Happy Father's Day Wes. Coffee and watching someone work hard, I feel like I got a promotion.

We are getting to the point where you can't fire the parts cannon, because there is no ammo.

Hi Wes. I took care of several tow trucks with this set up back when. Ford serviced this as an assembly, with no individual parts store available. They killed them about every 18 months! I visited a buddy at the UPS shop and they had a pile of them in the corner, too. Props for doing the rebuild. That's why your The King. Roll On!

Hi Wes, Greetings from the land down under! In my book, you are by far the best content on KZfaq and deserve many more subscribers (they're coming). The lengths you go to troubleshoot problems that most of us would scrap a car over is mind-blowing. Add to that the dry sense of humour. Just perfect! Don't change a thing. You got the recipe right. Keep up the hard work, and thanks for teaching this old dog some new tricks. 👍

When my dad was a teenager he took either the input or output shaft out of a transmission while overhauling it. It was tight, so he beat it out with a sledge. Then he realized it had been held in with a c-clip

You're giving me flashbacks to my time working at a Ford dealership. Our techs were lazy and just replaced the whole thing. I think the whole assembly was like a thousand bucks twenty-five years ago. Sold so many. I worked in parts.

The fact that there is no warning light for the parking brake will probably have caused the issue with driving with the brake on.

Don't know if you've bought a new microphone, but the sound of the distant birds in the first half of the video was super clear and wonderful!! (I did watch the wrenching content as well...)

Outsmarting the engineers usually comes with a time penalty. Exemplary work as always Wes.

One-third of the way through 90% of Wes's videos, I always have the same thought - Better him than me. I would be cursing up a storm trying to find where the engineer that designed that lives.

hello Wes , Carl from Texas here. I've been watching your channel a couple years now. I REALLY appreciate the family friendly content since I now have a grand daughter who I'm hyping up to help me builds her a go-kart , I was a Auto tech for many years & also a farm tractor& implement mechanic before that. I can totally relate to the ( uuuhhhh ) sigh you give at times, I laugh with you every TIME ! 😁👍 GOOD JOB !

Wes, you are nothing short of amazing. That emergency brake is about the WORST thing this 80-year-old has ever seen. Kudos on conquering it!

Bravo Wes another excellent video - no gimmicks, no showboating, no ego-boosting, no nonsense, no b-s….just a great example of a real mechanic who uses his experience and intelligence……and a selection of meaty hammers.

That clutch linkage repair kit is pretty handy. Every Ford F series of this vintage I've had had some sort of play in the clutch pedal.

For a second, I thought that deep sigh at the end WAS your final word! Which'd be your laid back style. It's a pleasure to watch your videos. (More greetings from the land down under.)

I like you you took the time to remove that bolt and tap the hole instead of just leaving it. Really showd your hight quality of work

Nice work Wes. IF it comes back leaking again, you'll want to replace that pressure vent assembly. That's a military vent used on all the military vehicles. They have a soft spring and a rubber flap inside. They love to either swell the rubber or just stick closed and cause pressure and leaking issues. They are super cheap and available but I normally just replace them with a real vent line.

really appreciating the zen hammer intros wes

What engineer thought it was a good idea to take a simple parking brake assembly and make it NASA complicated? They could have mounted a disc rotor on the output housing with a mechanical caliper. Service it all in a matter of minutes and at a fraction of the cost. Thanks for making another interesting video and for including your dog in it. Pets are wonderful!

Came here from your most recent driveline parking brake video. I have to pull this unit off a E450 to bolt up a transfer case, so I appreciated the great video on the removal!

Never seen someone rebuild one of those, always replaced the entire unit. Local dealerships and truck shops will not sell the individual repair parts, only the entire unit. Typical local failure was internal bearing explosions or broken case. For any other wrench throwers looking at doing this job, getting an entire ZF with a newer P-brake on the back costs 1/3 the price from a pull yard than just the Pbrake assembly. And now you have a spare ZF for when one of your customers inevitably explodes theirs.

Wes, I was just watching Steve Magnante’s “Junkyard Crawl” and he was talking about a DeSoto that had a Powerflight automatic trans from 1954 with the same setup for a parking brake, what a coincidence, go figure! BTW, Nice work and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

This is a component designed to fight you, to the end, every step of the the way! You have much more patience than me Wes!

all the wind and breeze has taken a toll on the pup... luv the channel wes. thanks.

This is my type of entertainment! For those without a lathe. If it was my truck, I would have ground out the brake shoe bracket. Just to get the diameter smaller. Sometimes just the paint or powder coat is enough. I’m not a mechanic, just like to work on my own stuff.

You are an exceptional mechanical engineer Wes and *Thank You* for your videos. They are greatly appreciated. Stay sane Wes, stay sane. 👍

That parking brake job takes me back to my days as a fork truck mobile engineer for Clark Equipment. Their C500 truck had a small external Bendix parking brake fitted, worked fine for 12 months but then was useless. Access was awfull, had to drain the transmission and the drive flange wouldn’t clear the cross member so had to split the engine mounts and jack the engine a couple of inches. Work was usually undertaken in the owners yard, outside and in the rain... Forget the o ring on the drive shaft, all the oil would leak all over your nice new brake shoes and drum... Deep joy..

I have a hunch that what you encountered happened after the R.T.R. lawyers took the engineers out to a surf and turf 9 course dinner. What you accomplished should have never been possible! You are the Leonardo DaVinci of D.I.Y. repair engineering and I thank you profusely for sharing your every day experiences running your shop with us all!

I really can't get over how clever the channel logo is; I really dig it, along with the effort you're putting into editing. Great stuff, thankful as always Wes!

Wes, you have far more patience than any man should have. Having worked as a mechanic for a living, I know how frustrating these things are. Hat's off to you sir, you're top of the line in my opinion. Thanks for sharing your video.

Nowadays you're not supposed to fix anything they want you to get a new one which is usually obsolete 6 months after it's built and unobtainable. Recently had to fix something the part in US price was unbelievable with 2 month lead time. Found it it Australia fo 1/4 the price delivered and had it in 4 days. You are a grat mechanic and lot more patient than me. Great job

Wes is my spirit animal

ZF ... Zero Fuchs? 🤩😜 OMG I rebuilt / rewired a two speed 3 phase German motor with internal brake at the back of the rotor. It slid when engaged to lift off the rear cover. The rear cover threads onto the case. Dumbest smartest thing ever. Italians have an insult for this: "clever" Great job getting through this! It helps me when I'm slogging through my 1986 CF7000's problems. 🥺

Ahhh,so that’s why the super duty had been sitting there for some time. Glad you were able to pull through yet again. Thanks for what you do!

My nephew works for Porsche.... He has nothing good to say about them... Nothing ! Have a good one , you magnificent mechanical bastard. 👍🍺

After years of grinding gears in my old 1990 IDI, I replaced the clutch pushrod with that same heim joint kit. But that was only part of the problem... These trucks used plastic bushings at the 2 pivot points that transfer movement around the brake pedal to the clutch master cyl. When the plastic wears out, the magnesium pedal hanger bracket is next to wear. That part was no longer available (different dash in '90 - you can still get the '92-'97) and my pivot holes were egg shaped. I took it to a machine shop and had them install Oilite bushings into the pedal bracket with what the machinist called "pro JB-Weld". It was probably just JB-Weld but it worked really well! Downside was, I had to tear the entire dash apart to get to that dang bracket. Bad, bad Ford engineers.

Nice job Wes. That device should last the life of the truck but stuff happens. The reason we need excellent technicians like yourself who will accept the challenge and do the correct repairs. Happy Father’s Day.

Thanks for showing the difficulty of working underneath the dash. Personally I’d rather rebuild that emergency break than work under the dash to be honest. At least you don’t have to turn yourself into a pretzel to get the job done. Keep up the great video content. Looking forward to the next one!

7.3 powersmoke is now my favorite term, long live the 7.3 stroker!

I used to work for zf. I grew up around the company its pretty neat to see something from them. Occasionally

Thank you, Wes! You have made an old man feel much better after watching you struggle with that stupid thing. My son has a '96 F-Super Duty with the same parking brake. I have it apart, found replacement parts but had the same issue with the drum being way too tight to put back on. I wasn't sure how to address it, but seeing you turn it down some, I have my answer. Thanks again!

That parking brake is just another example of how "Ford has a better idea". Happy Father's day. Thanks for sharing.

You made me grit my teeth when you put the impact on the tap. I thought you were headed for trouble.

I love the calm opening montages now

Keep up the good work wes! Love the videos and you always find a way to solve a unique problem that pops up in the process of working on the old, crusty, worn out vehicles that seem to pop up. I learn new things all the time watching your content, i appreciate it and strive to be half the mechanic you are one day

Awesome video Wes! Looking Forward to the "Revenge of the Unicorn""!

What a strange unit, it's basically a wheel-hub type braking setup with a bunch of added complications! Man, you take on some crazy jobs sometimes. What's even better is that you usually pull them off! (and aren't afraid to show when things go pear-shaped, as there's a lot to learn from those times)

Something German that isn’t designed to come apart again? Welcome to my world Wes.

I learned to just get a replacement brake unit on the first one I ever tried to work on. I had double the hours that it paid to replace it completely, just removing and disassembling the original one. I never made that mistake again lol. I have brazed and rebored those clutch rods many times, I wish I had known about that repair kit you used. That's a nice set up.

I think one of my favorite things about Sunday is looking foreward to seeing a video from u wes!! And u never disappoint, great stuff my friend

Wes whatever you charge, it's not enough. I would bet the bank that you couldn't find another mechanic to do this job to this level or at least I know for a fact I couldn't find one.

Always more than anticipated, but, at least your customer brought to the right shop with the right person to work on it. Happy Father’s Day young man. Thanks for the ride along.

Drive-line parking brakes have been around for a long time but I don't remember seeing one that complex before. I remain convinced that if one of today's college educated engineers were to redesign the wheel, it would be incredibly expensive and next to impossible to service. Good job Wes!

I've seen that clutch linkage repair using a heim joint once before. Beats the crap out of Ford's BS design. Great job!

Keep watchin, watchin, watchin, wes work.

It’s amazing they drove it with the park brake on. My service truck, a 97 Superduty, won’t even move with it engaged.

Your videos and the quality keep getting better and better. This video did not disappoint. Thanks buddy and hope you're enjoying the breath of cool weather we're being blessed with again. Talk about a strange spring/summer. Not complaining at all, pretty sure you aren't either.

Well, I hope it's not coming back for parking brake service any time soon since the warning light problem was not corrected. The guy driving is probably gonna forget again and trash it. That was a real pain to have to do all over again. Great content thanks for sharing. Have a happy father's day Wes and everyone else.

I appreciate that you’re like me never back down from a job even if it takes you a week!!!!!💯✊🙏🌿😂👍🏻🍀

it's sometimes stupid builds like that why there are so many shady mechanics around because not everyone gon take the time to put it back together like you do and who will admit when something is difficult, I say kudos to you for your honesty and impeccable work ethics.

Happy Father's Day Wes..... this looks like one of those times, it would be easier to jack up the radiator cap, and drive a new truck underneath LOL

Thanks for rebuilding this instead of discarding the unit with a bunch of good parts and getting a full assembly. It's great to reduce material waste to be more sustainable and I think I see that in your choices and values. Hopefully those who sell the assembly, hopefully they have a core charge and rebuild the units for similar reasons.

Again Wes, GLOVES! You don't value your hands enough. Love the videos.

Im constantly amazed...with all that strife and frustration, not one cuss word....id be like a sailor with turettes if i tried to do what you do...so...congrats!(?)

This episode: "HAMMER TIME"! Watch Wesworld fix an unimaginable piece of engineering that no one could ever dream of. Naturally, PUP approved!!! 👍👍🐶🔧💯

We live for Sunday’s to admire Wes armpits.

G'day mate..at least customers can not question your work when you record most of it ..a real insurance policy ..love the channel WES awesome as usual thanks buddy 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

Wes, you are by far the KING of afro engineering. WOW... if it's hurtin call Dr. Wes.

Way to go, Wes! I thought 'replacing the whole sub-assembly' as a norm came a little after this vintage of vehicle. One that gets me is wheel bearings. Instead of $30 bearings, they just want to offer $300 hub assemblies these days. From the ZF / German design perspective, it might be intended for the brake to last the life of the other parts (bearings etc.) because...'you can't wear it out unless you drive around with it set...and no one does that?'

I had wondered about those, and also the electronically-controlled parking brakes found on some newer cars. It occurs to me that the design precludes its effective use as an emergency brake as well. One more reason to buy an older gently-used car instead of a new one.

Great video Wes. Really enjoy your humor in the face of difficult circumstances.

One of my favorite things to do is to forget my parking brake is on. Great video Wes thumbs up.

I was looking at the dash thinking that there should be a red brake light. If I were the owner, I would get that fixed ASAP because it's almost 100% certain that the parking brake will be left on again without that reminder.

Great video Wes. Ford and ZF…what could possibly go wrong?

Just when I though they couldn't screw up a Ford any worse, and you manage to show a real jewel. Nice!

Hey I like the new intro for the videos it just makes me think what’s coming up next awesome job as always hope you have a great Father’s Day

👍👌👏 Well done. What an effort to get to the gear box seal! A really weird configuration. I've never seen anything like that in Germany. So it seems, that the American car manufacturer ordered something problematic like that in Germany. I don't think that it is German engineering at all. Best regards luck and health to all of you.

@Wes, i liked how you went the extra mile by tapping the hole. Most others would have done the bolt up and moved on. Hats off to yah bud! Looking forward to 🦄 p2

in a perfect world they thought that user would use it as a parking brake only and it would last the life of the truck . NOT A PERFECT WORLD AS YOU AND I KNOW !!! Hang in there Wes and keep us entertain and informed .

Happy Father’s Day Wes.

We interrupt all other regular scheduled Sunday videos for new watch wes work , (sorry mustie)

The dust shield!! It’s stuck on the end of the tool while hammering in the seal

Your into music of late reminds me of music from the beginning of The Rockford Files episodes ( after the main theme) . I like the slightly new edit/arrangement.

You are Amazing, your perseverance and attention to detail will always inspire us to do more and trust the outcome. Happy Fathers Day

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A lot of work went into this repair and a lot of editing to show it. Excellent stuff. Is this the same parking brake as the Land Rovers?

Happy Father's day. Love the foreshadowing

Wes I'd pay to sit in a chair and watch you work...while having a Spotted Cow of course. I'm 76, when I was a kid I'd ride my bike to school and on the way home always stop off at Delta Crop Dusting service in Monroe, Louisiana to watch the fellows there build bi-planes for crop dusting. That was the beginning of Delta air lines. I'd sit on a chair and watch and not be a bother. After a while they would pull up a chair for me and give me a nickel for the Coke machine while I watched. I learned a lot, later I got to help by sweeping up and then help with the airframe builds and covering. In 1964 I went into the Marine Corps for 20 years and served 2 combat tours in Vietnam. Later I went into law enforcement in Calif. for 30 years . I'd always stop in when home on leave or on vacation and visit the folks there. I also worked on and raced old Harley Davidson's on dirt track. Now that I can't do much of that anymore when I watch you work it's a lot like watching those old fellows build those old bi-planes with two wings and round engines. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired El Mirage, Arizona

Theoretically would you ever have to replace the shoes since it's a parking brake? The only reason they would wear out is if you drove with it on right?

That was the “Tiger Tank” version of a parking brake assembly. I’m gonna bet that when they designed this monstrosity that they never intended that it be worked on. Like ever. And realistically, as long as you don’t leave the parking brake on and drive to Texas and back... Of course, one burned out warning light on the dashboard is all it would take.

Wes good thing your so busy other wise some of these jobs would drive you to drink! Great work! 👍👍👍👍

My brother had a solution to fitting those springs that are designed to take eyes out. He got me to do them. My solution was to get one of his lads to do the job, then retreat to the kitchen to make my brother and I a coffee.

ZF transmissions are over engineered junk .

What a colossally awful design. Hand it to the Germans, they know how to conjure up a shitshow.

I know I watched this when it came out, but damnit I'm here again because KZfaq recommended it to me after all this time. Love watching your trials and tribulations with these... majestic.... pieces of old iron.

Hats off to Wes and anyone who can lie on his back in such a confined space. I always get real nauseous if I try that. Even oil changes have become a real chore these days.

Looks like basically a wheel bearing & wheel brake drum assembly bolted to the back of a transmission.... You made it look easy...

My belgian shepherd is also 9years now and limps since a few weeks, as i know he has a few problems with his links and bones since birth. Good job Kinda regards from the old world here in Austria 🙋🏻‍♂️🇦🇹

Yeah, the assembly is the way to go, buuut, they have no stock. Your struggles may have been the only game in town! Nice going Wes.

I really admire your work ethic. Most independent shop would have told them to take it to the dealer. You don't seem afraid to tackle the most difficult projects.