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48 thoughts on “Gmc jimmy s15 / chevy s10: idler arm center link replacement”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DaRailroader says:

    Great job and thanks for this video😉

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars s j says:

    Great video thanks

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  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eliama&i song & symbal eli says:

    Thank u Anna for being a great motivation to our vidio mecanic 👍

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eliama&i song & symbal eli says:

    Great work & vidio keep it up u acumilating those likes from us !

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Keith Falconi says:

    “Amish style” 😂 that was greatness!

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jack Perry says:

    Ty sir more content please 🙏

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Sechrist says:

    I pray Hannah is doing well at school. Eric, my shops first alignment machine was a Hunter, Electro align. Learned on a light align.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Goudeau says:

    I really wish I was much closer to you, oh by the way that pickle fork also looks like a seafood fork.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian M says:

    I know this is one of your older videos, thank you you showed me what I was missing on my 03 Sonoma while trying to remove the pitman arm from the center link to pull the steering box. Thank you for showing this step I was loosing my mind.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kevin Blankenship says:

    Hi Eric I have a 2000 Chevy s10 2.2l it cranks a long time have to hold a pedal to the floor but when it starts it like a sluggish start lops for a second and smooths right out no misfire and takes gas good You have any tips on what I should check first

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars SDB says:

    Say it ain't so? I needed this exact video! Oh yeah! I replaced these things a few years ago, and now the steering wheel has more slop than it did before… Just checked and all the joints are loose and sloppy, I re-tightened the castle nuts on the idler arms to center-link, but they're still jiggly, can't even budge the nuts on the inner-tie rod to center-link, too tight, but the joint is also jiggly and a bit wiggly…. play in the steering wheel makes it feel like driving an old boat }[: P

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars kyle landers says:

    I got a 1986 s1p long bed with 79000 miles and low rust for 1000 bucks

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jon's world says:

    pro tip if your doing you own replace it all get it over with tie rods sway bar if not when you get it all lined up something elese go bad in no time

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shane Harrison says:

    Those was the days

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dakota Carney says:

    Is the procedure the same for a 4×4? I have an88 s15 jimmy 4×4 4.3l and I have to rebuild front end

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Len Huddleston says:

    I was just wondering why you changed that center link?

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars A P says:

    Good vid. New sub🤘🏻

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Martin Kucic says:

    Yes I’ve done 100’s of those combos. You should have pickle forked the inner tie rod ends first. Then the pitmen arm. Because of slop to loosen the inner tie rods.
    I never had a press to take out the inner tierods. We just pickle forked everything apart. It worked and I am ok with that.
    And another thing that kinda pisses me off, is those coarse threaded metric self locking nuts.
    They seemed to grab the tie rod stud too hard and spin. Then I would have to get a prybar and pry the thing together so it would not spin as I turned the nut to tighten it.
    Just ranting!!!!😛

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Donnie Robertson says:

    Second time watching it is always great

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Itsnodawayitustabe says:

    Im gonna have to get an air hammer to get my centerlink off the idler

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul says:

    It's nice to see a repair video where it's not sped up like you're on speed….

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Dark One says:

    I am going to be doing it on a 93 is there a way to avoid moving the idler arm?

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joe Doria Music says:

    Do you have a video showing pitman arm removal of the S10 4WD? I have a 1st Gen '85 and there's absolutely no clearance for pitman arm puller.
    Great channel!

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark Wheeler says:

    Is Miss Hannah an O/R nurse-in-training? "Hannah, hand me a 10 mm short socket. Scalpel. Clamp. Vice grips." It's all the same.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richard Bambenek says:

    "Amish style" You got a million of em. That's what makes your channel so enjoyable. It's not just car talk but you add a personal touch to your videos, including your family. A very entertaining mix. Where is the rust on that old timer?

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars blueknight says:

    It's a tuning fork, not pickle.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ed Myers says:

    three belts jesus too many!

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jennifer Rae Fuchek says:

    Omg I used to have an 85 GMC s15 LWB! I loved that tan truck! 😢😭 it was my first vehicle…. if I knew who had it id go buy it back…. last saw it on the road year or so ago (I blew engine by not checking oil and had rebuilt by racecar shop…. that was one awesome truck! )

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Chiodetti says:

    UGGA DUGGAS! We see them, no brakkleen this time! Great Video! This is an old video, "Miss Hannah's in the house!"

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars guitarstitch says:

    "Click!"

    AvE fan?

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Robinson says:

    I own a 1987 S10 4WD 5 sp. Why i bought it i'll never know. 7 years later it's never gone down the road. But it could……..

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars will daws says:

    hannah: i said id do the job
    eric: yeah but we gotta get it done today..

    ouch 🙁 .. lol

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sm Ms says:

    SWEEEET VID 🚹

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bruce Augustine says:

    i believe the grease fitting is called a Zerk, for those that were wondering the official name was.

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars gac914 says:

    With Hanna studying nursing, and you wearing those white nitrile gloves, I'm surprised when you ask for a wrench that she doesn't slap it into you palm like a surgeon!!! LOL!

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars grapeknutz says:

    Just a safety third tip, remove that mushroom at the end of your pickle fork .If that mushroom is hit just right , it will be like a flying piece of shrapnel just looking for a eye or something tender.

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars vwwrenchie says:

    Come along as Eric O. gets schooled on proper dining etiquette…..cutlery division.

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars christopher fuller says:

    Play with that chassis every day. Postal trucks are just an S-10 with a Grummins cab

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mr B says:

    You going run out of work with josh and hannah pulling weight and gravy jobs like this with bolts that just fall off, even big nasty left in the drawer 🙁
    More time for icecream and maple goodness lol …

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Delle says:

    No "Good Stuff"! Gasp..

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Richie Smith says:

    lol "click"

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Duncan Mac says:

    Pretty clean underneath for the age. Thanks for the video.

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jhitt79 says:

    Kinda strange, you said it was 10 o'clock exactly at 10 o'clock (p.m.) when I was watching the video.

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars SATAMAN Schmidt says:

    Grind that mushroomed head off of that pickle fork. You know better than that!

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars s d says:

    A new SMA video to top off a great weekend of camping in beautiful Watkins Glen N.Y.!

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joe Laplnski says:

    If I can do it and Hanna can do it you can do it!

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Davis Sibetang says:

    Can you do a full tool inventory. I'm interested in what kind of tool you use for rust vehicles. Mostly what air tools you have???

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