Great repair video but even better seeing a young man learning a skill, thank you for teaching this young man.

This took me back to being an apprentice pressman. What a gift to work under an accomplished professional!

It's this kind of thing that shows why professionals should be paid well. Simple, ingenious, direct and effective. What a lot of people still don't understand (which is kind of sad) is the time and personal sacrifice it takes to arrive at this kind of approach. It is for this time that they pay. Great video as always.

What a great opportunity for your assistant to learn your skills. You allow him to do some serious work and not just spend the day handing you tools. You got me hooked: I'm a subscriber for life!

Nothing like fixing the "other guy's" attempt at repairing it. You know what they say, there's nothing more expensive than a cheap mechanic.

I was a tall skinny farm boy that worked on old farm machinery a lot. I was 6’2” and weighed 150 when I graduated. I learned back then that you have more power when doing like the torque wrench by being on the other side. Lift it to tighten it. You are limited by your weight on the side used. Since your legs can easily lift your body weight, they can tighten way more. Big machines amaze me still!

Have to agree with many of the other posts on how great it is to see the master and the student relationship not only to get practical experience but to show a different approach to solving the problem using hydraulics. This is the true value of the experienced teaching the less experienced and you only learn this in real life situations. A joy to see and as always great content.

Super impressed how you interact with your apprentice. Calm, guiding him not telling him and passing on your knowledge. I have almost 40 years in the piping trade and have trained many apprentices. You are a credit to your trade.

Such a polite and nice teacher. Something to think about, talking through the operations to the camera sort of like the apprentice. I love learning things in your videos.

Greg, You are a clever man. Your contraption fixed what others failed to do. Bravo

There's nothing like breaking new equipment!! Thank you for your videos!!

Used to work on them mobil shears all the time, the blades have to remain close to each other otherwise the thinner material can get lodged in between the two blades, sometimes you can soak the area down with a good penetrating oil and let it soak for an hour or so that helps free up the jams. Main thing is keep the blades adjusted correctly. Keep the leading edges of the blades square. You can work on them almost every day depending on the volume and material they shear. Love your videos !

You do amazing work man, I admire the work ethic you put in and the information you give out. Keep up the good work!

You sound like a very good teacher. Keep it light hearted for the boy. Make sure he does it right. I see a bright future for him under your teaching. And he will do it right.

Nice to see I'm not the only one actually explaining why we do something a certain way instead of just expecting the apprentice to follow our instructions verbatim without context. Makes it a lot easier to fix something if you know how it works!

Love your videos, it's such a great pleasure to see quality work done. That wrench... whoah!

Please teach your helper not to pull that torque wrench towards his head. That is a great way to knock yourself out when it slips or bolt breaks off. Pull off to the side, or better yet push down. From somebody that learned the hard way.

Nice job as always, always interesting what solutions others think will resolve the issue and how logical your solution is in comparison to theirs.. Well, thanks again.

Great video quality workmanship as always. Good to see you passing on your excellent skills. Keep up the great content. Paul UK

So cool to see such pride in a man’s work “make sure it’s clean, grab a cloth”!!!! You’re a great role model and instructor.

I used to use that exact same torque wrench to tighten to T-tail bolts on C-141 aircraft in the Air Force. But we had to do it in a confined space, on your back.

As a CAT apprentice tech coming up on 5 years, I love watching your videos and I always learn something. Really cool to see you mentoring someone! Thanks for sharing your repairs.

That torque ratchet is freaking spectacular!

Thx for showing that shear action at the end that's really close tolerance.

Excellent work -- couple of talented guys using their brains !!

Very interesting to see one of these jaws up close, thank you very much for uploading the video. That torque wrench is a monster.😁👍🇦🇺

Wow sir you are definitely a jack of all trades, I really enjoy your channel & appreciate all the knowledge and education that you show in your field of work. Looking forward to the next video.

Great repair and thinking outside the box. This goes to show how a job should be done and then what should be done to stop it from happening again

Sir, i know nothing about welding, how ever, as a fellow handyman i can see by how you act and the results that you are a fantastic craftsmen! Respect from Sweden

You are the Man in welding. The best thing about your channel is the versatility. You take on all kinds of repairs. You should be proud of yourself as i am sure yoi ate.

So satisfying my favorite videos of all time. You have a hard job. Got to be rewarding. Great job

You'll have to feed the apprentice more if he continue these workouts 😄

You are clearly operating on another level than the last guys who attempted this “ repair”. I should think you will be their go to guy after this 👍🏼

Love your work nice to see tradesmen with pride in their work

As a shop welder in New Zealand welding trailers of all sorts watching your videos makes me wish i was out in the field. Love watching your vids with a cold beer seeing how you problem solve contraptions together to get shit done, God Speed Brother

Very nice teaching. I could learn from you all day.

awesome seeing a pro at it! At any trade or anything actually, just joyful to watch

I love looking at this equipment, thank you for sharing!

Good deal seeing your apprentice there learning the skill he seem to be interested in learning and a hard worker ! He didn't give up on those big bolts and the torque wrench ! Glad they called you the other repair man was doing more damage than good ! Awesome job men ! 👍👍

Your a great teacher! Good video.

Real nice to watch somebody that knows what they are doing👍

On Fire Welding and Millwright services, nice job as always!

I worked on the Clywedog Dam, Black gang, brings back great memories. Excellent repair by the way.

20 years ago I worked on LaBounty shears. When this problem occurred we would cut the bolts from the outside, at the allen key hole. Had to do this for all the plates on one side. You always have to have spare bolts in stock. We did not have access to the big torque wrench so we always used a 3/4” Bluepoint impact! As you demonstrated the cleaning and grinding of the plates/shims is crucial! Good job!

great patient teacher and apprentice with a good attitude, I'm 6'1 and have weighed 160 lbs all my adult life so I can empathize with that young man, but he got it done though under good leadership and guidance.

If this is a new customer! You have him for now on! Great video as always! Thanks for sharing! “ good helper” 👍

This is great work. I've been around lotsa smart folks, but this is special.

Nice job, bro.Nice to see smart workmanship😊

Nice job man. And good learning for the apprentice ... it looks like a very interesting trade !!!!!

A high maintenance item these are ive worked on a few the jaws and side plates are critical to keep an eye on and thread loc on the bolts nicevwork

Love it when I see tools in action I never used. I always just use a big pipe on a breaker bar and hope for the best.

When rigged up correctly it was amazing how quickly you were able to push that blade out of the way with relative ease and I love that big snap on torque wrench that bad boy will separate the difference between the man and the boys I’ll tell you that

Great Job, awesome helper.

Wow that was one heavy duty wrench and she gets the job done great job guys ...

Very entertaining and educational. After seeing the problem I stopped the video and tried to figure out how best to get the jaws apart. I thought of a hydraulic ram, but didn't think about using the hydraulics from the excavator until you began welding the cage up. Excellent video. I'm sure you know about torque multipliers for the torque wrench. Thanks for sharing.

Have NO idea how I got here! ABSOLUTELY love the content!

Ah, man, love these kinds of jobs. Great video.

Great channel! Lots of very interesting jobs.

Just started watching your channel. You do amazing work Sir.

Using hydraulics to assist the shears hydraulics... Nice win. Also highlighting the need for selecting the right tools, and passing on that knowledge of how to use them properly! Even nicer...

Like others have said don’t let the apprentice hang off or use the wrench over his head. It’s one thing if you’ve been doing it for ten or twenty years it’s another thing if you only have a couple year’s experience. Great video, I appreciate you’re attention to detail!

Another awesome repair. Seeing you “ant” your new apprentice reminds me of working with my grandpa. That shit drives me nuts lol.

You are the best. I wish you success

Not sure why the other guys would try to butcher the jaw free. Obvious to you, me and others it needed to be pressed out. Great work young man and the torquing up, funny to watch a guy hanging off a six foot torque wrench going for the click. Good to see you mentoring and teaching a young man how such work should be done too.

Great job all around. When pulling with that kind of force, for safety make sure that if the bit broke, you wouldn't break a kneecap, hit your elbow or head, etc.

I have torque wrenches from 1/4 drive ones that fit in the palm of your hand to 3/4 drive but that. Now thats a Torque wrench . Great video and even better knowledge of how things are done.

This is good to know. I have to fix one of these at our scrapyard. Don’t know what’s wrong but I was told it needed my attention

THANK YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

I imagine you keep that Snapon in a Vault! Thanks for another good one brother.

Great job man. I will say, when using that air arc gouging, please wear a respirator. That stuff is extremely toxic, you were even coughing a little after that. We need you around a long time so you can continue to show us how it's done.

I agree. That is definitely a workout torking those bolts every morning.

Archimedes - "Give me a torque wrench long enough and a well-fed apprentice, and I shall ..."

I ( like many other folks ) use a torque wrench frequently on my stuff, and I'm always amazed at the strength of that little tiny pawl in the ratchet head of a torque wrench. This six footer you're using here brings that point home! :) This is why I never buy 'cheap' tools! Good job done with brains first and brawn second. Thumbs up!

Great teacher!

Im 60 yrs old b 61 in a few months. I started mechanicing when i was 26 after i stoped drinking !! I havent been able to do much at all for last 3 or 4 yrs but man i miss it so much.. i didnt work on heavy stuff. Just tractors and semis but i loved it !! My back went to crap on me several yrs ago and then ended up n 2008 got back surgery fushion and then in 2017 i had to get neck fussed and need them both done agin. Cant hardly walk any more . It can be pretty rough on a guy but its a great job

WOW again...Ive ONLY watched 3 of your vids and each time a COMPLETELY UNRELATED problem. You Sir are problem solving without reference to a manual every time you get a new job. Creative, professional and always honestly entertaining. Thank you.

Is the apprentice a feather?? Give him some FOOOOOOOD. Well done hanging on the bar and getting the CLICK.

hope the young guy stays with you he will learn alot with you as his Guru.

Big ass torque wrench with a FACTORY cheater bar ?!? I’m in love !!! 😍

Fascinating to watch this heavy duty stuff. Subscribed

Wondering if those shear blades are heat treated because I would be worried reusing the one that they hit with a torch. Obviously if they don't have a spare you gotta run whatever you got.

Great work guys

It’s an art to be able to see another way to the end goal, can’t teach it, you’ve got to be around someone with that talent, & your apprentice will benefit massively 👍💪😎

That was a lovely job very professional.🇬🇧

Great work, that big stuff is not easy to fix.

A latecomer to this video, but good to see your apprentice being brought along the right way. Whenever I get the chance to talk to young people I tell them that they won't be a good welder/engineer/whatever else they're learning to be until they've had their hands dirty, nose bloodied and ass kicked a few times in the real world. After that happens things start to really kick in their minds.

We have some 3" diameter nuts that have to be torqued to 1200 lbs. in the foundry shaker. Almost impossible by straight force. You end up with a 10' cheater pipe and even then it's sketch. So we got a multiplier. It's a 4:1 torque increase that you put on the ratchet. Makes things much easier and much more safe. A little salty on price, but well worth the investment if you have to do high torque on a regular basis. And the sticker KZfaq Certified Mechanic is just hilarious

Great video. It's very interesting seeing how repairs like this are done. Thanks for sharing. 11:55 - don't hurt yourself holding it wrong and he'll have a real bad day if that slips! yikes!- @20:34

That's some torque wrench, plus factory extension no less! I had to use a steam pipe extension almost that long, with a 3/4" breaker bar, to undo the front wheel hub nuts on my '96 Toyota Camry. Had wheel and tire still on vehicle, car on ground, hand brake on, locked in 5th gear, chocks all round. Car still moved for a second. Nearly did my back in.

15:28 NOW THATS A BIG ONE! she said🤣 snap-on Tools pure quality! iv a snap on screwdriver and its been as good as day one. 22 years old. 🤙

Professional and knowledgeable job 👌

I learned how to torque when I was in the Navy and they taught me to always pull steady never bounce and once it pops you stop. Otherwise you risk overtorquing the bolts.

I love that service truck nice torq wrench i have a 1" gedore drehmometer every body always freaks out when i get it out 🤣🤣👍👍

Also you can put a straight adapter (something like a snap-on FRDHM21) directly in line between your torque wrench and the socket. Then you decrease the setting on the wrench in proportion to the extra length. Like if you put three feet of adapter on your six foot wrench you decrease that 909 by (6/9). That way your apprentice doesn't have to stuff his face with carbs every day for the next month 😅

Nice work, Love your torque wrench

Nice job, thanks for the video.

First! Thanks for the great content, as always!

Small tip, keep your ground on the side of the jaw your welding on, you can arc the bearing in the pivot

Thanks, neat video, subscribed! you'll keep growing, people love this stuff, youtube just recommended me your channel so hopefully that means it's growing in whatever algoritim thingy lol.

Wow ,, that’s a nice torque wrench. I worked for snap-on many decades ago. Every once in a blue moon we sold one, and I really enjoyed inspecting these before they were sent to the dealer. Very satisfying about fine quality , well made measuring tools. I still have some snap-on stuff that I inherited from my father, and have guarded them from my sons until they are now old enough to appreciate and value them. If used properly I wonder how long these tools will last. I’m pretty sure some of my stuff is from the 1930’s, so it the very first generation.