We always pulled our loads out in the fields, was very happy to have a lot of ground clearance, thanks for the video Ezra. That sure is a sweetheart of a truck Ezra, well done and am happy to see you do maintenance the right way.

@scubasteve7946

Жыл бұрын

Lowriders suck for working on like regular maintenance as well. Can't get underneath without lifting them up first etc

Ezra you'er the King of proper and timely maintenance!!! Dedicated maintenance saves you allot of money in the long run. More truckers should take a page from your book!!! Pay a little bit now or allot later!!

Love the feeling of driving a 40 year old piece of equipment with new suspension components. Always amazed at the different feel.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

old red red rides really nice

@stevencaka

Жыл бұрын

Great job & work sir! Takes me back to my teenage years when I would help my neighbors at their heavy duty tow business work on their trucks like yours here.💁‍♂️ Brings back some good times & memories and there’s nothing like doing the work yourself! Hope to come up to visit some time.

Respect for how you service your trucks. Old Red gonna be a great truck for you for many years to come. Greets from the Netherlands.

Hi Ezra, You have a good way of servicing your equipment, it's been a long time since I have done a front end on any truck, but you right front end parts should be put in pairs left and right have to match, major tracking issues and tire wear if you don't. I'm sending this video for my nephew to watch, he's just learning and I think it's good information to learn. Have a great week Ezra

Looking good looking good Just take your time and do it like you did That is how we done it back in the day Be safe take care yourself EZRA

I'm like you dont be afraid to spend some money on Maintenace in the end its worth it, great video

Terrific videos mate! Always enjoy them 👍🏼

Nice job Ezra. Yeah suspension components should definitely always be done in pairs. Totally true there. Always enjoy your videos, especially of Old Red! Such a nice rig. Can't wait to see the next one. Take care brother! 👍👍😎

Pocket confused!!😂😂 great advise on the torch!

Clear explanation + great skills = Nice video !!! 👍👍👍👍

Nice job. I’ll be doing springs and bushings on some trucks soon. Was nice to see ya doing it before I attempted it

Just what I needed on this Saturday morning, video on Old Red. Awesome!

Good morning bud ✌️👍🙏🙏

Mr Ezra My dad always taught me if you do one side do the other. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

sounds like your dad is a wise man mr hal. Thanks for watching stay safe out there.

Great video Ezra. There is a lot more that goes into it than people realize. This will be a great “go to” video for me in the future. Great job!

I really enjoyed your show Ezra,when big red needs a oil change can you do a video on the peterbilt and filtration,I love watching your show and teaching everyone how to do work yourself, so I'll catch ya on the next one 73.

One good look truck

I realize that the previous owner/owners would be had to keep excellent records which they probably didn't do, as I remember well the shape old red was in when you got her. She sure looks great now!!!

Stumbled upon you channel last night. Thought I recognized the 359 and sure enough I did, we are practically neighbors. I am just west of town. Looking forward to watching the build videos on the 359.

Hey big EZ. Young truck mechanic here. I thought that I would need the shiny and expensive Tiger tools to do a repair like this on my fleet. And here you are showing the youngster how to do it with basic handtools. I appreciate the insight, I’m for sure watching. Stay safe

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

The speciality tools certainly make the job easier. You can get by without them if it's not something you do often or when. Your starting out

Hi Ezra, Jamie watching from Australia, great video as we are about to tackle that job on the front of our truck, and as always your videos are very good indeed, I have learnt a lot watching your videos since I subscribed to your channel, so thanks for all your efforts on creating such good content, and looking forward to your next video 🇺🇸🇭🇲🤝

Always like your repair videos. Old Red is a good machine.

You make it look so easy. You are one talented guy. Love your workmanship.❤👌🏾

Nova Scotia is watching keep safe brother

Amazing repair

I like the ride height. Especially if your truck is not a pavement queen. Also nice to be able to get under it easily

Seen Old Red northbound south of Fargo. Video doesn't give it justice. Nice project on the stepdeck.

Sir you got your drivers you got your mechanics some are good some are you got truckers

I like too hold things I am hammering on with a vice grips, or pliers. I don’t like bloody fingers. A million thanks for keeping me entertained. St. Paul.

Love the videos.

Nice job with the repairs Ezra 🙂👍 Crazy to see how much they shrank after being torqued. Take care and be safe on the roads 🔧

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Zane. Be safe out there too👍

Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom and journey with Old Red!!!

Another interesting video Ez! I learned a thing or two also. Great to see old red getting some love. Cheers from Sydney Australia as always.... stay safe out there.🇭🇲🦘👍🇭🇲🇺🇸🇭🇲👍🦘🇭🇲

Nice Job Sir. Thanks for the video!🚛💨

Keep the great work hope you have a great day

O-H-I-O Porters here.🇺🇸 Now this sure brings back some memories! I did a bushing replacement on my 65 Ford C800 rear axle. It was the right side that was so slightly popping when I pulled a trailer. And that’s the only time it would “Pop”. What a job for me at that time. That’s when I learned that you do those things in pairs! No Ands,Ifs,Buts! 🧐 My oldest brother told me what to do, let me do the work & he watched. Not bad for a 16 year old! I will never forget that popping noise. Did your front end pop a lot? I can imagine so.🧐 That sure was a lot of work, but we’ll worth the time & effort!🤩 Good stuff!! Glad that you shared this with us. I wouldn’t imagine needing to retorque the U bolts. Is that to just make sure nothing changed from the road test? I’m quite pleased with this video, my friend! It sure is gratifying when you work on your own truck & know for sure that things are “In Order”. Such good stuff! 🥰🤩✌️

⚓️ Thanks EZ 🇺🇸 claw hammer machinists 👏

Keeping big red ride high

Good job Ezra. Thanks for sharing brother. Have a great weekend.👍👍👍

Truck looks great, fixing it up is better than a truck payment.

Nice job Ezra, that was hard work!

Great video as always!

Thanks Ezra for your time and consideration top job very informative thanks 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛

Great work! I agree, always in pairs!

Nice work man 👍

Love the contest bro!

Nice work!

Great video!

Very good video indeed. I am mighty surprised at just how much those U straps slimmed down after the torque stretched process.

Another helpful video. All trucks needs parts but maintenance will keep it on the road longer. Thanks Evra

good info you do a great job showing the work i rewatched your brake video the other nite been about 10 years since i changed air brake shoes good refresher on the proper way to do it. not that im looking forward to doing it

Very nice job.👍👍👍😎😎

EZ if I lived in USA I would offer you a hand, keep up the good work.👍🏼

Did I think it wasn't going to be a success? Fine job as usual.

thanks for sharing.

Great video.

i love your truck

Coffees on Brother ,,Cheers!;-)!!!

Lookin good, 👍 glad you talked about the u bolts, I didn’t know that! I’ll be doing my rear spring bushings soon on my cabover build. KZread@NF Project Shop.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Fantastic work bud. Always has the pass side lower than the driver's side on these older rigs from the engine torque also.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

every truck iv ever drove with air ride on the front i thought rode like garbage, you loose a lot of stability in side winds and corners, they seem like they hit the bump stops on way small bumps witch jarrs everything, your steer axle weight doesn't change that much loaded or empty so spring rates can be matched to ride well, i won't put a air ride front on any truck i own. they might be nice for the guys running interstates all the time but not for me.

good to see your hanging in there..... keeping ole red up an strolling... say; hows the engine doing... well be safe out there

Nice work 👍. Fun and see the difference compared to sweden truck. I usually after pulling moment the cramps fully loaded truck. So hard that it tastest blood in the mouth then the job is done 🤣

nice job love to see these old petes worked on n kept on the road btw maybe check out classic truck rescue i do like the guys that save old iron big n small

Yes, matching things up on suspension and brakes is important. I’m not too proud of your spring shop for sending you backwards to the plain bushings. You have to grease them way more often than people tend to, and they still wear faster. Good job on your part though. Your usual thoughtful approach to the work at hand. It usually helps if you put the bushings in the freezer for a while before you put them in, but maybe not so much there in the winter when you’re struggling to keep from freezing to death. Thanks and take care.

That poor bump stop, he looks like he was not a gifted bump stop 😂

Some people don’t believe in suspension work, and others don’t believe in cleaning their shop.! 😂🤣😂

I done this on my 99 western star 4964ex. It was one of those jobs that I actually wished I had paid someone else $150 a hour to do. Nothing went really got or smooth. I fought all weekend. I’m f course I done this in my gravel driveway. To sum it up, it was not pleasant. I do admit, I had no idea what I was doing but geez it was a lot easier f work.

Keep it high up .

I hope to check out ol red if I ever get back up to ND...rolling across 90 today in SD..

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

I'm in SD today as well but heading north on 29

@scatpack01

Жыл бұрын

@Ezrider359 dang... I'm 4.5 to sioux falls..

All was I like doing brakes, suspension, tires in pairs. I look at like buying a pair of shoes. With regards to torquing u-bolts I always like putting a dab of “Peanut-Butter” (not the stuff you eat) on the threads.

Great video Ezra. I noticed it looks like you’re running wheel balancers on the front end. Perhaps centramatics. Can you talk about them here in the comments or better yet in a future video. Would love your take on how well they work when and why you started to use them etc. Thanks Joe vukman

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

ill talk about them in a future video, i intentionally didn't do a video when i first started running them so i could form a opinion on them only been running them for about 40k miles so far.

Nice job Ezar.what happened to your original signature tune,and who is it by.keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍

Got to respect the can't be tight if it's liquid of a plasma cutter

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Looks great. I never liked the slammed look.

Can't be stuck if its a liquid... I have the same impact, and i love it =)

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

ill normally only try to take one out whole just so i can drop it off and say i need more just like it. the rest i don't even bother trying just cut them

You should have your own shop. With your knowledge and skills, Shoot you could make a killing with just a service truck.

Ezra itp are great for ptos u bolts

Oh how I hate suspension work had to do springs on the old Sterling truck I drove Hendrickson extended leaf walking beam in the back. The front springs I started the removal my buddy finished the job I started a new job. Grease and more grease, grease is your friend people don't do enough of it then they wonder why parts wear out. A local guy he had an old gravel truck he didn't want to change the front springs in pairs just did the one side the truck was lopsided. Around here the gov't doesn't like spending any money on the roads springs in trucks are replaced because of broken leaves.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

i drive on roads that don't even exist yet, never have i broken a leaf spring, you have to be sane and take it slow i know plenty of guys who drive 60 miles an hour on wash boarded pot holed rough roads and they always wonder why there truck is always broken. there normally the same guys that try to tell you it gets smoother the faster you drive.

Have you been working on those big trucks for awhile? Do you require a technician license in your state? Thanks for the vid

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What I don't understand is why you weren't a tad bit higher with the new springs compared to the old springs. I replace my front spring on my 389 Pete that had 800,000 miles on them & the alignment shop told me right off that the truck would would sit a bit higher than it did with the old springs. Over time & the miles one just doesn't notice it. I didn't want it any higher than it was with the old wore out springs so he just put a small er block under the springs & above the axle. he then proceeded to a full alignment the truck. She was sweet & could tell by the ride once loaded it had the new springs.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

it is a tad higher than it was originally the whole stack was under the leaf spring i left one ontop to account for the new springs having more arch.

@danielhofer7386

Жыл бұрын

Yep that's what the guy me mine would have been so he had smaller blocks around to make it close to was it was with old springs. When he aligned the truck he even bent my front axle just a tad to make my right steer tire wear better due to me not buying a premium steer tire and it wore on the outside of the face. Told him on the phone about it & he asked me right away if I was running a Firestone steer tires. I never get a truck alignment at a place that sells tires. It's never the tires fault & they alway say the tire they want to push will wear better when a alignment guy sees & knows which is better & his opinion isn't based on what brand of tire he's selling. least that's how I look at it.

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1/4 inch drop probably wouldn't hurt in most aspects, but, knowing that you spend a lot of time off road lower is bad.

SUP DRIV,AH? HOPE ALL IS WELL EASY RIDER?

Hi EZ, do you know how many miles old red has since new? Also how many miles on the cat engine?

Hay Ezra I have done a few front spring bushings in my years it's not something I particularly enjoy because the ones that you had were Cakewalk they just pounded right out that wasn't so for me I done at least five that I can remember and every one of them fought me every inch of the way I had to keep the whole damn hanger red hot just about to get the old bushings out then once I get the damn bushings out the hanger had to be replaced because that was shot too All that work I hated doing front end work I just hated it because it was never an easy peasy job it was always it would take freaking whole damn day to do it if not two days and then the service manager's bitching.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

iv had to cut them out before, or press them in the shop press, iv never wrecked a frame hanger though.

@nightrider6769

Жыл бұрын

Well not everyone that I've done where the hangar had to be replaced it was just this one truck that I worked on but this truck was pretty much run through the ringer and it the bushing or the pin wore through the bushing and then wore the metal down in the hanger itself yeah it was it was wasted but the guy that I was doing the work for the owner he did it right we bought hangers and we put new hangers in both sides everything it was a lot of work a lot I remember that truck very well because of how how much trouble I had getting this stuff out it wasn't any fun.

I think you should have moved all the pads to the bottom. The old springs were sagging and would have the same arch if they were new

@brianburns7211

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

My new truck has hard steering do you think it’s the steering pump or the caster alignment?

We used to torque our wheel lug nuts to the old German torque spec "gootentight" with a six foot cheater bar and lots of a$$. I like your method better. Have you had any issues since you did the frame splice?

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

No Frame issues

@upnorth5465

Жыл бұрын

Good and tight doesn't cut it in my opinion. If you can't tighten the wheels properly then don't do it at all. I work at a school bus fleet shop and you loose your job instantly for not torquing tires exactly by the book (clean mating surfaces, clean, lube threads and torque to 475) When those bitches skip town it's a good way to kill somebody. Not something to take lightly.

That '83 had to come from the state of California because most of those trucks are rusty AF in the Midwest area. That truck doesn't seem to be rusty at all.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

Go back to the first video on this truck. It was a rotted out pile.

@wilE6764

Жыл бұрын

Lol if you only saw what he did to it..came right from the Midwest too

@TheRoadhammer379

Жыл бұрын

😂 The roof cap was even rotted out, you definitely need to see what a pile it was when he bought it. And what made you so confident to make your statement?

@patrickcoyne1292

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRoadhammer379 californians are always confident that everything good come from that state. 😂

How is old red doen have not see any newer videos

Couldn't you've just had a sprg shop make you a new top leaf? Sounds cheaper easier n very effective. Good luck. Dig your vidz

@TheRoadhammer379

Жыл бұрын

All the springs need to have the same arch.

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

they weren't that terribly expensive. about $300 each

have you ever thought of doing air ride suspension on the steer axle? i have seen guys doing it and from what i heard they have a better ride

@Ezrider359

Жыл бұрын

Every truck iv ever drove with air ride front I thought rode like ass. You lose stability in corners and cross winds and the bottom out on the bump stops easier as the spring rate of a bag isn't really progressive like a spring. Because the weight on the steer axle doesn't change much a spring can be well matched

What happened to the front corner of the hood??? I hope it was just the light reflection.