Workshop Wednesday - STUG III G RESTORATION Ep. 11

[@Harmon1ca]

I wish I had Beau’s patience. The air would have been blue and that gearbox in about twenty pieces with me long before he cut the gear off.

[@garylawless3608]

I was disappointed that “ A bit of oil - she’ll be fine’ approach didn’t work for Beau, but he did the best job he could. Keep up the good work guys!

[@f1matt]

I never cease to be amazed by the skills on display here both in front of and behind the camera. This really is an extraordinary channel.

[@ALA-uv7jq]

Great episode. Most restoration vids don't show the incredibly time consuming aspects in detail that these guys do.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

I love that SO much resources get expended in trying to restore these relics. Almost every time, Beau and the rest of the crew achieve almost incredible restorations, and if not, they pre-age some one-off replacements - like the return rollers - to obtain maximum miracle results. But sometimes, you just can't pull a miracle out of the shiny top hat. This will, I know, only slow you down some, because I know that you Champs won't let it beat you. Another great video, guys.

[@Happenedin62]

Beau, your truly an artist in the shop!! Nice work mate!!

[@polticalme1677]

I've been binge watching the first thirteen episodes of this playlist on one evening and I enjoyed every second of it. I've got a 1/35th "StuG III Ausf. F last production" in my stash and I will come back to watch matching episodes when I start building the kit. I can't imagine any better reference than your vids, mates. This will help me a lot and when I look at the fiddly parts in the kit's box I wish I could work on an original StuG. I doubt I'd have the patience for the work you did on the gear box, but I'd love to work on a real vehicle and see the progress. Thank you so much for the uploads.

[@Splattle101]

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite while he smashed the crap out of that poor transmission: that was hilarious. :D

[@LukeBunyip]

As if it was written for it...

[@AustNRail]

Why is it a bucket head would know this? Far to cerebral for a grunt.

[@keithgowenlock3252]

Why not break/cut the alloy gearbox apart and get all gears and shafts out separately

[@volksdeutschewaffenss9670]

these guys are backyard butchers,they have no idea and destroying historical parts, they say because its to hard, or not enough time as an excuse, we would rebuild and repair vintage gearboxes from just drawings, even the housing, shafts splines, gears cut, key ways ect, how can they be allowed to destroy history , beggars belief

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

That’s what I was thinking. The casing was shot anyway..

[@johnsweeney4257]

My thought exactly.

[@leonardwhite2708]

theyre probably all just as bad or worse.

[@stevengriffin7873]

@@leonardwhite2708 probably so,but I suppose it's a quicker way to find out if it could be done.

[@NoPegs]

Oh boy! Finally the really gory bits of the STuG...

[@boomerang9967]

Greig’s Morning was a nice musical background.

[@wboquist]

Beau: "The last thing you want to do is cut into your shaft". I'll bet the laughter of Beau and cameraman which followed that line was a welcome tension-breaker.

[@RobertJohnson-gi3sl]

Sometimes I fantasize that my relationships can be salvaged by these guys.

[@Nakai_the_Wanderer]

21:42 now that is one beautiful shot for a desktop wallpaper or a poster :D

[@alexandermccarthy]

As always, great work Beau and I'm glad you're feeling better again, plus my compliments to the entire team for producing another, fine episode documenting how much love and attention you lavish on these old girls.

[@G503-e8p]

Love the music (comical), and YES, "never want to cut into your shaft"

[@neilfairless4589]

Thats gonna be fun to restore Kurt. But i have faith in Beau so no worries.

[@eTraxx]

I worked as a machinist for five years .. this episode will give me nightmares!! :)

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Great work! Greetings from Linz-Austria 🇦🇹😎👍🍺🏔✌️🛶💙🐺 Europe!

[@thecommenter9678]

"famous last words" Nice! i caught that little insert =D

[@JackKlemeyer]

Thanks for this wonderful show of patience and persistence

[@templer4295]

If it was me and that gear, all you would hear is curse words!!!! Cheers to your patience and skill!

[@huwtindall7096]

The dedication to restoration is amazing. When it would be so much easier just get new parts manufactured the team goes to great lengths to salvage the originals, not matter the condition. Admirable stuff.

[@bruceinoz8002]

I love the sound of Edvard Grieg in the "Morning"! Sounds like armour restoration.

[@mr.adamski6431]

I love all the persistence! Sorry it didn’t work out as well as you hoped

[@ttyR265]

Posi Lock pullers would help greatly. The jaws are captured and can't fly off.

[@Bill53AD]

Sorry Beau, you went above and beyond when the transmission was beyond repair. A double spline is a killer. Lucky that it was large toothed. At least you can build your own end on the gear. Good to hear you are fully recovered. Great work, stay safe and well mate.

[@gemini1965]

8:00 O_O what?!? just unscrews? You are showing us some amazing stuff everytime, thank you!

[@sidekickbob7227]

I believe the aluminium housing has acted as an anode for the steel parts, preventing it from rusting as bad as it could.

[@eikofisser8171]

German steel, stubborn!!The young man has stamina!! 💪👍

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentation.

[@nathanrohrlach1221]

Another great episode as always fellas, the filming, editing and sound mixing are all getting better and better each week. Beau looked a bit like death warmed up by the end there, hope he's alright. Also loved the cheeky famous last words...

[@moelSiabod14334]

Believe the correct description for the gear is a spiral bevel,had hours of fun setting them up in the past.

[@aserta]

10:42 the panzer armorer kit has the tool for this. It's the split bearing puller. I've always wondered why it had a cupped inside, it made no sense for bearings (even tho it works on those too) now i know. It's for this gear as well (well, for the panzer variant). Because if you had to change the gearbox, you could just replace this gear, you had to take it from this and put it on the new gearbox (or viceversa). This gear is paired with its mating opposite. edit: 12:16 yup. You need a cupped one. That's so neat!

[@MrFengen]

Starting with Edward Grieg - good feeling for a Norwegian. You should consider getting a sponsorship with Evaporust.

[@billvoorvaart7206]

awesome job beau, i worked at a railroad and we had a turntable apron with a big torsion bar we determined it to be archeologicaly welded. it ton 110 tons to push it out, and a sledgehammer a 2x4 and lits of antiseeze. keep up the awesome videos

[@dnbeckmann]

Kurt - brilliant episode! Loved the sound mix! Hilarious: "Probably straightening it." It looked like a nightmare, and it was!

[@timwerner7771]

This effort paralleled mine removing the yoke from the driveshaft on a 1961 Corvair Rampside. I did not have acetylene heat only my Bernz-O Matic, a gear puller and several hammers. Took me 8 hours spread over 2 days Hock.

[@bgdavenport]

A word about the classical background music.....I love it! It's a refreshing and relaxing change from the previous guitar-banging stuff. We are talking ASMR tank restoration! And Dvorak is an excellent choice. I'm partial to Rachmaninov, but anything will do. Thank you!

[@kiwifruit27]

Congrats on 30k subs, can’t wait to see 100k soon

[@merlin1943]

Nice work, you’ve got what you needed !! Just a little tip, in the future, try to heat the gear, not the axle… doing so, the gear will expand and get free.

[@johnbradshaw354]

Well done Beau for persevering.

[@gendoikari6062]

I enjoyed this show very much ! Sad to see the shaft damaged. Technical drawings references are a must here.! Take care.

[@martinsoos]

To pull a gear off, start by spraying with penetrating oil, then applying pressure with gear puller, you can use multiple hose clamps to hold the gear pullers arms on the gear, though the weld-ons were a good idea, then heating only one side of the gear at a time, not the shaft. Heat makes metal expand, and you want the outside to expand, expanding the inside just makes it tighter. Heat the gear up until you see slight orange and then cool it down with a garden hose, then spray it down again with penetrating oil and heat on another side of the gear. Gears that pull loads are Rockwell 62 or higher or they are made of cast ductile iron. The large ones are usually the cast iron and heat those but not to orange. And always cross your fingers.

[@landm9446]

Legend work from the master metal man.

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Great video guys thanks! That output gear is a marvel of engineering just by itself! I hope enough detail is left that youse can have another one made. The new one is gonna be an absolute jewel.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Welcome back Beau

[@joeeocs3259]

First off, you guys are amazing. I am truly inspired by your skills and tenacity. Beau is really a master fabricator. Just a suggestion but you guys need a penetrating oil called Kroil. It works wonders. it would probably cut hours of work time. I have used is for years and it really outworks any of the other available products. No, I am not paid to endorse it. I just do restorations myself.

[@Swagman12]

"last thing you wanna do is cut into your shaft" words of wisdom

[@simonholmes5223]

As always, totally inspiring stuff. I can see that it's hard work, but keep going. You're an inspiration, and your efforts to preserve are not missed by this archaeologist - after all, attention to detail is everything 😉

[@paulsilva3346]

:11 I was waiting for a chicken to crow... Well done choice of Music There. 14:00 I was thinking about using a pneumatic hand hammer on the shaft end. While using 2 pry bars.... Argh...

[@DOUL80]

Bonjour Dur travail cela avait pourtant bien commencé mais ! Faut jamais crier victoire trop vite Sais de la mécanique et en plus tres vieilles Bon courage ( vous n'en manquer pas ) mercivpour votre travail et votre patience Un français KING-AIR-148

[@kathydamato6987]

Great episode! sorry this is Tony not Kathy. , but I had to laugh. I tried taking out a tree stump with my sons the other day. Let’s just say that hacked up stump is covered in dirt. I love the determination, and can feel your pain … my favorite part was the perfect screws . Please keep it up, I love your channel . One of these days we would love to see the museum … Tony

[@timothywood4402]

Bo try using an air chisel/hammer on your next super stuck part. The vibration of those tools work almost as good as heat. Awesome job

[@robintaylor1423]

Love the engineering drawings, more of those please! And if possible links to larger copies? I find these really fascinating and would love to study them!

[@thomasmulhall4873]

You need to start with the schematics. Poking around a 70 year old gearbox blindly is,not the best aporoach. That gear could have had a lock tab on the other side, or a special keyway which was pressed on using way more pressure than that anemic puller. You got there in the end, though...

[@j_bee9015]

Kurtttt. You could literally narate my life David Attenborough step aside. There's a new kid on the block

[@SchnelleKat]

Absolutely insane how well those bolts came out of the locking nut there w/ the wire tied around it. well down in craftsmanship my ancestors. P.s i hope Beau can save as much internal parts from the transmission as possible.

[@dankorolyk5917]

Didn’t work out, but still very entertaining and informative!

[@garybaughman7099]

Another great video!

[@longdatedoptionsleaps6112]

Just amazing the dedication on trying to keep as much original parts as possible.

[@yattaran1484]

Thank you guys for another great episode !. Restoration needs a lot of hard work, imagination and patience.

[@Maiko100876]

THANKS, MY FAVORITE SHOW!

[@jillferguson9260]

You've just gotta admire German engineering, and Bo's patience. Has the museum ever thought of taking the scrap that can't be used, mounting it for display, (small chunks/bits), and selling them? It's something I would certainly buy. Run it past Dennis, your CEO, and see what he thinks. He knows me and my background. Just an idea. Rob Ferguson.

[@Captn_Grumpy]

This is a great idea, I have a few pieces of the Berlin Wall (certified and licenced). Can be awesome talking points.

[@thibault_flt8923]

Wow, I admire your patience

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

Love the way some things just pop off...like they were made yesterday....mind blowing...

[@obsidianjane4413]

That cold open was hilarious.

[@hkhjg1734]

it's incredible to see the little things, the things that will never be recorded in history books, like that wire attaching the bolts together, what the threads looked like. Makes you think about who wound that wire and tightened those bolts, their story.

[@davidgraeme3186]

Good practice for the restoration of the flat 12 cylinder engine for the French EBR. Well done blokes.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

As an experienced AFV ‘fettler’ I can say that you need to swear at it much more often to achieve the desired result 🤣

[@darrentuer5378]

Great episode team ... felt for Beau, he looked crook as... looking forward to the differential episode!

[@scoutdogfsr]

Been there. I feel your pain! Top shelf work gentlemen!

[@stephenjudaysr8915]

Keep up the good work mates!!!

[@martines8023]

Greetings from Poland :)

[@robertsmart4628]

I'm subscribed to a page called military 1945 . That part you are working on .is at the beginning of a ww2 german tank mechanic lifting one into a panzer 3 . I'll lernrt from watching your video. Thanks for the mechanical engineering. 😀

[@AMSRocker]

You guys need to look into Evapo-Rust rust remover. It is truly amazing stuff!!!

[@claytonnans5639]

Well done. I look forward to each installment!

[@67daffy]

Masters of improvisation these workshop. vids are fantastic.🔦👍

[@toolshed3216]

Good Health prayers to ya Bro Bo.

[@matthewq4b]

You guys need to invest into some bearing separators and a porta power...

[@cuda7133]

Agreed, a hydraulic ram and proper bearing plate should have gotten it.

[@matthewq4b]

@@cuda7133 Yup could have done it in just a couple mins..

[@Rusty_Gold85]

I can see the Hard work going into it Beau . I congratulate your work. I had done "my boiler " trying to repair under frustrating circumstances . Sometimes under a heat wave . Have a walk / break to think about what to do if gets up ya goat is my tip

[@2steelshells]

Home casting aluminum and even cast iron is done by hobbiest here in the USA.i don't know what the restorers and owners of parts are doing ,but it seems like. A good idea to make molds for possible foundry reproductions from extra parts, or assemblies not already on. Vehicles.

[@Al_Edwards]

I love how far you go to try and salvage original parts. How long did Beau spend working on that helical gear?

[@40buick44]

He could make a threaded shaft that fits inside and impact the gear off using the gears threads.

[@HK94]

Congratulations on 30k subscribers and excellent video as always...

[@piotrborowicz5751]

fantastic job Guy,s

[@luboshynek3810]

Dobrá hudba..😉

[@johnvaluk1401]

Thank you for the update. I probably would have been throwing the hammer at that gear. What patience he has. I wonder if a Porta power type press/puller would have made a difference? Anyway looking forward to the work on the gear box.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

You actually pulled that gearbox out of the Atlantic Ocean hey 😂😂👍👍

[@Vlaid65]

Epic struggle. I'm exhausted.

[@smartiepancake]

that just drew me in. Stuck III

[@banarcus]

I used to repair Enerpac stuff. Any sort of "portapower" hydraulic set up would've eaten that job but anyhow good job nontheless guys. Cant wait for the next episode.

[@davidlawrencebanks4610]

Awesome effort

[@2islandresort757]

Well done guys, a lot of effort but it will be worth it in the end. Thanks for another interesting video.

[@roberthocking9138]

I would have tried heating the gear itself to red hot, then cold shocking the shaft with ice water, while having your puller tensioned as hard as you can. May have shrunk the shaft enough for it to let go , but you persisted and got it anyway, good job .👍

[@Henning_S.]

If the gear gets too hot, it loses its hardness and therefore it gets unusable...

[@iatsd]

Yeah, great idea: heat the hardened steel and then start throwing water around just you guarantee to fvck up the hardening AND introduce random stresses into the metal for a part you want to reuse. If they were patient they would not have used WD40. They would have sprayed it with BDS, left it for a day or two, and used a bigger lever. Most of what they do is pretty fvcking agricultural and out of date techniques. They (mostly) work, but fvck me, they make it hard for themselves.

[@stevengriffin7873]

@@iatsd Not really sure what would be the best technique in this case,pity they ruined an otherwise good shaft(or the end of it at least).

[@iatsd]

@@stevengriffin7873 If they're not saving the rest of it cut everything else away and start with soaking the gear in BDY solvent to eliminate the rust and then take to it with a wheel puller, perhaps? I just get frustrated that their solution to almost everything is a gas axe. They're butchers IMO. There's almost no finesse to anything they do. Which is fine given they own the stuff they're working on, but what really winds my clock is that idiots out there watching the videos think these guys are highly skilled and doing work at a high standard/level. Coming from a museum conservation background, I'm constantly horrified at most of what they do. Such is life :)

[@MrYodin]

The gear should be heated not the shaft. Heated shaft will expand inside the gear and hold even stronger

[@vinnoschop107]

Great episode again! Always looking forward to the next one! Thanks!

[@paulburbidge8636]

Maybe heating the actual gear up would have freed it. Destroying the tempering but its only a pattern. I hope to come and visit next year.

[@mr.m2556]

Another great show AZ team.

[@MrSeverin420]

Maybe you should think of purchasing a hydraulic puller, and as said before heating and shrinking multiple Times helps. Great Episode thank you.

[@specialse]

amazing work as usual, i have worked on similar rotted classic engines , but am i the only one thinking why not heat the helical gear red hot for expansion from the drive shaft. im sure im missing something but thats my thought .

[@PanzerManu]

Guten Tag aus Deutschland. Sehr gute Arbeit macht ihr da mit dem StuG III! 👍👍👍 SCHADE das ihr die Welle durchschneiden musstet!! 😕