Excavator boom repair

[@ΠΡΟΚΟΠΗΣΜΕΛΑΣ]

It is very rare to see two associates working so productive and non-stop with a common thought in repair.

[@Laura-wc5xt]

wow, look at that big box of Starrett Micrometers.....1st class operation for sure......really enjoyed this, having done a little bore welding in the shop, never the field......Give my best to Lee, he is a true Southern Gentleman....so are you......Paul form Florida

[@garyprn2000]

You must have paid attention to me the other day. You must not have wanted me to make that 2 hour trip down!! Way to go young man. Glad to see you again.

[@EEJester1586]

Hahaha yes sir. Nah anytime you want to make a trip let me know always glad to see interest in what I do.

[@tomlee7966]

man, I literally looked at your channel last night wondering if I just wasn't getting notifications on your videos, and now here you are with a new vid. missed your vids man hope your back up and running your one of my favorites

[@MrGoosePit]

That's an amazing apparatus. Very interesting to behold. Nice to see you again. Don't be a stranger. Post more often. Near 95 thousand subscribers miss you!

[@EEJester1586]

I'm planing on staying this time. Working on a new video right now.

[@tommyt2854]

@@EEJester1586 well if you're looking for ideas, I'm still waiting for that Miller big 40 walk around we talked about years ago! Ok, maybe months ago... Seriously bud, glad you're here. You truly do inspire alot of us.

[@not2fast4u2c]

I like watching this kind of stuff...Seeing machines that I have never seen before was really Awesome

[@EEJester1586]

Thank ya. Aye I thought the same thing when I first saw it.

[@donc81]

Man I'm happy to see youre still around and working. Love seeing the line bore process. Great video

[@darrendean21]

Oh wow, thought we'd lost you !! Good to see you back ... :)

[@candeservices1]

We all have problems. I too am dealing with life. Keep pushing forward, we have no other choice! You give me hope.

[@EEJester1586]

Thanks its a tough world. Not everyone sees that. I'll keep working harder.

[@brucemorris6319]

Cutting edge engineering Australia channel does a lot of that. I’ve learned a lot by watching his channel.

[@lucasmcardle7042]

That's the best welding and machining video I've ever seen thanks for sharing!!

[@LextechLighting]

Welcome back dude! Been waiting for a video. :)

[@possiblemarten]

Hey, glad you're still alive! Very cool video, thanks for posting!

[@lchebuhar9212]

Great to see you back on the channel! Don’t be a stranger.

[@deuteronimus750]

Is the new built up metal harder than what the excavator had originally? Great videos and precision work.

[@douglaslodge8580]

Good bore welder, I own one just like it. I prefer the Climax BB-5000 boring setup. But when installing bushings I freeze them in liquid nitrogen and slide them in instead of dragging them in. The nitrogen freeze will draw the bearing down .001 for every 1" in diameter of the bushing.

[@FISHBREATHH]

Impressive, never seen a weld set up like that. nice tools great skill.

[@weldweld5629]

Great video but man you gotta do some more often it's almost a year since the last one. More content please!

[@GeeKayKayGee]

Nice operation. The patient will go on to dig many more holes.

[@BigDaddyOworkshop]

I had no idea devices like those even existed. Thanks for sharing

[@jeffreyplumber1975]

Havent even seen your Video yet but glad to see you made another Thanks ethan! really missed your work

[@garageworker]

Man, you have almost 100k subs. That’s amazing! Nice to see you back!

[@madmodifier]

That BOA MIG is a neat piece of kit! So is that boring bar tool adjustment mic.

[@darkdelta]

Holy Smokes! How did I miss this one? Using a field mounted horizontal mill? (work stationary, tool moves, I guess that's what it is.) to bore over a yoke(?) for bushing replacements. Then uses a bore welder (never heard of one) out in a field in Mississippi! That's some interesting as heck stuff!! Kudos to you and Mr. Lee. Ethan, have you ever heard/seen anyone use liquid nitrogen to shrink a slightly lager pin/bushing then hammer it in place for a field repair such as this one? I guess there are many downsides to that approach, I saw this once on YT it was a pin for a lock gate on a ship channel, and thought how neat is that! However, you get one chance to get it right. Anyway, thanks for posting these.

[@dennismilliman7311]

That was really interesting! Welcome back

[@James-fs4rn]

👍Thanks for sharing. Would an oversized bushing work also? And skip the build up welding step. Seems like it'd be a lot faster.

[@dormindont1]

Отличный инструмент👍 хорошая и грамотная работа

[@EEJester1586]

Спасибо. Больше видео впереди.

[@Amac-uz9hm]

That’s one awesome piece of kit, very very impressive 👌

[@NealORussa]

Great repair, whats something like that cost? I have a 50 size mini ex that may need similar repair.

[@johnerway7255]

Very interesting type of specialized field repair. Thank you for the share, great video!

[@yraceu]

What does he charge the customer for something like that? I’d love to get into that business of repairing booms buckets and pin holes.

[@TrustNotta]

That’s the right way. Nice job 👍🏼

[@jeremydoblinger3609]

Now that is a slick line bore and weld set up, the one I have at work is alot more basic lol.. dam the one this guy has makes me jelious,we can't run ours as fast as this one, I was surprised to see him crank that baby up at that speed.. quality repair on this machine for sure..all done in a day!

[@EEJester1586]

Yes sir Mr. Lee got the stuff thanks for the comment.

[@thebruteforce1]

DUDE!! Glad to see ya back!

[@donsimonsen1658]

Fixing it right the first time. Love it...

[@louisnemick1939]

Iam glad you are back bud.

[@Senkino5o]

Mighty fine, I've done pins and bushes after they get wore out more than a few times, but never so bad that we HAD to re-bore, did you ask how much that tooling cost? We used to go across town with a cooler and get dry ice and liquid nitrogen. Really not that exotic, put the bushes in to freeze for a couple hours then hey press-to. Cooler insulation gets eaten up by the cold, looks like it was burnt, doesn't seal after. Great video.

[@johnblecker4206]

That bearing mount alignment tool is a cool tool when needed.

[@506curtis]

Man this is a nice setup.

[@shadow83blk]

You would think that they would make oversized bushings to avoid the welding and extra machining?

[@markfryer9880]

A very interesting job and a very interesting setup.

[@jparra4766]

Welcome back. Missed your videos.

[@EEJester1586]

Thanks I'm on my way back.

[@ocastego8645]

How much a line bore equipment like that one cost?

[@EEJester1586]

40k+

[@nealk6387]

Awesome video! How much is he cutting out per pass?

[@ronhart4166]

Now that is an impressive set up !! I am thinking this was a gas weld process ? So many lines out i could not tell for sure. Thanks for sharing and great to see a video again 👊

[@EEJester1586]

That's right GMAW. or Mig. Its the only process that is clean enough to weld over itself without have to stop and clean.

[@oldtimes1000]

Why does the engine load up at 19:24? Couldn’t see a change of load e.g welding

[@EEJester1586]

That was the truck. It would be hard to say why revved up. The PTO on the truck runs the air and the hydraulics for the crane.

[@claudebrau2985]

Welcome back

[@rishiemansingh2276]

Excellent work sir

[@MrGommer101]

What did that cost? How many hours did it take?

[@Kevin-is-here]

What does something like this cost, Iam sure it’s not cheap?

[@EEJester1586]

It’s pretty high I know some charge by the hole and others by the hour. I’m not sure what Mr. Lee charged for this but I know anywhere else is 100$ to 150$ a hour.

[@Kevin-is-here]

Classic Work thanks for the reply

[@cybersylo5786]

Great video. Why build it back up with weld? why not just make the bushing thicker?

[@EEJester1586]

You can do that. The only problem with making a bushing is you will weaken the housing boss a lot. Seen whole bosses bust because of a bushing. Weld is a part of the boss from now on.

[@cybersylo5786]

@@EEJester1586 Thanks, I didn't think of that. Would braising a new bushing on so the piece was completely bonded be an option? Would it weaken the boss less if building up wasn't an option?

[@EEJester1586]

Cybersylo welding it in would be better than just a press fit. How much meat you have left in the old part of the housing is the real deal on how much you can cut out if welding it up isn’t a option. I would say no less than 3/8” (10mm) from the outside of the housing would be safe on most Applications if it’s not a high pressure place like this boom stick would need more like 3/4” 19mm. It really depends though.

[@tttco]

I am so glad to see a video!!!!

[@osvaldorivero4242]

BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@neffk]

I like the content but the jumps in the audio are super annoying. Does your editing software let you compress the loud clips?

[@EEJester1586]

Sorry about that I try to listen to all my audio in my post watch but I'm pretty deaf in both ears. The time lapse always kicks the audio really high I try to catch it but it slips trough.

[@missmymountain]

Excellent video and a great channel! New subscriber here. I ran a line boring machine for a year or so. It was no where nearly as nice as this one. I did the build up with 7018 stick. And I didn't have those alignment cones to set the boring bar bearing locations. That automatic MIG is pretty awesome. It's without a doubt the nicest setup I've seen.

[@workwillfreeyou]

Thankfully nobody in the U.S.A. has a grease gun.

[@billmers3219]

😂😂

[@markfryer9880]

Same thing Downunder, there are plenty of people who never use a grease gun on their bosses expensive equipment.

[@WillGamingYT]

???????? what do you guys mean? I just came back from the toilet and i am in school

[@onehot57]

Great content!

[@prakashwelding7675]

Awesome brother

[@kotterchris5435]

Lineboring, best. Job. Ever!

[@famous17117]

What the make of this line bore?

[@EEJester1586]

BOA (Bore repair systems)

[@famous17117]

@Classic Work awesome. Great work guys!

[@jaworcyk]

Super work , in my country is metric system . Please answer me press 0.006 " is 0,015 mm. ?

[@EEJester1586]

That’s close .006” X 25.4 = .152mm

[@jaworcyk]

@@EEJester1586 So how is it possible that you have fit with such big undersize? Did u pre-heat it? Also how big force has your hydraulic cylinder? Thanks for answering, greetings :)

[@EEJester1586]

@@jaworcyk it was pressed on with a hydraulic press about 10 tons.

[@thegoodearth7]

Precise hard work!

[@nicklandry8019]

what grade of wire did you use for welding?

[@EEJester1586]

It’s the same thing as ER-70-6 but it’s more flexible I don’t remember the number. It’s made just for bore welding.

[@andymiller3138]

nice work

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!!( that was very interesting,)

[@WillGamingYT]

wow good job

[@butterycoloredman5776]

Duuuude your back!!

[@morgansword]

When replacing isn't a option, and going through all this to fix, a man considers what is happening on the end of the boom. I know those bushings are not easy to replace but before the eye gets eaten up with abuse, it is cheap for the cost to stop and fix. I believe if the job had to be done, I would rent another machine and spare my own from going that far. I don't know the circumstances and ain't making a judgement call on something thousands of miles from my armchair. I have had to have stuff fixed after renting my machine out and it wasn't even close to bad but no grease killed it in no time. Man learns to get a real deposit on stuff and then they have a dog in the fight. I haven't been on a computer for a while but if I remember right, your a mechanic and not a owner operator. Please don't let me offend you as I am just chattering... good luck on this job

[@EEJester1586]

It’s hard to see how much they are wore without taking it apart or it breaking I don’t know if you noticed there was a thumb on the bucket and 9/10 on the time the left side is the bad side of the stick. It’s from pulling trees and the like. Thumbs kill the bushings very fast even with fair maintenance on the machine. They put stress on them that they were never designed for.

[@morgansword]

@@EEJester1586 Hmm, I wasn't aware of that. I have had a fixed thumb and a hydraulic thumb on both or different machines I bought that were considered surplus meaning one the hour clock didn't work and the other didn't have one. It was a crap shoot on both but only paid scrap price for them so couldn't lose a lot. I caught the one in time and the other was made parts. I did see the thumb on the machine. The worst part for me was having a crew so I didn't spend much time on any one thing plus I was the only guy who could run a cable machine which was a real good machine... the name won't come to me. I apologize if I offended as that wasn't my intention at all. Being 72, I more of the nosy neighbor type and get in the way on new stuff

[@mikedarcy711]

Hope there are more to follow pal.

[@EEJester1586]

Planing on it. I didn't mean to go this long.

[@candeservices1]

I know it is difficult for me to do anything for you when I,m so far away. But if it means anything to you, I got your back.

[@Leovalemtim]

Se for aqui no Brasil,é mais fácil trocar o veículo...

[@billmers3219]

Well that repair must have cost at least a couple hundred bucks...... BTW... a true Craftsman, awesome work!!

[@RangieNZ]

That might cover the diesel, argon and mig wire! It's going to be multiple thousands...

[@koldsteele]

i use tin foil to cover the open side when welding

[@johnblecker4206]

That inside welding tool on the aliament blocks will give you near perfect results for production but it seems to take some knowledge away from welder.

[@jeffmays3608]

More vids please

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍

[@moedammit8477]

You had us wondering

[@llewellynwilliams1956]

bet that was'nt a cheap repair

[@d.jensen5153]

Dang!

[@jiggsgalenbeck1357]

That is an expensive toy

[@markfryer9880]

There were quite a few expensive toys in use for this job.

[@1O1Matthew232]

Alot of squaring up and alinement to do .