Dump Truck Repair: Clutch, Rear Main & Transmission Seals
2022 ж. 6 Қаз.
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Big truck. Big job. BIG thank you to all the folks who helped me put this one together! You know who you are... I'm going to go take a nap.
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I want to humbly thank all the folks who helped me locate parts for this repair. Seriously, you guys rock. Good video? Don't forget to hit that like button. It lets me know what type of videos to focus on. If you are interested in supporting the channel, check the description, and thank you for your support! It really helps me to keep making awesome content for you guys! Side note: If you look closely at the end you might get a hint on another video coming very soon... Cheers everybody!
That nut for your trans output yoke WILL come loose. The meatball before you welded it instead of spending the little money for a new one. They are just a nylock style nut. It was welded because the nylon succumbed to the heat from the transmission and lost its grip. You can locktite it if you want but the best answer is new nut, blue locktite. Obviously I’m not implying this is a hardware store nylock item, you’ll have to source it based on your trans model, looks like an Eaton trans And for seal installation which you probably already know, you can put oil on them prior to install, but I like to you Vaseline(petroleum jelly), nice coating so they don’t run dry for the first bit. Vaseline won’t hurt any oils. I’ve been there. Thanks for all the great videos!
Seeing your collection of washers, we definitely could be friends! I work on used-up stuff too! Perhaps you might enjoy following along as I get my late father's 1958 Plymouth Suburban, car's in my profile picture, back to daily driver condition. I would be honored to have you as a subscriber!
If it were mine, I would make an inspection cover for that big hole on the bottom of the bellhousing. A lot dust, and road grime gets up in there, causing premature wear on the pressure plate, bearing, and everything else that moves. Probably make a smaller hole for fluids to drain if seals were ever to fail, you can see drips from it. Basically a tiny oil pan to cover that hole, but with a small hole instead of a drainplug.
We had a six axel at work that shifted so easily you didn't even need to use the clutch.
Great content man. All of it. I can relate with exception of your machine shop.
To help align the bell housing with the engine, find 2 or 3 bolts that have an inch longer thread. Cut the bolt head off, then saw a slot in the end of the screw. Thread the bolts into the engine block, slip the bell housing on using the bolts as guides. Once the transmission is aligned and a few bell housing bolts are in, use a screwdriver to remove the installed guide bolts. Sure make the job a lot easier!
I’ve done this on old or rear wheel drive cars to change the flex plate, works great You don’t have to pull the transmission completely down
Great tip.
Came here to suggest this!
I did something similar installing the transmission into a '64 Land Rover but I used threaded rod/allthread to help align and pull everything together.
That's how we installed shaft coupling hubs on our larger gas turbines.
Your channel is about the only one that has any sense! You get to the point and have a sense of humor with it and anything you put up as far as videos is all cool with me!! Keep up the great work!!! Retired long haul trucker 44 years was enough...U.S. Army vet and my passion is firewood!!
@@username8644 And Andrew Camarata too, they are all awesome!
@@djamelhamdia134 yes indeed. Andrew Camarata definitely is at the top of my list too!!!
well then yall should check out Watch Wes Work, also Diesel Creek, but he's kinda chaotic sometimes.
@@bluef1sh926 Yep!
You've reconnect me with the word Johnson in my daily vocabulary! 🤣 my name is mud, in real life, cos every single moron I know, is a Johnson fondler 👍
Dude, the effort, the patience, positioning the cameras, lightning, commenting as you proceed, really commendable, thanks and keep the good work!
Yessir! Top Shelf that..
I find myself fast forwarding through many videos I watch, but not yours. You do an excellent job of explaining what your doing, and then speeding up the areas that are just monotonous to watch (like screwing in bolts). What a great teacher you are, love watching all your doing.
You portray so eloquently about how we all feel working on old crap, I mean quality made classic’s. Great content well done.
Portray about how? Wrong. You portratly comma I mean? Wrong. Great done well? Wrong.
Wow, someone needs to get out more often, the English language is far to important to take seriously.
@@Steve-rm6gx ...to important...where? You meant "too important," as in exceedingly vital, not 'to important,' as in bound for a destination of significance.
@@mwilliamshsSentences do not start with ellipses.
They certainly can, especially when quoting as I was.
Just want to say that I absolutely love these videos, keep doing what your doing. The big machinery repairs are especially fascinating and of course entertaining.
Hi .. I’m in SW England and I stumbled upon your channel some time back through following similar guys fixing and fettling 😉 What I love about your delivery is the honesty .. stuff goes wrong, wrong parts arrive, things break, you deliberate with should I shouldn’t I … it’s all very real. On some channels there’s cuts where the mistakes and cock ups are glossed over, but you learn nothing😬 I watch you and laugh and sometimes grind my teeth as you would be .. for instance the truck clutch … I can imagine the hours of research and frustration only to end up back at the beginning where a chap was more helpful 🙄😉 Keep it up .. I love your videos … real down to earth fettling at its best 👍😊👏👏👏 (PS I’m 70 and have been fettling a long time .. a pen pusher all my life but a fettler in the evenings - I build scale flying model aircraft in balsa .. but when younger I tore apart and rebuilt car engines to save money … many many issues so similar to what you encounter .. remembering it like it was yesterday (smiling as I type😊)
The seal joke never gets old 😂.
I continue to love your work ethic and your get er done mentality. You continue to represent us middle age folks beautifully doing all that labor. I just hope you don't have to start your day with a bowl of Advil! lol! Well done!
"Am I worried about that?" Have you been hanging around my shop, fella? Story of my life. Cheer mans, great video.
Well, somehow you always make something so dry entertaining. Common sense rules, a little JOHNSON humor, problem presented, solution proposed, action plan presented, solution executed. The world is right again. One common man with common sense and a JOHNSON, gets the job done. Bravo! Wish they would teach that in schools.
A lot of heavy industrial engines utilize a wear sleeve right from the get go. Caterpillar’s removal tool consists of a thin ring that fits into the opening of the block and a small single edged tool with a rounded edge opposite of the cutting edge. You stick the tool between the thin spacer ring and the wear sleeve and the rock it back and forth around the circumference of the wear sleeve essentially leaving small chisel marks in the wear sleeve. This expands the wear sleeve to the point that it just slides off by hand. In a pinch I’ve used a hack saw blade to cut most of the way through and a flat blades screwdriver to tear it apart the rest of the way.
Those thin sleeves are called 'Redi Sleeve' & yes, they come with a install tool. We remove them by slitting them & install them by heating them in hot oil before installing. They can be bought from Timeken Bearings
Always awesome when a plan comes together! I used to be the trans tech at a GM dealership and I pulled and replaced hundreds if not thousands of transmissions. Always looking for things to make the job easier, I made me some alignment pins from 3/8 bolts that were 3 or so inches long. Cut the head off of the bolt and chamfered it so the trans would slide over them easy. I would screw two of these bolts into the two holes on the back of the engine, slide the trans over the pins and the trans would be perfectly aligned every time and slide onto the engine like magic. It worked with automatic or standard transmissions... Hope I am explaining this well enough and that it may help someone next time they have a trans job to do...
As a mechanic I also watch says "Number one goal is not to die today." Glad you are taking care. Thanks foe sharing.
Nice to see the old girl serviced with attention to detail and care that only comes from a labor of love
Sounds like you had a hell of an adventure with the Dump Truck re-build! That Transmission Jack you re-engineered and re-built worked great
The skills in use on these videos always teaches me something useful. I’m not interested in working on big iron like that, but the techniques are universal. Great video!
Great video and explanations as usual. Here's a couple tips for wear sleeve removal if you don't have the removal tool. First, if you have the room you can strike the outside of the sleeve with a chisel, doesn't have to cut through the sleeve you're just looking to deform it enough to loosen it, works great for wheel seal sleeves. Usually with a rear main you don't have room to strike the outside square with a chisel. I used to start by carefully chiseling the edge and I had a ground down muffler splitter to split the sleeve. If I put a little gouge in the crank I made sure to hit with some emery cloth and always put silicone around the crank before installing the new sleeve. Even though it's a tight fit, oil could migrate between the sleeve and the crank. Also, to help stab the transmission put it in gear and push from the rear with your foot/feet. You can turn the output yoke with your foot when needed. Yours went in much easier than a dual plate clutch with a much larger twin countershaft transmission
There comes a time in every man's life when he has to ask himself "Am I making too many seal jokes?". The answer is "No", there can never be too many seal jokes. Another great video. Your videos could rival those of any big production studio.
Love this. You inspired me to replace my nephew's steering knuckle the other day, and though it was a nightmare, I'm glad I did it. Thank you!
36:36 The practical explanation of the installation and operation of the truck's clutch is excellent, I never would have imagined that something so complicated works so simply👍
You should be a collage professor the way you explain and teach those of us who watch you. You do the things that I would not have the balls to do. Keep it up!
When I first started watching your videos I wondered "who is this masked man who defeats all the obstacles he comes across?". Truly astonishing grit when others would reach for the axe, hammer, or bottle!!!
I love learning stuff on Farm Craft that I will never have to put into action... Keep up the good work ...
John, as usual, Great Video! The "Clicks", the "4.5 Johnsons" and the "seals" all made me laugh, again, as usual! I was surprised that one "6 inch seal" wasn't measured in Johnsons as well! The really cool thing about your channel, yes I finally figured it out, is that I can vicariously experience that sense of accomplishment through you. I used to work on my vehicles until health issues dictated otherwise. Even little things had me feeling like, "Yeah! It runs better/smoother/whatever" even when I knew there was no way I could actually Feel the difference. Suffice to say, I'm a fan! And I hope you liked the post on your Facebook page!
55:29 - show me the sledge hammer! 🤣 I really like your tenacity and ingenuity. I like seeing these old trucks revitalised and useful again. Great job, Jon.
With everything new, repaired, torqued and adjusted, so long as it's driven by an experienced driver, this clutch may last to see yet another generation.
Great video, John! It was good to see the transmission jack performing well after the modifications you made to improve it. Something very noticeable about the truck now is how well the engine starts and how smoothly it runs. Hats off to you for your persistence and the dedication you have to doing credible work. Hope you and your wife have an opportunity to relax and enjoy the weekend. May God bless you.
Really enjoy your videos. From the humour ,detailed descriptions, great camera angles, voice over and great choice of content and not being scared to show your failures but to learn from them and help others learn is the reason I keep coming back. Thanks for all the entertainment in your videos.
You did one hell of a nice job on that!!!! Most would have been very intimidated by a job of that caliber on a big truck....RESPECT!!!
Love this channel! Absolutely freakin' brilliant content FC101. Great job, well explained...I know a helluva lot more about clutch and transmission now...but then again, I learn something from all of your videos...thank you
Congrats, that was some undertaking. I remember helping a friend change the clutch on an Triumph Dolomite Sprint, there were 3 of us and it was a PITA. Brings back memories as I thought it was just going to be taking a wrench and a lot of elbow grease. Some welding and lathe work later it was back together, and that feeling of pure joy when the transmission suddenly pops in. Really wish you all the best.
Nice work👍
I will never be doing this job, but wouldn’t have missed this for the world, well done.
Wonderful to see the clutch repair completed! Was fun to follow along while you fixed it. Your videos are a wealth of knowledge and the editing is tight and straight to the point. Camera work is great too especially so considering the odd angles and less than ideal spots you have to squeeze into. Thanks for sharing these projects and all the bits of knowledge sprinkled throughout. Also loved the homemade slide hammer vice grip. Sure seems to make giving those seals the 'ol tug job much easier!
Another great educational and fun video. You do a great job problem solving and your narrating skills are second to none. Your channel by far is the best available. Keep up the great work and thank you. I am looking forward to your next posting.
self tapping screws to remove seals... this is going to be a game changer
I can undertake the pain you went through to get the truck working. I really appreciate your abilities to make the parts to fix the truck. Your metal work made me happy to see. The slide hammer,re-engineering the tranny jack, making the adapter for the brake line -most excellent work. Thank you
Nice job on the whole thing, but I'm particularly impressed with the field expedient slide hammer.
Wow. That was an amazing project! I greatly admire your grit and determination to get this done. Congrats on your freshly rebuilt clutch and a much more reliable dump truck!
At least you persevered with all the troubles you came across from changing this clutch 🇬🇧🇮🇪.
You have just been nominated for admission to the hall of shame for using a claw hammer while doing mechanical work.
Fantastic job! I love watching your repairs! You ingenuity is incredible as is your methodology when approaching things. You’re a great teacher! Thank you for all your videos! Best of luck with the truck! (Hey.. that rhymed) 😀😀
non-trucker / non-farmer here. I know a PTO on a tractor is for running powered implements like a mower or tiller. But what is the PTO on a truck for, is that for the dump action?
Yep. Runs the hydraulic pump for the dump cylinder. Same setup for many other types of trucks like crane/buckets trucks, log trucks, pump trucks, etc.
Good job!..you won't believe this but when I was young I worked in the oil fields in Kentucky. Had a big country boy pull the same transmission and installed without a jack. He rolled it,got under it and lifted and started the bolts. He was a huge guy. Also saw him pull a 3/8 chain in half with his bare hands one time as well....crazy!
I really enjoyed this video. You helped me understand how the clutch systems works. At 48 years old, and my father being a shade tree mechanic, you would think that I would know this. But I learned how to take things apart and put back together and was never shown how parts worked together. Thank you for telling and showing how the clutch system. This is why I watch and will continue to watch your videos.
That truck has exactly the same dashboard and gauge layout as my old 1976 Chevrolet Scottsdale 20. Seeing that dash brought back a ton of awesome memories of my old Scottsdale. I miss that truck. I learned how to drive a manual transmission vehicle with that truck. I drove it to and from high school, my first year of college, work, camping, shooting, and countless farm tasks. I wonder where that truck is now... Hopefully not rusting to death in a junkyard somewhere. I sold it to some friends when I got a smaller car to go to a different college and I have no idea what happened to it when they got rid of it. Here's a fun story of my old Scottsdale: I was a farmhand for a summer for some family friends and I was driving to irrigate one of their hay fields. It was a dirt road that led to the field and I ran over a large pot hole and heard a loud KERTHUNK. The truck was still driving okay, and the field was only a quarter mile or so down the road, so I got to the field and crawled underneath to see if I could spot the problem. As it turns out, one of the brackets that held my primary fuel tank to the chassis had rusted through and broke off, leaving that primary tank to rest on my exhaust. It was still holding by one other bracket and the fuel line, and it was fairly securely resting on my exhaust, so I decided to finish the tasks I had to do for work that day and deal with it when I got home. When I got home from work, I grabbed a few eight-by-eights that we had as wheel chocks and a bottle jack and raised up the fuel tank to near where it was mounted on the chassis. The bed of my truck had a bunch of holes in it from rust, and as it turns out, one of those holes in the bed lined up perfectly with where the bracket was. So I went into my family's barn and grabbed a piece of angle iron, drilled an appropriately sized hole in it, and then grabbed a lag bolt of appropriate length with washers and nuts to match. Then I grabbed the MIG welder and an angle grinder and ground down the bracket until there was fresh metal showing and welded the lag bolt on the bracket so it was poking up through the bed of my truck. Then I slotted the angle iron down onto the bolt and across the bed and used the washers and nuts to lock it in to the bed of the truck. That gas tank never moved another inch as long as I had that truck. In hindsight. I probably should have done something with the fuel and fumes that was still in the tank before I went welding near it, but I still have all my fingers, toes, and hair. And nothing blew up, so I count it as a win in my book!
Thank you for this video! I have never in my life ever seen a fly wheel start like that... 👍 The most Incredible video ever for me and I have been around cars, race cars and dirt track cars my hole life. I road around with my grandfather at 4 years old on a dirt track in a modifier that my uncle and dad built. Almost 70 years ago. Again thank you for showing me this. Your modification of the trans jack k are very good and the manufacturer should pay you for the help you did!
I just want to say that I love how brutal this truck looks.
Very nice that they re made the clutch disk for you
Been there, done that! I was a Truck mechanic working on Esso Tankers, was I glad to get out of that job. Eventually got into the Oil Refinery and loved every minute of my 30 years of employment 🙏🏻
Paying attention to details such as to the rear main seal and erroring to the side of caution really saved you a significant headache.
Great job being a jack of all trades is a great thing to be
I'm happy for you getting the bearing assembly (that you really needed) when you thought you were just getting the bearing. I really enjoyed this upload, ty.
I think every backyard mechanics needs to pull a couple transmissions in their life time to see how much effort it takes to do that job successfully. And it really doesn't matter if it is manual or automatic transmission either. They each tact your abilities and is such a huge learning experience. It is one of those jobs you are so thankful after it is done... Thumbs Up!
I just want to tell you that, this is my favorite channel to watch, it's satisfying seeing you build something from nothing the garage addition, or fixing something that's broke, clutch. Great channel. Keep it up, I hope it's going well for you.
Thanks to you, I'm making a slide hammer. Didn't even know I needed one but man that looks handy. Thanks for the cool videos!
I don't know why this channel doesn't have a billion likes.....:)
Hooray! Its all done. I was waiting for the dramatic music when the transmission was going back in. Well its been a blast to watch you through all your struggles and successes. Take care from Canada eh!
I'm not much of a DIY guy, but I do learn a lot from watching your videos....Great videos Sir .
No wonder mechanic work costs so much; time, tools, parts, patience, experience, equipment & determination to do an excellent job. No short cuts. Thank you.
You've brought back a lot bad memories with a Pinto, 3.2 liter and four on the floor. I did that job many times and I hated each one. Those were the college days.
When you fix something, you really go the extra mile. Great video. Thank you.
Great video. To finish the truck off all you need to add are leather seats, a sound system, a cup holder, and cover the dash with fake fur. Add shocks to make it bounce and you'll be the envy of all the other farmers!
Sometimes when ya get frustrated with something ya just have to walk away and wow that old girl shifting like a dream now great work @FarmCraft101
Great job! I'm impressed you got this done as cheaply as you did. These projects help sort out who is helpful and who is not for sourcing parts. Gold stars and more business to those that are. And, thanks for the seal jokes... they make me laugh.
Thank you for taking the time to explain how that clutch works.
10:10 that torque spec is why they used the old school orange loctite that’s applied with a welder.
an hour of mechanical asmr !!!!!! my man
After watching you tackle this job...........I think I'll take a nap!!!
Great video with excellent camera work, especially the spine entry to the clutch disc. Explanations were complete. I liked including the trials and tribulations about repair options. Key Learning: Never hit the balls of any type. The big tree removal was another excellent job, well documented
The good thing about all the work you have done is that now you know what is wrong and what is right.
For a second there i thought you were blurring your speedometer like those car youtubers … great job. I enjoy following along. I’m going above and beyond on a 50 year old forklift myself.
Great video and I like how you went the extra mile and got some great camera shots of the innards of the bell housing and clutch in operation. I feel your pain on that truck though. Last year I bought a 95 Ford F-Super Duty (forerunner of the F-450) for $6000. Not long after it started running bad and long story short I ended up sinking another $10,500 into it on new fuel tanks, complete set of injectors, high pressure oil pump pressure regulator, etc. Now, the trans is starting to give me fits and I cannot find a rebuilt ZF-5 for it anywhere! It is so frustrating. But it looks like you have your truck lined out pretty well now and it looks like it's going to be a keeper for you. Keep up the great work. I enjoy your channel.
That 2nd new clutch actually looks new. I drove big trucks for 44 years, I did a lot of work as well, with a 15.5 clutch a clutch jack was a very big help, and a heavy-duty transmission jack was a great help too. I realize very expensive tools for a DIY, but you could rent them for a day. The good thing about a transmission jack is you can raise or lower either end of the transmission and have it slide right in. Sir you did a great job , I'm just glad I don't have to work on trucks any more, that stuff is heavy.
You're a carpenter, a mechanic, a farmer, and a machinist.....Man, I gotta lot of catching up to do. And oh, yea, a KZhead creator. Jees I'm dead meat. I love watching your videos and I could not wait for this one. I was looking all week and wallah Saturday morning!.
Happy you bought it with the broken transmission, is super cool for us to see how you fix it :)
I really enjoy your videos of repairing "new to me" equipment and solving the common problems encountered while doing so with good common sense mechanical knowledge.👍 Brings back memories.
I love how you took a detour to fix the jack, then we get to see the jack working soooo much better. Good job!
Once Again, Amazing! I have to say John, one of the things I like about the way you repair things is that you don't sugar coat crap. You say it how it is and go from there. Glad I found your channel! Save The Seals! Lol... (you should make a shirt like that! ) 😂🦭👍😎
Nice work on that old Chevy $1100 all in for parts isn’t actually too bad for something this old
I really enjoy living vicariously through your videos. Great stuff. At the same time, the OCD part of my brain really needed you to power wash everything, just because. 😂
Congrats. Got yourself a new daily driver!
Great job. And your sense of humour cracks me up.
I have learned a ton from your channel, you are a natural teacher with just the right amount of humility and humor, thank you very much!
Watching you assemble that universal joint reminded me of doing a car one with press in cup and needle roller bearings held in with a circlip .. I pressed it in but could NOT get the circlip to engage .. hours of struggling .. then an old guy told me ‘you have one needle at the bottom of the cup, stopping it being pressed home’ … He was absolutely right .. disassemble it and sure enough one needle had fallen out of the race and was at the bottom 🤬 Put it back with more grease and it went together beautifully in 5 minutes 🙄😉 You live and learn … every day a school day 😊👍
My grandfather was head mechanic at a paper mill. He worked on a lot of the forklifts and other paper moving vehicles. I have an old wooden box full of input shafts from various Transmissions. Whenever he would have to scrap out a transmission and had never seen that type of input shaft before, he would tear it apart and keep it so when he had to put a clutch in it next time, he wouldn't have to worry about whether it came with an alignment tool or not. If it didn't, no problem. Just dig through the box of input shafts until you find the right one.
That transmission jack is SO much better now.
Wow I'm actually impressed with the way you explain things, I've never saw it with anyone else. Thanks to you I finally understood how a clutch works in action. I bealive that your videos could be used as a instructional video on school classes. Very very very nice work! Waiting for the next one :)
You're just doing such a great job dude!
i remember taking out engines with my dad repairing flywheels and what not i hated the dry hands and chipped fingernails but i now am very grateful for learning and spending time with the old man your channel is pretty nostalgic for me
The Money Shot...... that was a hilarious description of that.
Thanks for taking the time to explain how the clutch mechanism works, I find it truly fascinating and for me it adds a whole other dimension to the repair. I don't know how you know all this stuff but I'm glad you do. Brilliant channel!
Man I love this channel I’d have to say it’s in my top 3! Great job I’m sure your glad that the trans problems are over with now 👍👍
I like the way you are so meticulous with your work and logically approach your next steps. Glad the old chevy turned out good. The fruits of your labor paid off. 👍
Just a thought for next time It is not recommended to reuse yoke nuts because they do back off because the rolled last thread is no longer effective. The yoke nuts are on average 10 to 15 bucks each and worth every penny if you don't wear the splines out or tear up a seal.
I don’t normally comment on KZhead but I’ve got to say your channel is brilliant - much appreciated from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
Splendid work. Trucks are so much bigger, you just take the size for granted until the spanners come out, then the scale hits you, hopefully only figuratively!
Your videos are a treasure trove of guidance for all of us do it yourselfer's out here. Your documentary of your repairs emboldens me to tackle these jobs on my own with knowledge and confidence seeing before hand what I need to familiarize myself with and arm myself with before jumping right in and finding myself unable to be able to swim in the deep side of the lake.....(pool)....
I would not have wanted to undertake that job so well done John and no broken Johnson