unnecessary yakkity yak, and tons of interesting close-ups and macro work.
" needs a new starter."
Smacks it with a piece of rebar. God bless the handyman.
honestly you can still do that on cars, if you can reach it of course...
Percussive maintenance can be very effective under the right circumstances.
I met my wife in a parking lot. Her car wouldn't start. I walked over with a wrench I found in my truck and asked if she could pop the hood. Luckily the starter was in reach and I smacked it a few times as she turned it over. It started. I got her number. We've been married 8 years and have 3 daughters 😅
Clearly you know nothing about starters! But good try!
I always thought that the hitting with a hammer trick was only relevant if the solenoid was not engaging. That was turning over, but very slowly, so I would not have expected the hammer trick to work. That was very clever swapping the component parts from new to old starter though. How many people would have even thought of that, yet alone managed to do it.
I always feel like I have accomplished something after watching Andrew's videos. Thanks Andrew!
I feel like I was there helping or something! LoL
Agreed
Andrew, the endless source of inspiration. You don't just replace parts, you fix them. Very rare these days.
Gotta confess - I've been tempted to swap guts in parts but worried too much - But when making a living depends on it - no fear. Straight genius and you saved a ton of money on the entire rebuild - another good one. Thx Andrew
"Let's just start unbolting stuff and see what happens" I love that 😄💪
I might need this quote on a t-shirt Andrew!
hey andrew, welcome to the world of hydraulic cylinders
i've been doing that kind of work for most of my career and i understand the frustration when it comes to dealing with those sometimes.
That spherical bearing can always be a pain to deal with doing it the way you did it, the yoke looks straight but if that bearing tilts even slightly it will bind up as you saw.
Not to mention what it did to the machined out part the bearing goes into, that misalignment and trying to force it on is what did that to it.
I know hindsight is 20/20 but next time you have to deal with one of those setups remove that spherical bearing after you get it apart and insert it into the yoke first before putting the rod back on the shaft, it's a lot easier to deal with that way. Also in a lot of cases those spherical bearings might just have a retainer ring holding it in on either side (in some cases). Those retainer rings are not like your normal snap ring, they are like a layered flat spring steel coiled flat and are designed to be removed by prying out one end of the ring coil and pulling it out from the groove it is inset into. Not saying that was the case with your setup but i see that a lot on machines i work on like those telehandlers and also in some other equipment I've worked on in the past. The home made washer works just as good though when your in a pinch 😉. Oh and sending those cylinders out to the shop was your best move, as old as that unit is and as big as those cylinders were it's best safety wise to let someone else do it, the ram seals were probably dry rotted along with the packing nut seals. I've done some that size out in the field before and trust me when i say they are not fun to deal with unless you have the machines to take them apart and put then back together.
What was that cody was getting into with that bottle of drink? whatever it was he wanted it real bad lol, chewed the top off and everything 😉😂
Nice job on that control handle, i never would have thought of doing it that way, and yeah, they think those things are made out of gold or something the way they price them 😒
i have a couple of GEHL's and a Gradall and some genie and jlg lifts i keep up that use joysticks on them and their pricing is all over the place but in general they are very high priced for what you get.
Keep up the excellent videos buddy, i always enjoy your ingenuity when it comes to figuring out stuff and also love watching cody and levi 👍😎
I love this community for helping everyone out...
@swoopulater I have a old Pettibone loader and backhoe 4wd. It articulates in middle like a skidder. It's the same size as a skidder. The steering wheel just spends but the tires don't move.is it a bad steering box? Whole machine is hydraulic powered
Im being completely honest, you are definitely my favorite channel throughout all of youtube!
Thanks
Yeah man, I'm a 25 year old gamer but EVERY video AC uploads I watch instantly. Andrew, I'm not sure you realize but you honestly inspire a lot of us younger guys to get out and do shit. Thank you! :)
that goes well for me too...
How many other people on you tube do you want to watch all the video’s?
Agreed!
Bonjour (de Belgique) vous êtes de loin le meilleur mécanicien (entre autre) que j'ai jamais vu et j'ai 70 ans . Vous mettez la main à tout , You are the best .
J'aime beaucoup vous regarder travailler .
After the “read this in the manual” statement I wish I could give this video 100 likes 😂😂😂. Keep up the great work.
Quite the comedian this guy, I'd like to see this manual he speaks of 😄
Quote from the manual :
"To fix this forklift, you may need an excavator"
😂
Want to like your comment but is at your 100 like mark for video. So consider mine a like.
“That’s how you do it, I read it in the manual.” Lol. I have watched every single one of you’re videos and not skipped a single second. This is the sorta stuff that should be on TV. Keep it up mate.
Television producers and directors would ruin this just like they do with everything that's on tv. I do understand what you mean but hopefully Andrew sticks with this on here
I have rebuilt many cylinders over my lifetime and I can tell you from watching your videos for a couple years now and in my opinion you are more than capable to do them yourself.
What do I think?
Andrew is a Master Repairman. Uniquely qualified. I watch ALL your episodes, Andrew!
Best sunday you could ask for, 55min of entertainment from AC.😄
Agreed
Touch Metrics / me too Andrew is by far my favorite RUclipsian content provider
I absolutely love this sombitch !!! I could watch his stuff for HOURS ! and I do!! its f'n crazy !!
Regular tv sucks. Andrew is the new norm for me. And others.
"Let's take it outside and forklift some stuff" 😄
That's my kind of Sunday.
The inner part of the eye suppose to stay with the ram. When you ripped apart you destroyed the eye the swivel part is a machined press fit. To be safe need new eyes welded back on to the rod ends of the ram. With what has happened. The rams can pop off under load. Sorry should of talked to the guy repaired the ram, he should of said something.
I agree, spherical bearing is most likely staked in, same with hydraulic cylinder guy.
Possibly can be repaired with some weld blobs.
Came here for this! haha.. Question is, would that hydraulic puller finessed it off?
He did rip them off but there's really no way for the eye to slip off the boom as he put the larger washer on there. The boom would bend before there is enough force to pop that ram through the 1/4 washer he put on there.
He took it apart wrong. Jacked the cylinder. I believe the small so called washers are spacers and not washers
Did he make another washer for the other side. He made a mistake removing them off for sure, and should look into fixing this issue, but we only seen him make one larger washer.
For the record, I bought some of the shrink wrap sodder connectors! Love seeing new things made even better. Watching your wiring and testing is quite educating and fun to watch. Your true nature & seeing how take things in stride, a refreshing and a blessing! Thanks Andrew, Cody, and Levi! You all put a smile on my face.
I put things together with those shrink rap tubes that had nothing to do with wiring. I even repaired the pool vacuum (underwater). I don't know, I build metal things and I use a lot of grease and oil.
Although I have previously watched this it is excellent 2nd time around.
Improvise Adapt, overcome Andrew you are a genius, saving thousands by avoiding ridiculous shop & mechanic fees, doing it yourself, making u-tube video (that pays you for recording the work you provide (sweat rquity) paying yourself twice.
"That's how you do it right there-read this in the manual." This man got jokes
He knows how to get it done 😂
😂😂😂
I read this comment first and couldn't wait to get to the payoff. I knew it would be good. When that Excavator appears he need to cue to JAWS music.
28:13
Put that on a t shirt. Make mad money.
If Andrew can’t fix it, she ain’t worth fixing. ! And anyone who loves a dog like him is truly a kind , genuine human being
The bushing is suppose to be press fitted into the eye of the cylinder and come of together with it when you remove the cylinder Thats why it doesent need a washer.
Now when you have a huge washer on it then it cant move freely
lol you obviously haven't been around heavy equipment there is never bearings in a hydraulic cylinder just bushings
@@denison5357 lol you obviously haven't been around heavy equipment. These are called spherical bearings. Very common on heavy equipment.
@@denison5357 Mr smartass stop embarassing yourself. Google spherical bearing and learn your lesson, before teaching others on the internet
It's right they are bushings because there are no rollers in these. Because rollers aren't good for point loads like on the zylinder they are made where the point of pressure is rotating around like on gears. On Realy slow rotating objects you most likely going to find bushings
Also a bushing can take more load than a bearing, a bearing would bretty sure preak before reaching max lifting capacity.
I love your work ethic especially for your age and you don't have fancy new stuff. Thanks for being you!
These are some of my favorite AC content, Andrew always turning a sows ear into a silk purse or something along those lines. Thank you Andrew for all you do, stay safe and stay awesome 😎
“That’s how you do it right there. I read that in the manual” sounds and looks like something zip ties n bias plies would say and do
Fuckin Mint!!
I have service manuals for all my stuff lol
@@quilliejones4314 I love him too!! laugh my ass off at peg leg !
Chamfer those mating edges with a die grinder as long as its off lad!
Just a FYI guys....the large bearings are installed into minus .001" bore holes by 2 factory assemblers using liquid Nitrogen, PPE, Sledgehammer, and a hardwooden bearing insert. When taken out of the Nitrogen you have less than 30 seconds to get that bearing slid into that hole. I know. Most bearings are into the frame.
27:52 Andrew read this in the manual!
it was so funny !!
dan smith are you dumb it is 28:36
@@Nixtutru lol no im not need 2 show what he was doing before he said anything.
dan smith sorry didn’t now. 😐
@@Nixtutru it all good : ) have a good Memorial Day!
Not only is this guy a hell of a mechanic, he also knows how to move heavy stuff around! Check it out, he still has all his fingers! I love watching this channel. Very informative!
43:11 I love that Andrew's resolution to something is just a bigger machine
One of the best and honest Electro mechanical engineers I've seen in years
Pucker factor 11 when he 'demonstrated' the importance of the leveling/tilting on the forklift
yeah the front right came off the ground. That was too close.
Wait till the pucker hits 12 when the 3 peice 10ft overhead snipe comes in
Andrew! From Cody drinking sports drink and his rooster...to everything you managed to figure out on that forklift was just GREAT! Maybe your best ever. Editing was fabulous.
Your videos are such a big inspiration!!
A few days ago i watched a video of you where you fixing small engines, a few hours later i bougth a broken lawn mower
and tried to get it back, what worked!!!
It's so fun to work on the engines and hear them run at the end.
Find your videos really good please keep it up!!
Nice greetings from Germany
Hopefully my english is not too bad
We understand you :)
Your English is great, there's more than a few here in the US that should take lessons from you
"A little more tape to make it look professional" should be a t shirt lol.
"Lets start unbolt things and see what'll happen" shoudl be a Tshift too :-D
timestamp please for future usage
@@TheOboeCrack its 17:02 ... cheers :)
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On our fork extensions, we welded a plate under the front, the extensions didn't go up off of the forks
I find the electrical tape ends up oozing the adhesive from underneath and gets sticky every time you touch it. You should try using the grip tape made for tennis racquets to wrap around on the joystick (probably keep the structural electrical tape underneath ha)., you can even get cloth type which is good when you have sweaty hands..
Cloth automotive wire tape is the best.
oversize electrical heat shrink works wonders too. ( I use them on my 5-cell maglite just in case my hands should get "wet")
or bicycle inner tube sliced length wise ( capped with heatshrink ) makes industrial non-slip wrap.
Gaffer's Tape is awesome, too.
I use handle bar wrap for bicycles, that absorbs sweat too
Foam pipe insulation would be better
I love watching Andrew because he reminds me of my Grandpa, who was a bricklayer but he could fix and rebuild anything. He would have LOVED this channel!!!!
He was from Northern Ohio and he built two family homes over the years and the entryway to one of them had that blue stone you see in a lot of videos that he polished so beautifully.
In his 70s he added a garage to his house without any help.
Being a bricklayer he had a ton of levels and I still have one. He would have been very intrigued with the lasting levels and also with the castle!!!
Andrew logic:
"Pipe wrench doesnt work, so cut to Excavator"
Right along the lines of the cutscene where he grabbed the chainsaw to make "like new" cuts in his trucks dashboard lol
Made me spit out my coffee haha
It was in the manual. lol.
I read the manual to make sure he wasnt lying and he's right
Damn that bulb went out.... off to get the excavator!!!
Love your ability to fix anything... my favorite line: “ for 300 dollars it’s gonna stay broken.... but for under 10 dollars it’s gonna work.”
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When I see you repair something, it gives me the motivation to fix something of my own rather than pay shop prices. Thanks. By the way, I 've seen all your videos and am waiting for those in the future.
Hope my great grandchildren (boys 2, 6, 9) are inspired by your process, enjoyment of each challenge, and most of all a job well done, we love watching.
This is the best and most entertaining 55 minutes I have ever spent on RUclips! Cody opening the bottle was too cute.
Never clicked so fast on a video, i love learning new mechanical things watching u Andrew! Makes me wanna be a mechanic when i get older.
After owning a many an item with worn out tolerances I was thinking 'NOOOOOOOOO' when that die grinder came out
UnitedStatesofBuild Yes, but it was way more cringy to watch the 10 ft of leverage being applied to something that’s obviously not lined up, and where the nut didn’t have a full bite on the bolt even I think.
It’s been about a month now since I started watching you vids, you have changed my outlook on working on my own equipment…. Thanks. Keep them coming!!!!
Anyone else dying when more and more clips come in of more pipe or the excavator?
I thought the rooster sound was phone ringtone untill Cody brang his rooster toy in. 🤣
The bearing was originally cold fit into the hydraulic and was supposed to come off the bolt and stay with the hydraulic. Somehow it became stuck to the bolt and came out of the hydraulic. That is why the washer was so small.
Hmm, I wonder what kind of excessive force would be required to rip the bearing/eye out of its head. Maybe yanking it with an excavator? XD
Yea, I think you're right about that. I first was wondering if he didn't need to spin the rod around to line it up. He really does need to learn how to work smarter instead of harder though, I'm afraid he's gonna get hurt somewhere with his tactics.
@@darksunrise957 yeah mystery isn't it 😂
@@darksunrise957 That wasn't an excavator at that point, it was a 10 ton hydraulic slide hammer/puller L.O.L
How should it have been removed?
Good job Andrew, you amaze amaze me as you are not afraid to tackle any repairs and you always find a way to fix it, and fix it right ! ( from Canada )
Next time you push an eyelet that’s got such little clearance, heat it up with a torch, they’ll slide right on. You run a huge risk of welding the threads with that much force.
Also, return the lift to zero position since you had the other one set and then you won’t have to worry about perfect alignment. Kudos to your tenacity!! I loved it!!
Andrew, you are a very good earthmover, very good at solving problems, and a very good mechanic. But sometimes you (like all of us, including me), make blunders.
When I saw you using a giant machine to bash that hydraulic cylinder off of its supports, I cringed. Mate, the pivots at each end of the ram need to be in line, so the ram needs to be taken off of the pivot pins, at *both* ends, at the same time. Trying to remove the upper end with force has a very strong probability of applying asymmetrical loads to the lower end, and has a concomitant probability of *bending* the lower fixed pin. I suspect that this is why you had such difficulty replacing one of the rams; the pins were no longer parallel, and of course the ram eyes could not fit as they were meant to do.
"Reaming" the ram eye allowed it to fit, but I suspect that it did not solve the basic problem, which was that because of damaged fitment points the ram was *never* going to fit. Yes, you fixed it, but the fix was a hack rather than a repair, and a little more thought would have left you with a machine with better working tolerances, and a greater chance of reduced pivot wear.
Please note that my comments are meant as constructive criticism, and not meant to denigrate you in any way. I greatly admire your work ethic, and your skill in a great many areas, and I shall continue to watch and admire your work.
Thanks again, mate.
Greg Brodie-Tyrrell Well said. Well said. My sentiments exactly. I am not an expert but just know that when you have to apply that much force to something that you need to stop right there and consider that there is something wrong with your approach. Having said that, I know what it’s like to be in the heat of the moment, just trying to get something done.... it’s hard to stop and to not keep stepping it up a notch, especially if you have some beast-like tools!
Thanks for sharing your expertise. The only way to learn new stuff is to listen to people who know their shit! :)
Is there anything that can be done to fix this now?
I think you are missing the function of the spherical bearings that are pressed into both ends of the cylinder. They are there so that it is completely OK to pull them one end at a time without "bending" the fixed pin. I think what Andrew missed is the fact that this is not the place the rod end was design to come off. If the inner part of the spherical bearing had come off as designed then he would have had none of these problems. The big washer had no way of aligning the outer piece of the spherical assembly with the inner diameter of the rod end. Therefore the increased forces only increased the misalignment. Had the inner part of the assembly com off the stud then the nut would have been able to push it back on with no tendency to jam. I think it is a mistake to add the large washer as it completely removes the proper functioning of the spherical bearing.
Exactly what i was thinking Greg.
Do much more wood repairs, but damn.. cross flex!
@@jeh3pe ... you are correct, but I think at this point in time he needs the big home-made washer to keep the assembly together. Once the bearing was removed from the eye on the ram, there was no longer a mechanical connection to keep the ram from slipping off the pin. A complicated (but probably correct) way to fix this would have been to try and remove the bearing off the pin, then press fit it back into the eye of the ram end and then clean up the pin to prevent seizing in the future. But with the bearing still seized on the pin, the washer is needed to keep the eye of the ram from slipping off now.
"Let's take it outside and forklift some stuff."
Man it's great watching AC!
that's a great line
Andrews videos are so good because he doesn't try to explain like he is talking to a 3 year old child, thanks Lewis
the brg. was suposed to come off with the cyl. the brg. part is still seized on the shaft.
Is the bearing supposed to be a press fit to the cylinder? If so, the end of the cylinder needs to be built up and reamed to accept the pressed-in bearing.
Or just use a plasma-cut washer. 😁
Seeing that washer cupped makes me nervous...
Good video Andrew. Everyone is correct on the spherical bearing. I gritted my teeth when you pounded on that threaded end of the bolt. Please put a nut on at least till it is broken loose (full thread) it WILL mushroom out.
I have learned the expensive way, not to force things. The Mfg. didn't design them to come apart that hard.
More critic: chain your expensive hammer wrench to the hoist so it doesn't drop, take the time to clean those shafts and bores to clean metal and then grease ... all the goo and grime take up space.
I'm not an excavator operator, but those things are not designed for much of a sideload.
Good luck and keep on digging.
Wife: what are you watching?
Me: some guy fix something
Wife: why?
Me: I don’t know, but I can’t stop...
You just took the words out of my mouth...
Or...
Wife: What are you watching?
Me: Some guy clearing and laying a mile driveway through the forest with 3 pieces of equipment, by himself. 👍
Or: He just built a fred flintstone hot tub and I want one
I get asked all the time by my wife too.. :-p Eeeevery time its like "watching some american fixing machines and building huge things".. she just shakes her head .. xD
Wife: what are you watching?
Me: Andrew destroy fix his new forklift.
I learned a neat trick the other day when I ( as you ) took a starter completely apart now having to wrestle the brushes going back together.on the armature. I took a pen and pushed the brushes pushing OFF CENTER not center on the brushes but on the upper part of the brushes so the brushes would get stuck in the brush holder and still being pushed forward by the springs. I was able to get all four stuck in the holder allowing me enough room to slip the brushes over the armature together effortlessly . Now I simply touched the brushes to get them unstuck Jammed and the spring pushed the brushes right back onto the armature...
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andrew's subscribers: lol this guy
certified repairmen: ANDREW NO!
I was like uhh andrew when he had a 3ft pipe wrench and all the pipes on it i know from experience on a smaller scale that bad shit happens fast like that.
That's how it's done. Read this in the manual. :D
“That’s how you do it right there. Read it in the manual’
7s ago, I've never been this quick before, except that one time, but we don't talk about that!
Hi from Norway, fellow mechanic/potato here.
Hello potato, I hope you haven't lost your 10mm socket yet
Potato😅🇧🇻
@@MiniMachines1 aye, potato = multi purpose, ain't it
*- I love it, Andrew, your pup is as smart as you figuring out how to solve problems.*
*- I see why you talk to him as if you already know he has telepathically understood what you are saying.*
Andrew put the washer back like it was and remove the one you made or it's going to cause the outer bearing to wear when you pivot the arms and cause you more problems! that's why it was designed and engineered that way
T C to late for that now to much slop in the bearing now after grinding it.
thats totally correct , the special washer is to hold the inner bearing to the shaft, the Nut is to hold the ram housing
from coming off, by having the homemade washer to replace the factory one the bearing is not acting as it should and by using it the nut will slowly release
in layman's terms the bearing is the pivot
the special washer holds the center of bearing, and the outer bearing is floating on the ram housing(also floating) and thats held in place by the nut
And it would have been really easy to place the cylinder back on by just releasing the pressure from the pipes as the cylinder needed a little free play to go in.
Hopefully the machine conks out in some other way before this, but yeah I worry about the hacks sometimes.
It seems like ninety percent of RUclips wrenchers do that kind of thing.
~ I don't understand why it was engineered that way by guys with professional degrees so I'll just leave it out during rebuild.
Fortunately the machinery is often at the end of its life by the time it will be finished with this owner... we hope that nobody else has to try and sort out that particular hack.
Andrew: "Bet they didn't expect ya to put a pipe on this thing."
Archimedes: " Give me a long enough lever and a place to stand...and I'll move the world."
Love how he fixes his "things" his way.
@CounterCrow, I say that all the time. I have moved some amazing things with an iron bar and some pipe rollers.
Gonna get the nickname of "get a bigger hammer" Camaretta pretty soon.....
Or..... Get a bigger pipe wrench. That's the biggest damn pipe wrench I've ever seen. And two cheater pipes.
I've used some long extensions to get seal repairs done on my backhoe 48" long big bastard
Nearly lost it when he cut scene and came rolling in with this excavator lol
AC this is the 3rd time watching this for me and I died again when you said “for 300 dollars this is gonna stay broken”.....when talking about the dash level. I agree with you about most tools and equipment...it better make money or at least not spend too much to do it’s job. Love your content and glad to see your Castle shop evolve to have more style befitting the KING....of “no frills but results” property maintenance in the Catskills.....
Open the mailbox: "Andrew Camarata just uploaded a video".
Take a time.
Grab a beer.
Sit and relax.
Press Play.
Thank you Andrew for all your effort.
Thanks from a fan from Brazil!!!
Hope to be in US soon!
Been up one day and already has over 200 thousand views. Evidently a LOT of people grab a beer and sit down when Andrew puts up another video! It would appear that Andrew is doing rather well.
Trump just closed the border to Brazil I guess it’ll be later than sooner. Where in Brazil are you?
@@scottkasper6378 He just started walking so it should be about six months or so.
@@scottkasper6378 I live in the south of Brazil, but when I talk about being there soon, I mean one or two years unfortunately. It's a beautiful and amazing country, I would love to be there.
@@maryannanderson7517 It's just satisfying to watch his videos, worth a lot of beers. I need to buy a lot more in this quarantine.
46:05 I think that washer squeezes the bearing expanding it to hold the link together. Similar to a wheel bearing, if you over tighten it, it has a harder time rotating.
spot-on right............
The bearing is held in the cylinder with snap rings. The nut holds the bearing on the shaft
Small original washer is to hold the nut off the bearing to prevent binding. I recommend both washers or small original one only.
I thought it might be a 'dust cap' to keep the lube clean. you can see theres a gease gun fitting on the arm. but you are right a oversized washer is going to bind hard when the carriage is lifted
"That's how you do this right there. I read this in the manual." That's fn funny. Nice work man.
I have that same craftsman power tool set and bought the lithium batteries for it. Everyone said I was cheap and I should just buy new. Have to admit, I now use mine as a backup to my dewalt. It is nice to see you still working those good old tools!
My favourite thing about this channel is the A-Z getting stuff done!
Can we all take a moment to appreciate how smart and good of a boy Cody is
He has such a calming voice, love his videos.
I can hear his mother when he was young,
Andrew, Andrew, what are you doing Andrew,
Nothing Ma
I’m taking apart the car to build a interstellar space craft
**Uses massive excavator to take off Hydraulics**
Andrew: "That's how you do it right there! Read this in the manual."
i couldnt stop laughing when i saw him pulling up in his hitachi excavator
I was fucking rolling when he said that
The manual: "Step 3: Get your excavator and give 'er."
@@Ottie193 his bigger escavator is most definitely a Hitachi
I think he said "print this in the manual" I was laughing my ass off
ANDREW!!! COULD YOU HEAR ME I WAS SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN!!! Whenever you have trouble like putting those hydraulic arms on and off, there's always a little wiggle room in the hinges and steel support beams (for the fork). You can tappy tappy with a hammer a couple times, but the best thing to do is move the hydraulic arm a little, or in this case it looked like someone needed to go to the forks and jiggle them around preferably while you tappy tappy, in order to not burr up the hydro coupling.
haha excovator go brrr...
I disagree. No amount of jiggling was going to help that situation. My guess is that he needed to pull off the spherical bearing from the machine and press it onto the cylinder yoke. I believe the reason it was binding was because it was not staying centered when he tried to press it on. I would think that it would be easy for it to misalign due to the nature of a spherical bearing.
Great thinking to realize the new internals were able to swap into the old starter case!
Problem solved and works great too. Way to find a work around and get the job done!
Andrew my Milwaukee drill driver had that same bad bearing noise once, used a feeler gauge and slid it under the seal then gave it a good shot of ATV chain lube....quiet as when new. Cody and his Gatorade bottle reminds me of my last pup the way he holds it just right to drink it and not spill any, until he was done anyway.
That’s how you do that , I read it in the manual, I never laughed so hard. .we did stuff like that all the time on the farm. . If it works , then it’s ok 👍🏼.
THAT MOVE SWITCHING THE MOTOR IN THE STARTER IS THE WORK OF LEGENDS. AND MY FRIEND YOU ARE A LEGEND.
Love when prices are include.
Andrew, you are my hero. It’s not just everybody that has a battery cable spreader.
“A little more tape to make it look professional”😂.....Andrew you’re the best sir!
I lost it at "A little more tape... to make it look professional". LOL. I love this channel.
You make the best videos I’ve seen, the editing is really professional! Never a boring moment Andrew, I believe there’s nothing you can’t do or won’t try! I love the Castle and watching you build it! I’m in Louisiana and I’d love to visit it just to see it and shake your hand! Of course I’d love to have an autograph! lol you’ll go a lot ways Andrew, you’re an amazing kind of person! Much respect and keep the videos coming brother! Thanks so much! 👍🏻
Thank you.
You a good mechanic man! Reminds me of all the work I was doing 30-40 years ago keeping my old machinery running.