This is what I class as the difference between a fitter and a mechanic. A fitter will find the broken part and fit a new one. A mechanic will strip the part down and replace what the part needs at a fraction of the cost. 👍

this guy is my freaken hero, ive learned so much watching his videos

Finally a guy who isn't afraid to show how to do this the "old school" way. Even though it can be dangerous for those who don't know what they're doing, Ezrider shows us how! Many Thanks.

Keep a pancake gasket in the truck. Changed them out on the road many times. But we have turned into a throw away country. Everyone wants to replace now days. And so many things we used to rebuild. Now can't even get a rebuilt kit for.

Good old school mechanic work right there 👍😎👍

This dude is an unbelievably helpful mechanic! One of absolute best!

It always looks so much easier watching other people do it than when it’s cold and you’re in a gravel lot and drop shit everywhere because your hands don’t want to work.

This guy is a true old school mechanic, great to see some still exist, thank you

Simple and straight to the point. Great help, thank you!

Hey man, your channel is a huge help. I had only been driving for a year or so before I got volentold to take over Dad's truck. He had really neglected the care of it, so I'm doing what I can to improve the truck and support him. Thanks for helping me make a dollar go a little further.

I'm 44 an became disabled about 9 years ago and had to stop working. I was a tow truck driver in Nashville Tn (towed all from cars to over the road trucks) but on the down time I wrench in our trucks and miss it so much. Just thought I'd say I really enjoy watching your video's cause it brings back old memories . keep up the good work.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for suppying these repair videos. I am not a mechanic, but I have been trying to do some small repairs on my 96 kw t 800 dump truck. Your channel has helped me to gain confidence in trying to do some repairs and I have been been able to fix problems with the help of your channel.

You are great, you taught us everything very quickly, I am Pakistani Canadian truck driver for 26 years. Very thankful to you.

Learn like you gonna live forever live like is the last day i dont even own or drive a semi but i will soon this video just gold

Keeping em on the road killer! I worked on Army trucks for 20 years and the chassis are exactly the same as any commercial truck. You do what needs doing to get the job done. Luv the channel!

This is how the lead mechanic at my shop taught me to do it! . 2nd year t&c mechanic

Theses shops don’t even do that these days, they want to put a new can-on there. Great help letting people see the simple way to fix it once they understand how to do it.

Step one should have been apply park brake or foot pedal and vise grip the push rod so the service side spring is applied allowing easier service diaphragm installation and tension off service spring, then cage bolt, then clamp remove.. works like a charm ASE Certified heavy truck and bus.

This guy would be welcomed in a SHTF world, his skills would be extremely valuable for any prep group.

Simple rule of thumb I've learned is once those cans begin to rust. I just replace all of them. Saves me the headache of going down the road and one of them going out.

We used to have one of the ones you could disassemble where we cut the spring with the torch to freak people out. A guy I worked with took it to the parts house and asked the guy how to replace the diaphragm. He had the clamp off, but couldn’t figure out how to get it apart. All the guys dove behind the counter when they saw what he had sat on the counter. 🤣🤣

Dude, please keep making videos. I fix all sorts of s*** now, because of your help. Thanks man! I appreciate you.

You definitely know how to keep ur repairs low cost at home ! Thanks for sharing

Certainly beneficial info . There’s a lot of owners that can benefit from this service information . U instructed them on how NOT to get hurt .

Thanks a lot brother great video learning a lot bless up keep videos coming gaining a lot of knowledge from your videos and I am planning to become a certified diesel technician and get my cdl and become a owner operator God bless

You can also back off slack ajuster to bottom out plunger

I keep a little piece of 2 x 2 in my truck and put it in between the slack adjuster to keep the spring out of the way.

Another great video. I learned a lot from you. Hope to see how to check s-cam free play.

1:44 - 'made...in the last long time' 😊 I like that. Interesting video. Thanks. Peace.

thanks for this video you made it easy. I just spent $160 on a new brake chamber from the dealer. This was way cheaper. Thanks 😎

Thank you brother your Awsome for the truck community times are though in the trucking industry saving every dollar I can at the moment is a plus 🙌🏽🙏🏽

Thanks for explaining how to properly cage a brake and change the diaphram.

Mad respect for doing this and sharing it with the community but I’m too young to die. I just got a extra chamber for each axle.

You are like a great angel for our lifetime benefits, you are a great man, God almighty should give you a great reward

Well in my day we where machinics fixed just about anything you could fix ...but now everyone is a fitter technician because all they do is fit parts ...can save a lot of money by fixing stuff to easey to throw new parts on but sometimes you have no choice ...you see today to many things where you have to buy the whole unit where a few dollar part would have fixed it ...awesome video keep ip the good work be nice to see that Pete on the rd

Dude!! Im glad i found your page!! I've got a 1984 wanderlodge RV I'm having trouble recovering after a few brake presses I think one of my cans is leaking after looking at your video I'm also chasing down possible air leaks and the prospects of having prospects of having a bad compressor but the dryer looks good seems to be dumping like it's supposed to pressure builds up to about 145 PSI it just takes a while. I'm thinking though that if the diaphragm were leaking I should hear it hissing.

I noticed the side note you mentioned about how cutting the rods on new cans can be a pain in the ass. Over the years, we've noticed most guys screw up cutting them, so now we just replace air cans in pairs. 30/30 LS with welded clevis. Been smooth sailing ever since.

Excellent video will keep this locked in

You have forgot way more than I will ever know,thanks for your knowledge

This is what I've been confused about. , im British and the brake cans we have already have the bolt fitted inside. We dont have to insert a bolt to ' cage the spring' we just put a socket on the bolt and start backing it out. We refer to it as 'winding the brakes off' Thanks for this video.

So glad I came across this video! 🎉🎉

Really appreciate your shared knowledge. I use to be mech inclined back in the day with auto. But semi trucks i been timid, you shown me its really just as simple. So im ordering tools from Snap on now . Air assist Jack Milwaukee fuel 1st on list

Yup been doing this for a while lol 😂 props to u for showing it I gotta do some of theses on my channel just don’t have that much time running day and night every week God bless

Duuuuuuuuoo for real!!!you are bad ass thanks for your videos I already try it thanks body

On the farm this spring I have 3 brake cans to replace. I think 1 of them I will do this way. 2 of the others are 30-30 long strokes, with Meritor ASA adjusters, the 1/4” pin was frozen to the clevis and to the adjuster. Heat got the 1/2” pin out of the clevis, but not the adjuster, it was frozen to the bushing. I hate people who don’t know what anti-seize is!!!

I used to change the spring brake diaphragms until the parts store told us that they could no longer get insurance to take them apart with a press inside of a cage. I had just changed one at the scale that morning. About 1981.

Love your videos bro. Always learning new stuff that I will never service. 👍👍

Did one yesterday wasnt able to cage it just used air pressure with brakes released. Little nerve wracking when you take the clamp off

i knew about this and have done it. but i find that most times the parking spring breaks before the service diaphragm leaks

Thanks man that's what just happened to our company truck...thanks again...

In reality just replace the can. The park brake springs are almost always broken and is a time bomb before the loose pieces puncture the diaphram. Then is done. Usually 20 miles after replacing the service brake diaphram. Rusty clevis pins always come out with an pneumatic hamer with a 14mm pin.

Thanks so much man! Just the video I needed! Love watching! I know your busy in the spring but I’m anxious for the next big red video! Have a good day brother!

Great job, from a very seasoned professional...

Thanks for the video. I was able to replace my truck brake chamber

This vato is a Real mecánic !!!

I took my steer axle one apart to replace the diaphragm but it already had a brand new one in it. Don't know if it wasn't seated right but it didn't work for me either when I reassembled it. My can was an OEM from 1988 so I did both sides, full can, despite only the passenger side leaking. Not too sorry to see it go when it's that old. The spring wasn't particularly beautiful anyway.

I love learning cheap easy fixes.

I always put a paint line across all part of the can, that way when putting back together you can line everything back up. You have to watch where the air lines end up, make sure they are not rubbing

The rubber diaphragm Our companey purchases are often to thick at the Ring area. We often have to use large c clamps to press to to pieces together . This was not the case 30 years ago

Thanks for sharing your videos. Class act all the way! 👍👍🎯

Your videos are very helpful sir.....keep them coming.

Well damn, thanks for that information i would have never known

Thanks man! Can you do a video on finding the brake chamber that's leaking when the leak is slow enough to where you can't hear it?

Thanks for the video. I hvae the same impact as well, it even doesn't mind being left outside in the freezing cold after being rained on. It just needs some fignaglinto get back to work LOL.

Most brake can manufacturers, stopped using removable clamps on the rear parking brake portion because of to many people taking off the rear clamp before Caging the brake and getting killed or seriously injured,

Thank you my friend this info help me a lot 🙏

We went with diagramframs even on the spring side years ago but I'm out of the loop but I'd say the grader/logger/sawyer does diagramframs too. Not that much salt here or snow. Thanks pal! A-PLUS!

You are awesome my friend thank you for sharing!!!

Bro you are really good. Love watching your videos man. I learnt allotta things from ya. I will definitely enjoy working with ya. you are totally different from those shirt & ties mechanic.... Keep the videos coming

I remember the widow makers. Replaced many park brake diaphragms

Fabulous video! Thank you so much!

I appreciate the safety measures you take but, bendix and haldex clearly states not to reuse the hardware clamp and the 9/16 bolt n nut. It's like reusing head bolts. The threads have stretched and will cause a failure in the air brake system. But I do think you are a good mechanic just work at a shop where a budget is held a tiny bit higher then real parts and safety education. All manufacturers have great videos and classes on their products to learn these steps. I personally am certified in all old and current bendix, haldex braking and abs, on guard systems.

I agreed with most things you do until replacement of pancake i never played with brakes

chuck the wheels, release parking brakes, deadjust slack adjuster forward, remove the clamp, don't have to cage the chamber

Thanks for your videos and looking forward to more of them

Thank you for saving me money

Some men show just his tool but I like talent good job bro

It takes me about 30 minutes with a torch by myself to replace the whole can I usually find when they get to that point the rest isn't far behind good fix if you are pressed for time tho

Anyone else think this dude looks like Red skull? Excellent video btw .

Good teacher.

Great video save money and save time

Easy quick fix works good for like an emergency type of thing I done before but when possible replace the whole chamber specially if it's a 3030 short stroke there cheap about 30 bucks now the long strokes are around a 100

I wish I had half the knowledge you have

Very grateful 🙏with your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Omg I’m a diesel tech and I have not seen a 30/30 brake pod since i stoped working on old school buses

Don't own a truck, never gonna own a truck , don't own many tools , don't ever plan on being a mechanic. But God damn, I've probably watched at least 20 of his videos.

Thanks for the video and advice.

If you have to replace the whole chamber due to the park brake side going bad. Remove the service Side diaphragm inspect. If it is save it to use if you need it later or glue magnets to the bottom to hold your nuts and bolts. Don't forget readjust your slack adjuster.

nice video but can can skip some steps, 1 apply parking breaks, vise grip push rod so it will stay out, release brakes remove clamp and replace, no need to cage

A lot of newer pods can’t have the diaphragm changed out. $30 for a chamber is cheap. Just carry one! If you get a leak in the service side pull the fitting and put a dime in then reinstall the line.

I feel like I need to pay you for making me not so dumb!

All good and well. But with these things being as cheap as they are. We pay like $60 AUD for a pair. By the time they reach a point of failure it makes more sense to replace it, and with just as little effort. I dont believe in repairing brake boosters, air bags, shockers. Etc. But this is coming from some one that services a fleet of 150 trailers.

Diaphragm makes a great frisbee at shop..

did many of them back in the day. Keep yourself away from the release bolt. I have seen them break

You made that look so simple. ^5

Handy tip...Always be safe. Good job.😎

Awesome and thank you for your video

You should run the greaseable Clevis pins. They are amazing

The best advice for someone that has never done this before is to have someone who knows what they are doing help you!!! Because if you run across a older brake chamber that has bolted clamps on both sides and you remove the wrong clamp by accident it has a really good chance of KILLING you or at minimum put you in the hospital for a long time!!!! And if it has bad rust it can also break apart and explode on you when you start messing with it!!

that's a real good tip I sure thank you for the video because I was just change the whole canister