Freightliner air bag lean ? 🤷‍♂️

[@driftsdragsdrives4938]

I’m happy you take bob home and spend lots of time with him

[@bctowing178]

Good boy

[@dooooooval904]

Its ok if BOB needs a day off. He earned it

[@countryliving8823]

Rumor is bob had to much to drink last night. 😆

[@vypersoft1]

Bob at home unsupervised...man, I feel sorry for you when you get home.

[@sk8playero]

Dirty mind activated

[@georgeriley9578]

😂🤣🤣🤣

[@NOVA__tire_man69]

The wife's working I hope

[@Killacat1802]

Working at a steel mill on 8 axle trailers brings a ton of broken leaf springs. When that slag mud dries on the threads of the U-bolts, you can forget reuse. We always cut them off. May only be on for a week(crane operators love to overload the yard trucks), we still cut them and replace with new.

[@BillyBigRiggin359]

"Burnin up wrenches" idk why but that gave me a pretty good chuckle lol

[@skyler9988]

I didn't know that was possible, but thinking back a year or two, one of my friends locked up the ratcheting mechanism, I forget what he was taking apart

[@briandalpe4000]

I think he was talking about his air impact wrenches, not a regular wrench! Haha

[@BillyBigRiggin359]

@@briandalpe4000 id like to respectfully tell you guys that you are wrong. Theres no such thing as an impact wrench, and ratchets are not called wrenches. 🔧 that is a wrench. Theres a few different types like open/box, open/open, box/box, adjustable, and there is a ratcheting wrench, but its just a box end wrench that ratches and has nothing to do with a ratchet you put sockets on.

[@briandalpe4000]

@@BillyBigRiggin359 "An impact wrench is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a rotating mass, then delivering it suddenly to the output shaft. It was invented by Robert H. Pott of Evansville, Indiana." Wikipedia

[@briandalpe4000]

@@BillyBigRiggin359 just because you don't call it an impact wrench doesn't mean that the majority of people call it what you do! And I'm not trying to be sarcastic or pretentious or anything like that, just don't like it when people say something doesn't exist or isn't called a certain thing just because you havent experienced it

[@B81Mack]

Anyone who asks you why you cut u-bolts has never tried to take one off.

[@DirtiestDan6969]

Shop I'm at likes to just tighten ubolts on newer truck if they get loose. Even on brand new trucks they dont move without heat. Ive always replaced any fastener i have to heat but they try to save the "customer"/company money. I've only been there 2 years and I've seen multiple trucks come back for alignments later and end up getting the front end rebuilt, wonder why.

[@thehappytexan]

When I came up, every u bolt that came off was removed with a torch. The first time I had to remove u bolts myself, I asked why they had to be cut. Foreman asked me if I knew how many times those u bolts had been loosened and retightened. I told him no. He said there’s no way to know, and they stretch every time. So we don’t put our name something that could snap and kill a whole lot of people on the highway.

[@markchidester6239]

Cheep insurance

[@darkwolfe6986]

🤣 It's a Freightliner, isn't it supposed to lean? 🤣

[@UkraineRussiaWar000]

I would not trust bob at home with my missus.

[@johnroth9876]

I was always taught you never want to re use u bolts, on some smaller sets you can if they are in good shape but the big ones and really all of em stretch when Installed and torqued properly.

[@jordanharvey2163]

They are called torque to yield bolts. You don't reuse them on heads , brakes , ect. Especially on semis.

[@1oldskoolluvr]

@@jordanharvey2163Yup! I was taught that in high school. They're cheap, and definitely cheaper to replace them, then to reuse them, and have them fail as you're goin' down the 1320. Same applies for any road use vehicle.

[@jordanharvey2163]

@1oldskoolluvr exactly. A few dollars ensures a safer ride, for the driver , and those around. Those same few extra dollars also help eliminate potential wrecks, deaths and lawsuits. I highly doubt if you reuse torque to yield or one use bolts, and then have a wreck caused by gross negligence on your part with using inferior and unsafe parts, that any lawyer in America would lose that case against you. It's an easy lawsuit.

[@nickbarrett571]

100x faster to torch that shit! 7/8 and 1" have a nice pop or two!

[@bradbeck2601]

I can’t remember the last time I actually disassembled a U bolt. It’s always straight to the cuttin’ torch.

[@reynoldscs]

Arm chair warriors... Edit. Not you bradbeck, the ones that reuse em

[@bradbeck2601]

@@reynoldscs what did you call me?!?!? 😡 jk😄

[@bradbeck2601]

@@reynoldscs and yeah, you mean the ones that SAY they re-use them but have never even worked on a truck before 😆

[@raulpereyra2817]

That's a tanker yanker. With a vehicle that transport liquid that tend to shift. Does this happen on truck often

[@jasonstormoen]

I always go straight to the torch and cut the u bolts off. Exactly, to much wear on tools, and I would never trust reusing u bolts, even if I didn't torch it. They see to much stress..

[@granthertenstein7841]

if the U bolts are installed properly you would have to cut them off anyways

[@Adam_Poirier]

I think it's hilarious that you take Bob home with you😂

[@OmnirodRJC]

U-bolts have rolled threads, not cut threads. They are one time use only. So yeah, no point in wearing out impacts and sockets on garbage.

[@thomasgeorge4384]

Rolled threads are, conveniently, cheaper and stronger than cut threads. Pretty much every commercially available common bolt has them. The reason you don't re-use them would be a function of the loads they are under and the conditions... like, if they weren't stretched putting them on, they were probably stressed, stretched, or bent out of spec by whatever required you take them off. Plus, in terms of wear, corrosion, effort, and the cost of new bolts vs the cost of billable hours to maybe be able to re use the old ones... just cut the damn things. It's literally cheaper. Save everyone the time, stress, and money.

[@Jake_Hynds]

For the price of a u bolt if you are taking everything apart it makes no sense to not put new ones on

[@slaytanicsabbath]

Where is your shop? Are you hiring? You have a great way of explaining things.

[@305dade8a]

Subscribed

[@davidhenri2722]

I FAWKING hate their suspension. All I do is replace busted lower shoke mounts and reset the spring with NEW U-bolts.

[@just-incase3483]

Shouldn’t of bought a freightliner.

[@loganthepartschanger]

They stretch. And shouldnt reuse U bolts ,ever... unless u absolutely have too.. but even then. For a very short time. Less then a week

[@patrickyazel5937]

Everyone gets a day off even Bob 😅😅

[@darrintraywick8042]

95% of the time trying to take the U bolts off is a waste of time which is a waste of money

[@895austin]

we always torch the u-bolts.

[@charleshoover8508]

Never reuse u bolts on anything. There cheap

[@davidtaylor8002]

Also, why worry about cutting the old u-bolts when you're replacing them anyway.

[@davidpawson7393]

Damg, for a second there I thought Bob drank a Bud Light.

[@NorCalJuggalo420]

It's truly the softest and gayest amongst us that are offended by a beer company.

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

😂😂😂😂

[@amneziaxeaster-gaming382]

One time I chain an axle because it didn't had wheels on it and I started the truck to move it and the tension of the air bag on the chain bent the frame. It was leaning about an inch

[@davidleeroth1968]

the only two tools any mechanic needs are a cutting torch and welder

[@greghaskell6876]

This guy is sooooo smart

[@jasonhill6074]

Is it true you're not supposed to use em cause of thread stretch too? Or is that just bullshit?

[@jodygarcia9892]

Nah if any ladys are watching that's .5 in at most

[@marteymoose]

Looks Like A Need For, An *"El GreenGo FinGo"*

[@conwayconway2177]

Ohhhhhh yeahhhh wooooooo 🤘

[@the305hauler]

Booyah 👊🏽😁👍🏽🇺🇸

[@TqSNv9R0iG5Ckxew]

I will NEVER buy a Freightliner after seeing what they consider quality control.

[@FarmerT-dawg]

Where did you get your cap made? I want to make my own, and yours looks great

[@greghaskell6876]

This is a guy that you can't find often ...most people don't know crap this man is very smart at his trade...not many anymore

[@kmatcyk]

Absolutely love Bob comes home 😂

[@rodfrost5051]

I have never re used u-bolts

[@dan31472]

We cut for the pop !!!

[@painkey1189]

They make hooks that bolt onto the spider to keep this from happening. Kinda. Best suspension for mechanics though. You can change a spring in 15 min.

[@robertryan4485]

I miss Bob😢😢😢😢

[@Tommy.461]

The u bolts are stretched and should not be reused. Never.

[@bucktheplumber4636]

Does BOB get jealous when you spend tim with BOBETT... 😂😂😂

[@jackpwade]

Why do we cut off the U Bolts??? Because it makes it easier to weld them back on later

[@Srdieselshawn]

Is there also a certain amount of air bag lean if the leaf spring is in the right spot and u-bolts are tight but the bag still leans? Does the spring twist downwards over time? I also drive a freightliner that has a steel plate that goes across both left and right spring and keeps the two bags straight. Is that a fix or that’s for heavier rated trucks?

[@donthewellguy]

Bolts come out easier when they’re liquid… lol Way easier to use the torch especially since they’re bad and getting replaced anyway.

[@Evilempire-dg8dz]

I worked at Freightliner for almost a decade and did suspension work that right there is a very normal thing for Freightliner‘s

[@johnmelton9569]

Never seen anybody burn a wrench out. Lol

[@edwardjoy6003]

Bob took a vacation day & he needs a day off from Time to time

[@GRADE8BOLT]

On my way to Pittsburgh behind dump its tweaked I'm like this truck needs to go to Bob allllllll the way to somewhere in south

[@veniaminkisliuk927]

The U-bolts probably stretched and caused the lean in the first place, reusing them would serve no purpose.

[@overtimemechanic1778]

I’m a bee line alignment mechanic in Michigan and love all your videos. Super relatable.

[@patrickyazel5937]

They're rubbing those k-rails a little bit too much 😮😅😅

[@jonathandeere6232]

Devin, I know nothing about what you do, but I enjoy the way you explain things in your videos.👍

[@wbarney59]

1 1/16"

[@threadtapwhisperer5136]

Jeez man. That's about half past shew buddy, I think they sent her a bit too hard bud. Yikes

[@DieselArcher]

Freightliner..the Kia of commercial vehicles

[@grapeseed427]

What actually causes this in freightliners? I fought with two dump trucks most of the summer and the bags are leaning again. Found a sheared dowel pin and thought for sure I found the fix but 2 months later it's almost as bad as it was

[@Not-Slim-Kinda-Shady303]

Im Shure it's also a lot faster then dicking with seized up unbolts to just cut them off

[@Nocturnal2010]

Why did you have Bob at home??? Lol

[@Jmoneysmoothboy]

This seems like a job for duct tape...

[@RyanandSharonWelch]

I agree with cutting off bolts, if it’s going to be replaced why waste the wrench time

[@weirdgamerincxpected2882]

Easier and faster and safer to cut and replace they're a stretch bolt like head bolts anyway

[@Truck3r96]

Had a similar issue on a pete 367. The truck had been t boned in the past and the spring was shifted

[@trailblazer632]

And your not actually supposed to reuse ubolts. Half thr time they are severely rotted in the lower plate anyways

[@Hard_Right]

a 2012 cascadia isn't worth the cost of an oil change

[@peppermintgamer3856]

Why cut them off, if you ever had to take one ubolt nut off then you know it's easier to just cut and you never reuse ubolt as there usually tourqe to yeld bolts.

[@ethanmudgett7384]

You don't ever reuse ubolts anyway they stretch when you torque them on

[@alexferdon6470]

The AirLiner rear suspension air bags are allowed up to a 6 degree lean before they are considered out of spec.

[@LucyZamb-z5b]

Does bob ever get mad when you leave him at home.....

[@truckerrespect7797]

I’m so happy to see that the thing most of you took away from this vid was that Bob got left at home 😂😂😂😂

[@proffesordickfacejr.4886]

ya I'm sure hes at home in bed after last night 😉 😉

[@robertbeck1080]

Cut the u bolt cant reuse them anyway once you toqure them it stratches them people have no clue

[@rrcontracting9028]

Bob caught the brown bottle flu. I work with a few like bob.

[@billybob1723]

This gentleman is a pleasure to watch.

[@jimiboii209]

You need bob at home?? Hahaha

[@xxyyzzplants131]

The girls are going to start complaining.

[@jasonadams8148]

Where can someone get the pointer finger you have

[@adriannewman1322]

Good Ole frieghtshaker 😂

[@dozer1642]

Flop the U-bolts from left to right and so on. Problem solved. 🤭

[@jimbothompkins]

The real questions is does Bob have his own room or was it a sleepover?

[@adrianiorin8896]

Dis you changed the leafs?

[@torrycole6477]

An inch seems like a lot

[@needmorelighteverywayimagi9868]

I can't help but think why Bob goes home with you. Does Bob help you explain things to the wife and kids? Lmfao!

[@bendinwithbendon]

Have have several at home. 😂

[@target_finder4318]

You know he slays puddy cat 😅

[@westyorkshireaudit1254]

as a fellow mechanic I cut all u-bolts off it saves a lot of time fact 👌

[@xu2wk8uj9p]

Wait... You tuck Bob in at night? 😭😂

[@moto_garage_3973]

What ya doin with bob at home?? We ain’t seen that 😂

[@Antihero-4132]

Sir" are you some type of demon?"

[@FloridaMowerMan]

Idk which helper hand I like better

[@markchidester6239]

Thank God for Bob the second

[@nathoilboy2053]

Oh Bobette is a really QT ❤❤ ❤❤

[@OlanHodges]

Wait… what do you do with Bob at home?

[@DionyLescailles]

Bro look like buck from ice age

[@jbdfd8779]

Burnin up wrenches