Can someone explain to me what Ree stands for? Lol seriousky feel stupid. Im sure hes talkin about responses or replies or somethin, but honestly, this channel is the only channel i hear someone say "Ree" lol
How did this even start? Im newer to this channel, just started last year. I love the phone ring noises lol
I think it is poor design from the start. I just looked at a Jeep and a VW in my garage, and their Ball-Joints are pressed into metal that is 1 inch thick. The mustang uses pressed sheet steel about 1/4 inch thick, most likely for lightness, but how do they hope the ball-joint will stay in place, especially with the sort of cornering forces a sports car puts on the steering.
Screw the haters ray. Good job. Doing what you have to do with full knowledge of the customer and no compromise on safety. Best possible outcome without replacing the control arms.
Don't worry about people not liking certain things you do. Youtube is full of 'know it alls' who where that one person in highschool everyone hated correcting the teacher. You had a valid reason for what you did. Most of these people are Arts major with no real pratical engineering/work/etc experience that don't understand certain cases with certain limits require a 'non-book' task to be done. That just proves of those people commenting they not are professionals in mechanical work/engineer/etc. This is a good learning opp for you, engineers sometimes have to do something dumb that mechs don't like and think they were dumb for but don't understand they were 'forced' to do it X way because there higherups wanted X part used instead of a new custom part or similar reasons.
I came to the comments looking for answers I found two political partys with both opposing answers as usual in life. 1. Ball joints grease? its good its bad Do you have the concrete facts on the heat transfer rate through the materials during the welding and the failure temperature of the ball joint assembly? 2. Welds? Its good Its bad Have you strength tested rays welds to know the breaking point through compression and rarefaction? 3. Accepting customer request to keep lower arm and use weld. Its good Its bad Are you a lawyer that knows this will not stand in favour of rays shop in court?
I'm sure there is the right people in here to answer these questions for those who are interested, the problem is theres too many dingbats talking when they should be listening as is all to common in society nowadays. Rant over I think I will just disable comments now Haha
BuT tHe BaLlJoInTs ArE nOt InStAlLeD pRoPeRlY! Pfft, you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s fixed and you had approval of the owner. I did the same with the balljoints in my truck. Great job Ray.
I saw the video where you worked on that 'stang; I didn't feel anything wrong in your thinking then, and this video proves you up. Good work. Peace, man.
i had to do that with an old 1980 mercedes because of the same reason ball joint holes were worn out… i had the owners permission. knuckles were unavail.
You and the customer made the call. You don’t need to explain yourself to all the commenters. Most are just haters with ZERO TO LITTLE EXPERIENCE!!! god bless🙏
As a airline engineer everything you have done ✅ definitely makes good sense as far as your doubting public if they had ears and brain cells they would not need open their cake holes nicely done geezer respect ✊ west London geezer 🇬🇧
I was questioning the practice of welding the ball joints, but after seeing some clear shots of the condition of the sockets in the arms it was obvious that there was a decision made that took into account the overall cost of replacing those arms. In part 1, you said you got the approval to spot weld them in. As far as I'm concerned, that was the end of the debate about how to continue proceeding with the repair.
You welded it? Why you could have just used duct tape and some elbow grease.🤣 I love the stupid comments. I was just kidding you did a great job. Wrench on good Sir.
You gotta learn to stop feeding the trolls. Don't make a video in their honour. They're living rent-free in your head, friend. Nobody but you ever sees those comments; they fall to the bottom hella-fast.
I have had dodge pickups where the thread-in joints back out due to the threads being galled, missing, etc. I had them welded up and they stayed for many years after, never cracked. I did have 1 control arm rust through though but that was unrelated to the joints. you did a fantastic job and it looks great.
I don't weld ball joints because the next guy will have to replace control arm. Well, DUH, that's a given.If no oversize joint ava, no time, customer has no money for arm or arm not ava. then weld them puppies, with a note on RO stating replacement of arms will have to be done next time. And since the joints were not sloppy loose, they just need to be stopped from rotating and/or moving up and down. Sometimes you just gotta DO IT. I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT REPAIR.
well I did see some grease bubbling out of the bottom of a joint in the last video
Can someone explain to me what Ree stands for? Lol seriousky feel stupid. Im sure hes talkin about responses or replies or somethin, but honestly, this channel is the only channel i hear someone say "Ree" lol
How did this even start? Im newer to this channel, just started last year. I love the phone ring noises lol
So then you righteously utilized the “ time honored so there you are and there you go “
That 3.8 v6 had a timing cover gaskets recall back in the early 2000’s late 90’s. I did tons of them when I was a stealership tech.
I think it is poor design from the start. I just looked at a Jeep and a VW in my garage, and their Ball-Joints are pressed into metal that is 1 inch thick. The mustang uses pressed sheet steel about 1/4 inch thick, most likely for lightness, but how do they hope the ball-joint will stay in place, especially with the sort of cornering forces a sports car puts on the steering.
Ray. You know people are stupid. Great job! I've welded a times, you did a great bead. Love ya.
internet trolls .. gotta love keyboard surfers .. probably dont even own a flat head.. keep up the great videos
Screw the haters ray. Good job. Doing what you have to do with full knowledge of the customer and no compromise on safety. Best possible outcome without replacing the control arms.
Dude not that you need to justify to anybody but not a damn thing well wrong with putting a little weld on a ball joint
Don't worry about people not liking certain things you do. Youtube is full of 'know it alls' who where that one person in highschool everyone hated correcting the teacher. You had a valid reason for what you did. Most of these people are Arts major with no real pratical engineering/work/etc experience that don't understand certain cases with certain limits require a 'non-book' task to be done. That just proves of those people commenting they not are professionals in mechanical work/engineer/etc. This is a good learning opp for you, engineers sometimes have to do something dumb that mechs don't like and think they were dumb for but don't understand they were 'forced' to do it X way because there higherups wanted X part used instead of a new custom part or similar reasons.
I came to the comments looking for answers I found two political partys with both opposing answers as usual in life.
1. Ball joints grease?
its good
its bad
Do you have the concrete facts on the heat transfer rate through the materials during the welding and the failure temperature of the ball joint assembly?
2. Welds?
Its good
Its bad
Have you strength tested rays welds to know the breaking point through compression and rarefaction?
3. Accepting customer request to keep lower arm and use weld.
Its good
Its bad
Are you a lawyer that knows this will not stand in favour of rays shop in court?
I'm sure there is the right people in here to answer these questions for those who are interested, the problem is theres too many dingbats talking when they should be listening as is all to common in society nowadays. Rant over I think I will just disable comments now Haha
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
BuT tHe BaLlJoInTs ArE nOt InStAlLeD pRoPeRlY! Pfft, you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s fixed and you had approval of the owner. I did the same with the balljoints in my truck. Great job Ray.
Ray your a good man and a good mechanic, Thank you for the videos you post!!!
It's just a tack you armchair mechanic trolls
I saw the video where you worked on that 'stang; I didn't feel anything wrong in your thinking then, and this video proves you up. Good work. Peace, man.
i had to do that with an old 1980 mercedes because of the same reason ball joint holes were worn out… i had the owners permission. knuckles were unavail.
Reminds me when I asked my mechanic to tack my header bolts in place, as they were loosening off every week.
Why don't you pressurize the system and find out where it really leaks ?
Looks like an old school bush type fix when a customer is not made of gold. It works just fine!!!
REEEEE! Salty Army is legion!
Lmao, it’s all out of love
Hey you did what you had to do
Welding ball joints is expected and a common practice on the 2wd 1989-93 dodge diesels upper control arms
Fagomatic sports cars should be illegal
You and the customer made the call. You don’t need to explain yourself to all the commenters. Most are just haters with ZERO TO LITTLE EXPERIENCE!!! god bless🙏
i NEVER ripped into you. i think you are a VERY honest mechanic!! Keep up the great videos "Click"
Nice job
have a top year Ray,your just simple ,BUT, the best
As a airline engineer everything you have done ✅ definitely makes good sense as far as your doubting public if they had ears and brain cells they would not need open their cake holes nicely done geezer respect ✊ west London geezer 🇬🇧
I was questioning the practice of welding the ball joints, but after seeing some clear shots of the condition of the sockets in the arms it was obvious that there was a decision made that took into account the overall cost of replacing those arms. In part 1, you said you got the approval to spot weld them in. As far as I'm concerned, that was the end of the debate about how to continue proceeding with the repair.
I understood what you did and why.. This was an appropriate repair for the condition of Ford's better idea. No worries!
Nice sloppy clean-up job on grease.
It's a v6. Nobody should care. Welder up bud 🤘
Must be a member of the Salty Army!
You welded it? Why you could have just used duct tape and some elbow grease.🤣 I love the stupid comments. I was just kidding you did a great job. Wrench on good Sir.
Man that dinging is annoying. How the hell do Americans tolerate that shit? It's so obnoxious.
Sometimes what has to be done has to be done.
Unusual/unorthodox? Yes. Effective? Check! Do I wish I had you working on my vehicles? Absolutely!
the rust stain is back!!!!
You gotta learn to stop feeding the trolls. Don't make a video in their honour. They're living rent-free in your head, friend. Nobody but you ever sees those comments; they fall to the bottom hella-fast.
Weld those stinken Ball joint's. Don't hurt a thang!!!! LoL 😂
Ray you definitely are one of a kind, totally respect you as a honest very knowledgeable mechanic!!
I have had dodge pickups where the thread-in joints back out due to the threads being galled, missing, etc. I had them welded up and they stayed for many years after, never cracked. I did have 1 control arm rust through though but that was unrelated to the joints. you did a fantastic job and it looks great.
not sure why u didnt just weld the block… changing the gasket is way too time consuming
I don't weld ball joints because the next guy will have to replace control arm. Well, DUH, that's a given.If no oversize joint ava, no time, customer has no money for arm or arm not ava. then weld them puppies, with a note on RO stating replacement of arms will have to be done next time. And since the joints were not sloppy loose, they just need to be stopped from rotating and/or moving up and down. Sometimes you just gotta DO IT. I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT REPAIR.