Delboy's Greatest Hits #1

[@goinhot9133]

Dels the kinda guy to watch a KZbin ‘How To’ video prior to making his own.

[@Pal.Cockrum]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@JackePaperDroid]

by "watch" you mean "barely pay attention while the video plays in the background"

[@WalkerKlondyke]

Drives me crazy how he moves around. It reminds me of a carnival game operator who's trying to distract you from seeing how the game is rigged.

[@defaultdriftco00]

🤣

[@Stoshua.81]

Well said, haha

[@Berg501]

He should have gone to the toilet before he started...

[@ritid69]

He should do the whole episode on roller blades……

[@mikeyfrompiha]

Man that was actually a really nice tidy ZX7R before he ruined it

[@joonya4427]

Yep. The ZX7R is the real victim here.

[@digger8180]

Exactly, take a decent bike and turn it into a pile of junk, why! He should be limited to working on Chinese motorcycles only! I'm surprised he has not jumped on that band wagon to boot, like the other clowns.

[@nauroticdax]

I'm sorry but this is something that really sets me off like his mig wire in the exhaust and such "packing the bearing with grease will clean your hands" ok lets analyze that for a second, he starts off with dirty mucky hands sticks some grease on his hand then rubs his brand new bearing in it and suddenly all the dirt is gone...what did it just disappear into the ether the dirt and crud is now INSIDE THE BEARING.

[@lindseymckirdy1830]

That very thought crossed my mind too

[@ritid69]

Cillit bang

[@oefzdegoeggl]

the del-bashing videos are my favourite ones

[@goinhot9133]

Yesssssss. Just clicked on, this is exactly what I hoped for & asked for. Dels greatest hits 😅

[@georgestewart1325]

More of these please. Just can’t get enough 😝

[@billymanilli]

Dunno if I've ever seen someone who's been a motorcycle mechanic "for over 30 years" drive bearing races with a claw hammer...

[@mattblackledge9068]

I love how Delend has his goggles on but he sends his missus underneath without any to film the bearing coming out as he twats it with his butchered, reground screwdriver tip.

[@underbear9683]

Amen brother

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

"side of a hammer" thats not even a hammer that a mechanic should use , thats a carpentry hammer 😂😂

[@PRB1098]

I think you'd struggle to find a carpenter who'd use THAT hammer!

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

@@PRB1098 it has "ears" for the nails so, it should BE close enough.

[@wayneomartino1818]

More like a bluebird toffee hammer..

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

@@wayneomartino1818 fukin poundland Hamme all you can Hamer🤣🤣🤣

[@camo8768]

It's great I've found this. I remember needing to do this job to a bike I used to own, watched his video and decided not to do the job at all because I didn't want to destroy my bike.

[@aleksanderasenov7491]

Jesus , it's getting better and better XD.Its better than an action movie.

[@mrsongman]

I'm into cars and have some knowledge and experience spannering but know nothing about bikes. Can still tell this Del fella is an absolute chancer. Finding it hard to look away for some reason. Like watching a train wreck in slow motion. #barebonesbusabitchez

[@brentsmith5647]

Love it when Matt explains everything to the audience thank you very much👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@shaneparker8602]

I’m feeling like we should have a minute silence for whoever ended up with that bike after seeing that chisel 😂

[@KennyKak]

Fuck me even his tin of grease is sprayed tough black

[@luburlubur5021]

Perfect time to upload,I was struggling to get to sleep but not anymore thanks matt.

[@maz9062]

I can remember being 17 and had just got my first bike and not knowing anything about bikes or spanners I watched a del video on adjusting the chain and I remember him saying he doesn't tighten the rear axle to spec as it's to much for the bearings. Even back then I was thinking that must to be bull

[@brentsmith5647]

Brilliant video thank u 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Blaaggarding]

I can't get passed the fact that he's using a claw hammer .

[@cjsingh4070]

Had a massive laugh at the thumbnail. Brilliant 🤣👍

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

I winced when Del was going at that bottom bearing.

[@11metalfan]

I bet he's knows all about bottom bearing punishment

[@joonya4427]

Did I miss it or did Del not even mention setting the bearings (putting a high torque on the top stem nut to ensure that everything is bedded down in place) before doing the final bearing tension? Every manual I've ever seen has this step.

[@sFde46]

i've wanted to ask the same. don't you need to torque down the bearings and then release them and re torque to lower value to ensure everything is in place...

[@stickyrubbers]

Yep most manuals give you a preload figure to seat everything, then you back off and tighten up usually using a force gauge on the bars, although if you’ve done a few you can normally get it close by feel.

[@andrewshore262]

Del did say it requires butchering and that’s exactly what he did, rough as dogs arse

[@rationalmartian]

Rough as old bollocks. The clueless little piss stone should be wearing a Dewhurst Pinnie. A true Butcher indeed.

[@richcunningham3939]

Awesome man keep this up!!

[@KuroSanArts]

It just hit me who Delvolution reminds me of.... A QVC home shopping channel presenter trying to live demo the "Fixinator9000", while having no idea what it actually does, so spends his segment padding out with terrible imaginary situations where you might actually need this thing. As for using the forkleg clamps to compress the new parts together, that's how I used to do it with pushbikes and it always worked ok, never did that with motorbikes though, I didn't feel confident enough that everything would go into place as it should on something that size.

[@LandyVlad_Rides]

Oh good we can see how Del does it proper LOL instead of old mate suspension expert's videos. :)

[@8610sarge]

If you can feel a notch in them then there's a good chance that Del Boy has had a play with them.

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

15:30 How hilarious it would've been if he had used a hammer and the screw driver and then slipped and punched it through the tank.

[@jediknight1294]

I was hoping when the screwdriver slipped he'd smash his hand on the headstock drop the screwdriver and nail himself in the foot.

[@conortobin6180]

Ive got it. This is how a teenager (17 to 19 year old) works on stuff. Just enough knowledge to take a thing apart and put it back together again. They probably saw somebody else doing it like their dad or something. But lack the fitting skills and experience means they end up butchering it. But thats ok because it probably works out ok in the end and they can tell their friends how they're such a good mechanic because they fixed their own bike.

[@Motoinc]

Thubs up befeore watched it Just because i knew it will be good

[@djladle]

I heat a spot to red on the inner race and hit the red hot spot with a cold chisel perpendicular to shaft. Stretching nicely so it slides off. Also gives it a bit of a shock if it stuck with rust. Haven’t used method on motor head stock bearing but can’t see why it wouldn’t work. Thanks for the videos Matt. I do prefer the technical videos but good to have a laugh. Cheers

[@thefugitivemind6193]

when he says "a supplier on the internet" he means I went on Ebay!

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

Del can't spell "slide hammer". "Why would I need to buy a side hammer? My hammers already have sides!"

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

I have a collection of old bearing cages, use them as press tooling for pushing bearings home. Rather than grinding them, and maybe possibly getting enough clearance, I slit them with a cutoff disk (y'know, one of them new-fangled erosion jobbies). Deburr afterwards, obvs. Gives you enough flex to get them on / off ./ in / out easily. Pulling bearings in using the mounting hardware works, and is less violent than letting a twunt like Del bash at the bearing with the side of his hammer, but it does pull through the actual bearings (OK in most cases as you're not going to be pulling that hard), and if you overdo it can fuck the balls / rollers totally due to overtightening. I suspect del would be more likely to fuck a bearing that way than with a hammer, actually. I have to give him a certain amount of credit, though. He did use a c spanner on the nut rather than twonking on it with a screwdriver and hammer.

[@mickl8212]

I can't believe the pudding doesn't even cover the tank in case that race flies out and chips it. Mind you, that toffee hammer wouldn't put enough force into it to do that. The best video I saw him do was scrubbing the rear tyre of a bike with scotchbrite to rough up the chicken lines. That is a classic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Electrowave]

If you want to get rid of the ads quick just refresh the page. Not sure if that works in every browser but worth a try :-)

[@cyclingtothemoon2539]

What I don’t understand is why he feels it’s acceptable to try and teach people how to do it in a way that will cause damage. Surely the best way to do this is to get the right tools for the job, explain to them how to use it properly and let them know what the cost is to do buy the tools and do it properly. It’s just madness. If someone has the confidence to strip their bike down that far, they should really be doing it properly not butchering the crap out of it.

[@thediddly]

With the lower race install, i cut the old one vertically with a grinder, and after cleaning the burr off i use it as a drift. Also when i drive it in, rather than hammer the race, i insert the stem in something with a big enough hole with the old race sitting flat on said hole, i simply (plastic) hammer the triple clamp down and hey presto no damage, and square. That damage was actually hard to watch

[@garfunkle187]

I would put the cups in the freezer and then either tap them in with a brass drift or make in an impromptu press with threaded rod and some big washers to suck them in. Or if I had a brain injury I'd grease them up and knock them in with the side of a screwdriver. Also, using claw hammers for mechanical work makes me cringe, even more when you use the side of it.

[@czarekp3552]

I forgot how happy Del used to make me.... Gonna have to resubscribe his comedy channel

[@bob20120000000000]

his name is delboy from only fools and horses, he's telling his audience what he's about :D

[@SixWheelsDown]

thanks del, i didn't know what NOS stands for

[@1240enzo]

oh fuck Del, where is the copper grease. Surely that’s your favourite slippy stuff 🤣!!

[@patappleton6285]

This reminds me of the '70s when I had an LT2MX and always had loose balls and half them were missing.

[@Aengus42]

At 14:18 Del says that "These parts should do the job amicably!" Amicably? In a friendly manner? I think he meant "Admirably" 😆 Close enough Del mate, it begins with an A so it'll do. He used words like he fixes bikes. Haphazardly, with little care & a total lack of precision! Then at 59:00 he says grease won't kill you. Tell that to my uncle (who used to build racing featherbed Nortons in his garage). He worked at Hawker Siddeley making the first Harriers in the day. Anyway, he got cancer of the penis & they told him it was from continuously having greasy/oily hands & going for a pee without washing his hands first! I always wash my hands now BEFORE I pee! Especially after what he lost to keep him alive! So nice one Del! I'd stick to buggering up bikes before you offer any more health tips mate!

[@milksheihk]

If you are going to have more than one fire extinguisher(they a appear to both be the same type) it makes more sense to have them in different places around your workshop than to have them all in one place.

[@dirtygarageguy]

Sense? What's that?

[@brandonrohrer7914]

Best video ever

[@rjauto7215]

The love in your eyes when your looking at him Matt😍😍😍 pmfsl 👌👌

[@JimBiddle.]

That ZX7R used to look so good. Then he unleased his "Golden hands" and his "Genius". Now it's fucked.

[@waynedl99]

@1:02:00 - I've not tried that method (tighten stem up on bike to drive bearing home), but it makes sense. A plastic drain pipe is brilliant for tapping them home though, it allows you to be hitting it above the stem, so you're not mullering the stem to shit.

[@JackePaperDroid]

I'm only even aware of Delboy from stumbling across your videos of crapping on him...and I really enjoy watching. I can't tell whether it's pure dunning-kruger in effect or he's just actively pretending to know more than he does for the new content.

[@A_S_100]

Its genuinely a first to see an instructional video where the guy tells you to 'butcher it'.

[@gaz0463]

That’s one of those toffee hammers you get with some bars of toffee.

[@troywee4774]

mechanical sympathy - - some have it and some do not. cheers.

[@stevenhoman2253]

That reminded me, Matt. The USAF have a heat/cold soaking facility in Florida somewhere. It is large enough to accept multiples of the largest craft simultaneously under varied regimes. (An F-22 @ -30c and a C-5 Galaxy @ +65c) all metrificatified for the yanks especially. I think it's much harder on the ground crew than the craft.

[@andrewpistol893]

Did he say he's been doing this for 30 years? Wow!

[@bikingwithgrantygrant779]

Wow Dell's video is bad. It should be called "How to destroy a perfectly machined part". Looking forward to your next video, Matt and I hope you are keeping well.

[@JohnSmith-ch9lp]

Just checked both Haynes and Clymer manual for Honda ST1100. Haynes- Use 2 screwdrivers, if very firm use bearing puller, in extreme circumstances use angle grinder. (they go into more detail) Clymer manual - Use a chisel to drive the race/seal assembly from the steering stem. If cannot be done easily have a dealership replace it.

[@dirtygarageguy]

Was this a reply to someone's comment?

[@dirtygarageguy]

Oh and Haynes is just shite

[@JohnSmith-ch9lp]

@@dirtygarageguy No Matt it is a reply to the video of you saying how wrong it is for Del to do it that way when it is the way recommended in manuals. You even did a video on it 7 month ago showing Yamaha recommend this in their workshop manual 'Is Yamaha dumber than Del'. Also in a video 'fitting tapered roller bearings the correct way' you use a smear of oil to fit the bearing race. So should it be fitted dry as you say in this video or with a smear of grease or oil as you say in the other video?

[@dirtygarageguy]

The action isn't the fault, the method is. And as for the er5, it was corroded and pitted...

[@JohnSmith-ch9lp]

@@dirtygarageguy Fair enough. By the way, I agree some of the stuff he does is a bit dubious but I see it for what it is and enjoy watching his builds good, bad and indifferent. I think you ought to let it go and move on but as always it's your channel and no one is forcing me to watch, although I have watched your channel for years and enjoyed quite a lot of it. Cheers

[@rizzle3272]

*Rubs 300 grit sandpaper against itself* Delboy: that's like 1200 grit now 😂. I bet kids don't even take him seriously the utter CozWang out of his mouth is comedic genius

[@willadams9001]

If the grease has cleaned his hands of 'all the crap and the grime' and then he's put the grease into the bearing...

[@jasonparker333]

Hi Mat, Would you please do a video on the Fuel E10, according to the E10 gov website, my 2000 ZX12R wont run on it, is this true or can I just shove some fuel additives in the tank every time I fill up or am I worrying too much. Jason

[@dirtygarageguy]

You should be fine

[@ritid69]

I’ve learnt a lot from Del, mainly everything should be sprayed Matt black, use mud and dirt as primer, and make sure you safely aim the sparks from an unguarded grinder straight onto your chest 👍🏼

[@redmille1000]

Banging it in dry leads to a world of pain, a visit to A&E and a scar!

[@G58]

On really nasty ones, I’ve very carefully ground three fine oblique grooves in the bottom rings, then split the thing with cold chisel blows to the middle groove.

[@chrisgermann6658]

One thing i noticed with Dell is he is incredibly heavy handed with the tools. There seems to be a lack of "feel" when he is handling delicate components. Same type of activity takes place when he drills holes too with zero consideration for a pilot hole he just shags the full bore into the metal sheets.

[@grizta30]

Does he still use a hammer drill for everything?

[@chrisgermann6658]

@@grizta30 he probably uses a hammer to do his drilling.

[@piciu256]

Didn't you release "last delbollocks video" like 2 years ago?

[@dirtygarageguy]

Yes I did, this isn't a take the piss out of del video

[@SixWheelsDown]

that video is from 2016, so its safe to assume they've made that part and have it in stock rigt now. But kawisaki parts in genral are hard to find. i'm working on a bike right now, a Gen 1 zx10r and guess what? half the aprts are being manufactured.

[@jasonbradley7057]

New Premium Range: "Butchered by Dell"

[@chenderson4969]

I’d love to have myself a beautiful zx-7R and do a proper resto job on it. Love the fact he’s pointed out the inner of the inner race, the bearing surface that will not wear provided it doesn’t spin and that’s the reason that bearing is toast? Ya what? Bit of dulled scotch brite and CRC would clean those cups up no worries. The claw hammer will give any professional technician the shivers. So much of this video is cringe, how is this a how to

[@weeted3142]

No way am am I skipping this.

[@SuperRockinRobert]

Hammer, chisel, bang, crunch. LMFAO. That's what we call "shady tree" s**t.

[@stevenhoman2253]

Cage, housing, bunny hutch, steering wheel paint, mouse charades, prepare to surface, shoe binge..........Del-veloping is like drifting into sleep. The fragments of reality slowly disintegrate as you approach sleep. And he is getting very drowsy.

[@jamesdougan8789]

del is just like biden he just F`s everything up ....del "i have been doing this for 30 years" ..me: well you think you would have learned not to do it this way to not mueller the steering stem tube and bottom race seat on the bottom yoke ... did you hear the top yoke hit the tank when he did the freeplay / bearing preload test at the end LMAO well it needs a paint job now ...facepalm smack DOH good video mat keep this series coming champ cheers

[@rumien1383]

Whereas, if one term don did it, it would be a great job, like nobody has ever seen.

[@danielroe845]

Why's he so fucking frantic? With all the editing, he could be taking it easy

[@dirtygarageguy]

Because he fucks up more time that gets it right, so he needs to redo it 5 times. Time is money...

[@shiro-r4m]

1:01:21 That might work but I imagine in some cases the threads might not be long enough to do that. However before you start, consider the application these bearings are used for. In this case the load would be pretty light as compared to the load capacity of those bearings. That means they will be designed with a light interference fit. The pressing force will he far below the axial capacity of these bearings thus it would be safe to use this technique. In some applications the bearing might require a tighter interference based on expected loads. Then I’m not sure I would use this method of pressing the seats on through the bearing itself. But in a case like this it would be totally fine. I have used this method to seat a spindle bearing in my dividing head for my milling machine when I was rebuilding it. Worked like a charm. In the cases of both the steering of a motorbike and the spindle of a dividing head stiffness is more important and will result in oversized bearings. Expected loads in use are never going to come close to the capacity of these bearings. Hence the light interference fit rather than a heavy one. Side note: only applicable to bearings that can take thrust loads, not recommended for deep groove ball bearings.

[@goinhot9133]

As far as I know the best way to see if they’re bad is pushing the bike and grabbing the front brake quickly. You can often feel any slop.. that’s how I was taught anyway, least for dirt bikes

[@ianwright40]

Mamma, Just killed a bike, put a grinder by the head, pulled the trigger now it's dead......"

[@salloroc20]

@1:01, much easier to split that inner race with a cutoff wheel, and use it to tap home. It won't get stuck

[@milksheihk]

I'm surprised you didn't ping him on "you can beat it off" :D

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

(01:00) Javier Hernandez - Del's making do with the "bare minimum" of tools.

[@jediknight1294]

He makes do with being a MASSIVE tool surely?

[@grimmreaper3785]

Still rewatching all the video now you can tell he have no idea what he talking about BUY A PULLER

[@ianhoyle8459]

A job that didn’t need doing but ‘I can do it’, it’s like the Wild West.

[@shaunbarclay1309]

My man install an ad blocker please 😂😂

[@OhJeebers]

If you want bearings or seals you take in the old ones to a bearing shop and get the best replacements. You get the best bearings and seals and they’re cheap. Never buy a kit. See your local expert.

[@ag666999]

From the days when bollox wuz a proper c.nut. Don't forget that he improves every time he spends hours watching your reviews of his current bs. I bet he makes his own vids/deletes comments then watches ur reviews (wishing he cud delete comments) and all at the expense of sleep/food/coitus

[@manwiththestar2305]

If there is no symptoms you might need a bearing according to Del. Thats why I always cange my wheelbearings in my car every day, because no symtoms and I might still need it :D :D :D :D Is there not a greasefitting to thoes bearings? I'd changed the seal, gotten rid of the rust and repacked and reused the bearings but thats beacause I'm a poor guy... I would have seen the notches that Del saw and used my bearing puller. If I was Del I'd use the claw on the clawhammer because way f easier than tappi tap tap... The comment about the parts in the packets I never thought about it because I've never had time to wank around with the parts. I I get them I keep them in because why would I mess with them out of the packets, who has the time? Time I could spend watching youtube and writing long comments. Tip to Del is a block of wood instead of everything else in his garage? Now I own a rubber hammer but I'd probably started the bearing and if there is no lockspring I'd use the "screw" to let it pull it self together but thats because I'm lazy even if that also saves time. But Yes that's someone that cant use a hammer and messes up surfaces where bearings sit. People that used side of the hammer are afraid of using it correctly. Side of a hammer often have a bigger surface. I would have done the same as Del with the grease but with a cople of drops of chainsaw oil or oil or some spray so you get some somewhere glideage, every bit helps. Main pont in my case is always cheap, fast and lazy.

[@audiogarden21]

In his defense some of those listings did say "NOS" on them.

[@dirtygarageguy]

Didn't I say that?

[@audiogarden21]

@@dirtygarageguy I don't believe you did. Otherwise I wouldn't have commented on it. Maybe I missed it.

[@OhJeebers]

Old components go in the bin then you open the new stuff....what a duff

[@stickyrubbers]

In fairness to Dell you can normally spot the old parts, but having them sitting on the bench whilst your are bashing, grinding, filing etc is a sure way to contaminate them. Just leave the bloody things in the bag until your ready to fit them. Ain’t hard is it 🤔

[@barnbuilds7833]

Today I learned its OK to fuck it up if you don't have specialist tools.

[@colinculverwell325]

Drawing the bottom bearing on by fitting it back into the bike can work. I've only done it once on 600 Fazer but it did the trick.

[@eddiemizen3703]

Atomic level, epic 😎☢

[@sidwainhouse]

I have used the locknut to draw the bearings together in the past but you do need a decent depth of thread to do it. My main method is to use the old bearing, a bit of steel tube and the correct face of a hammer... 🤣

[@tuoppi42]

The first video I saw from Del was when he was destroying some other front end bearing. He now has bigger screwdriver and even does even more damage! If only he some day would look on the videos on youtube by people who know what they are doing.

[@kombuscha1777]

Hey Matt, in what video you made that hard plastic edges joke?

[@dirtygarageguy]

God, I cant remember. Might be del, master sculpture

[@Hosstache]

Fair review. Even to the point of admitting some of your own bollocks!!!

[@ianafloat9250]

Keep it from friends, share it with enemies.

[@defaultdriftco00]

Where the fuck did he dig this hammer up from?!

[@wayneomartino1818]

I found myself playing "wince along with Matt"

[@snowalka]

Del is like this ,,, how to make yourself look like a bellend! Then the comedy value is fucking awsome