Chinese forklift axle in a bad way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I rebuild a worn out forklift axle.
So nearly all the bearings and joints were worn out. Two of the bearing houses had to be gouged off and new ones made in the lathe, reamered back to size in the radial arm drill so the new bearings could be installed. Steering ball joints also replaced.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
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This is the first video I have watched of your work. I am a 71 yr old retired machinist/mechanic/welder/fabricator in Land Down Under. For a fellow your age you have remarkable skills, especially the ability to think around problems. As many have already commented, most people would have run a mile if they were handed this job. Your approach to the repairs is excellent. I was especially pleased to see you pull in those needle roller bearings (with their very thin outer shell) with a long bolt. To keep hammering with a drift on such a thin outer shell is to ask for problems. Overall, really well done to you. Would be happy for you to repair anything of mine if I were in the UK. However, I like to maintain my equipment so it would never have been in that condition in the first place. I have had to repair other people's lack of maintenance jobs before and I tell them I will do it once but if they don't maintain it, regardless of how much they offer to pay, I won't do it a second time. In fact I won't do any other work for them at all. Have subscribed and will be good to see other work you do. Regards. Bob Hudson.
Thanks Bob. The problem solving is the part I love most about my job. Keeps things interesting.
@@snowballengineering just come across your channel & subscribed. I’m a FLT engineer & you have the ability I say that can’t be taught, to think there is always another way, 👍
Thanks Anthony
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The issue isn’t the fact it’s Chinese, it’s a maintenance issue. Or complete lack of. That’s a fantastic repair matey.
Maybe should grease my own forklift more often 🤣 Thanks!
@@snowballengineering every 8 hours of use or 800? 😂
But why does this not explain why Chinese never defend homosexual special rights ?
Don't trust the Chinese might be spying on you
A leak of maintenance can make a bearig to disappear ...😂
At least you didn't need to worry about setting the grease alight when using the gas axe😉. Really nice work and great to see a tradesman repairing as opposed to throwing away and getting new. 🛠.
I didnt have much hope when I saw all the damage. You did much better than what I thought was going to happen.
Still love your videos, you have a really good balance of detail and time lapse. I enjoy projects that bring the "destroyed" back to "new". Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I try to make them so if you have a short attention span like me you don’t get bored 😆
I enjoy the fact you don't try and hide a small issues you have "I didn't quite drill this bit enough 😂 but it don't matter" nice clean job 👌
I have a niggly feeling this man knows what he is doing!. Top work buddy.
I have a bit of an idea 😆
I have never seen such a knackered stub axle assembly, doubtless due to a lack of preventative maintenance . A good engineers fix and hopefully a happy owner.
You are becoming one of my favorite channels to watch.
That’s great! Thanks for watching
I used to get these sorts of forklift disasters that came from a scrap metal yard......
they would operate until the pin would just snap off.......never this rusty.....did
work on one from a Fertilizer Factory, and even though it was only a few years
old, the whole machine looked like it had been in the ocean a few years.......
keep up the fantastic work, Paul
Nice work, my dad always said the hardest part about any job is just getting started.
I like your solution to hold parts in line with the box tube. Excellent welding!
Ive repair several fork lift axles over the years. You did a good job repairing that one. Enjoyed watching. Thanks for your time.
That is precision work !!! Nice job !!! Well done. Amazing start to finish - terrible to brand new !!!! Turning old parts back into new ones !!!!! 😃💯👍
Great video and fabulous work to repair such a mess, I doubt many would tackle a job with so much rebuilding. 👍👍
Growing up I worked in a full service automotive machine shop. We would get I-beams from larger trucks. We are even a 60 ton press would not press them out. Job well done today, sir. I look forward to another video. Thank you.
Gday, well that looked a wreck when you first started, the customer definitely got there moneys worth out it, the repair went really well, great job mate and throughly enjoyed watching, cheers
Thanks Matty!
Awesome repair! I think you could save a lot of time and money by investing in a good press for pushing rods and bearings in and out instead of hammering the heck out of everything. Keep up the good work.
A man of his calibre would probably build one
Wow, that was quite the project. Great rebuild video. Good luck with the remainder of the reconditioning.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Really well done. I hare grease guns too, but MUCH less so now that I have installed “ Lock N Lube” tips on all of mine. HIGHLY recommend 👍🏻
A battery grease gun with one of them tips is definitely on the shopping list!
I'd never heard of them. Might have pick one of those tips up and try it out.
You are fantastic. To be able to see the basic components, their interface, and simply, as a matter of fact, just make new ones. You know words going to get out that you can fix anything....
Nice repair. Setup prep on the radial drill bed is very critical to success of the reaming ops.
Great repairs and refurbishment Olly. Surprised you didn't paint it black or snowball blue. I bet the Chinese fabricator was called Mig Wel DIng
The thing i LOVE about this channel was s it’s perfectly imperfect. You just feel real and genuine
Thank you!
Another first class repair captured on video. Thanks
Грамотный слесарь- универсал. И сварщик и токарь и сверловщик. Можно быть уверенным в хорошем результате.
Excellent job there, talk about making a silk purse from a sows ear. Thank you for sharing.
You need a press brother. the savings in time would be enormous. In a shop like yours, I would think a big one for sure. You can never have a press too big.
Oliver Snowball. Thanks for showing us!👍.
Sir I must compliment you on your Skill and abilities on bringing this forklift back to life again , cause I come from the same kind of background engineering myself , now days there is no young men inclined to get their hands dirty like you and me , I'm supposed to be retired at 73 still working at full steam , I'm more into classic car restoration etc . over here its almost impossible to get any young person to register for an Apprenticeship , People like you and me are most wanted now days in the after market engineering field , most important that you are getting paid properly , Regards to you ,
great job rescuing that worn out axle.
A tip for anyone repairing these axles. If youre in the trade and use TVH for your parts the triple thrust bearing doesnt automatically come with the cap/cover, its a seperate part and has to be ordered seperately. 👍
Have you learnt this the hard way?
@@snowballengineering You could say that, Heli, Hangcha, Tailift, TCM, Maximal, Nexen and other spurious Oriental manufacturers use similair set ups and share parts. Ive seen that many and ordered that many kits you know whats what lol. 🙄👍😁
Amazing amount of problem solving! Ca Lem built a fabulous press that would save beating things into submission.
To be fair, the axle is quite a well built thing. Sadly, the maintenance man isn't as good as the Chinese engineers that designed and built the axle. On the plus side, bad mantenance is good for business! Have been in IG and followed you.
That was an awesome repair considering the forklift has not had any maintenance for many years. I doubt very much the owners will do the wheel bearings considering the condition of the parts when they came in. 😁👍🇦🇺
You brought it back from the dead. Nice work.
Brilliant Oliver! It's official, you can teach an old dog new tricks! The way you tacked the bosses on to that bar before you welded them to the axle frame. I have not seen that done that way before. So the moral of the story here all you old timers that think you have seen it all before. Pay attention to the young fellas. they have good ideas too. My 7 year old grandson teaches me things every time I see him as does Oliver here with his repairs. Outstanding sir. Who was your mentor as you learned the trade?
Thanks Warren! Glad I could teach you something 😁
I did 7.5years at a local agricultural engineers where I learned a lot, but that was more fabrication work than the type of repairs I’m doing now. My dads also very practically minded and done his fair share of engineering so it’s in the blood I think.
Outstanding workmanship ! …..thanks for sharing 👏🏻👏🏻
Nice job of rebuilding that decimated axle, probably better than original as well.
I'm always amazed at the POC that people expect you to fix after so much abuse, but you keep on doing it I'm not sure that CEE would even bother taking those extreme jobs on as good as Kurtis is.
Now that is a bloody good idea Using the forklift as a bench...I,m fed up with having to do heavy parts on the floor because they are too heavy for my bench...OK so I don't have a forklift...but I do have a small tractor with a bucket...I can soon make up a support for the best height to work at...Thanks for saving my back in the future.😃
Great repair. good to have a commentary as you go along.
30 years ago I would find the same problem with TCM forklifts used in dirty environments. I would have to weld it up and grind it out to original size and ream everything. It would happen to the bellcrank as well.
Perfection. I have an old Case 580SE backhoe that desperately needs the same kind of repair on its front axle.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Top job, looks like TVH managed to supply you with some parts for the rebuild!! 😁👍
Ótimo vídeo, muito bem explicado. Abraços do BRASIL.
Excellent repair. Will probably outlive the rest of the forklift truck now.
Regards Mark in the UK
Thanks Mark. Should do, as long as it’s greased regularly.
@@snowballengineering for some reason that seems to be asking a lot for some.
Profesjonalna naprawa!, w zalewie Pakistańskiego partactwa i dziadostwa, kolega jest pozytywnym wyjątkiem.
Interesting design on that axle. The average Joe might find it difficult but for someone who can see the various parts all put together they can indeed repair even that disaster.
Bloody nice job. That axle was scrap till you got hold of it 👍
Quality work and video, keep up the good work 👍🇺🇦👍🇺🇦.
Only thing more satisfying than a long spiral of drill swarf is when the scale peels off a good stick weld by itself
Отличная работа молодец так держать удачи тебе и крепкого здоровья.
One thing I noticed is aiming heat directly at the actalene tank while cutting.BOOM
Excellent video. Well done. You are very good at solving problems and explaining things on the way.
A nice press would be a wonderful thing. Beautiful work as always.
I have battered Ford King pins when red hot to get them out !Good job done
Great video, brilliant work. Thank you Oliver
outstanding Video .....best wishes from Florida, USA ,Paul...great camera work, great choice of music, and the narration is fantastic ........Bravo........I love your work table, I used to use my lift the same way.......they have many uses the normal driver does not understand, even great for lifting the lorry to change a tyre.....
Thanks Paul!
I've got a Toyota forklift that needs that work done to it and the breaks have not worked since I've had it, future job 4 me,lol. Great video..
Nice work with sensible straight forward techniques. I thought I was the only person who hated greese guns.
Great repair job! Awesome quality work you do. Unfortunately that’s prob the only grease those pins will ever see, Till the next time they call you.
Awesome video. Fun to go along on the journey with you
Another great job completed, well done.
Well thought out repair and well executed.
Great editing why do people leave their machines so long before repairing I suppose they don't have time to stop in our fast way of living great job
Regards
Steve UK London
Excellent repair. Thanks for the video. I sometimes use a pin that is chucked in the spindle to line up bores, but it's not always and option. Regards
Yes, that’s a good way to do it. I’ve done it that way before by tack welding a bar onto a morse taper adaptor to line bores up.
That looks so much like a Clark Y55 rear axle. I spent years looking after a fleet of many forklifts. It was quite a common occurrence for the needle rollers to collapse and take out the roller cage. That screwed up the eye in the casting. All we did was get it machined out, strong bush pressed in then push in the replacement needle rollers. Even tho we had a good maintenance scheme going it didn’t stop the forklifts working in dusty and rough conditions. Cement, drilling mud, tanneries, so much salt. That also screwed up the mast rollers and lift chains. Crosshead rollers.
I noticed the one spindle is really wore out ,,Keep up the good work !!!!
Lovely work, some good quality repairs there. Suggest an air hammer for knocking out old 'bearings', they're fairly impressive the new ones. torque test channel has some good suggests to save your back and time. also try a locknlube grease fitting, they saved me so much grease.... Never had any luck with those original grease attachment things
Really great work. I admire your talent. ⭐️
Love too watch engineering videos, before I retired we used to use High Pressure Grease Coupler Locking Clamp, I don’t know if you have tried them,
Ive seen them but haven’t tried one yet.
@@snowballengineering I really like the locking grease coupling and powered grease gun, of course being a farmer I have a lot of greased joints to lube up.
Well done with that hope they look after it better very interesting work you do thanks.
Thoroughly enjoy these videos and whilst never in the position to do the same, I CAN use some of the tactics you utilise in small jobs I do. I actually laugh at the speeded up hammering, for it reminds me of Benny Hill and all the head slapping he done, but back to the video, just love watching a capable and confident mechanic at work.
Happy days Oliver, nice practical work there buddy, thoroughly enjoyed this one 👍newly subbed and loving the content
Great job.That axle looked surprised,I Don't think it had ever seen a grease gun!Just a thought,most people I know have lathes,but I've never seen a new lathe.
People don't make good equipment anymore, it's all junk. Those old machines are keeping our heavy equipment alive and will continue to do so for many years to come
Great repair on what was a complete knackered and very abused piece of equipment.
Excellent repair than matey.
Good job there Oliver. 👍👍👍
- Greetings from Poland.
Job very well done considering the state of it
Back when I used to ream holes we only ever left about 1/64” (0.015”) for the ream. What’s that about 0.5mm.
If the holes were slightly out of alignment we’d put a single point cutter through first like a boring head. If you put progressively larger drills through they would just follow the original hole.
You found a way through which is great. I only mention this now for others who may read this.
Good job... You do realise you've quadrupled the value of the fork truck by fitting those parts. Did the king pin/bearings job loads of times when I was a FLT engineer. Our axles were cast vanadium steel, if the bearings collapsed the pin was softer than the housing so limited the damage.
Great video. I'm guessing that the customer never did fit the 4th steering bush when it arrived!
Thanks for the interesting projects And the outstanding explanations ! 👍👍😀😀😀
Looks as though the last time that assembly saw grease, was in '78 when the movie came out!
Outstanding repair
Wow you done an excellent job 👏 👍 👌
very impressive as is all your jobs.
I saw you starting to drift them needle bearings in with hammer and I thought nah....yer allrite...
Then you changed to pulling em in with a bit of allthread...
Good lad
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Yes, not a good idea, I just gave it a little tap to see, then I thought all the needles are either going to drop out or I’m going to damage it.
@@snowballengineering
Always make sure the surfaces are clean and round before installing them types of bearings as owt not right with them bores will show through to them needles...
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Nice work. Thanks for the videos.
Bloody good job lad ill be on Instagram 👍🏻 keep the videos coming top man
Thanks. Will do!
I done this kind op job in late 90ts on an mitsubichi FG 2o but i used asjustable reamers with several custom bushings
The Master at work... excellent job....
Very satisfying work.
Grease is a necessity
Great job fixing it.
Awesome work
Great work and great video! Thank you
I saw that and thought skip it. Then you said “hold my beer”. Epic.
very nice work