somebody, give the man a sandblaster cabin. =)

@boherrmannsen8219

5 жыл бұрын

you would think sponsor would stand in line..... maybe as fans we should poke the sponsors and say :"hey this great dude could use some stuff"

Disposable ear plugs work great for plugging off threaded/untreaded holes when sandblasting and/or spray painting.

@SuperSecretSquirell

5 жыл бұрын

Was going to post exactly this.

@jonathancurley6594

3 жыл бұрын

Huh, never thought of that

@jerrykinnin7941

2 жыл бұрын

Neat I'll have to try that.

I have replaced all these parts on my 1996 Tahoe. I remember watching you working on hondas over a decade ago on a creeper in a tiny garage with poor lighting. That's what got me into DIY mechanic work. Happy to see you working on an obs GM. Thanks for what you do Eric.

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

Four minutes in and Eric is pouring hate and discontent on the shock already. Awesome! :D

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

Dude... one job...

14:37 - what do we say to death? - not today! 😂

I don't own a car that I know how to work on, I've never even had a vehicle on a lift before. My expertise ends at changing fuses, air filters, tires, and wiper blades. And yet, I watch all of your videos. Why? Because you have a nice way about you and the way you explain cars and the process of working on them makes it accessible to me. You make me confident that, one day, when I finally grab my own project car, that I'll be able to do some or most of the work myself (with some screw-ups along the way). So, thank you, Eric.

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

I love your comment! Thank you for watching and for sharing that with me. I really appreciate it.

Great tip for removing the inside rotor bearings. Thanks for that.

@bizbot1655

5 жыл бұрын

That can damage the wheel seals. I always reuse wheel seals. Just a soak in gasoline and dawn soap and they're as good as new. Besides, the auto parts stores never give you the correct ones anyway.

Today on Eric the Car Guy, Eric sets dads truck on fire, just a little bit.

One trick I’ve done on GM front shocks is to put a good size pair of locking pliers on the shock rod so that when it turns the pliers will contact some part of the suspension

@xxRamD3yruxx

5 жыл бұрын

unless your trying to save them

I just got a 94 Chevy Silverado and I'm trying to rebuild it and bring it back to life your videos are a huge help thanks so much

3:40 in and already…” you piss me off”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Eric, I have a very stupid guetto method to avoid spring injury, I don't trust any compressors, one way or another, most of all have exploded, even good quality ones, hit the spring somewhere, it vibrates and the compressors tend to move, well, plastic rope, 5mm, two meters of it, I lower the car without wheels and put a stand beneath the ball joints, compress the spring with the car weight, pass the rope all over the spring and make a few blind knots on the rope, the tension will be split along the rope, as they also rated to 300Kg, so a few laps with rope, can hold very big springs. Then I just store the spring away and it's ready to assemble again. This method never failed on me and I've been using it for over a decade, besides, a full 300 meter rope costs peanuts :)

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Great idea, thanks!

Really appreciate the time and effort to make these DIY vids. The quality of the final cut is just great. Good angles and lighting too.

21:00 Mini heart attack and I'm nowhere near Ohio. Jaysus those springs are scary. Seen one bust through a brick wall once, glad you're okay, Eric.

@hawkdsl

5 жыл бұрын

@Dark Coven The sad thing is, vids like this all over Ytube make spring removal look like no big thing. They are the single most dangerous thing on a car/truck.

Your so lucky everything isn't rusty and seized. I have a 94 GMC Sierra just like yours, super rusty... This video was very helpful. Thanks!

To get shock nuts off, I use a long extension to get my hands and tools away from moving suspension parts. I put one shoulder against the hood to stop it from moving. I place the socket, extension and a fast impact on the nut, put your free hand on the fender to push the vehicle up and down while intermittently triggering the impact. Ive done hundreds of shocks like this and it works 99% of the time. If you time it right, it will come off in the first couple pulls. Learned this in the late 80s!

Thanks for doing all these videos about #ETCGDadsTruck. I'm just starting a project with my son on a 1988 Sportside that I owned when I was 17 yrs old and happened to find and decided to buy it for my 13 yr old son. My first truck will be his first truck. We'll be using a lot of your vids for guidance.

3:32 "you piss me off!" ETCGDadsTruck:" 3:42" lol!

These were always my favorite trucks now I have a C1500 5.0 and K2500HD 5.7 (both vortecs) so thanks for making these videos (although I rebuilt both front ends a year or two ago lol) and I liked the differential video even though I'm running stock as long as I can for now to save $$

I remember you showing the bearing trick on a customers s10 back in the day! Glad you made this video though my 92 c1500 needs some front end work . It’s a extended cab with a 5 speed trans

Both these project build are, as the kids say, fire. Literally

When you need hearing protection, so do we! Thanks for another great video Eric!

Aye the Local Smythe! I've been needing to do the EXACT SAME THING to my truck, with a VERY SIMILAR suspension setup (Tacoma 2WD) and buying parts and tools to get it done! (I got the exact same coil spring compressor too! Uh Oh!) OMG!!! This is helping me TREMENDOUSLY! (and maybe even saved my life!) THANK YOU!!!

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

I'm very glad to hear this video series will help you. Good luck with your truck!

So much for the part number on that spring compressor 🤣

I always have put a jack under the lower control arm and slowly lowered it once I break the ball joint loose and relieve the spring tension that way. Knock on wood I have never had the spring come flying out on me doing it this way. But almost every time I try to be safe and use a spring compressor they pop apart or break and scare the hell out of you when they go.

That truck has been kept well!

Thanks for this series. Just bought one of these trucks and will be doing similar work to it

"Please go into my shock hole" is something you want to hear on a first date from the person you are out with.

@ 21:03 YIKES! 😮 Glad you didn't get hurt.

That shock was a Great example of it can’t be stuck if it’s liquid 😂😂😂😂

@builtbydylan8315

4 жыл бұрын

Hondo fourfivetwo been there had to use a plasma cutter

I've never seen a GMT400 frontend as clean as what you started with! :O

@kenc.9067

3 жыл бұрын

Me neither

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I hope it ends up to be a high quality, high value build, or that you Go Big/broke before you Go Home. Great work.

Eric’s welded hammer single handily is the most icon tool he’s got for Eric the car guy!

Your videos definitely help me with working on my truck everything is very detailed.

Eric, those caps for masking are very handy. We use them in manufacturing for paint prep. Companies like www.stockcap.com carry them and other stuff. They also have ones that are a tapered cone that goes well in threaded holes. The taper does a good job of keeping paint out of threads. Another poor man trick is to take a bolt a couple sizes smaller and wrap a taper on it with masking tape then push it in the hole.

Thanks this video came at the perfect time. I'm going to do the exact same thing to mine this weekend. Hope all goes well.

I have never seen somebody Mangle the top of a shock mount more than you did in my lifetime!

21:03 ouch what a pos, it sparked up too

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

Felt feisty.

Someone tell this man no truck needs to be dropped unless it was previously jacked up.

Fantastic build, this will be a killer truck Eric. Well done.

5:59 The dad jokes are strong with this one.

Great video Eric

I like the light on that cordless impact

Another old school tip: Inner hub bearing/seal removal. I remember doing that 25 years ago. A tip that still works today

Nice video Eric, thank you.

Lmao "you p$$$ me off "idk why i laughed so hard at that and i was hearing cartman on south park as he said it

Me and my buddy saw you at the sharonville car show but we didn't want to bother you haha. I never realized you were that close to me

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I didn't get to meet you. Maybe next year. I'll likely bring this truck.

Those brake line brackets are nice, when i did stainless lines on my gmt400 I used gorilla tape that is the same width of those brackets and wrapped it around the brake line in the correct holding spot and then re crimped it down in place. The tape acts kinda like a rubber insulator and the stainless line wont get trashed by the rusty bracket.,

I remember that techs at Sears used to use an air hammer and chisel off the top bolts on the shocks and just drop them down.

Thanks dad!

Camera Brian was back for the shooting of this video according to the credits, learning a lot, waiting on Part 2 when available. Thumbs Up

ya but Eric you're letting the caliper by the brake hose!!!!! LMAO love the videos man been a fan since the long hair days keep up the good work

next time you use a spring compressor .. run a chain over 3-4 coil reattach chain to itself ,,even just a nut and a bolt.... this will limit the explosive release of the tension ...you could also throw a blanket over it to help limit travel if no chain .... but a few feet of chain is safest

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

that thing is in such great shape to begin with! You got lucky on the pitman arm. I've taken a few off and they can be a bear. The shocks are just annoying to get off lol. Great videos. thanks!

@alanw5812

5 жыл бұрын

Easy to do with the ball joint tool

excellent videos..

I gotta get along with my project. Nice inspiration.

Good stuff! Thanks.

Eric you should try a Renegade parts washer. They work awesome here at our shop. Solvent free, smells good, you can use it on just about anything. Doesn’t harm rubber at all, it’s a “Green” product that actually works well.

Happy Friday

Got to work, going to make it a productive day....oh ETCG uploaded a video working on his Dad's truck....there goes my morning.

Thank you Eric, you have a cool channel

Fun stuff! Thanks!

3:40 lol Ever heard of a fire extinguisher? ...Nice video, you rock!

Upper shock nut just snap off with socket and extension. twist back and forth til it snaps! it works!

Trick to take out springs. Leave shocks in. take torch cut spring coil in half. Can't come out because of shock. Then spring will fall out when shock comes out

Aí na sua oficina tem bastante coisa complexa Parabéns aí por tudo que você faz aí na oficina

Thank you for continually giving us fresh content I really enjoy all your videos I don’t always comment mainly because I watch you on my tv app and it doesn’t have the comment function on my tv software for KZread.

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@brendanbradyfan3589

5 жыл бұрын

EricTheCarGuy 😊

@brendanbradyfan3589

5 жыл бұрын

r laze Eric is an awesome guy indeed his fixing it forward series is just one example of his nature

You rule Eric!

Thanks for this! Late to the game, I know, but this process is the closest thing I've found to a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe LS, 5.7L, RWD. I have coil springs like this setup, and every other video I've seen for a 1999 chevy Tahoe doesn't, or the springs just "fall out" and are under no pressure when removing. This even looks like the same control arm design.

I had a spring compressor of a similar design, made by Snap-On, release on me when I was in suspension class in college. When that spring jumped out at you a saw it coming! I made my own spring compressor from some 3/8" plate and some 1" all thread. My suspension instructor though it was great. The other professors though it was the most dangerous thing ever because it wasn't made by Snap-On. I can tell ya, any time I see a spring compressor with a ~1/2" threaded rod as the compressor, I don't trust it! I don't care who makes it. I'm not bashing Snap-On most of their tools are excellent, but when it comes to springs, size matters.

@rickoddon9511

Жыл бұрын

yea autozone gave me this fork type compressor, its gonna hurt somebody but I got one similar to Erics at Advance auto, worked perfectly but, you're right, these can be kinda scary

your shock chore had me laughing.. there is a cheap high speed cutoff wheel (90 degree) at harbor fright just for stuff like that. I keep a dozen 3 inch discs ready by habit

After watching this. I miss my 1970 straight axle Leaf spring Dodge. I just bought a 2000 Chevy 1500 It's a little squirrelly above 60 mph. It's got 175000+ miles on it. Tires are wearing even.

I would like to see you take out those control arms like that in Cleveland! Good Luck!

If I'm not working on a car I'm watching videos of working on cars

@fila1445

5 жыл бұрын

Same here :p

@ilikeboost4764

5 жыл бұрын

I'm taking a break at the moment. 😂 Sitting in the car right now.

I didn’t know Ingersoll Rand made electric impacts. I’ve only seen their pneumatic ones. Sweet!

Awesome 👌

I'm not sure about now but in the good old days when shocks with a spike top were being obnoxious to remove here's what we did. The metal in the shocks spike isn't as tough ( or wasn't anyway) as one might think. We used to find a piece of ordinary steel pipe that fit fairly close to the shock spike. The thing was to slip that pipe down over that spike and just plain rock that spike back and force until it broke off,,,and!! it didn't take much work !!. You might know the trick but if not you can experiment with an already expired shock. Used to work for us,,made the job merely minutes long.

I love that refillable, compressed air sprayer for the brake cleaner stuff. Feel free to tell us more about it.

You could tell you worked at a Honda/ Acura dealership for a long time I'll give you little secret to take top of shocks off The front of Old cars For cars with S LA suspension The socket that fits the top nuts take a long extension the longer the better two foot is ideal Wiggle the nut till the top of a shock breaks off the metal is hardened and once you're past the hardening is very easy to break It will also work on the end links of sway bars Have a nice day😁

Remember kids: It can't be tight if it's a liquid.

You save me so much grief and money. Oh, and you spare unnecessary bull

Instead of a spring compressor, I have always found it much easier, and more effective, to put a jack under the lower control arm, disconnect the ball joints, remove the spindle/knuckle, then slowly lower the jack. 9 out of 10 times the coil spring simply falls out with no drama but I always tie up or cover the spring just in case. Also, I find that a ball joint separator of the correct size is easier, faster, and better for the vehicle, than "hitting what it goes through" with a hammer. - Ray

This would make a great 10-15 minute video.

Love how you made sure the calipers were hanging by the hose... awesome

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

Noose.

3:40... lmao, your hired!!😂🤣😆

I'd say you almost could use one of those Harbor Fart sand blasters with all the work you're putting into making your cars beautiful underneath.

Eric, someday i hope you remember to ask your dad about that brake job. I'm so curious to know whether that was done at a shop, or at a friend's house over beers LOL.

Excited to see what you do with the old Chevy 350. Maybe consider doing a dyno before and after mods. Also consider an electric fan setup. I hear you can get some benefits like more power and colder AC

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

The engine is already back from the machine shop. I wasn't able to get any Dyno readings before. Let's just say it sucked and when I'm done, it will be better. Also, I already have the upgraded radiator and new cooling fans. Thanks for the comment.

I love how old vehicles used rivets on some ball joints because I guess they thought they'd outlast the vehicle itself?

@ericthecarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Rivets are cheaper than nuts and bolts.

I hate those spring compressors with a passion, same thing happened in the shop with another tech dang thing came apart flew off the shop and headed straight for me...

Lmfao at the stabilizer joke

Changing the shocks alone should make the ride much better especially if they are 30 years old.

Ive had pretty good luck throwing some vicegrips on the shaft of struts to loosen the nuts. This will damage the shaft but if its being replaced np.

A heavy duty drill, like 1/2" or bigger, would do wonders for turning those compressor, puller style bolts. I know you are hesitant to use impact as it does cause wear on the tool but a non-impacting drill help reduce personal wear as long as it is strong enough to do the job

Oh yeah! A sandblasting cabinet would make short work of a lot of things!!

Eric, since you got new springs, I am surprised you didn't heat up the old springs with the touch. Not to cut through the spring just enough to take the tension off.

Check Ebay, about 4 months ago there was a pair of calipers for this gen of truck for 230 plus S&H

The dad rule of thumb says to always use a jack under lower Arm to prevent that spring from flying out and lower the jack slowly but who knows I didn’t have a dad 😂

3:35 EricTheFireFighter...Lol!

Watching him try to blow out that flame was like watching someone try to blowout one of those birthday candles that keeps igniting, haha.