You made that look so easy , when I was an apprentice hgv machanic I got roasted , no one had time to show me again But watching your video taught me a lot on how to do it , Great work
only one point mate you should not be working underneath with out correctly supporting the. axle I know it saves a few minutes but if jack fails which they do youknow the result
Being an 8wheeler there’s not much danger working on the vehicle with that Jack,that being said prevention is better than cure and would have used a trolly Jack because it has a bigger lifting pad and if for any reason the vehicle moved the Jack would move with it against toppling off that bottle Jack letting the axle drop which might or might not have hurt you but everyone has their own way of getting the job done.
Well done, some man,you make it look so simple, bare hands a bit dangerous on that heavy stuff,rigger gloves are a great help,and can save a finger,saved my knuckles many a time,60+ and still have all thr fingers,even if they are a bit battered.!!.
Yeah it’s a bit rough on the old hands I can’t wear gloves I struggle to do anything with them on! Yeah kids think I have no feelings in my hands because I can pick nettles up bare hands 😂 cheers Charles keep up the good work pal 👍
Scania drum brakes are still the most piss easy ones to do. The older Renault kerax was a right bollox of a job. Had to knock out a wheel stud to get the drift on the anchor pins. Thankfully its years since I was on the tools full time.
Yeah I agree the brakes have got easier in time, never done them but have done some that you have to knock out the studs to get to the pins! You must be old school?
Man rear axles you knock stud out and stupid torx bolts hold backplates on. One thing I would say though, stick an axle stand under axle, especially when beating wheels off. Not a health a safety wanker, just good practise. Love the fact you lubricate things, you need to tell some of our techs to do the same 😂
An old boy who I worked with told me when I did my first brake shoes, if you get your trusty tippex pen out and mark a line on the face of the pin where your notch is, it is a lot easier to line it up for your grub screw.
I had a colleague that tried to put that spring back with the shoes already mounted :))) ... Every time he will look in the mirror he will remember that spring :))))) Happened on a Renault kerax
47 k views on this and 300 odd on the ones around it ...I reckon you need to do more of these Chris (A,B,C's of doing something)...... Mind you I love the style now to this .,.far more content and fun But , for your channel ......these make perfect sense 🤚🤚
been there done that you work on some shite i know what its like you deserve a medal but we never get any credit for the shit and conditions we have to work in like the videos
Been watching this channel from near on the start... 693rd sub to the channel 🙂 How did I miss this 1 ???? Well me & my boy are re-storing an old Bedford Cf 2 van into a stealth camper for weekend's & Chris bless him "Not That He Knows" is giving us an insight into tips & tricks on fixing her up, "yet" Im not sure how much he inspires others, as the channel should have 100k subs. Great insight for all folk on a budget .Great Man & Great Channel.
Usually have to burn the pins out or cut the shoe off n fuck the exchange up on volvo busses where the retarders were so good the shoes rarely got changed unless showed poor performance in the brake rollers
Asking out of curiosity, do you have to buy the whole shoe set? Becuase we own Astra trucks (now owned by iveco) and we only change the pads and the shoes serve quite a while From southern Europe
Had a set n No amount of derv, lube, heat or 14lb help would shift them... ended up welding a frame n using a bottle jack to make a press..... the things we do not to take a reduction hub off 🙈
Nice one just done this today lol How tf are the 3rd axle slack adjuster fixed to the s-cam shaft? Does it have a cover for the circlip or a central bolt? I only ask as I’ve removed slack adjusters before but they’ve always have a circlip and these just have a cap (these are very very caked in concrete but i cannot make out any kind of clip) 🤷♂️😂
Sorry mate only just seen this! They’ll deffo be a circlip or bolt in the centre of the cam, I had a Daf the other day I had to remove the cam because the adjusters was buffed up to the diff... nightmare job, hope you’ve cracked it pal.
@@Professional-struggler cheers Chris buddy, they have a bolt through the centre with what I think is a dust cap, the bolt and recess was so full of cement and rust it took about half an hour to get it cleaned up enough to get the socket on it haha 😂 Still got a few jobs left to do on that old girl tho so we will be dancing again next week 🤦♂️😆 Cheers for the reply too buddy great stuff!!! 😉👍
Do you always remove the wheels? I used to find it easier taking out the half shaft and wheel bearing and sliding the drum off with the wheels attached over a grease plate. Gave a bit more room around the brakes.
Hello Chris mate, wondering if I can get some advice on a job? I’ve got some brake back plates to change on a Renault volumetric cement truck, and one is on the rear axle (these have hub reducers I believe) and two on the 2nd steer axle. Is there a way to do this without pulling the whole f@cking hun and half shaft off? The place I’m at doesn’t have wheel guns or owt so it’s a nightmare pulling wheels and hubs down lol 😂 I fitted one by splitting the back plate and fitting like that is that something you’d do? I’ve only ever done split backplates and I really don’t want to pull the hub off if possible 😂 Cheers bud
Yeah don’t do all that just for back plates! Cut them in half dude! Perfectly legal as long as there secure! Be legal without them but cement trucks get shit up! I hate cement trucks especially working on the back, good luck dude!
@@Professional-struggler awesome mate thanks for that, it’s a Renault too so I’m expecting huge ball aches coming from this one as it’s constantly on the go haha 😂 Much respect and many thanks Chris matey 🤪👍
OK, that was one thing I was wondering with axles and 4 wheels (what are they called? Double axles?): were the brakes on the outboard or inboard wheels... Now I know :) Also, I was wondering: is there a TPMS on modern trucks and trailers? Given the stiffness of the sidewalls on the tyres, my guess is that you won't detect a slow puncture with the required visual checks...
no not as standard. and you can visually detect an outright flat but a slow pressure loss will only be caught by regularly checking tire pressure as any motorist should be doing anyway
No messing with this fella, straight to the point. Brilliant video.
You made that look so easy , when I was an apprentice hgv machanic I got roasted , no one had time to show me again
But watching your video taught me a lot on how to do it ,
Great work
Cheers Chris mate glad it helped! Sharing is caring 😊 sorry for the late reply 👍
Like watching the older videos. U must get through some washing machines like state, your clothes man. 😂👍🏻
I should be a tester for washing machines mate 😂
only one point mate you should not be working underneath with out correctly supporting the. axle I know it saves a few minutes but if jack fails which they do youknow the result
i used to reline break shoes like that all day what a shitty dirty job ..loving your vids
Brave man working on that whilst it’s sat on a bottle jack.
Being an 8wheeler there’s not much danger working on the vehicle with that Jack,that being said prevention is better than cure and would have used a trolly Jack because it has a bigger lifting pad and if for any reason the vehicle moved the Jack would move with it against toppling off that bottle Jack letting the axle drop which might or might not have hurt you but everyone has their own way of getting the job done.
Well done, some man,you make it look so simple, bare hands a bit dangerous on that heavy stuff,rigger gloves are a great help,and can save a finger,saved my knuckles many a time,60+ and still have all thr fingers,even if they are a bit battered.!!.
Yeah it’s a bit rough on the old hands I can’t wear gloves I struggle to do anything with them on! Yeah kids think I have no feelings in my hands because I can pick nettles up bare hands 😂 cheers Charles keep up the good work pal 👍
Scania drum brakes are still the most piss easy ones to do. The older Renault kerax was a right bollox of a job. Had to knock out a wheel stud to get the drift on the anchor pins. Thankfully its years since I was on the tools full time.
Yeah I agree the brakes have got easier in time, never done them but have done some that you have to knock out the studs to get to the pins! You must be old school?
Man rear axles you knock stud out and stupid torx bolts hold backplates on. One thing I would say though, stick an axle stand under axle, especially when beating wheels off. Not a health a safety wanker, just good practise. Love the fact you lubricate things, you need to tell some of our techs to do the same 😂
@@davidbonnett5441 what a gob shite , leave the guy to do it his way!
Nice job doing then on the deck never easy doing them like that.
Great vid Chris I like the tip with the shoe spring 👍🏻 🔧
An old boy who I worked with told me when I did my first brake shoes, if you get your trusty tippex pen out and mark a line on the face of the pin where your notch is, it is a lot easier to line it up for your grub screw.
Good video Chris 🚌🚚🚛👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏👏👏
Excellent video - each stage very clear - good footage. Often wondered how the job was done and now I know. Cheers.
Thanks Dog for the comment mate 👍
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I had a colleague that tried to put that spring back with the shoes already mounted :))) ... Every time he will look in the mirror he will remember that spring :)))))
Happened on a Renault kerax
You make it look easy chav
Not all the time mate most of the time it’s a foocking nightmare 😂 cheers for watching pal 👍
Happy Birthday mate 🍻
Brilliant just brilliant. Thanks for you video. Greetings from Dublin Ireland bless you young man
Thank you F B 👍 happy new year buddy
I do miss working on the dafs, Great video👍
Bet the main agents hate you for giving instructions. Well ✔ 👍
Cheers Monster !! lol, Great Vid !!! Listening to Others experience Saves so much time !!!
Should come to Walsh and dearden were a truck breakers
47 k views on this and 300 odd on the ones around it ...I reckon you need to do more of these Chris (A,B,C's of doing something)......
Mind you I love the style now to this .,.far more content and fun
But , for your channel ......these make perfect sense 🤚🤚
it's funny watching him back
This will stay in my head forever now. Thanks for making this, I hope ur videos take off mate. Oh forgot to ask...what do u torque the grubs up to?
been there done that you work on some shite i know what its like you deserve a medal but we never get any credit for the shit and conditions we have to work in like the videos
Good video. Old school style
Cheers pal! We like a bit of old school round here 👍
@@Professional-struggler sometimes is the best way. I’m only 3 years in still lots to learn
Great video
Been watching this channel from near on the start... 693rd sub to the channel 🙂 How did I miss this 1 ???? Well me & my boy are re-storing an old Bedford Cf 2 van into a stealth camper for weekend's & Chris bless him "Not That He Knows" is giving us an insight into tips & tricks on fixing her up, "yet" Im not sure how much he inspires others, as the channel should have 100k subs. Great insight for all folk on a budget .Great Man & Great Channel.
Lot of faith in the jack and the ground.
Anybody else’s arse twitching at the lack of axle stand/block of wood? 😬
Great vid..hard workin man.. easy when you know-how 😁
Cheers Philip! If you don’t know- how you just have to struggle 😂
Masterclass!
Usually have to burn the pins out or cut the shoe off n fuck the exchange up on volvo busses where the retarders were so good the shoes rarely got changed unless showed poor performance in the brake rollers
Nice bro
Good video👍 i would suggest replacing return springs if you can, worn springs could cause drag
Excellent video
Made look so easy.
Happy Birthday ya Fabulous Barstard !! LOL
Asking out of curiosity, do you have to buy the whole shoe set? Becuase we own Astra trucks (now owned by iveco) and we only change the pads and the shoes serve quite a while
From southern Europe
Had a set n No amount of derv, lube, heat or 14lb help would shift them... ended up welding a frame n using a bottle jack to make a press..... the things we do not to take a reduction hub off 🙈
Hi Cris how are you
Do the inside of the hubs not wear?
Top man !
Good job but spring on wrong , sorry !
balance tyre on head quality keep um cumin classicc...
The polite struggler Hahaha
Nice one just done this today lol
How tf are the 3rd axle slack adjuster fixed to the s-cam shaft? Does it have a cover for the circlip or a central bolt?
I only ask as I’ve removed slack adjusters before but they’ve always have a circlip and these just have a cap (these are very very caked in concrete but i cannot make out any kind of clip) 🤷♂️😂
Sorry mate only just seen this! They’ll deffo be a circlip or bolt in the centre of the cam, I had a Daf the other day I had to remove the cam because the adjusters was buffed up to the diff... nightmare job, hope you’ve cracked it pal.
@@Professional-struggler cheers Chris buddy, they have a bolt through the centre with what I think is a dust cap, the bolt and recess was so full of cement and rust it took about half an hour to get it cleaned up enough to get the socket on it haha 😂
Still got a few jobs left to do on that old girl tho so we will be dancing again next week 🤦♂️😆
Cheers for the reply too buddy great stuff!!! 😉👍
Your new video is on private chris.
Do you always remove the wheels? I used to find it easier taking out the half shaft and wheel bearing and sliding the drum off with the wheels attached over a grease plate. Gave a bit more room around the brakes.
Yeah you could do it that way, I don’t have all the hud nut sockets on my van, I do that sometimes on trailers if the drum is sound! Cheers Chris 👍
Hello Chris mate, wondering if I can get some advice on a job?
I’ve got some brake back plates to change on a Renault volumetric cement truck, and one is on the rear axle (these have hub reducers I believe) and two on the 2nd steer axle.
Is there a way to do this without pulling the whole f@cking hun and half shaft off? The place I’m at doesn’t have wheel guns or owt so it’s a nightmare pulling wheels and hubs down lol 😂
I fitted one by splitting the back plate and fitting like that is that something you’d do? I’ve only ever done split backplates and I really don’t want to pull the hub off if possible 😂
Cheers bud
Yeah don’t do all that just for back plates! Cut them in half dude! Perfectly legal as long as there secure! Be legal without them but cement trucks get shit up! I hate cement trucks especially working on the back, good luck dude!
@@Professional-struggler awesome mate thanks for that, it’s a Renault too so I’m expecting huge ball aches coming from this one as it’s constantly on the go haha 😂
Much respect and many thanks Chris matey 🤪👍
Look after your knees, when it happens you will know.
OK, that was one thing I was wondering with axles and 4 wheels (what are they called? Double axles?): were the brakes on the outboard or inboard wheels... Now I know :)
Also, I was wondering: is there a TPMS on modern trucks and trailers? Given the stiffness of the sidewalls on the tyres, my guess is that you won't detect a slow puncture with the required visual checks...
no not as standard. and you can visually detect an outright flat but a slow pressure loss will only be caught by regularly checking tire pressure as any motorist should be doing anyway
Maintenance on these European trucks are so cumbersome. Could they have designed them anymore complicated?
Belter
Your fingers are so dirty from working on these trucks that I can't tell which is a part of the brake mechanism or which is your finger.