Finally Fixing what’s been Holding the KING COOPER Back!!!

[@Graylec_Neil]

Some bearded guy from Hurricane on another channel said the other day "it doesn't have to BE straight, as long as it LOOKS straight" 😏

[@michaelhancock9636]

It's true. And in my line of work something parallel IS level.

[@darrendoolan4906]

A work colleague once told me “it was good when I looked at it “ it was only a few years later I found out he was blind in one eye! Have a very merry Christmas and a safe prosperous new year.

[@chunkychambers1530]

Just make sure the news shocks don’t overextend or bottom out. Might want to double check your bump stops and limit straps just to be safe.

[@geraldteelajr957]

true to form. "we did not get as much done as we have hoped".This has been your motto from the beginning. stay true to your core.#half dun.😂

[@katreniaclark]

Great job on getting King Cooper fixed. Merry Christmas Janelle, Rudy and Zack as well as Higgins.

[@fidlybitz]

So great watching you guys discover parts that aren't what they're supposed to be or look like ..... "well that aint right". Ha. I honestly know nothing about the mechanics of cars and stuff,but I get alot of enjoyment at watching you guys figuring it out. nice job. definitely 11% better than I could do. actually 111% better than I could do!!.keep up the good work.

[@richardthomas1743]

HEY! Good morning Rudy and Janelle! Merry Christmas!!!

[@Rudysadventureanddesignreal]

Merry Christmas!

[@xxBlazinBobxx]

Ready to see KC driving and working like you envisioned. So much time and effort was put into it! Merry Christmas to the RAD family!

[@thonvuth809]

ZACKS a good man and friend, keep doing your thing dude. Rudy is a good big bro

[@888johnmac]

loving the music .. Rudy really getting the funk out

[@shadairamillsaps4599]

A true Christmas miracle. No metal frag got to the other bearings. I'm in awe !

[@kingofthekludge]

I like the new camera gear. The image is much clearer!

[@johnnykirkland611]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year RAD family 🎁🎉

[@skyepilotte11]

Good fix Rudy and Zach... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...

[@oldmanriver4839]

Now that was funny!! “It’s a boy…. “. From the guy at the gas station in Las Vegas almost two years on the way to KOH.

[@billyray2564]

I never, up to this point, watched a group off people kick there asses over and over. I'm still here. It's getting tough. Good luck guys.

[@dalegereaux1863]

You have the technology ! You can build it back faster and stronger than before ! 💪 Oh wait, that was the Six Million Dollar Man, never mind. I guess you can just ask Zach and Janelle to help you. 😉👍

[@MagentaRV]

Rudy, there's a difference between being "run off the road" and "swerving to avoid an idiot who parked in the middle of a blind spot". LOL Still love ya!

[@Kevin-ti3rz]

Yeah if she didn't drive off the road she would have T-boned them . I think they did that on purpose. Seeing a custom vehicle with the name on the side ( insurance payout ) Then they spit.

[@mahbriggs]

A distinction without a difference.

[@ashleywright1991]

You forgot the driving without due care and attention and driving into a situation you can't see faster then u can stop for 🙄🙄🙄

[@Brappasauras]

While true, he’s smart being supportive. Happy wife is a happy life

[@ronbean1628]

Let's call it accident avoidance. Kudos to Jennele for keeping everything under control.

[@richardcampbell6564]

Rudy, don't you have a air hammer? I used an air hammer to get the pinion out when there was a bearing failure.

[@timothycarey3883]

No air hammer hits as had as he was swinging that sledge. Maybe a constuction jackhammer lol.

[@billbillinger2491]

​@@timothycarey3883 The air hammer supplies rapid, smaller hits... providing vibration. The rapid vibration works the 'stuck' components free of each other, with less chance of damage to the part being 'hammered'. Cheers.🍻

[@JRs-Garage]

Zack says it looks good from his house, well Zack it looks great from my house too!! But I’m in 🇨🇦 Canada 😂👍🏻

[@seandavies4296]

Hi Rudy funny you mention knee surgery I’m flat on my back watching KZbin home from hospital yesterday had both knees replaced. Keep up the great work mate I love the way you include Janelle and how treat her your a fine young man you remind me of my oldest boy all the best for the Holliday cheers from western Australia

[@edwinschlee8374]

I bet you put the right gear oil in it this time. Good job getting tore apart and back together. Nice looking shocks.

[@RustedWrench]

Nice work Rudy and team !

[@xjeeper1]

Might want to add Lube Locker diff cover gaskets to your rigs. Reusable and saves a ton of labor, brake parts cleaner, silicone, etc in not having to remove old sealant every time you go into a diff.

[@TheGrateful55]

If you do not make mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. Mistakes make great mechanics, they call it experience.

[@jmjm6607]

Great job again.

[@dennisedwards1912]

King Cooper looks Awesome

[@brandonkane658]

Awesome builds! Merry Christmas

[@saginawdan]

I really want to see this car in action!!! Merry Christmas 🎄 !

[@marcoestrela4995]

King Cooper is fricken sickk 👌

[@bigblue1287]

Good morning Utah from Sunny Southwest Florida. I can't wait to see this build finished ‼️ 🤜🏻🔥🤛🏻

[@Dennis-lx9mo]

Love the eye protection...

[@emilevoyer123]

THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO.

[@ronchilders8086]

Put race stuff in boxes, inventory and put them all in the same area. Free up the work space!!!!!

[@brucea822]

You are wasting your breath

[@michaelgrohe5894]

Not surprising that the pinion bearing was toast, while the ring gear seemed fine. Let’s say you have 5.13 gears, the pinion side will spin 5.13 revolutions to turn the ring gear once. So it saw 5X the revolutions and heat.

[@MarkoMygun]

Nice job guy's thanks for the video 👋

[@michaelcarpenter557]

11:40 Smart dog, knows his limitations.

[@JimBosGarage49]

Looks awesome ❤

[@HarrisA99]

Merry Christmas

[@bens1019]

I use a air hammer with a point on pinions these days, way easier.lol

[@TheImmortalsCa]

Should've added Zack adding the fluid there at the end... just to be sure 🙂 I am gonna be wondering forever now. haha

[@brianend114]

Ruff stuff for the win!!!!!

[@jefftabor595]

Have a Merry Christmas!

[@geraldcagney5926]

Merry early Christmas!!

[@ericfallis6202]

Nice hello and merry Christmas to you all

[@Tomcroese]

Happy to see you get i easy out

[@josephpeluchette191]

Merry christmas everyone

[@reddog543211]

Keep at it guys

[@martinnightingale6033]

Looks great from my house too . Mart in the UK 😁

[@GregoryJohnston77]

Looks like the sun off tellatubbies had me rolling. 😂😂😂

[@robminch8592]

"Come on Nikky" - doggo's thinking "are you nuts?"

[@GregoryJohnston77]

I just did the same thing and the same rear end the other day for a customer, I had to put heat on it for over 35 minutes while my buddy spun the pinion, couldn't get it out I used a punch tip for my air hammer, and finally got it. The customer tried doing the gear set and bearings himself and didn't put shims back or anything made it 4 miles and destroyed everything lol.

[@doggonedk]

Hey brother be on the lookup there's a pack of diablos coming your way couldn't be delivered yesterday. Love your videos keep em coming!

[@wizardind3203]

looks like you could add a inspection hole in the diff cover ,you can pull the plug and tighten the ring gear bolts that seems to be a problem on the MV

[@jefferylampkey3171]

Need to finish the ruditracks and put them on the king cooper

[@Chris-lp3dm]

That would be amazing!

[@larryswearingen8129]

Looking forward for it's official off road test

[@gonzalez7805]

The king_pooper lives!!!

[@TomMaxwell-g1x]

Think When you get it finished you should do the overlanding stage of the OnX challenge maybe ask Holey to Join you ? Merry Christmas

[@DirtWarrior]

⛄️Merry Christmas 🎄 You guys should get a Puck Board so you can write down what you need to do. So that you don’t forget 😂 Have a great new year 🎉

[@TheOldaz1]

Fixed at last!! Well, almost, put it down to "proving trials" 🙂

[@tomfabian4250]

Merry Christmas, Rudy and Janelle. Hey man. I'm sure you're told more times than not, but please please please wear safety glasses especially when hitting a punch. They can blow off a small piece so easy and take an eye out. You're only given 2 and that's one thing you don't want to lose. Ok, dad rant over 😂

[@offroad6309]

Agree. I also know he has a dad that made fun of people telling him the same thing. That was his training. Hopefully he will rise above it. I must have missed something. Thought the front end burned up because they didn't put gear oil in but then they drained gear oil out? BTW, tapered roller bearings not needle bearings.

[@NorrisAnderson-hn4xn]

Rudy, did you put the proper gear lube in the front diff after you repaired it?

[@robertverhasselt2412]

Rudy some advice, anything your father told you about setting up a differential should be forgotten.

[@1944chevytruck]

GOOD JOB!

[@WhiteBisonWhisperer-SU]

Cool build! Great to meet you at Maverick.

[@Me-ew8uh]

You should put a backing plate on that logo on the hood. If it doesn't have one already. Just so sand n stuff doesn't get kicked up in there.

[@Rudysadventureanddesignreal]

The hole in the Hood is functional for the oil cooler

[@Me-ew8uh]

@@Rudysadventureanddesignreal Figured you would have already had it thought out..lol Good stuff

[@gadiantonx8474]

your description at the site was she did eee (emergency evasion and escape) and it mostly worked

[@MissouriJeepers]

lube locker gaskets are so nice. not sure why yall continue to rtv axles

[@nocrackhere]

Merry Christmas to you all. And i agree. Bilsteins are kind of sexy!

[@markcatanzaro9699]

Is this all because you forgot to turn the hubs? Is this that one or something else?

[@AzEdward510]

Its getting there

[@seangerrity9217]

You wouldn't be much of a wrencher if you didn't "lose" a tool from time to time! Merry Christmas to the RAD crew!!!

[@treborheminway3814]

Can you tell us how the bypass shocks work ? Do you have bump stops or is it all hydraulic?

[@beaverc2884]

That's not a Mini Cooper. That's a Super Cooper. 👍👍😁😁

[@johnpope4464]

Did you check the back lash???

[@stevenjacobson8177]

Put a screw on a slide hammer to remove pinion seal. Screw the screw into seal and slide the seal out buddy.

[@GregoryJohnston77]

Put a 15-inch pound torque wrench on your pinion to set that preload and you'll always be good.

[@jeff-s3f]

I don't know if I just missed it but how hard was that bearing race to get out of the diff housing...it must not have spun?

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

Rudy torquing everything to spec with the impact 😂😂😂😂 #GoodMan

[@gerryhartung736]

Looks like my brother's garage. It's on the floor tools and all. Somehow, he manages to find what he needs.

[@DacDac-w7r]

You do know that the heads of the bolts on the skid plate will get broke off, right? They should be Countersunk Socket-head Bolts.

[@monteanderson1116]

T-shirt idea “We’re not incompetent, but we are Struggling” 😂

[@laptopuser3323]

Gday guys

[@Kevin-ti3rz]

She was run off the road ! And I thought y'all were going to have to build a press to get that pinion out . I have had to build crazy things and thread a bar to press things out .( A new Jet Ski piston ) They parked it for the winter without blowing the water out of the exhaust.

[@sperea6472]

If you couldn't find any gear lube for the front end, then what was the oil that drained out of the diff when you took the cover off?

[@leveluplife8585]

Atf or motor oil will lubricate differentials in a pinch. They WILL get hot even unlocked and floating so absolutely can never be ran dry or this exact scenario will happen. You probably had the hubs fully unlocked

[@mnvjim7900]

I had a customer driver without oil after they hit a rock in the cover. Had to pull out the whole axel and put it in a press to get the pinion out. Completely welded to the bearing. Had to put relief cuts in it and everything… big pain in the ass

[@rolandtb3]

A near miss. Better than before. Trial run(s) soon. Happy holidays.

[@anan0moose]

12:44 Onward through the fog.

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Guys

[@marktadlock5428]

Did you pregrease the pinion bearing soak in 90 weight

[@kevbev1524]

Ho.... Ho.... Ho.... Marry Holidays everyone 😜✌🏻

[@jonas852]

you say that she was run off the road. But we all know that she just wantet to test you build quality and went totaly crazy like she was driving in monster jam freestyle :D

[@Rhertz2302]

Get some limiting straps or those precious Billstien shocks will blow apart also if you over extend them. IMO!

[@timb5280]

@1:55 kick it to 1.25x playback and bring out the funk!

[@Rusted_Link]

Matt would have touched it...

[@jamessmith7691]

Just asking, do you use locking nuts or lock tight on these wiggling parts. Almost spit my coffee when you were looking through the housing scene. Good video.

[@guyzer0523]

seriously, you just have one rachet! I believe you will be getting a few four Xmas!

[@Rudysadventureanddesignreal]

We were looking for the short 3/4 socket that was on the ratchet 😅

[@japanham5973]

At about minute 16:30.... "Easy Peezy, Lemon Squeezy" is the correct phrase, I believe. On another point, what camera/lens are you using? The focus and video quality is supurb! Merry Christmas to you and yours...

[@scottcobb4966]

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