When you realized you needed longer studs, I feel your pain lol I could tell how disappointed you were. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but in the moment it’s just like ugh really 🙄 awesome work though I’m loving the build so far
Was a heavy truck mechanic in the late 90s, so crazy to see a battery impact work the lug nuts. Our big blue would have to wait until the compressor stopped. Technology for batteries now is amazing.
Ah yes but remember if the electric is a real good high torque electric motor is raw high torque compared to air which spins an empellar to build up torque.just do what my buddy did when he didn't believe me I gave a big electric drill to drill a 2inch steel plate when it caught it spun 380lb fat boy around like the old spinning top toy we all had as kids lol
I never had a brake shoe spring tool either. I always found it easier to assemble the shoes on the floor and put the red springs on, then open the shoes up and slip them over the hub
You know with a concentric well like your wheels have you can mount the tires from the other side to prevent scoring the outside finish with the irons. Beautiful work on the frame.
This channel is what inspired me to go to school to work on semis/heavy equipment and it was really cool watching this video after learning about some of this in class 🙂
cant be scared to get dirty in this trade show my automotive teachers size of some stuff and amount of grease and dirt there amazed lol [took automotive 2 years automotive before getting 310t even though all my experience is around big trucks] also found funny when said hated working on trucks I hate cars to many small areas to work in
Guys, you are great, I live in Russia, I work for the International 9800 and I really respect American trucks, the most classic trucks, thank you for the video💪👍👏❣️
with old trucks the struggle is real.. and finding the right parts for old school can be a real pitawill be fantastic when done. ypur attention to detail is always on point
Same with older tractors, e.g. it’s funny how sometimes cleaning and greasing an old throwout bearing is the best option because whatever’s available is just so bad quality, but rebuild kits for hydraulic parts are also inks good enough to get measurements off of and buy Viton O-rings, etc
I appreciate the 'live action shots.. spinning around with the rolling wheel, ect.. I know people don't really notice all the extra work that goes into those shots and it only last a few seconds; and then the editing and adding music.. I don't know if you're doing the editing yourself, but it's top notch.
This was a great video watching you working on the rebuild of the cabover . Thanks for taking us through the steps . So be careful and stay safe and keep on working on the truck and I will be looking for more videos. As always, Jeffrey !!!
While I totally agree with replacing the brake shoes and drums there is no way in hell that with all the work you are doing to this truck that I would not pull the hubs inspect the wheel bearings/races and replacing the seals and seriously consider draining the gear oil from the pumpkins and refill them with fresh gear oil. I also agree with pulling the shocks off and at least checking them. Lastly I would of painted the rusty crusty areas that the air bags mount and then give them a nice smear in waterproof grease before installing the new airbags. But it’s your build, I’m just watching and opinions are like a certain body orifice and everyone has one.
You're a brave man to go with the 8 air bag suspension as it is rough as hell in a conventional cab, in a cabover it could be brutal. Also, I always put a piece of plastic - cut for an old milk jug - between the metal and aluminum when ever safe to do so. They actually make a plastic gasket to go between the aluminum rims and steel drums. The tire guys won't tell you about them, but they exist and are suppose to be used.
@@scottypetty9117 really? I had a 2013 W900L with 244” WB I bought new and it was rough as hell. At the end of the day I picked up everything that rattled out of the cupboards. 8 air bag suspension is durable, but I’ve never heard it described as smooth. That aside, how cool is it to see and old cab over get restored to operating condition? We need more of that on RUclips.
bringing me back Rich, my first real job was a "maintenance assistant" for a college bus fleet. Changing tires and doing brakes was a staple of my day, after the PMs were done. Thanks for the nostalgia.
I love how much you are able to accomplish in one video. My company is terrible about greasing equipment, always have terrible slop in s cam bushings, then the equipment is down for a day or two to fix it. 🙄 Grease is cheap people!
He wasn't completely correct on his explanation of the air brakes, basically you want to imagine how he described the front work to know how the rear works, The springs are only parking brake That second diaphragm works with the brake pedal and front brakes and less if it's a tow truck does not have spring parking brakes on it
I love how you explain everything I’ve learned 90% of what you talk about from my dad but quite a bit of what I’ve learned from your channel I take with me in my every day love it love the learning thanks for all the Learning
Great vid! Even with never- seize on the clevis pins, they'll still freeze up in there sometimes (especially on a trailer that sits a lot) You can get greaseable clevis pins although they can be pricey...
i started off watching this series not even understanding the terminologies. I also never had any idea i would ever become a truck driver. I just finished the class portion of the CDL stuff and start driving this week. Now i understand all of the terminologies and can relate that much more. I love what you have going on !
The "brake tool" is just a pry bar with a v-groove the size of the spring cut into it. Simple but great to use. Or use vise grips on the springs and a pry bar to pry against the vise grips and get the springs out of their holes. Just thought I'd share for anyone else looking to do drums on a big truck. Great work, Rich! Love this channel and DG!!
Yes, there's a tool for those springs. it's a big knarly looking pair of pliers/tongs, and they're super handy for all sorts of springs not just truck brakes! you'll use them loads if you get a pair!! or just carry on using a bar/screwdriver or two, but how many times have you had a spring try to eat your finger?
I just now realized there are 2 channels. This video popped up. But when I checked my sub list no new Deboss video. Subbed this one now lol. I think I like this one better!
My last trucking job we had 2010 Peterbilts, which were new at the time. Very unreliable, back to the dealer all the time, and they seemed unable to get repairs done right the first time. The owner discussed doing what you're doing here, buying decent shape 70's Kenworth and Peterbilt tractors, taking them down to the bare frame and doing everything brand new. New wire harness, all new air lines, just making it as it was new. Simple to work on, reliable, and they looked great. Not sure if he followed through on that.
Awesome video! Started watching this video series after watching all the F-Tree-Kitty series. The short wheel studs would have been the end of me. Love your great attitude! Thanks for all the educational content
I can't wait for the finished product. Love old school KOE. Personally I wish had a big cam. They were bad ass back In the day. Keep up the great work Rich.
A little trick to save you fines at the scales is when your in line push down hard on the brake pedal and you'll hear all of your automatic slack adjusters popping, if they are all working properly all of your brakes will be in tolerance, a lot of drivers out their don't even know about this.
Unfortunately I’ve done hundreds and hundreds of truck tires. Lubrication is the key. Use real tire lube that is water based and it won’t effect the rubber at all Also that lube will help center that tire on the rim.
That's damn cool man you can put a big rig together by yourself more and likely nice job I used to drive truck back in the seventies and eighties I remember those trucks Thanks for the videos always a good time
Honestly when I'm watching Deboss doing stuff like this and showing stuff how it works and showing how to replace it feels like a dad and son type relationship I grew up with no dad by my side sooo I don't really know how a father and son relationship works
Hey man! Just watched one of the Bronco vids and had a tip for you about the fuel pump clicking off. I work at a marina and pump gas during the summer. Alot of guys come in and they take forever to fill up because their vent is clogged. One time a guy came by and he had the same problem with his vent. He was prepared tho and he took out a length of small tubing. He stuck the tube down the filler neck and it basically acted as a vent tube. I know most people probably already know about this but I thought it was pretty neat! Anyways hope that helped. Keep up the good work!
Just as an fyi at least nowadays you can’t replace those anchor pins on certain Eaton axles. They still put the c clips on the inside and outside of the spider but Bendix doesn’t offer those pins as a replaceable unit individually. Great content!
for someone who hasn't put on truck tires in 20 years, you still have the technique nailed down. pretty much did it exactly how i do it. shit you might even do it better than me!
Brake job NO Brake clean Eric O would be spitting out his Dunkin' Donuts... As a 'Tramper' I actually enjoy truck stuff which apparently makes me 'odd/sad' well so be it. Never fail to learn stuff from Rich in some way or another...great channel....awesome projects..
It probably had centrifuge drums originally.The mounting flange of the centrifuge is thinner than the cast drum so with aluminum wheels on the studs would protrude proper.
I did a LOT of brakes when i was a HEM. Stretch the long spring out of shape by pushing the lower shoe with a prybar, pop out your rollers, and the shoes will fall right off.
Little late, but when youre taking the pads off, use a prybar to between the pad and axle to get the pins outs, then the cam side spring will be relaxed enough you can get the prybar in there and lift it off. Finally just rotate the bottom shoe until the fixed springs pop off. Do the same thing in reverse for install. No special tools needed, and no real tension on the springs. Can do the job with just a impact, prybar, and hammer.
I used to do road side repair for over the road trucks and by far the worst job was changing a airbag on the side of a highway. It was extra shitty if if was on a car hauler. I despised that job especially on a cold day. I didn't really care for brake chambers all that much either lol
As a 310T who managed a fleet for years, I was gonna scold you for not replacing all the brake chambers and lines. Then I remembered you're not planning to run 2000mi a week and you likely won't have the time crunch and can just replace stuff as you go. She's coming together nicely! Can't wait for the next installment.
Air hammer on the head of the brake clevis pin …..they come loose.. quick and easy. Notch a grove in a flat head screw driver…. Makes for a great brake spring tool.
After doing so many brake chambers at my previous job, I started to see how far I could launch them by cutting the clamp bolt. I'd hide on the opposite side of the axle and cut the bolt with a torch. I sent one across 3 bays and dented the wall lol.
Man I soemtimes miss working in a shop, all the fun shit happened on night shift, I remember helping a guy weld down a bent piece of steel on a flatbed so 3 of the biggest blokes stood on it to even it out, a boot caught on fire funny shit watching a huge Joe jump off the trailer and haul ass across the yard into the shop to shove his foot into a bucket of water. Having the new guys clean the PM pits. Watching drivers completely fuck trucks backing up like the lazy fat bastards half of them are. Watching a bloke somehow throw it in gear instead of reverse and wreck the front of a new truck running into the frame of its newly delivered twin unit at the fuel island. Doing burnouts/donuts during our lunch on a abandoned warehouse lot nearby. Good times.
One of my dad's trucks was travelling down the highway when something flew up and ripped the air line off one of the drive axle maxi pots. It was in the winter with ice on the road and when the maxi pot locked up its set of drive tires it pulled the tractor completely around and jack knifed. It was a super b train and the tractor and both trailers turned completely around and went into the ditch backwards. It was a single lane highway and neither windrow was disturbed except for where it went into the ditch. It would have been a hell of a thing to see happen. Fortunately the driver was not hurt and the only damage was a bent headache rack and some damage to the back corner of the cab.
The surface between aluminum and steel, a light coat of the material used to protect battery Post, it keeps oxygen out, stop’s corrosion. Same every where electrical contacts corrode.
I like your Videos, coz you work alone most of the time, which means, you have to organize yourself very well! 👍 I would have also polished the rims on the inside, just looks more perfect! 😉 Anyway, its a great job at this K 100, congrats! 🏆
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When you realized you needed longer studs, I feel your pain lol I could tell how disappointed you were. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but in the moment it’s just like ugh really 🙄 awesome work though I’m loving the build so far
Probably had steel inners and aluminum outside. Been there done that 😩
Feels nice to see heavy duty content again. I remember watching that stuff years ago on the channel
Yep
Yeah, I was really missing stuff like the Perkins tractor rebuilds. This is great to have as well though!
Was a heavy truck mechanic in the late 90s, so crazy to see a battery impact work the lug nuts. Our big blue would have to wait until the compressor stopped. Technology for batteries now is amazing.
And small motor tech
Same. I pulled 5 deuce tires dozens of beadlocks off with one harbor freight battery/impact. Couldn't believe it.
@@adrianspeeder the future is here I’m glad I’m a mechanic now and not in the 80s back when it was real man’s work
Ah yes but remember if the electric is a real good high torque electric motor is raw high torque compared to air which spins an empellar to build up torque.just do what my buddy did when he didn't believe me I gave a big electric drill to drill a 2inch steel plate when it caught it spun 380lb fat boy around like the old spinning top toy we all had as kids lol
Brilliant Rich, you certainly “bossed” them truck tyres on.
That spot on the brake shoe replacement sure brought back memories. I even started to smell brake dust just watching it.
I never had a brake shoe spring tool either.
I always found it easier to assemble the shoes on the floor and put the red springs on, then open the shoes up and slip them over the hub
Great job. Loved watching the pup watching you work, almost like he could help.
The camera on the tire as it rolled was a nice trick… always great content and great editing.
You know with a concentric well like your wheels have you can mount the tires from the other side to prevent scoring the outside finish with the irons. Beautiful work on the frame.
This channel is what inspired me to go to school to work on semis/heavy equipment and it was really cool watching this video after learning about some of this in class 🙂
cant be scared to get dirty in this trade show my automotive teachers size of some stuff and amount of grease and dirt there amazed lol [took automotive 2 years automotive before getting 310t even though all my experience is around big trucks] also found funny when said hated working on trucks I hate cars to many small areas to work in
Those new rims with a glass top would make a great coffee table , and conversation piece !
Guys, you are great, I live in Russia, I work for the International 9800 and I really respect American trucks, the most classic trucks, thank you for the video💪👍👏❣️
with old trucks the struggle is real.. and finding the right parts for old school can be a real pitawill be fantastic when done. ypur attention to detail is always on point
Same with older tractors, e.g. it’s funny how sometimes cleaning and greasing an old throwout bearing is the best option because whatever’s available is just so bad quality, but rebuild kits for hydraulic parts are also inks good enough to get measurements off of and buy Viton O-rings, etc
Watching videos like this make me so happy I’m a diesel mechanic in Australia and don’t have to deal with the road salt bullshit.
I appreciate the 'live action shots.. spinning around with the rolling wheel, ect.. I know people don't really notice all the extra work that goes into those shots and it only last a few seconds; and then the editing and adding music.. I don't know if you're doing the editing yourself, but it's top notch.
Rich, your optimistic attitude is part of what makes your channel great to watch.
This was a great video watching you working on the rebuild of the cabover . Thanks for taking us through the steps . So be careful and stay safe and keep on working on the truck and I will be looking for more videos.
As always, Jeffrey !!!
Thank goodness 🙏 an update from Deboss. Was going crazy watching stupid shorts losing brain cells
I learn so much watching your videos. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the next.
Wow she's really coming together and looking great! Fun Video Rich! 👍😁
While I totally agree with replacing the brake shoes and drums there is no way in hell that with all the work you are doing to this truck that I would not pull the hubs inspect the wheel bearings/races and replacing the seals and seriously consider draining the gear oil from the pumpkins and refill them with fresh gear oil. I also agree with pulling the shocks off and at least checking them. Lastly I would of painted the rusty crusty areas that the air bags mount and then give them a nice smear in waterproof grease before installing the new airbags. But it’s your build, I’m just watching and opinions are like a certain body orifice and everyone has one.
You're a brave man to go with the 8 air bag suspension as it is rough as hell in a conventional cab, in a cabover it could be brutal. Also, I always put a piece of plastic - cut for an old milk jug - between the metal and aluminum when ever safe to do so. They actually make a plastic gasket to go between the aluminum rims and steel drums. The tire guys won't tell you about them, but they exist and are suppose to be used.
You can see them laying on the 5th wheel and every wheel got them between the drum and rims, and between the rims.
@@DGHD I see that…now
8 bag rides great to me smooth as butter but that's just opinion
@@scottypetty9117 really? I had a 2013 W900L with 244” WB I bought new and it was rough as hell. At the end of the day I picked up everything that rattled out of the cupboards. 8 air bag suspension is durable, but I’ve never heard it described as smooth.
That aside, how cool is it to see and old cab over get restored to operating condition? We need more of that on RUclips.
@@rantsfromtheroad2055 man I'm loving this cab over build...
Perfect, I was just looking for something to watch. Thanks!
bringing me back Rich, my first real job was a "maintenance assistant" for a college bus fleet. Changing tires and doing brakes was a staple of my day, after the PMs were done. Thanks for the nostalgia.
Oh it's coming together nicely. Love it Rich!
Looking great Rich, you are doing it right by replacing things that are wore.
I get nostalgic watching you work on brakes and bags. :)
I love how much you are able to accomplish in one video. My company is terrible about greasing equipment, always have terrible slop in s cam bushings, then the equipment is down for a day or two to fix it. 🙄 Grease is cheap people!
I love the air brake explanation! Well done Rich!
He wasn't completely correct on his explanation of the air brakes, basically you want to imagine how he described the front work to know how the rear works,
The springs are only parking brake That second diaphragm works with the brake pedal and front brakes and less if it's a tow truck does not have spring parking brakes on it
I love how you explain everything I’ve learned 90% of what you talk about from my dad but quite a bit of what I’ve learned from your channel I take with me in my every day love it love the learning thanks for all the Learning
Loved the “tyre POV” shot as you were mounting the wheels!
Right??? I’m wondering how many times he had to try it to get it to be lined up in the end. 😂
Great vid! Even with never- seize on the clevis pins, they'll still freeze up in there sometimes (especially on a trailer that sits a lot) You can get greaseable clevis pins although they can be pricey...
i started off watching this series not even understanding the terminologies.
I also never had any idea i would ever become a truck driver.
I just finished the class portion of the CDL stuff and start driving this week.
Now i understand all of the terminologies and can relate that much more.
I love what you have going on !
I can't wait to see updates on this KW.
Thanks for the shout out. The tank looks great 👍. We will be following this build for sure.
for the break springs I use a big flat blade screwdriver with a notch ground into the side of the blade
The "brake tool" is just a pry bar with a v-groove the size of the spring cut into it. Simple but great to use. Or use vise grips on the springs and a pry bar to pry against the vise grips and get the springs out of their holes. Just thought I'd share for anyone else looking to do drums on a big truck. Great work, Rich! Love this channel and DG!!
Great work, fantastic workmanship and work ethic.
You should get 'Not The End Of The World' merch made, it's fast becoming your new catch phrase🤔 Also it's a beautiful way to look at things.
Yes, there's a tool for those springs. it's a big knarly looking pair of pliers/tongs, and they're super handy for all sorts of springs not just truck brakes! you'll use them loads if you get a pair!! or just carry on using a bar/screwdriver or two, but how many times have you had a spring try to eat your finger?
My dad was a trucker, and man I loved going out with him to get machinery on his lowboy. THANKS FOR taking me along for the journey.
That was Cool with the Camera on the rim as you rolled the tire! 😄
I just now realized there are 2 channels. This video popped up. But when I checked my sub list no new Deboss video. Subbed this one now lol. I think I like this one better!
My last trucking job we had 2010 Peterbilts, which were new at the time. Very unreliable, back to the dealer all the time, and they seemed unable to get repairs done right the first time. The owner discussed doing what you're doing here, buying decent shape 70's Kenworth and Peterbilt tractors, taking them down to the bare frame and doing everything brand new. New wire harness, all new air lines, just making it as it was new. Simple to work on, reliable, and they looked great. Not sure if he followed through on that.
Man this is definitely one of my favourite projects of yours!
Man this background music you use takes me back to Saturday morning cartoons. Dig it, thanks for the blast from the past.
Awesome video! Started watching this video series after watching all the F-Tree-Kitty series. The short wheel studs would have been the end of me. Love your great attitude! Thanks for all the educational content
Cool, Dancing with the Rim.😁
Can't wait for the final product 👌🏾👌🏾
I can't wait for the finished product. Love old school KOE. Personally I wish had a big cam. They were bad ass back In the day. Keep up the great work Rich.
Love this thing. Going to be fun to drive. You know you're going to need a matching trailer, right?
Best regards from Indiana, USA.
The dog watching you hammer the studs out was funny as hell.
A little trick to save you fines at the scales is when your in line push down hard on the brake pedal and you'll hear all of your automatic slack adjusters popping, if they are all working properly all of your brakes will be in tolerance, a lot of drivers out their don't even know about this.
Love watching DeGoat in action. Awesome series
Unfortunately I’ve done hundreds and hundreds of truck tires. Lubrication is the key. Use real tire lube that is water based and it won’t effect the rubber at all Also that lube will help center that tire on the rim.
Thats what thought too. Needs the lube to slip over the lip. It'll vibrate too right?
Love the hokey background music
Damn. I had no idea you're 30 mins from me 😅 my mom lives in dunville. An work at w.g equipment. love watching you guys.
Im a aspiring diesel mechanic love your vids learn alot
Only been watching since the start of this project, but loving it, UK ex pat living in the Philippines .👍👍
That's damn cool man you can put a big rig together by yourself more and likely nice job I used to drive truck back in the seventies and eighties I remember those trucks Thanks for the videos always a good time
Another great video. I use an old pry bar with a notch in the end for the springs, love the way it’s looking
This has been an awesome build can’t wait until it’s finished
Honestly when I'm watching Deboss doing stuff like this and showing stuff how it works and showing how to replace it feels like a dad and son type relationship
I grew up with no dad by my side sooo I don't really know how a father and son relationship works
This project is so cool.. i do car projects so this is everything i like to do.. only diesel and on an industrial scale. So cool!
All the best for 2020 Mr D, outstanding videos, thank you.
2022* , Tempus Fugit, eh!
Awesome ! So glad to be able to watch this cool build.
Hey man! Just watched one of the Bronco vids and had a tip for you about the fuel pump clicking off. I work at a marina and pump gas during the summer. Alot of guys come in and they take forever to fill up because their vent is clogged. One time a guy came by and he had the same problem with his vent. He was prepared tho and he took out a length of small tubing. He stuck the tube down the filler neck and it basically acted as a vent tube. I know most people probably already know about this but I thought it was pretty neat! Anyways hope that helped. Keep up the good work!
Just as an fyi at least nowadays you can’t replace those anchor pins on certain Eaton axles. They still put the c clips on the inside and outside of the spider but Bendix doesn’t offer those pins as a replaceable unit individually. Great content!
for someone who hasn't put on truck tires in 20 years, you still have the technique nailed down. pretty much did it exactly how i do it.
shit you might even do it better than me!
Don’t cont on automatic slack adjusters to always work either
Happy New Year from France !
Brake job NO Brake clean Eric O would be spitting out his Dunkin' Donuts...
As a 'Tramper' I actually enjoy truck stuff which apparently makes me 'odd/sad' well so be it. Never fail to learn stuff from Rich in some way or another...great channel....awesome projects..
It probably had centrifuge drums originally.The mounting flange of the centrifuge is thinner than the cast drum so with aluminum wheels on the studs would protrude proper.
Great video, really liked the different camera angles on the tires!
I started working on trucks at 12 for my dad... By 18 I had some pretty serious back issues. at 44 I'm a wreck. I loved it until I hated it.
I always use a pair of vise grips on the springs and a large screwdriver to pry off of the axel tube to stretch the springs off and on
Those rims look awesome Rich. 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇨🇦
I did a LOT of brakes when i was a HEM. Stretch the long spring out of shape by pushing the lower shoe with a prybar, pop out your rollers, and the shoes will fall right off.
Happy new year buddy good luck
Little late, but when youre taking the pads off, use a prybar to between the pad and axle to get the pins outs, then the cam side spring will be relaxed enough you can get the prybar in there and lift it off. Finally just rotate the bottom shoe until the fixed springs pop off. Do the same thing in reverse for install.
No special tools needed, and no real tension on the springs. Can do the job with just a impact, prybar, and hammer.
I used to do road side repair for over the road trucks and by far the worst job was changing a airbag on the side of a highway. It was extra shitty if if was on a car hauler. I despised that job especially on a cold day. I didn't really care for brake chambers all that much either lol
I love seeing the DGHD notification pop up when I have nothing to do.
Me too!!
As a 310T who managed a fleet for years, I was gonna scold you for not replacing all the brake chambers and lines.
Then I remembered you're not planning to run 2000mi a week and you likely won't have the time crunch and can just replace stuff as you go.
She's coming together nicely! Can't wait for the next installment.
Thanks for looking into the reasoning! You are spot on
Air hammer on the head of the brake clevis pin …..they come loose.. quick and easy. Notch a grove in a flat head screw driver…. Makes for a great brake spring tool.
I can't wait to see this done
After doing so many brake chambers at my previous job, I started to see how far I could launch them by cutting the clamp bolt. I'd hide on the opposite side of the axle and cut the bolt with a torch. I sent one across 3 bays and dented the wall lol.
Lmao you mad lad
Man I soemtimes miss working in a shop, all the fun shit happened on night shift, I remember helping a guy weld down a bent piece of steel on a flatbed so 3 of the biggest blokes stood on it to even it out, a boot caught on fire funny shit watching a huge Joe jump off the trailer and haul ass across the yard into the shop to shove his foot into a bucket of water. Having the new guys clean the PM pits. Watching drivers completely fuck trucks backing up like the lazy fat bastards half of them are. Watching a bloke somehow throw it in gear instead of reverse and wreck the front of a new truck running into the frame of its newly delivered twin unit at the fuel island. Doing burnouts/donuts during our lunch on a abandoned warehouse lot nearby. Good times.
One of my dad's trucks was travelling down the highway when something flew up and ripped the air line off one of the drive axle maxi pots. It was in the winter with ice on the road and when the maxi pot locked up its set of drive tires it pulled the tractor completely around and jack knifed. It was a super b train and the tractor and both trailers turned completely around and went into the ditch backwards. It was a single lane highway and neither windrow was disturbed except for where it went into the ditch. It would have been a hell of a thing to see happen. Fortunately the driver was not hurt and the only damage was a bent headache rack and some damage to the back corner of the cab.
I like the k 100s but the K 100 aerodyne are my favorite and thee best looking cab over!!
Awesome series you really know what your doing!
30 minutes just goes by so fast, i wish time would do that when i'm at work
Now I know how all that works, thanks!
I wish I had half your ambitions. I’m restoring a 55 Chevy nomad over years lol. Great content. Makes me want to restore a semi
The surface between aluminum and steel, a light coat of the material used to protect battery Post, it keeps oxygen out, stop’s corrosion. Same every where electrical contacts corrode.
Got 2 tire irons one with the tab one with it ground off. Works really well
Great video Rich, thanks for sharing.
Always been a wrench turner, but all your diesel videos the few years drove me to go to uti and take their cummins program
The bolt in the break can is used for cageing the brakes in case the air System fails and cannot be used. But need to move the
Truck.
I like your Videos, coz you work alone most of the time, which means, you have to organize yourself very well! 👍
I would have also polished the rims on the inside, just looks more perfect! 😉
Anyway, its a great job at this K 100, congrats! 🏆
God I miss working on tractor trailers. Such hard work but so much simpler than everything else to me at least.
Pry bar and hammer on the bottom of the spring is how I was taught to take the small springs off