Replacing "S" cam and bushings (part 2 of 4)

[@Razor_36]

I was going to comment hey you got a hair cut while the camera was stopped lol! I like the way you do repairs. Simple tools, not a bunch of antics and cursing. You keep the camera on what's happening using good ol techniques. Spent 5 years as a trailer tech, 5 as a reefer tech and now I've moved on to tractors all in the same shop. Great video sir.

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Yes I remember cutting my hair while I was waiting for something when I did a video and I finished the video afterwards.

[@reneolivares7769]

Thank you for your time and dedication sir, great videos. Your a truck driver, mechanic, KZbinr and a great friend. You “Kill it N Grill it”

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks for watching Rene.

[@truckcaretv8649]

Good 👍

[@phayakoot1]

You are the real Mechanic. May god bless you/Family forever

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thank you sir and God bless you.

[@truckcaretv8649]

Good 👍

[@ultimatecreativ]

Your channel is outstanding sir! You're always busy doing what a man should do

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thank you very much sir.

[@brookerleerich]

Great video 👍. I really like how you explain things. I've always learned something from you. Thank you

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks Lee.

[@lonnieblackwell9215]

Gordon, that seal is put in backwards of the other side so you can purge the grease out when you grease the bushings. Good video, I watch yours all the time.

[@ghungroo3850]

Learned a lot from your Videos. Thank You SIR.

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thank you sir.

[@vinniez2188]

Gordon the rear seal is supposed to be in backwards. That way when you grease it, grease can escape and not into the brake drum.

[@yourtryingtoohard]

@@ericc9686 wrong. Vince is correct. This does not have a pressure releif fitting

[@cbmech2563]

Both seals point to the inside of the axle

[@joevega5477]

Awesome work Sir. I'm also a driver I do my maintenance as well. Shot out from Chicago.

[@dvgayle1]

"Shot" out??? LOL!

[@truckcaretv8649]

Good video friend Excel information

[@zaidchalabi1599]

what did you do with scam that you were knocking on it to push the bushings in ? were you trying to get the bushings out to install new ones or they were out of place so you were pushing them back? did you put new bushings ? thanks for video

[@PatrioticSlaughter]

Where I work...anytime we have to do brakes on a unit we do a complete wheel end service.

[@sasarutesic1634]

usually when one S-cam bushing wears out, the rest are too. You can tell it's bad if the S-cam has play in it.

[@zaidchalabi1599]

i changed brake chamber on front and just did slack adjuster scam and the bushings as well as the bearing all together on steer axle. drive axles looks okay so i left them.

[@blalockmotorfreight5378]

Good a mechanic as any of the “technicians” at the dealer shops G-Rob helped me build my truck I bought from copart

[@workingman4918]

I have never had a bushing come out that easy. Lucky

[@ignitewebtraffic6569]

Hey Gordon love the video's man and you teach well as a heavy duty 3rd year I like watching your video's and learning even more :)

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

Great series Gordon, thanks as always for sharing your knowledge with us! -Niles

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Good to hear from you again. Thanks for watching.

[@jjgengibirra4065]

Hey Gordon, How is it going? Pardon by not more comment your videos. I have a week in US and I'm working in Hartford CT and I not have time, but I never let whatching and follow your channel. Thank you for been cool with me and Let's go talking. God bless you all the time!

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

I'm doing well thanks, you're in Connecticut? that's about 1000 miles from here. Good to hear from you.

[@jjgengibirra4065]

Hey man!! I'm in Hartford... I have little time off but always on in your channel. This is a great channel!!

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

My subscriber, CTSCAPER lives near Hartford. He's a landscaper.

[@claudiosiguenza72]

you are the real Mecanic and all yours videos are profesionals

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks for watching.

[@dvgayle1]

What is the shaft called and when do you know when to replace it?

[@workingman4918]

Sounds like the doors playing riders on the storm in the background

[@donald1056]

Your a good mechanic

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks.

[@jesstotorica2972]

Geez is it a little windy there? Haha

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Sorry for the audio. Thanks for watching.

[@ericcorse]

Glad you mentioned cutting your hair, I thought I was going nuts

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

You think I should do a DIY video on that?

[@ericcorse]

Maybe. but SHMBO cuts mine. (She Who Must Be Obeyed)

[@chrischiampo8106]

Good Job Gordon 👨🏼‍🔧👩🏻‍🔧😎👍🏼

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks.

[@luna-pw9ln]

Gordon you never use this flat head screwdriver to drive in the rest of the seal

[@nightcrawler1]

did it leak on the seal that wAS maybe in backwards.... doing all six of mine this weekend

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

The seal facing away from the brake shoes should be put in backwards so the extra grease will leak out there instead of out on the brake shoes or popping one of the seals out.

[@donald1056]

How to do this repair - just curious

[@omarbuentello9090]

Great video! Keep them coming

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thank you sir.

[@josetovar8440]

Its really good

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

Thanks for watching.

[@tonymel8235]

great thanks

[@donald1056]

Is this your truck or somebody elses

[@JuanCastillo-mt2ru]

how do you take a job without knowing what you are doing,I only said that because in some of your videos you always said I don't know how this go,and put it on not knowing if you put it right or not, looks like you do know how to do some repairs and learning as you go

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

I was a trained, professional car mechanic in the '80s and even back then some jobs were first time, really all jobs were first time, the first time I did it. Since I never failed to successfully complete a job, only did it the hard way sometimes, I'm not afraid to try new things. I have all the tools and experience to finish anything I start or I won't try it.

[@jamesbenedict7206]

S cam bushings should be part or a brake job!

[@ohmy7554]

James Benedict wrong

[@Drifter212]

What brand is that jack?

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

I don't know, I bought it used and there's no label, Harbor Freight has good jacks for the price, if I needed to get another one I would go there. Thanks for watching.

[@aliali-rz5em]

👍👍👍👍🌷

[@cbmech2563]

Your working too hard. Leave the hub on,take the shoes off, take the scam tube off make a tool to fit into the gap between the cam and the brake spider (a piece 1/8 by 1 1/4 flat stock with a curve to fit) and drive the bushing and seal out will give you enough room to get cam out. Cut the cam at the bearing (about 2 inches) to use as a driver. The bearing in the tube drive the bushing and seal out from back side. For the spider, put the washer, the seal on the new scam facing in, then the bushing and drive it in flush. For the the tube put seal on the tool facing out then the bushing and drive in. Reassemble. . I've been working on trash truck's for 25 years and have replaced hundreds of scams (nothing gets abused like a trash truck). A line haul truck may get 500,000 or more, a trash truck gets 6 to 12 months out of a set of brakes. Work smarter not harder. Have a good day.

[@cheguevara5560]

That is correct ,leave the hub on and take shoes off . there is no need to take that whole S -cam bracket off eather . All he need is a tool to knock old bush out and install new one ,but Gordon do not like a advice and doing it hard way . After you do more than 100 off them you figured out easy way .

[@thereviewer4173]

I seems like your method might only be possible on the steer s-cams. I’m looking at my drive s-cam and the shaft is too long to be taken out without removing the hub.

[@cbmech2563]

If the seal is not leaking I never take the hub off. And with a 24,000 lb axle you either pull the hub or pull the cam tube. Though it is easier to put the brakes on the heavy steer axle without the hub.

[@thereviewer4173]

Cbmech So you’re saying it is possible to still take out the s-cam without removing the hub on a drive axle, say, from a Freightliner Cascadia?

[@cbmech2563]

Unless they have some kind of wierd axle I've never seen (though anything is possible with daimler/freightliner). You pull the snap ring off the cam, pull bolts holding the tube and slide it slack and tube off the cam. You can either leave the hoses on and just suspend the can or take the hoses off and drop it. Then from the back of the spider drive the seal and bushing out of the spider and then you've got enough play to get past the hub. Then put the tin plate on, seal facing in and the bushing and use the new cam to drive it all in and finish reasembling. I started working trash trucks in 1980 and I've done hundreds this way. I've worked for companies that you did it every time and companies that you only did when you HAD to replace the cam. (I've even worked for a company were you might only do one brake on an axle because the other one was "ok". 😱🤬

[@williamzoom]

The owner better give you a nice tip for getting wet:)

[@GordonRobertsonDIY]

He's a good friend and coworker from a different local company.