These are the picks I used: amzn.to/49zKhzb The shafts will bend if you get too crazy with them, but they easily bend back. Overall they work pretty well. Playlist: kzread.info/head/PL0dOYq6JmMaJgySk7vXvmYJhb__vLPyyt

@AndrewMoizer

3 ай бұрын

I have a forklift mast (not sure of brand though) that I modded to mount on the tractor 3 point. It needs seals so this was a very topical video. Much appreciated. Thanks for anticipating the pick question ... too bad they seem to be double the price in Canada . Was also wondering whether it was any special grease you used during assembly. I'm sure you much have mentioned it, but what are those orange gloves you prefer? I think it's time I started wearing gloves more often. Hope you start feeling better soon. In the same boat here too. My wife is in worse shape ... after spending half a day in emergency yesterday we now know that for her the root cause is her asthma, so with some updated drugs/equipment/regimen things are improving already.

@davidjohnson6965

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the playlist, hadn’t realised I’d missed it! Throughly enjoyed catching up.

@JS-wc4xs

3 ай бұрын

Hopefully u didn't get hit from the rounds of tornadoes this past January and February. Hope u all have a shelter. Thank you for sharing the link on the picks

@harrywalker968

3 ай бұрын

didnt have any jabs did you.. take bulk V c, zinc.. D3. we dont get enough d3 from sun,, need supliments.. or fish, meat,ect rich in it..

@auser591

3 ай бұрын

FYI your Playlist is not running in chronological order...

Retired Clark forklift mechanic here. That check valve in the primary and secondary cylinders are there to let fluid that seeps past the packings to be forced back into the system instead of past the gland seals. They also let air escape on initial installation. When your mast operates out of sequence, when the secondary’s go up before the primary has reached its upper limit that is a sure sign that check valve is not functioning correctly and fluid is trapped above the piston. I see you figured it out how the check valve worked. The GCS and GCX series lifts were among the first ones built when Clark moved it manufacturing offshore to Korea. They were still a pretty good product. Your guess about the radiator is correct, it can be removed without pulling the counterweight, it very tight but it can be done. As far as your comment about hydraulic fluid all over the floor. I laughed my A$$ off, I’ve left trails of hydraulic fluid all over most of California in my career, you try to minimize it but even your vacuum system can’t catch it all. And most of my time as a forklift tech was working out of a service truck. All I had was a waste oil drum to pour it in. How I got it in that drum was always a sketchy situation.

@fls360

3 ай бұрын

I know the pain. Been working on these trucks for over 20 years myself. The struggle is real.

@garysparks2681

3 ай бұрын

@@horstmuller7512 Uncalled for.

@mikflo2403

3 ай бұрын

dopers of all colors love it - shoulda been. Not just one.

@78Ratje

3 ай бұрын

Toyota/Mitsubishi/Linde/Samsung have been through the fingers over the years, take the return hose off the valve block before lunch, and come back to a nearly empty HyD tank, it was the first time working on a 5FBMF, you could do it like that on a 7 series (new at the time) i used a lot of absorption grit that day.

@fls360

3 ай бұрын

Clark leaves a trail of hydraulic oil wherever it goes😂@@FreiherrDinkelacker

Years ago I worked in a beef packing plant as a maintenance guy. They told me never walk under a raised forklift because " $20 of rubber seals is all that holds it up". Darned inflation gets everything I guess.

@operator8014

3 ай бұрын

I was told, "never trust a suspended load, it's always held up by $10 worth of China's finest steel."

@time1800

3 ай бұрын

Lot safer now days! $539 dollars worth of seals and your life.

@glennchartrand5411

3 ай бұрын

Clark basically gouges people on seals. If you take the seals to a hydraulic shop and have them matched up it's about $100 for everything. But that means taking the mast apart, driving to and back from a hydraulic shop and then putting everything back together. And it takes longer to do all three cylinders at the same time vs one at a time. So you turn a 2 hour job into an all day job to save $400....but forklift mechanics charge $125 an hour. So that hydraulic shop would have to be real close before you save any money...and if they don't have one of the seals in stock , you're just stuck.

@commenter5469

3 ай бұрын

Hercules and York usually have those kits, and whole lot cheaper. If you have time.

@MalleusSemperVictor

3 ай бұрын

​@@operator8014Superior chinesium made of the finest zinc and magnesium alloys.

With a kid in school and your wife teaching, you could potentially be sick every day for the rest of your life. Thanks again for sharing

@tpniefer

3 ай бұрын

Every time our grandchildren ...AKA terrorists ... visit my wife and I catch some kind of viral disease.

@mikespain8655

3 ай бұрын

Being sick is the worst. I had the flu this winter and was down for 2-3 weeks.

@rp42069

3 ай бұрын

They all spread it around. I feel the pain with a child in school

I have to say you take a lot of extra time to draw the diagrams to explain things and how they work. I thoroughly enjoy seeing them and understanding how they work. Thanks for taking the time to do that....

@Poppi2006

3 ай бұрын

While in school in the early 60’s, the pad of green paper with the grid on the back side was called engineering paper. Great paper! I enjoy Wes’s always clear and understandable explanations.

You hit the nail in the head with that explanation on cylinders, it is indeed for cushion and smoother operation. Remember that these machines were once new and built for loading and unloading valuable goods, not so much towing rusty cars in & out of shop 😁

@robertklein1316

3 ай бұрын

Wes's machine, not so new, is just multitasking, those "Don't Tow" stickers must be missing. The shop I once worked at had an old surplus ClarkTowTug, used it for plowing.

At 6, watched Captain Kleeman work on trucks, at 7, I watched you rebuild cylinders, yet in my shop is a broken truck, and next to it sits a dozer with two cylinders that need to be rebuilt. Yet here I sit, watching y'all. If you needed proof that it's more entertaining to watch you work than to work, here it is! (Thanks for the video!)

@rustyul

3 ай бұрын

I know that feeling! I also watched Kleeman just before watching Wes. I have a 96 Thunderbird in my shop that needs work, an 07 Acura behind that and another Thunderbird after the Acura. It's wet and rainy out and it's way more fun to sit and watch sometimes rather than go and do!

@philtowle4683

3 ай бұрын

You started young

@susanstephenmelvin9891

3 ай бұрын

Guilty here in key west lol

@malware_in_tn9008

3 ай бұрын

I find work fascinating. I could watch it all day.

@Coinfindr

3 ай бұрын

i have a car (FWD) that needs a timing chain, i have another car that needs rust removed and heaps of other small problems, and on to that another car that needs its fueltank replaced with a better one still i sit here watching other people fix their machines/cars... watching is a whole lot easier to do than doing it 😅

Wes Johnson Services, a great place to take a leak!

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

We're closed!

@dougankrum3328

3 ай бұрын

@@WatchWesWork Wes Johnson Services...I miss the CNC circuit board repairs. I've spent quite a few years doing NC and CNC stuff in the 1970's...most of the guys I worked with would never even take a chance on any machinery....bad enough adding a quart of oil to their vehicle!

Ahhhhh, the joy of working on hydraulics. No matter how many rags and buckets you use you will get hydraulic fluid EVERYWHERE!

@Oksobasically2

3 ай бұрын

And when you fix the leak you were after a new one pops up somewhere else because as all hydraulic mechanics know, these systems dont like getting taken down to atmospheric pressure then back to 1000+psi. Tends to piss off the o rings.

I like the intelligent approach you take to explaining things. I come for entertainment but also to learn a thing or two. Scrappy is the same way. Feel better Wes.

You sure seem to get yourself into a lot of hydraulics for a guy who hates hydraulics😁

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

Tell me about it!

You are an oddity. A mechanic that has a grasp of English and grammar. Such a joy not to have to cringe every other sentence.

@TheFlyingBusman

3 ай бұрын

It’s called being an engineer not just a wrench monkey.

@googleuser3110

3 ай бұрын

You just made a blanket insult for mechanics. You shouldn't throw stones when you live in a glass house. Looking through your past comments reveals more than a few utterly deplorable sentence structure flaws. 😊

@billmalec

3 ай бұрын

@@googleuser3110 if I did, please correct me. I'll take it as constructive criticism and get better. I won't throw it back at you like, well you know. 😁 I watch enough videos and have enough close friends that are mechanics to see a trend.

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

I dunno. Words are hard.

@rustyul

3 ай бұрын

😁​@@WatchWesWork

I'm a retired maintenance millwright, when foreman put me in the forklift shop, I always felt I was being punished. That was a pretty good video, Wes.

@dougankrum3328

3 ай бұрын

Forklift shop? At least 'they' had one...I've been around these things for 50 years, the most neglected piece/s of equipment I've ever seen...Last place I worked they had a 12,000 pound Clark solid tire 'warehouse' forklift....one of the steering wheels had zero rubber on it...employers didn't see why that could be a problem.... They drove it outside in the rain, and through 7-8" or more of water in puddles...brakes rusted up so bad they barely worked... Changing hydraulic oil, it doesn't look dirty like engine oil (also never changed) so why change it....and don't bother changing the engine oil, it's a lot of trouble if you can't get the forklift up a foot or so...but you know, if you're thinking...just a few 4X4's and you get it up there...

@dwitcraft

3 ай бұрын

Wes shares his purgatory, that's why we watch;)

@rays2877

3 ай бұрын

@@dougankrum3328It was a custom wire mill, we made wire for aircraft carrier arrestor cable sort of stuff . It was located just behind the docks so it was a cramped mill, and relied on forklifts to move the rod and wire around. They were kept up and regularly replaced, they were beefed up 10,000 ? Cats.Those steering wheels barely touched a lot of the time. But our two poor little 4,500# maintenance forklifts got no love.

Study at school learn form KZread. 😮 Wow! Thanks for sharing

I love when the pencil and paper come out. I learn something every video. Love the Chevy at the end of the video. My parents had one when I was just a kid.

This explained a lot. 30 years ago, our forklift repair guy came out to replace some leaky hoses and O rings. He told me to take the forklift out into the parking lot and raise the mast all the way up and leave it for a minute or two to drain off any of the fluid that got above the piston. 30 years later I still do it. Thanks for the video and I hope you feel well soon.

I find your theoretical explanations to be one of the best on youtube. If my university taught us this way, I wouldn't struggle so much with it ! it was just equations and very non-straightforward visuals ...

Wes I was there (subscriber) when this machine was pulled from the sticks! The machine is an important part of your shop.

@zspolson

3 ай бұрын

I remember when this channel was called Wes Johnson Services and our hero was fixing CNC machines and the like. What a trip it's been.

@Military-Museum-LP

3 ай бұрын

@@zspolson. Ditto. Do you remember his transport IH truck?

@zspolson

3 ай бұрын

@@Military-Museum-LPThat old rollback, right?

@Military-Museum-LP

3 ай бұрын

@@zspolson. Yes

This forklift is so worth the love, I remember you getting it. As always enjoyed the watch, my husband not so much as he was run over by a forklift 5 months ago and still recovering. Get well soon Wes, look after yourself x

@napalmholocaust9093

3 ай бұрын

Well wishes to you and yours then.

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

Ouch! Hope he recovers. I had my foot run over by one as a kid. Luckily it just barely nicked my toe.

@SueSmith-ew7iv

3 ай бұрын

Ouch indeed. Two broken arms, broken ribs, broken nose, bleed on spleen and lots of cuts & bruises. Still off work as the wrong side of 60 to be run over. Here to talk about it so very grateful x

@greggb1416

3 ай бұрын

For sure.., the videos of its’ repairs were some of the first videos I was made aware of Wes’s channel. Fan ever since. Speedy recovery for your hubby.

@tchads_57

3 ай бұрын

@@SueSmith-ew7ivI doubt there’s any side of 60 that’s right to be run over by a fork lift. Thoughts for a speedy recovery to you both.

I'm so glad you explained how a displacement cylinder works. My brain was beginning to hurt trying to figure out how a hydraulic cylinder could work without a piston. So it has a piston, just not a "piston" piston. 🤪

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

It is a piston, kinda.

@julianstafford7071

3 ай бұрын

True displacement cylinders without a piston had a much larger ram - made from tube rather than solid, not much smaller than the cylinder bore. If you think about it then it has to be so otherwise the cylinder bore size is ''wasted.'' The first tractor front end loader lift rams mostly used cylinders like that - power up but no power down.

@ryanslaback9418

3 ай бұрын

@@julianstafford7071 The displacement cylinders with a machined bore and the rod matching the ID of the bore are also safer. If the piston seal fails on a traditional cylinder the oil can jump from one side of the piston to the other rapidly and the cylinder slams down. In a displacement cylinder that space is all filled with rod so the cylinder will creep down, not slam down. I believe these are used in anything people hauling for this reason.

@dougankrum3328

3 ай бұрын

@@ryanslaback9418 Piston seal fails?...that's a good reason for the rule....'never stand or walk under a load'..

Using a hammer on the wrench reminded me of my dad. He always says "do what I say, not what I do!" =)

@dougankrum3328

3 ай бұрын

Hammer time...in reality, that retainer should never have been that tight. That's why those spanners have such short handles.

Thanks Wes! I hope you feel better soon 🐾🍺

I got covid 18 months or so ago and have only just gotten over a second collapsed lung. It is no joke! If you're sick, go get checked out. It took me 6 or 8 months of a persistent cough before I saw a quack about it, which after a raft of tests showed the first collapse.

@DinDooIt

3 ай бұрын

The medicine to alleviate the coof was discredited and smeared by the elite with self interests because it was cheap and it works, I took it early on because I have stock of it for my farm and was better in two days, "they" wouldn't have made trillions if we were allowed to use it. Just remember a cured patient is a non returning patient, it's all about money and control!!

@aserta

3 ай бұрын

Man, that sucks. I finally got it after battling it for years and all i got was... my smell coming back. I had no smell from before the pandemic. Something about my sinuses being messed up made it really difficult to pick up anything but the strongest of odors (like gas leaks, for example) and two days after my fever broke (after 4 days of feeling like death warmed over) ... i got hit with the smell of stale pillow cases (overdue due to the sickness). I freaked out so bad and started sniffing stuff up in the house. It's been two months now and the smell's gone again... CV is some frakked up banjo recital if you ask me.

@ChrisE480

3 ай бұрын

Vitamin D3 is good for covid and lots more.

@lordjaashin

3 ай бұрын

whatever you do, don't say yes to intubation. intubation kills more patients than covid

@HT-io1eg

3 ай бұрын

100%. Wes, get checked, please. Working in a freezing shop all winter, not good.

You been doing this KZread thing for so long you knew the first thing viewers... like me... would want to know was where to get the picks... 🤣🤣🤣 Clearly Wes would have been able to make a nice living as an instructor in a college level tech school. He has an ability to teach even KZread blockheads how complicated systems work.

@robertklein1316

3 ай бұрын

Why would Wes want to babysit students, his wife has a tough enough job already.

"This puller has had a hard life" immediately puts an impact on it.

@wayner806

3 ай бұрын

I said the same thing when I watched today.😂 I just sat down to watch it today.

Mornin! I worked on Forklifts for about 40 years, I’m glad you figured out how this setup works. Now I know also! ✅

Your drawnigs (in this video and in the past ones) are the best I've ever seen! Thank you for describing the basics so understandable.

@wortuhu3961

3 ай бұрын

And the best is, he can do the drawings without the help of a computer. Old school, paper, pen and ruler. 👍

I still remember when you dug this forklift out of the weeds all those years ago. All your old revivals showed me that abandoned equipment can still be useful.

I had 12 Clark fork trucks years ago. You can get the radiator out without taking the counter weight off, you just need to take the seat and the plate off, if I remember right? It's been 20 years, good luck Wes.

I have the same forklift. My brakes are shot. The lift cylinder (multistage) pours oil. I started to rebuild the cylinder last year and got extremely discouraged. Years ago my dad's company built his own cylinders for his hydraulic equipment. You know your stuff! You are an inspiration for me to finish my own forklift. Keep it up Wes!

Wes, you are an excellent teacher! Thank you for this lesson and so many others in past videos! Feel better - spring is just around the corner.

Can't imagine why anybody would want to leave that hoist outside for how many years. Works like a charm, and breaks down less than anything built in this day and age.

Nice teaser with the 76 Malibu SS. Can't remember the last time I saw one of those. I love it when you break out the graph paper. You are a gem sir.

@Corey-dy2cq

3 ай бұрын

Malibu Classic?

@markborger7097

3 ай бұрын

Not sure, thought it had an SS badge on the fender.@@Corey-dy2cq

I had a 1973 Clark Fork Truck. The cylinder was leaking, the soft plugs were blowing off, the hydraulic lines were blowing out randomly every few months and I could go on. I use it maybe an hour a day and I am not as motivated or knowledgeable as you. I bought an 8 year old CAT with only 900 hours on it and said goodbye to the Clark after 45 years of service, it owed me nothing but was glad to see it go.

@user-hn2qq3eb8c

3 ай бұрын

what do you expect from a 45 year old hydraulic lines, that they will hold as new?

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

They don't last forever.

@WhiteBuffalo59

3 ай бұрын

@@user-hn2qq3eb8c umm, no.......💩

Back in the day when I ran a warehouse at a die cutting plant I used a 1973 Clark like this one except yellow. That thing never broke down but the larger Datsun was always broken.

15:31 "You know it's getting serious when the green paper comes out." I laughed out loud - quite loudly!

It's definitely pleasure watching Wes pull apart equipment components and explaining what and why he's doing to repair them. Ain't no doubt he'd be an excellent aircraft mechanic with his attention to detail and competence at pretty much everything he does.

Rewatching the old forklift playlist makes me realize A) how much your camera equipment has improved, and B) how much I miss that old rollback truck you used to drive.

22 years working on lifts. Ya did great buddy.

I don't know who is sick more you or Puddin but you both still have those germ breeder's running around. My woes come from Vietnam 57 years ago. Keep up the good work.

Great “green paper” explanation.

I've been with you as far back before you restored that crane. It's been a fantastic journey with you partner

I wondered how the sequence of the cylinders was controlled. Now it makes sense and avoiding having hoses to damage or rot really makes sense.

Clark was a renowned leader in material handling. In some countries in Europe they don’t use the word forklift, they call all forklifts Clark. The same for skid loaders. They are called Bobcat even if they are JCB or EuroMach, or what ever.

@mazwa2007

3 ай бұрын

in Australia skid loaders are all called bobcats! a forklift is a forklift though

Wes is the mechanic that has the skills to take on anything that has a engine 😂😅😊

At least it’s not a welded cylinder. I had to do a cylinder on my skid loader, cut the weld, replace seal and weld end back on again.

Good humor, excellent tutorials, fun repairs to watch - a deadly combination. I am so glad I found your channel. Keep up the excellence!

Those O rings can be fun . good job ,Wes . got it back togather and no leaks .

Strange how much joy I get from cylinder rebuilds 🤔

It was a pleasure watching you work on the forklift again. I believe these were the first of your videos I watched - of you getting that one out of the field. And thanks for the hydraulics lesson also. Education is a wonderful thing, even if you are 79 years old. I hope I never stop listening and learning.

@eric_seguin

3 ай бұрын

Same here @ 67. lol

Wes I admire your never ending confidence in taking on all projects. Im weak in hydraulic cylinder repairs. I still take them to a specialist.

3:19 “This puller has not lived an easy life,” as impact approaches. 😂

I thought youd have to make a gland wrench but naturally you have the proper tools.

The phrase "While you're at it" can be financially scary, but it does make for good content. 😊

I kept thinking how much the next guy who brings that lift back to life in 70 years after you and he'll appreciate the cylinders seals. 😂

Someone hit that "Easy" button for ya. Nothing like feeling crappy and having to fight with a piece of machinery. Things went smoothly. Yep, 70 degrees here in NEPA. Ain't complainin'.

260K subscribers in 4 years. WOW!! You deserve it, Wes. Fantastic videos.

The Clark has paid for itself.

@WatchWesWork

3 ай бұрын

Many times! It's the handiest tool I own.

Clark have certainly their own unique way of doing things. I never worked on the smaller ones, but forklifts.....always fun !

I need to do some hydraulic work this summer, and as I have not done any for 50 years, I appreciate the refresher course. I have watched every one of your videos, so I am pleased to see a new one. Thank you much!

Thx for taking the time to make the drawings to be able to teach us more easily.

0:26 wallnut shells. 10 (halves). Wash them lightly and make sure there's no bits inside. Put them in water, about a cup and a half. Boil them, let them boil for 2 minutes extra, then shut off heat. Strain through filter, put half a spoon of honey and drink warm, but not hot. Excellent for cough, won't remove the sickness, but it calms the throat like nobody's business.

@Martin.Wilson

3 ай бұрын

LMFAO I thought at first this was a homemade recipe for a radiator stop-leak concoction. Too funny.

@TheOtherBill

3 ай бұрын

@@Martin.Wilson I thought it was for removing rust from inside the cylinders.

@DanEBoyd

3 ай бұрын

@@TheOtherBill And I was initially thinking stop-leak for hydraulic systems...😅

@centauri61032

3 ай бұрын

I put the same stuff in my pressure washer.

"Do not hit with hammer" And that is exactly why we call them the swing press

I love the green paper explanation! Thanks

Nice work. Reminds me of an old joke about a walrus and a Tupperware party.

@mikehynes6632

3 ай бұрын

No, that's just ice cream🤣

Cool video Wes and that is a really neat cylinder arrangement. Thanks for sharing how they work!

Great looking automobile at the end. Real class. Nothing like the cookie cutter automobile’s of today. 👍👍👍🇺🇸✌🏻🙏🏽😎

Look at you all fancy with a spanner wrench! I use pipe wrenches, chain wrenches, strap wrenches, etc. I would need a dozen spanners to cover all the different sized cylinders I rebuild. Good work Wes!

Between your channel and cutting edge engineering in Australia I have learned so much about hydraulics.

@qdusen

3 ай бұрын

That cutting edge engineering guy is another who is not afraid of taking on big projects.

Thanks Wes hope you feel better

Nice teaser with the beautiful Chevelle.

Having orange hands is a early sign you are not feeling well. Didn't see Max in this one, say hey to him. Thanks for the video, get to feeling better!

Sorry to see you're experiencing the type of weather we Albertans get all the time. You need a snowbrush and shorts on the same day around here!

Hydraulics can definitely make you scratch your head when the the engineers battle it out with the finance dept. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

Always enjoy your content - thank you, keep doing what you do!

I always enjoy your drawings and explanations of how things work.This forklift explanation was VERY educational.

Thanks Wes. Very interesting...

Well done and even better explained!

You have put lots of effort in to that forklift and have watch the originals videos when you had 20k subs now you are 10 times that!! You’re doing great!!

Ooohhh. I just watched until the end! Nice Chevy! Do we get to see more of it?

Always a pleasure to watch wess work!

Thanks for posting, hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for the new content Wes!

That same weather happened here in western NY. And today and tomorrow it is to be in the 70's, breaking records both days. (Though breaking the record for high temps is not the rare event it once was.)

@dougaranda6187

3 ай бұрын

We’re supposed to set records here in Elmira/Corning the next three days, including today.

@WildBill236

3 ай бұрын

Watching from Grand Island! Working outside today in a T-shirt!

Another great video Mr. Wes thanks for the journey

That's a sweet Chevy at the end

We used every variety of lifts at work and Clark was the best from what I saw in 30+ years. Our forklifts ran 24/7 365 and it was nothing to see 15,000 hours on a lift when rotated out.

Excellent work as usual, Wes!!!

This is a nice surprise. Thank you.

Excellent video editing. Really enjoy the content.

Another great video. Thanks for posting!

Get well Soon Wes. Nice Explanation. Keep it up.

Great explanation on the types of cylinders. Thanks.

nice work , great figuring out the system

Great video Wes. Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

Thanks for the education, greatly appreciated.

Nice work - thanks for sharing it with us. Spring is just around the corner!

You just described every winter in Texas. Snowmageddon yesterday, Speedos and Piña Coladas today.

I remember you pulling that forklift out and restoring it, been watching you ever since... Wes, you have one of the best channels on the KZread! _Keep up the amazing work team Hufflepuff!_

Your knowledge and skill is impressive. Thank you and have a great week.