New Wheel Studs and Tires! | Working on the Old Ford LTL9000

[@billtodd6509]

I cured that whole problem on my old tractor. I changed over to hub pilot hubs. Problem solved. That is a nice Ford.

[@ScrappyIndustries]

Definitely the right solution. And thank you!

[@REDBIRD-95]

There's nothing more satisfying than thinking up a solution to a problem, figuring out how to manufacture a unique tool in your head, manufacture that said tool, using that tool that you created and successfully completing the task👍 Have a great weekend Sam

[@josenegron8497]

Hey Scrappy this is Jose from the New Hampshire I noticed as you putting in your rig your floors are dirty being that Matt has his own place and has a vehicle go in and out of his garage I don't think his floors is as bad as yours and if you have a minute is your steam cleaning the floors to keep them I realize that quitman comes in and out and that's what a garages for but when you show on video and you notice the four being filthy I think it's time to clean it up my apologies for mention it but Matt from diesel Creek his floors of our cleaner

[@richardgreenlaw1442]

The Ford really should have backup lights and a back up alarm

[@hansjansen7047]

I once had a truck with Dayton hubs. Don't miss that at all. The other two, both had both inner and outer rims secured with one shoulder nut. I see you have Freightliner steers. Seating is never an issue with Michelin tires.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

Your info on proper studs and thimbles for budd wheels is potentially life saving.

[@Bowdoggg]

I live in Baltimore city and your way of explaining the process to correcting a problem has me intrigued. You give clear and accurate information about what you are doing and I appreciate your statements. Knowledge is a gift only if you care to learn what is being taught. I understand your point of views better than I thought.

[@kevinhornbuckle]

His clarity is very much appreciated.

[@markthomas4083]

The 9000 is bad to the bone! 🍖

[@gordonagent7037]

Great explanations in amongst all that Sam. I have seen at least 9 x Ford 9000s since I started watching this series and could have sworn I’d never seen one before that date so there you go. The Lodge & Shipley looks like a good sturdy lathe, I love the old stuff because it’s heavy but a very stable platform for precision turning.

[@markthomas4083]

Old school here, I prefer manual adjustment for slack adjustments. Your channel rocks. I am amazed with your knowledge as well as the huge supply of ⚒️ tools you have organized. The two pooches are cool.

[@4knanapapa]

Worked in fleet services for a city, never worked on bud wheels but was told by the old timers I was lucky because they were a pain.

[@odc43054]

Saturday mornings with Sam. Always a pleasure. And I guessed it correctly - one day after watching a crane video, and watching you devise a solution to an issue with it I thought to myself "Sam either has an engineering degree - or really should get one". 🙂

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

Sam; look up Cutting Edge Engineering; this is Kurtis' channel over in Australia & he has all manual lathes, a mill and a few other pieces of equipment. He works on construction equipment components; rams for dozers, graders, haul trucks, reskins grader blades; installs new steel after removing the old piece. He's also in the process of rebuilding his FRANNA yard crane; he's done 17 or 18 videos on that so far.

[@MikesGarage-zj7vf]

Just a thought… Mr. PETE would really enjoy hearing your comment about him. It would really encourage him to continue making videos. Also, your videos are awesome.

[@Najitaka]

Your lab thought you were strangling a chicken when you were installing that lug LOL.

[@chiplittlefield6188]

I love it when someone takes the time to make a tool to do the job well. Well done !!

[@ft133]

Great video Sammie. Go Penn State!

[@jackdawg4579]

I drove a nissan UD for a while back in the 80's hauling gravel, same stud setup, absolute pain in the arse to have to change an inner wheel on the road, basically 20 nuts off and 20 nuts on.

[@KennethDuBord-bc2wo]

That tool worked very well.

[@rayscrafield2106]

Thanks Sam, a very well done video with great descriptions of what you are doing. For a guy who never did any of what you do, it is very interesting. I'm 81 so I'll never have the opportunity to give it a try but at least I will be able to say I know what folks are talking about.

[@josenegron8497]

Yes Ray this is Jose from New Hampshire if the young lady just bought the vehicle I think it's in the best interest of the dealer to just slap on some brakes and take it as a right off because Alexis are very expensive vehicle and plus if you want if they want to keep a customer happy it keeps coming back purchasing more vehicles and their family purchasing vehicles just let the dealer do the right thing

[@blacksheep9734]

I thought the same thing about manual mills till I bought one for 200$ with all the tooling I’ll ever need. My late is great, but to be able to cut key ways or just slot out parts or just to hold a part really well while you drill into it, I’ll never not want one. They have there place, and you don’t need anything huge, but my opinion they do have there place

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

Not being a picker of nits here; bu you could have taken an extra 2 minutes to pull the wheel off the truck & taken the tire off the backside; it would have been much easier to get it off; a nice 4 ft square of thick burber carpet works great for aluminum wheels. I used to be a commercial tire monkey for a few years.

[@o.o-vt1rc]

Yeah, I always ended up scraping up the pretty side whenever an owner insisted I leave the rim on the vehicle to change a steer tire. If they complained I just sent them to talk to the manager.

[@jackvia9282]

Old time driver here love the video however I would never use used tires on the steer but my opinion I put around 4 million miles on trucks thanks for the videos love what you do keep it up

[@MrJohn714]

You make changing those front tires look easy Sam!👍

[@dalehuff5740]

Sam when I worked in a truck stop I did not like to change the truck tires it was a workout we also had to change what we on the west cost called a CA. wheel that used the wedges to hold the wheels on it was a pain in the hip pockets because you had to make sure that the wheel was running true.

[@robertlinscott1551]

Chrysler Corp. used to have left and right handed threads on their cars in the old days. That was to stop the lug nuts from loosening from rotation of the tire.

[@jasonmansfieldsr8645]

I was working on a military truck with left hand threads on the drivers side, except I didn’t know that the studs were left hand threads. I tightened (thinking I was loosening it) that bad boy with the 1/2 inch impact, then got out the 3/4 inch because it wasn’t working. I got a buddy over who smacked the side of the socket while I was giving her the beans. He finally asked which direction was I going, and then it dawned on me that I was working with left hand threads, not your standard lefty loosey. Thankfully, I didn’t break anything.

[@stevenlatham4397]

My grandparents had a trucking company, at their height they had 52. I was the tire guy for many years. They swore by Michelin tires because of the fact that 99.9% of the time they would see without having to use one of those high pressure rings or a cheetah.

[@FunnyFarmExcavation]

I've always just put a spacer on the stud then screwed the nut on to draw it up. Love the LTL Guess with your set up no worry about the stud turning or bugering the threads. Fancy! Fancy! 🤩

[@williamb2642]

Great solution..always interesting to see your solutions..that old Ford is a gem!

[@jakealter5504]

Too bad ford stopped making trucks like this

[@56PapaBear56]

It's a good Saturday to start out with a posting from Scrappy Ind. The pld LTL is looking good.

[@johnwesner3935]

As long as we're working on old Ford's.... Last fall I bought a 1965 F350 with a dump box. Actually drove it home. 😊 As you'd expect it needed a lot of work. ( Still does) I'm a mechanic by trade who thinks he's a body man as well😢. I always start with the chassis/ drive line before attempting body repairs. The LH studs were already replaced with RH on the left rear. The left front still had the LH. Of course someone has stripped the threads on one stud so the nut would go neither off nor on. I was sure finding a replacement would be easy. 😢 Everyone wanted to sell me 10 at about $8.00 each. And only RH. Plus a set of 10 nuts at $5.00 each. I went to my local heavy truck and equipment dealer and thanks to a extremely helpful associate, who dug through old bins of obsolete parts, I went home with a new LH stud and nut for........$4.20!😅 There are some people, still, who will go the extra mile!

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Sam, Steve Feszchak at FSC Trucking is doing restoration of a 1983 Ford 9000 cabover and found “H” shackles on his front suspension with non-greasable bushings. Could you take a look at the latest video released today 8-23-2024 and see what he’s encountered? You might have similar suspension on your LTL9000. If you could be a resource to him or even offer encouragement, I would appreciate it. Probably just the last 10 minutes of this video would give you most of the information you might want to assess the situation. FSC Trucking is a good channel for watching him hauling loads with his ‘84 Peterbilt cabover. He’s especially good at offering footage which retired truckers especially enjoy. His videos are highly edited which I enjoy, but I don’t much care for his occasional live feeds, which is obviously unedited. He has a shop and a mechanic (Chris) where he maintains his equipment and is rehabbing some old equipment including the ‘84 Ford 9000 cabover along with its accompanying Chapel Trailer; a former mobile chapel that frequented truck stops back in the day. I’ve followed Matt for years and I’m glad you have your own channel now. Before that, you had cameo appearances on Diesel Creek, which I enjoyed your many contributions. 👍

[@garnetgreipl9817]

Love the old Louisville

[@irvingfallon5510]

You are a walking, talking advertisement for the Penn State Ag Engineering program. Very impressed with your level of practical engineering education. A question. Have you ever considered using balance beads in your truck tires?

[@kevinmurphy3464]

Me listening to Sam describing what he was going to do: 🤯. Totally makes sense when I saw what he was doing.

[@ChuckNorriz1122]

COE or conventional I think Ford made some of the best looking trucks in the day. Scrappy’s truck is a beauty!

[@terryrogers1025]

Like your home made tool for pulling studs, sweet. I worked in a jobber machine shop for years and all our manual lathes were monarchs, swing diameters from 16” to 30” up to 12’ centers, loved those machines. I admire tire guys, they work hard and do earn their money. Thanks for the video, looking forward to seeing that kit go in, enjoyed watching.

[@johnnylindsey5808]

Watch cutting edge engineering out or Australia he is one good machinist

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Sam, you should get a work light over the metal lathe. When you see better you work better 😊

[@leolarocque-h4e]

Sam this video was very interesting About Working on Wheel Studs .

[@luvtruckin]

Better you than me! I’m so glad to see you put the torque wrench to it I like the Jack stand with it too. I’m sure there’s a good reason but the drivers seem more like steering tires but maybe you don’t drive in snow and ice and I wish I never had too. I drove 42 years and I never once saw a tire man change it on the truck but hey it worked but you were definitely breathing hard. Cool a wet kit that makes her more useful by a long shot. Love 9000 my favorite tractor by far.

[@H4rleyBoy]

I have a friend who changes truck tyres and I've never seen him do it that way.

[@RobJohn80]

Nothing beats a LeBlonde lathe, my starter lathe was a 19x59 LeBlonde Regal.

[@morgansword]

My memory is now my downfall as I have troubles remembering the things we done years ago. One thing for sure is hauling logs or any material on a road bed was bad as like new crusher rock. Worked like a tick on a hogs back. Once it started chewing its way in, it didn't stop till it hit the hogs stomach. Same with those sharp stone on our new roads, so we changed the tires with out taking off the rims. That is where memory is foggy as it was no special tools, hey... out on a logging road, only thing going for you was the on board air brakes system was enough to air up a tire... or in a lot of cases, most all of them on those eighteen wheelers. Even those front tires were easy enough with a touch of cosby Sause and a air hose with the on and off quick handles on airlines. Scrappy, I just got home from a terribly close call to dying from a bad heart attack.... yeah, last week on the 13th and back home on the 18th. Here in alaska, many things seem cheaper than your costs, like my heart attack was close to a million dollars all said and done. If I had been there a full week, most likely they would of nocked me out, and sold my organs to pay for costs with our Biden administration. If I make my next birthday in oct. the twenty ninth, I will be seventy five so medicare paid for all of my stay but my lead nurses husband bruised his heart and just a in and out came out of pocket for the paltry sum of three hundred thousand dollars~!!!!! You best not go to the hospital for giving blood for their drives to save lives as they will figure out wear and tear on their floor and you would go broke just being in the palace of no pleasure at all. He is lucky that his wife works as a nurse and so family rates and insurance.... with their wages combined.. they still spent forty thousand dollars and follow up visits will only cost more! So if you just have a hang nail problem, rather than going to a hospital... "Hairy Cary might be the best option!

[@jamessmith7691]

Ole Yogi was wondering who was in pain with the squawking going on. I've never seen the hydraulic puller you have. My boss could have used it to pull his wallet out. I was taught to always zero the torque wrench out before we put it away. Supposed to be good for it. Good video.

[@charleswelch249]

I'm glad you are saving the old Ford. Not my favorite truck but I've owned a few 😂😂. But it's not a Peat so at least it is still actually America Made. Great video.

[@davedominissini4168]

(17:32)……tell me you watch Bluey without telling me you watch Bluey😂. Love the content Sam, keep it up 👍

[@cephusr2500]

Now that was pretty slick ,I love to watch how you work through problems !!

[@jacobbuckley8232]

Man that Ford 9000 is a nice truck!!

[@hackjobhotrodshop5075]

Mr Pete is THEEE dude!

[@allensharlow7763]

Great job on the wheel studs Sam👍😎🍮

[@Driftter007]

Hey Sam, I enjoy your video's, seems like I always learn something. Keep up the good work my friend. By the way thanks for being so nice and happy looking while doing your video's. God Bless you and your family.

[@peteraitken6494]

Nice job Sam cracking truck buddy you look after it and it will look after you take care and all the best 👍👌🔧🔧🔧❤️

[@CaptianKaos]

Thanks Sam for the coffee break. Cheers.

[@ShainAndrews]

Manual mill with DRO is ideal for a job shop.

[@terrymillard9255]

BFH that I did it in the day. There is a special shorty box end rench to separate the inner and outer lug nuts if your stud is stripped

[@patk1284]

your lathe is clean, shiney, most youtube lathes i see are dirty and dull, congratulations on a clean shop!

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Sam & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Sam & Friends Randy

[@iman48]

Sam, there are charts to show how much your torque setting changes when you use an extension, we had them in the military.

[@jeffbronowicz3264]

Would it be worth converting to hub pilot

[@o.o-vt1rc]

IMO, only if you have to replace most of the hubs at the same time. Then you'll also have to replace the rims. These are still pretty common, and aren't that bad to work with, they just have some nuances to be aware of.

[@valmundurarnason5750]

Longer video please 👌

[@jmsmokymtnfans]

Great video. We enjoy watching and learning. Keep up the good work.

[@djjmsimon]

I got to play in the manufacturing eng lab with lathes mills welders etc, and a foundry at PSU, good times that stuck with me.

[@rainman777771]

love your dogs

[@waltermattson5566]

Nice work. I am surprised aluminum wheels have to be that tight.

[@sallybrokaw6124]

Perpetual Motion KZbinr Andy in lower Michigan has a similar Lodge and Shipley lathe. He does a lot of line boring and bushing work on dirt diggers. I was born in 1963 so that was a good year for machine tools 😊.AL B.

[@renem6441]

Great solution!! Thanks for sharing

[@ineverhadthemoney7857]

for pipe welding make up V blocks //turn work pic. and run weld //V blocks well hold true to center ,

[@matthewwoods2102]

Thanks Sam…informative content.

[@roman-kk4ug]

Thanks for sharing.

[@declanoshaughnessy7733]

Hi Scrappy, Declan O Shaughnessy Tubber County Galway Ireland here wishing you and all those dearest to you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2025 to you best wishes for the future cheers Declan a quick question with the three axles on truck rig between front axle, drive and rear axles on rig on the fifth wheel and drive axle down with load on trailer is the rig very solid with torque with wheels as the load sits on the trailer I assume you run a twin axle axle trailer and I wish you best of work with your trailer and safety and health on the road love your comments great to see brilliant work you do every comments is amazing and brilliant cheers Declan O Shaughnessy keep on trucking cheers Declan

[@kingedward3126]

As a driver I've always heard that steel on aluminum cracks the steel wheels eventually because the aluminum gives and the steel doesn't

[@glennjaggard7065]

Hey Sam and Matt why don't you put a steel I beam into the concrete floor so when you drive your track machines in your not ripping up the concrete

[@camshaftP16]

My choice would be to change the hubs to piloted type over the old ball and seat type. easier to get parts for. Fun to watch what your doing though, thanks.

[@mischef18]

Enjoyable video bro. Safe travels. Ken.

[@tdotw77]

Man i love those Ford lt9000's! Nice job Sam on the rims, studs & tires. Those tires will give you a workout for sure!👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔩🔧💪🏻

[@jamescrombie2320]

I spent a decade working on a larger version of your Lodge & Shipley, a 25 x 96 which also had the 2000 rpm top speed. Ours was a 1980 model and super accurate. The bigger lathe comes with a 2 speed tailstock which is handy when drilling with a 3" bit :-)

[@ronaldbrown7780]

Nice Job Sam

[@remiewatkins8032]

Love your work Sam

[@johnmccormick175]

Interesting Thanks Sam..stay safe.

[@rintin1874]

Brilliant video Sam watching from Edinburgh Scotland UK 🇬🇧 👍

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

Sam it looks like you bought one of those Roadway/YRC forklifts from Matt.

[@brianayre8794]

Glad to see you. Wasnt sure if you were going ro upload again.

[@ep5796]

Hello Sam it's great to see you first thing in the morning here in Oregon. I got to say you're a hoot and a fun person to hang around with. My only complaint is I have to wait 3 weeks to see you again on or at work. I know you work hard, have a job, have your parents farm and all your responsibilities. It would just be nice if you can make a simple 5-hour long video. I mean come on... I can see your eyes rolling already. I appreciate your content immensely it's fun informative and I don't know diddly about it but when I watch your videos I learn a little bit each time. You have yourself a wonderful day and keep cranking out those videos. You know what might help is if you ask your buddy Matt, since he doesn't technically do anything... To be your cameraman? 😁

[@ep5796]

PS .. much respect to Matt I watch his channel all the time he's great.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Good stuff Sam

[@peterselten500]

Great truck

[@christaylor6617]

That's funny, I've just been doing the Same job. Machined m16 stud to m14 to refit into a hole that takes 16.5mm splind stud end.

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

Great job as always 👍

[@Rareoldtrucks]

Can you share more footage of this please

[@danperpall1996]

Nice job I learned a lot today. thank you

[@peterantley]

Cool video. Machine work is always interesting.

[@Pushy8366]

Thanks for the video Sam has been awhile

[@TORAH-613]

in all my 25 years of driving a semi truck Ive never had a parts store ask me if the stud is going on the left side or the right side of my truck..... wait is that referring only to a bud style wheel? if so that would be a great reason to why you should just change all that over to the single nut style. less things you have to do to change wheels, change brakes, change wheel seals.

[@terrymillard9255]

9/16" box end rench

[@jimconnelly816]

should have put few threads on the steel you machined off then weld your nut. would have made it sqaure.

[@johndebrular979]

You said that you had a regular job. What type of work do you do ?

[@ineverhadthemoney7857]

I like LeBlond Regal Lathe , 26 swing x 132 bed

[@brentbosworth8845]

Sam, LOL your dog thinks he hears a duck LMAO !!!

[@dieseldoctor2221]

great video Sam!!!