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@johnbaker1039

6 жыл бұрын

You didn't mention they made Brass Cannons. :-)

@rahrah8076

6 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to see Brooks USA make a Bearing race and seal installer tool kit..

@broken1965

6 жыл бұрын

I have a possible phone call solution 1 or 2 answered a week but you must earn the help / reward for doing something not just free free to many subs

@alk6744

6 жыл бұрын

If you put screw through the bottom b joint hole you can get the upper out

@kyleh3935

6 жыл бұрын

I bought the same exact ball joint press kit! It's amazing!!

I'm sure part of the reason this channel is so popular is because you show the struggle as well as the victories. In the end you always win. But yes, your a victim of your own success and folks need to realize your time is limited. Hang in there buddy.

@CubasAutomotive

6 жыл бұрын

wyattoneable yeah, that struggle is what makes it all worth watching, apart from the tricks & tips learned. It's just soothing to know all mechanics & technicians have similar struggles. I'm not the only one who has obstacles or things that go wrong. Lol Its all in how you handle the problems.

@diymisfit_Mechanic_UDX404

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Wyatt, I agree 100% I went thru the same struggle and as a DIYer, I learned ther hard way. I thought I had botched something and was gonna have to replace the ball joints again. That camber adjustment sleeve had me by the gonads. Left the alignment shop and was scared to drive it. LOL kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4yd0byoY9zTqpc.html

@roadkill5333

6 жыл бұрын

wyattoneable...hahaha, still trying to get his Bud Lite??

@rwjazz1299

4 жыл бұрын

Grammar Lesson time: Your??? You're!! Their/They're/There! To/too/two... Butt head! not but head. Mechanics also know how to use proper grammar when they write. We pick up the mistakes in the comments. The mistakes hurt us.

"Not sure if that's how it's supposed to be used" Use them however will get the job done, that's what I do. Guys cut these cup adapters apart, weld them together, stack them - just as long as you know you may run the risk of chowdering up an adapter or creating dangerous less and optimal adapter sandwich. Just give us a call after for a replacement when you shoot one into lower orbit.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I should send you a picture of all the chowdered up ones I have....errrr I mean custom cups I have. Some of them you can smell the frustration steaming off them still. Did you notice the little adapter rings TTX sent with their ball joints? Could have a ton of different sizes of those for popular ball joints to fit just one bigger cup and cover a multitude of bj's. I am sure you are all ready on that though, or heck for all I know you make them for Mevotech haha

@Jacksonkellyfreak

6 жыл бұрын

Ever since Eric has been using Astro tools, I've been slowly (as money allows) building a collection. You wouldn't believe how many guys at work have fallen in love with your stuff! As an aircraft mechanic, I abuse them every bit as much as this man does, and the stuff just doesn't break! The 4980 knocked out a 1 3/8" diameter horizontal stab pivot shaft tonight in fact, when a 9x rivet gun couldn't!

So I told my boss that you told me it was OK to watch your videos at work and he gave me the green light. I'm happy to say I am now in the unemployment line watching this. You're the best Eric. You always know the solution to anything, even out of the shop.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

See I wouldn't steer you wrong!

@pantherplatform

2 жыл бұрын

Dealership rule #1: never consult manuals, videos, or anything that isn't physically doing the job. Ain't nobody got time for videos when you can just break it apart.

"Not sure if there's enough throat on this thing" the new 78100 - Goliath Ball Joint XL C-Frame Press is on its way, sir!

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

😁👍Sweet!! Thanks Astro Tools!! Just FYI, looking at my poor pickle forks, I did not realize you folks made a BIG set of those too! Going to add them to my hit list and ask Santa... (AKA Mrs.O)

@robertweir9034

6 жыл бұрын

@@SouthMainAuto Hey, I just spent over $400 to astro because of you, they better send it. Lol

@airratchetjockey7605

6 жыл бұрын

Well damn I want one too Astro!

@mrb1864

6 жыл бұрын

Yeh you been hitting up some pretty big pickles with those lol .

@AstroTools

6 жыл бұрын

Pickle forks on the way, they're not pieces of art but they get the job done.

So I am gathering you don't want phone calls??????... I don't blame you. People should have enough common sense not to. You give out tons of free advise and I thank you for it. By the way you are an awesome mechanic and person. Thank you for the videos.

I appreciate a man who will give a reach-around

Keep Doing it your way Eric. Most people would not have the balls to put their mistakes on video! I learn a ton from all your hard work!

Did not sleep a wink last night. Kept waking up looking for part 2 for more grandma quotes. Thanks.

Mr.O ! You beat yourself up to bad for making easy mistakes! Lol! I was impressed with how easy the "manual press" worked removing the old ball joints! Every time a KZreadr calls wanting advice or which part to change, tell them it's a "classic symptom of a worn muffler bearing or needing headlight fluid" and hang up, no slamb the phone down! Sometimes you gotta be rude to get a point across! You have way more patience than I would! Love the vids! Ready for part III! Keep the vids coming!

Stop phoning, ffs. Or we will end up with no SMA

@ThacMan

6 жыл бұрын

2nd that!

@KingRatt

5 жыл бұрын

Hand out the numbers we can help.

@r.b.l.5841

3 жыл бұрын

WHATS' P WEDNESDAY THAT lS WHAT lT lS F0R!

Being a consummate Pro, watching someone make a mistake, then work through the process to get it right is priceless. We learn from watching someone think through and correct themselves. A lot of learning goes on there. Great job!

Damn!! I can't believe you still have YT callers!! I'm sorry you have to deal with that nonsense! 😔😔

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Ohmy gosh Cuba, some days I wanna throw the phone out in the road. It has surpassed the stupid point and it is my own fault for starting all of this. I should have used an phony name and such but I never figured the people would really watch this stuff when I first started. Now I need to figure out how to deal with it is all...

@CubasAutomotive

6 жыл бұрын

South Main Auto Repair awww! Gee wiz! You shouldn't even have to figure things out, if people were considerate at all, which we know is dying out, you wouldn't be in this mess. I wish I knew of a way to fix this. You are a shop. You need to have a public #. Hindsight = 20/20 😔 It's always why I stayed mobile too. Anytime I had a shop, people would come to "hangout", like I don't have things to do, work to get done. Entitlement & people having nothing better to do is ever growing.

@SouthMainAuto

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is what it is, my only advice to you would be, if you decide to take your channel any further. Never reveal your read identity. Oh well, life will go on :)

@rmr5740

6 жыл бұрын

The rudeness of some people is astounding. Just begin your vids with a statement "PLEASE DO NOT CALL ME FOR ADVICE". 99.99% of us naturally understand this and are saddened that you have to put up with this stupidity.

@beyonddeath123

6 жыл бұрын

you could put in an asterisk pbx and a simple call screening system without much trouble.... feel free to hit me up if you want more info... Likely be cheaper than your current phone system too

The difference between Pros and Hacks is simple - Pros catch their own mistakes, learn from them, and fix them. Hacks let the customer catch their mistakes, never learn, and let SMA fix them :-) You da Pro Bro !!

I’m a 67 year old retired welder. I love to work on my truck. I’m always looking for something to do to it. Just replaced the u joints and inner and outer seals on that very axle. You are a master sir and I only silently laugh and shake my head when I read anyone criticizing your work. I absolutely love yoyr videos. Thank you.

Who puts a thumbs down on this? Good info, nice guy, and shows his mistakes (and more importantly, how to fix them). I'll call the shop tomorrow to discuss at length... ;)

“Hey bro” lol think of it like this! You’re easy mistakes are most people’s impossible ones. Please always stay the way you are honest and a humble human that makes you an awesome teacher! Thanks for staying true and not editing that out! #realworldwrenching

Eric, Thank you again for a great video. I not only learn a lot from your videos - I learn how to do things the right way! SMA#1 God bless paul

You shouldn't get embarrassed when you're working hard to get the job done. Like I said the labor cost is well worth it on that type of work. Great job!

I just can't believe you don't have at least a couple of hundred thousand more subscribers. Definitely one of the best mechanics on KZread.

@rmr5740

6 жыл бұрын

Yup, my favorite channel . . . and of course Ivan's channel too. Ivan, you know, the kid who takes everything apart. Who want's to take bets on whether or not Ivan had the back off his first watch the day he got it?

I love the hard,awkward and difficult jobs you do, Reminds me of every time I fix my own car! 🤣🤣🤣Awesome work Eric.

I appreciate you showing the challenge. I say anyone that does not makes mistakes is absolutely not doing or accomplishing a thing at all.

Enjoy your hard work, rust and all, keep the videos coming.

Perfection is hard to come by Mr. O! Stop beating yourself up! You do great work.

I love your videos keep up the great work! people need to understand your time is precious and you need to provide for your family no reason to keep calling your shop.

I don't think I'll ever own a Ford, but somehow you have a way of making these videos worth watching. Well done.

Great job Eric......I know how you feel, easy to get a bit stressed when things don't quite go to plan but hey, that's what makes the videos even more interesting. Just after your closing piece to camera I imagined you pressing the stop button & having a right good rant off camera, I'd maybe even throwing a spanner somewhere! Anyway, great job as always & you keep me entertained whilst I'm out on the road with my job - back in the South Island at the moment, in sunny Nelson. Fly home tonight, easy day tomorrow then away again for the weekend. Take care. Until next time. Andy

Oh yeah, makin' good progress on this baby. Good lesson on the BJ's. Thanks Dr. O!

" I feel ya.....I just can't seal ya " ! Great video Mr. Eric O.

Great video Eric 👏 , Dont beat yourself up over a mistake, we have all done plenty in our time. Looking forward to part 3 .

Great work Eric. I see the kids do like the shop much never around I love the weekends I go to my friend's shop and help them there it beats being at my practice.

Hi Eric Great channel, love that your channel is about how to do these repairs. When removing the upper ball joint put the threaded rod from the tool thru the lower ball joint hole.

Great video again Eric. I had a similar problem last weekend working on a gravely drive changing the driveshaft on a VW pickup the balljoing boot was totally stripped and the ball joint was in there so hard it broke and bent the presses but with heat press and the pursuation of a lead hammer i finally got it out but that thing was fighting me all the way. So good to see you are able to have all these great tools and that you also use them as opposed to unnecesary violence.

Glad you talked about 'memory steer' . I've been burned by several Moog joints that weren't installed and tightened just so, that had the knuckle just a bit too tight for steering return. Good tip, Eric!

I watch your video's because you don't edit out the mistakes so that I can learn what not to do or if I goon it up I know how to go through the process of finding the goon.

It is best when you make mistakes as we learn what is not right, how to go about identifying the mistake and what actions are needed to correct it. Every person makes mistakes, but not all identify them and correct them, please keep making real world videos with mishaps and all.

Great video, and completely understand about the phone calls, it's the same working on small engines people call all the time asking how they can do this or that and explaining to them how to do something over the phone takes time away from working on something your getting paid for, your not getting paid to talk on the phone. Keep up the great video Eric love them.

You're very good mechanic, don't beat yourself up. Thank you for all your hard work!!

Great video as always! Ball joints are one of the few things I haven't attempted to do in the garage with my dad.. strictly from a lack of the proper tools!

Brother, you definitely do good work! I like the way you never give up until you solve any problem! If I or you lived closer I would absolutely do business with you. keep up the good work!

I'm loving these videos so much. Eric, I hope you understand that your credibility is only enhanced when you make a mistake and fix it for us to see. I think I learn more from it, honestly. Furthermore, anyone who has the time to give you grief likely isn't running a successful shop AND KZread channel. You're the man.

Eric, Good job! Real easy to bind the knuckle, no big deal. You had it figured out during lunch break no time wasted. The one who never struggles a tad is a liar or isn’t working. Press on with pride!

Thank you for not editing out your mistake. I would have probably have done it and not know how to fix it.

Idk if he reads these or not but since I have stumbled across this channel I've been motivated again to work on cars and love watching these videos even though I don't even have any of these vehicles how he does things is so realistic not just some pretty show piece with no problems other than current ones needing to be repaired.

Such a pleasure to watch an honest mechanic work, warts and all. Forward your calls to Scotty Kilmer. He'll fix their problem in 4 minutes.

Excellent video Eric - we all learn from mistakes. Keep the vids coming.

Thanks Eric for everything you do. We'll take the good with a mistakes because we learn from both. If you never made a mistake we would never find out potential problems we might run into. Don't be so hard on yourself thank you very much.

Dude ,between working on the cars and working on the videos, the hours u must but in I commend you sir . Who care what anybody says lol . Keep up the good work and you gave me a ton of free knowledge I appreciate that a lot thanks .

Mr. O , you are a brave man. Most of us don't want to own up to our whoopsies. You man up. Nicely done. No one is keeping count. All in a day's work.

I love the ball joint removal and replacement. Soooo much satisfaction.

You definitely make it look easy, despite all the rust and corrosion ! ! Keep up the good work! People are always looking for freebie info! Being retired, people walking or driving by will stop and ask for help or whatever when my house garage door is open and I'm working on one of our vehicles. Oh well!

I am addicted to sma because Eric is a shop owner BUT shows the do it yourselfers what will most likely happen from frustration and carnage! I been working on cars for years as a hobby (just my own cars) and when I was starting out videos like these would have rocked! Keep it up Eric O!!!!!

Back in the beginning of the year I ordered the astro 94220 snap ring pliers you demonstrated in an earlier video , and I just tried them a couple days ago for the first time and they are the best snap ring pliers I've ever used . I'd definitely rate them #1.

I've learned a job like this one has MANY steps, details and of course tech tips not shown in the manual! It can burn up a LOT of time and wear you down, which is why you double check that everything is back to where it should be. Great job Mr. O!

I can honestly say I never made that mistake! But then again I never did ball joints on a truck. Haha! I went to school to be an aircraft mechanic and don't do any mechanical work any more but like to watch you videos so keep up the good work. Also it's nice to see some who is honest and looking out for his customers.

I have to give you props. You are a true man of Integrity, you show and admit your mistakes to the world. I totally understand your irritation with phone calls, between my grandfather and father they ran a service station for 30 years and I remember those calls then. It's crazy nothing's changed in 30 years and I'm sure with KZread yours is much worse. Amazing the ignorance of people thinking you have nothing better to do than offer free advice all day because no-one matters but them. Sorry off my soapbox. Btw the shakes and lose of words is from an internal poisoning from withdrawal of Mrs O. A big thanks to you sir.

I run that brand balljoint in my duramax for the lowers. So far I'm pleased with them. I installed them myself at work and I liked how it came with its own cone for pressing them in. Overall appearance is nice and so far 6 months on 35s lifted 6 inches and beat on they are doing great so far!

These are my favorite videos on your channel; the videos where you make mistakes yet ultimately persevere-showing us little tricks along the way.

You should be a shop teacher in a school somewhere. You have a gift of fixing things and teaching... love the channel... and still debating on the hondoooo water pump 😂

You beat me to it Eric, I was gonna say those installation tools that came with the ball joints should become a new addition to your ball joint install kit

What a ball ache. She's done and down the road until the other side conks out. Nice work

Eric. Thanks for all you do. Sorry after all this time a few knuckle heads can’t take a hint.

Ball joint king of the Rusty Ford's great video Mr.O

Hi Eric. Love your vids, long time viewer. I’m a retired truck mechanic for our city garage, all ford. I would tighten the lower joint then begin tightening the upper if I noticed it was binding I would knock it back and forth with a big hammer but not much force it would always get right and I would continue tightening and tap again if necessary. Sometimes after all was tight I would tap them around and they would feel better. It’s a weird set up. Anyway love your vids, your very talented, I wish you and yours continued happiness.

Your forgiven..I'm doing this job right now on my 05 dually super Duty. It's been a mother trucker..ball joints both sides tie rod ends, drag link. You just never worry your very proffesional and very humble. You know more than I will ever know. Thank you for showing us rookies how to do it..

I didn't realize how many very nice tools astro makes I'm going to check them out whenever I need a new tool they have very nice tools.

Yeah, I don't know how you keep up with owning a small business, having a wife and children and doing all these awesome YT videos. You must be busier than a one-legged man in a three-legged race, but the number of calls you get reflect just how desperate people are for good information and just how bad most of the other shops are. I'm glad I found your channel and sure wished you lived within a few hundred miles of me. I'd gladly make the trip for repairs. Thanks Eric and hang in there bud!! :>)

once again astro for the win.great video.

I like watching other pros do it after I've done it to see if they're doing it right. Been doing lots of F250 front ends lately. Not a bad gig. They're 2 hours a piece. The slap on ball joint press is amazing. Air hammer them out, press them in.

The calls are a compliment, Shows they trust you. That being said... Yes. The bills have to be paid. Hey! idea... Hire someone to man a (900) number and charge them the shop rate for the calls. LOL!!! Great channel.

@jonsey1886

6 жыл бұрын

Serafin Silva Charge them the hourly rate of say $60 per MINUTE! That should nip the morons in the bud.

@davyarthurs

6 жыл бұрын

They’d just call the normal shop number

As a relatively new subscriber and life long diy er I have to say I really enjoy this channel and your videos. Don't feel embarrassment if something you did wasn't right, you didn't edit it out, you owned it. Use it as "this is what happens if you get ahead of yourself with xxx of different types, and this is how you remedy it". You're human. Keep up the great videos.

Really enjoy your video. Stop beating yourself up, you're only human and obviously know what you are doing. Keep on wrenching!

Thanks for leaving mistakes behind so others can learn when they do it....Peace

Learn a lot from this video. Thanks. Set up a phone line with 1.99 per minute charge including waiting on hold. I bet people will stop calling!!!

The important thing is how you responded to "doing something stupid." You stopped and corrected the binding joints, and some would have shipped it that way. Well done.

Well Eric, your a mechanical God, so you have to decide youtube or work....Screw it you are a great mechanic and an awesome personality! Absolutely love your youtube aura!!!!!!

I don't care what nobody says you're awesome. Soooo what you made a mistakes. This makes it even more enjoyable because you always find solutions. :)

People quit calling this busy man. He does enough for you, posting these free videos.

I appreciate your honesty with things. most would clip out the portion where they made a mistake, but you take it with stride. It's why I still watch the channel. As a suggestion with moving through mistakes though, maybe leave a note at the beginning of the video saying to pay attention because you made a mistake and corrected it, for those who are following along, pausing, and following along again. just in case they follow to that point and then bolt on a tire and drive away :D

@robertweir9034

6 жыл бұрын

Excellent point!!

I run into problems all the time when working on my vehicles. When you run into a problem, you teach me how to deal with it. So don't apologize for what happened with the ball joint!

Nice tip on the ball joint binding. That would have stumped me for a while. Always learning from you. You Tube callers, stop calling him and go get your hands dirty. You learn twice as much from doing as you do from watching. Still waiting on that Discovery channel mechanic show featuring Eric O!

😆🙄I'm such a dork. I spent my afternoon trying to press those ball joints in the wrong direction...Oh boy...came back to verify I was pressing them "out" in the "correct" direction after wasting 4 hours going in the WRONG direction. Grateful for these tutorials. You know who to call if you ever need these dang-gum ball joints pressed out again.

What? No brake clean? I thought I heard it crying on the shelf feeling left out! LOL! You’re human Mr. Eric. Heck everything I touched today went to poop so don’t feel bad. Thanks for cranking out the videos!

You have a life, most of us Utubers including me need to get one.

I like watching your videos, even if I am not going to be working on that type of vehicle. I said it before, and I will say it again. You are too hard on your self! We all make little goofs! It's real easy when you have too much work, and not enough time. Take care of your self, and you make the best videos!!

Eric, you are only Human and Humans make mistakes ( ALL THOUGH WITH YOUR SKILLS ON CARS AND TRUCKS YOUR LIKE SUPER HUMAN WITH KNOWLEDGE) and that's what is good about your Channel your not afraid to show a mistake and the best of all show how to fix and overcome a mistake and that's how we learn from you Because I no way Hell have your skills and I make a lot of MISTAKES and I will take any advice given on how to overcome it and get the job done. Like always Mr.Eric O, I love your Channel and all the help you give.

We all have made the mistake of tightening the upper ball joint before the lower on these Fords Eric O it happens correcting the binding and memory steer before it was completely installed is what makes a good Mechanic @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC

I just did this same job on an 01. Let’s just say it took me more than lunch to figure out why they were binding up. Very nice work eric o. Oh, and I dropped roughly 3423 pieces of ball joint press kit.

We ALL get it wrong sometimes..its part of being human. Its how we react/respond that is the key. You admit it,publicly and then explain 'why' and proceed to do it again correctly..RESPECT to you..and many thanks.

Free tip Friday: that Astro master ball joint kit is the exact same kit as the Orion Motor Tech ball joint kit on Amazon.... The Orion kit is like 20 bucks cheaper. Made by the same company, only difference is the color of the blow molded case. Rebranded like everything else out there. You're welcome.

Since I haven't seen it in the comments and you brought it up. The Snap On ball joint press set would've made it easier. Lol. As always great video Mr. O. You are the consummate professional sir.

Waiting on part III, I don't even have your PH NR so it ain't me :-) Thanks for the Vinnie news :-) Smokey out here today.

Great job Eric O. Real world live. 👍👍

You’re way too cool. You changed in minutes. I changed it in days(aweek). A severe rookie. You always make my day bad or success. 👍🏼🇺🇸

I run my own shop here in the UK, Im the only one answering the phone and still trying to earn a living! I also get calls asking after the silver bullet, so I totally get it when your busy and the phone goes, and it’s a dead donkey call. REALLY gets to me.. You gotta figure it out somehow Eric, this channel keeps me going!

Loved the video. KZreadrs! Get a grip! The man's running a real shop, Enjoy his work. Watch his videos. But, leave him alone.

Nice video. -- I have an F350 just like that truck - when my hubs went out i pulled the bearings out and went to the bearing house - biught new bearings and replaced the bearings - saved a ton of money - used that money to buy the special vacuum seal installer tool...

Hey if the next 10 videos are Honda tire rotations, battery replacements, wiper blades etc. we understand 😂. Nice job and we all felt your pain.

I didn't know there is also a Shop-Fairy who's looking for sockets and rubber gloves!!! Every time you learn somthing new with Eric.

Good job Eric your the man!