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And folks working on a 2009 GMC it's the 1500. it's the Sierra It's got the big five three and the guy needs left wheel speed sensor so we're gonna do that for him. She's pretty rotted so we'll see what happens. light here. First thing we'll do is unplug it, which it is right up the top here. So I put the light there so nobody can see, but it's right here. You'll see where the little guy plugs in. Hopefully give her a little reach around here. unplug it from the harness, move that baby down. Then it has a comfort here on the frame. Now we can see. Let me get a screwdriver slash side. Cutters Now the plugger here should have had a little Christmas tree on the end of it, but it was already unhooked so it clicks in up the top here. right here on the very top of the frame. So I'm going to use my side Cutters and just poke at it. We're gonna take and get this one out of here. Maybe it's gonna be pretty low rusted. Come on baby. look at that sucker to pull down. it's just gonna break off. but it didn't The whole thing came out so that's good. and then the one up in the frame. we're gonna go ahead. a long pair of side Cutters to get the correct angle. gotta have the right angle the dangle to get that one out. We'll just leave that alone. For right now, there's another one down here in the back of the axle and oh boy, she's looking gross down here. Monday Morning's in the soft belt? There's that. Everything's pretty well rotted on this truck. She is old 09 old. That's pretty old for here. What's that? 13 years old or so to over 13. pretty much it for a Chevrolet in this part of the world. All right. So now we are faced with the task of removing the bolts. It looks pretty well, pretty well. Punk Let's see here, let me get some good light for everybody. If there's anything metal left to hang on, there we go. I'm gonna poke at it what we have our hand here. Maybe we'll just disintegrate I do have a new bolt coming for it she was supposed to be bringing to us today. I Tell you what. let's um, let's get the old air hammer. Let's rattle around here a little bit. Get rid of some of the needle or the scale here with the needle scaler. Then we'll rattle on the bolt a little, see if we can't loosen it up. I Don't imagine it'll be that tight to get her to come loose and great foreign years. Oh yeah, might actually be able to beat a Torx in there. Maybe Um yeah, let's try that. I've got some of those rbrt sockets or bits. see if we can't just beat one in there and then get it Loose that way I wonder what size it was originally? there's a 25 I don't know that seemed to go in there way too nice. We'll give it just a little bit of a push here with a socket. foreign. So let's jump up to the old classic T27. We'll see if we can't give it a little love tap. persuade it in there a little bit. Oh, we hit bottom. I Don't think these things have any Loctite item I could be wrong. Look at that foreign. Just like we knew what we were doing. Got it? Didn't even need a new? Bolt Yeah, we do. These rbrts work good for taking stuff out but not putting it in. it does have Loctite on it. It's like a little bit of pink stuff or something there, some of that low strength mmm sounds like gear oil. Now that we've overcome that hurdle, we've and overcome our next one which I think is just going to be stuck in there. Look at that sun, we're gonna just move. Did you just move on me little fella? Today is my lucky day. Maybe Let me go get a little screwdriver. We might be able to slide that thing right out. Give her a little shot of the WD WD I Had a guy flip out on me in the comment section for using WD-40 on something because apparently it is only a water displacer. I'm an idiot. Whatever. Here's a Ding Dong home watching YouTube videos. let's see here. Come on baby. See if we can't get behind this sucker, give it a little bit of out pressure while we're wiggling it. Foreign. There's an o-ring in there is what we're trying to overcome without snapping. It Off So I'm trying to hold a little pressure out on it while I twist it, you can't really get a hold of it very well. I wonder if I got one below it and above? it? Would be really nice if this came out in one piece and we didn't have to drill it. Usually got drill these little suckers out trying to give it the classic. Wiggler The Double Twister got all kinds of moves we can pull out here. Oh I think it's gone foreign. Give it the old double twister. Pulling out some classic moves here. The Devil's Mister Oh, you know what? You're familiar. That's one of your best notes. I Don't want to brag what's up? You need me? All right? stand by it folks. Tap her back in. sometimes that works if it can get in there and just kind of work them in and out a little bit. like I say if we can overcome the O-ring we'll be home free. Oh I think it just broke? Yes sir. All right. Well, we're right. We're right to where I expected to be anyways. so we snapped it off. Oh boy. Now what? Well now now we just drill it out I guess So let's try this. We're going to go right. kind of in the middle 130 yet somewhat of a hole there. and then we're going to go by the edge and we're gonna go by the other. Edge I Can't tell you the left side and the right side because it's circular. People go crazy when I do that. When I start talking about the top and bottom corners of the circle, all the engineers come out. So what I'm trying to do is give a little bit of relief. Okay to the O-ring probably won't work. We're gonna bring out the classic slide hammer, see if we can't screw it in there and get a bite on it. Sometimes you get lucky doing them like this. Good little bite on it and give her a little. Give her a little what's up, hey girl, what's up? Look at that boom and by drilling on the edge, it was my hope and my dream that it would relief that O-ring a little bit. Which it did because you got to be careful if you go all crazy and start drilling straight through it. Um, you could drill through and damage the axle because I think this one does. This one have a metal tone ring or a magnet. Some of these are magnetic I thought oh this one's metal. You can go. just go willy-nilly Less of a chance of breaking that one, but if you can avoid it, avoid it. Okay, so there's that. That's out. It's done. Shows over. Enjoy the rest your day, folks. You want to get yourself a valve stun with a cap going deep. Unscrew the cap that's going to plug the hole for you. You don't tell anybody that trick. That's why I don't mean taught me back in the day. Back and forth tires even had tubes. There's that one. She's clean. Now the top edge of that hole above the O-ring always has a little lip on it and you gotta come in here and say man, clean that lip. There we go. Just like that, sounds like an airplane wind drop. Like a sue. There we go. Yeah boy, that's all good. let's get some brake parts cleaner. Dum dum. That's gonna save me some editing right there, boys. Give this a little two. I Think we're good now. grab your bow nozzle using the Venturi effect. We shouldn't even have to take that cap out a little bit. Let's try it. Ready One Two Three Go One Two Three. Go Boom. Just like that, it goes flying out of there. Huh? I'll say I didn't teach you anything man. Two tricks in one day. Two tricks in one day. Okay, what's next? So once that's cleaned off, I'm just going to grab a little bit of axle grease or grease out of the grease gun. we'll call it. We smear it around, get a little bit everywhere. It's not like this thing's ever going to come out again. Let's be honest, it is an 0-9 Got the part here right from: Chevy Uh, there's your part number if you guys can see it somewhere is on the bag there. perhaps Classic 209 or 38121 all the way from Mexico it says so you know it's a genuine Chevrolet America After High Baseball in Mexico It's pretty close to the U.S under the tape I think that's where these trucks are made Anyways, if I remember correctly Mexico or Canada Oh, slide that little guy right in there. We're going to reuse the old bolt temporarily because my Chevy guy, he's not going to be here until afternoon and I can just go out in the parking lot and swap that over. Oh I lost a bit. It's actually doing really neat. It's t27 fits right back in there nicely snuggle it right up. Bring this little fell around that goes right in there and I will put the other one in here right up here. Let's see, it might have to play whack-a-mole to get that one in now. I Think instead of farting around trying to get the little Christmas tree out of the top, we're gonna do it the smart way because it doesn't appear to be broken yet. so we're just gonna wiggle this one off. Look to the past the lock. Take that off. We'll save it in case we need it. and then we're going to stick it. It's right back up there where it belongs. Started life out this little color around here. Pretty sure we can do this. Ah, there you go. I'm gonna plug it in. Boom Boom. Everything's good. Look at that. It's like the factory in case you couldn't see it. that's where that goes. That's where that one goes. That's where that one goes Boom The other thing the fellow wanted was a couple of these: I don't have a part number for you? Sure? I do. It's classic One five, six, four, six, two, five zero wheel nut covers coming a five pack away from either. Pretty inexpensive. Oh, it's missing on these trucks I think people might put them back on with you I'll get dug a gun or take them off too aggressively I could be wrong. I'm gonna reread the codes. no codes detected. good. He'll be happy now. His lights are all out. well, that's that folks. A pretty easy job on these. He's in a pretty common job also, particularly when they get this old and they get this. Rusty We always see this rear speed sensors. they you know it gets rust behind them just like the front ones do and then it usually breaks the head right off so you can just you know you go back there, check it and all. you got to snub as soon as you touch it the thing falls apart. This is the first one I've had in quite a while where I actually grabbed it with pliers and was able to move it. Thankfully we had the little mini Slide Hammer this one's made by Mac Tools an SP 8p Sierra Papa eight Papa in case you want to look one of those up I'm sure they don't make I've had this for many moons and it just takes a regular you know Flathead pan style pan head style screw perhaps like a number six I would guess. Pretty handy little tool for things I Don't know if it's using the body shop but I use it for pulling out the speed sensors and seals and various things like that. It's a sweet little slide hammer. So one of you guys hammer on that keyboard down in that comment section leaving a question in the comment. The concern you have the insty for: Facebook you guys know where we're at Just My Rewards If I can do it, you can do it. Thanks for watching.
Super set of tricks today, including the Jesse Ventura effect on the valve cap! 😆
Great job!👍
I'm not an engineer, but I did stay at a motel 6. Wd40 can fix anything, except broken bones, that's what windex is for!
Mrs. O: “The double twister?….. that’s one of your best moves” 😂😂😂😂
Wut in tarnation was tht thing on the like air hammer???
I have one of those slide hammers that was in my dad's tools and the plastic tip broke on my oil dipstick on a 12 challenger 5.7 it worked out good for that.
All that rust and still loves his job! I envy you sir 🙏
I use pliers lack that to find my pp
when I had to do this for the first time I thought, "pfff these people don't know what they're doing. I got this!" It snapped just like this video. lol ABS sensors will humble you quick.
As a former California Ford Certified Technician, I would've lost my #$%T 10 seconds in to that sensor not coming out! Props to you my guy for handling it like a champ 🏆
LOL I get occasionally individuals who write multiple college thesis to several paragraphs to show me there expertise I give them a big heart and a flamingo emoji
You failed!!!! the sensor wire suppose to go behind the brake line. lol. ahhhh the little things…………now give me them likes!!!!
I find myself adding “it’s your classic…” when I explain any inanimate object. Thanks Eric, O!
you guys must apply or have stronger salt solution up there. i live in MN and have a 2005 with not nearly the amount of rust and corrosion. all my cars have been at least as old with less rust
Truck assembly is in flint Michigan
A lovely assistant makes all jobs easier.
Spider killer spray is only used for "dispersing water"? LOL 😀
In this video I'd fall back to a trim removal tool behind that fitting but that's just me. Nice post Eric!
Thought I was watching a car repair video when "Mr Science" taught me the Venturi effect. Never too old to learn something new. Awesome!
After watching you extract that sensor I have to wonder if you ever missed your calling as a dentist. As always, Thank You Sir for sharing an excellent video!
RUSTED TRUCK IN NY
I snapped a speed sensor in an ‘08 Sentra while doing a wheel bearing the other day. Many colorful words were used.
Amen to WD-40! I have at least 10 different cans of the "BEST EVER MADE" penetrating oils sitting on the shelf and I keep going back to WD-40. It is a character flaw, but I own a few British cars. They were not made from great materials, fine thread nuts and bolts were some of the worst. WD-40 has worked faster and better where all the others have failed…for half the price. Everyone needs to remember it is not a lubricant. Eric, Great videos. Keep them coming!
I’ve been doing winter tires/brakes lately for family\friends. Been checking speed sensors and if they come out I’ll clean and grease them. Almost none of them came out lol. 2021 Honda CR-V after one Ontario winter the speed sensor is completely seized.
My 2009 was made in Fort Wayne Indiana
Water Displacement formula #40. Developed in the aerospace industry to drumroll please…..displace water! It also makes a fine light lubricant a decent cutting oil for tapping aluminum and a fair spray cleaner. I imagine it would work as a coolant for cutting and drilling as long as it doesn't catch on fire. You can use it for just about light duty lubrication. It will either work, or you'll try something else.
I did the same thing on my daily driver years ago with the added benefit of breaking the drill bit and then extractor… I threw the drill I think after that.
WD-40, KROIL, Seafoam deep creep, KNOCK'R loose all on my shelf.
Wd says right on the can lubricant
The valve cap tricks were pretty cool.
I got 2000 gmc 1500savana. U joint popped off at the pinon, got a new shaft but now the angle of the Pinon is upwards 5⁰.. looks like the pins that held the pumpkin to the axle arms has shifted.. the brakes and shocks are still in proper place… is this repairable? ( force down weld in place? ) or do I need a total rear end replacement 🤔
Oh Eric! Sorry Eric O’ ! You make Rotten chinezium work look so easy.
I have such a hard time getting it to work so easy here in sunny San Diego CA.
I get a Subaru from just a state or 2 above me and I start to hope they donate it for taxes ,I guess one mans totally unsafe is another man’s normal.
Any who… Thanks for bringing a positive attitude to my night Bro! Be waiting on your next video to get a little more? Info? Entertainment?
O’ h Happiness/Calmness! Thanks for the hard work of YouTube it makes a difference for many you’ll never know
The GM(Holden) song over here was… Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos & Holden cars… Doesn't sound like plagiarism at all… 🤔
I usually just heat the sensor up with a torch till it's all melty and pull it out
Thanks, Eric, for the SMA MeMaw "" Tips "" to get the job done easier !!! Gotta love them slide hammers for getting things out that are stubborn !!! And it's Veterans Day – If you have money in your pocket, in the bank, or the wife has it in her purse, and you actually own something like a home, business, land and equipment, along with the FREEDOM to have that – then thank a Veteran !!!! Remember that all gave some, and some gave all, so you can have the right to do what you want within the law !!!!!!!! I'm thankful for it, hope you all are too !!!!!!
Is that one of those snap on pry bars they never want to warranty 🕵️😂
I thought that valve stem air cap was an ingenious idea that was cool, 😎👍🏾
wrenching on cars from the salt belt puts hair on your chest
Just did this on an 09' silverado. Used a deckmate screw in both with a stanley pry bar to yank em' out. I hate those things now.
two tricks and a couple of moves
A double twister, wallered out, an WD40, this video has everything.
A ding dong watching you tube? I resemble that remark 😁
Hey, how 'bout a little of mrs. O, ridin' a horse, firin' a shot gun ?
Always a pleasure to watch you do your work Eric. Nice job.
Quit chipping away at the rust, that's structural!! 🙂
Nice love the descaler!!!
I’m glad I live in Texas.
The speed sensor wire should have gone under the brake line not over it.🤣
That truck needs fluid film and fast before the metal has turned to dust 🙂
Rust Rust and more Rust. How many miles on the Chevy Rust of magic
The corporate website uses the phrase "WD-40 multi-use product" 153 times, and uses the phrase "water displacement" 3 times, including once in this sentence "…the original secret formula for WD-40® Multi-Use Product -which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today." The company website also says, "The original WD-40 Multi-Use Product has over 2,000 uses…" and "WD-40® Multi-Use Product … penetrates stuck parts, displaces moisture and lubricates almost anything." On the front of the can five uses are listed; #3 is "Loosens rusted parts" while #5 is "Drives out moisture". So everyone who wants to insist it is ONLY a water displacer is utterly wrong.
Unrelated question in terms of this video, but can your scan tools read OBD1 data? Obviously most of the stuff you see is OBD2, but curious how you diagnose older vehicles.
You always talk about how rusted and short lived a lot of your customers vehicles are. I know you like and use fluid film, do your customers just not know of these great undercoating products or is it just too late for them?
I would ask a Question? . But the video was free and simple enough for a GM production lol
I THINK EVERY VEHICLE YOU WORK ON IS A PIECE OF JUNK
I'm glad that I sprayed all my vehicles, 8 of them, with wool wax this spring and fall.
Why would you pack grease instead were the new abs sensor goes? That's not a good idea…
I think you forgot Why half of us watch the videos mr o. mrs o sexy self come on man wth
sweet job, even heard mrs O. keep up the fine work and dont let kathy hochul get you down
Trying not to be "picky", but did the "RR WHL sensor" printed parts package mean Right Rear Wheel, because it looked to me like you replaced the Left Rear Wheel Sensor. They may well be the same for all I know, but it just struck me as odd. Great tips, Eric! 👍
All around the rear axle
Eric changed a sensor
Eric thought it was all in fun
Pop! goes the sensor
"You're the ding-dong sitting at home watching YouTube videos." Not the best remark from someone who makes money from ding-dongs watching YouTube videos.
After subscribing to your channel for years, I find myself asking: Why is it that you use Just for Men on only your mustache?
Another gm?? Nah…couldn't be…
Best shop class EVER !
Little tip broke flush sensor take a long deck screw heat cherry red let cool pop out she comes!.
If you don’t get the “A-A-Ron” reference, you are too young lol
Why would MAC tools make somethnbg useful????……or atleast keep in in production… lmfao
Why? I didn't even do anything???
I replaced both front wheel hub bearings on my 268k 03' Town & Country here in rust belt. Won't go into the difficulty of removing the hubs, but I was ready for a fight. Both hubs required removal of front abs sensors. Like your Chevy, each had a small fastener. To my surprise I was able to remove one sides bolt without snapping it off, but the other side snapped even with all the gingerly moves I made on it. Since the sensor also had a locating plastic feature built it that locates the sensor and stabilizes it, I decided to mix up epoxy and apply it where the bolt was broken. It worked! I figured the old girl had not much longer for the road and the epoxy saved me hours of aggravation should I try to drill it out and extract it. She's still dependable and safe to drive, but the is ugly with doors, quarters and lift gate all rusted out.
<——— dingdong with trust issues who watches YouTube!
It's funny how lots of folks like to pretend they are experts about stuff they really know absolutely nothing about.
I just did front brakes on a 2011 silverado a couple weeks ago and it was so rotted the bleeder tips were almost gone on the calipers. The guy said as long as they still work and not leaking he was happy. This was a northeast Ohio truck.
The o’l double twister
One of these days, I'm going to bring you my 2002 Silverado with 280k so you can see what no pennies from heaven looks like 😂😂
Didn’t show the “classic” Matco , left hand drill bit attempt !lots of spray, couple “love taps” out she comes ! Hurry up , but “slow down” theory, comes out ! To each’s own ! Good vid, Eric !Salt & Plastic do “not like each other !👍👍👍
Love your segues into the comment section at the end! LOL!
3 minutes in I found myself hollering at my phone PantherPee!!! 😂
Made in Fort Wayne Indiana
Hi,my chevy is 22 ,but I oil and fluid film the heck out of it.
"09 old"….. I drive a 1993 Mitsubishi Pajero and it's mint underneath, dam. No salted roads here in NZ, we just crash in old cars.
A little tip from an old timer, use valve grinding compound on screwdriver tips and Torx bits , Hex Bits, it aids in gripping the fastener, wont strip out or cam out.
Props to Memaw for another great tip!
Hey that's a cool slide hammer tool
I live about 40 miles from this shop. I have a 2007 SUV I bought brand new. After heavy salt events I go to the car wash and spray the hell out of the bottom of it. Wash it at least once a week all year. Has a bit of rust but nothing like that beast. My mechanic loves me lol.
Not to flex but my 09 here in eastern Washington no salt zone is pristine😊
It was introduced as a water displacement fluid, but turned to be America's best lube. Love your troll comment.
The Toyota's and Nissan trucks must rust out in like 5yrs there if a Chevy looks that bad at 13 yrs.
Hahaha you Eric, are great at the old double twister. Even though I'm getting too old to do many repairs anymore, I really enjoy and learn from your excellent video's.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Do you want to go to war balky? Cause I am for real. Most probably won’t get that lol . I bet Eric will know .
OMG! forgot about the tire-plug method….argg enjoy much watching and learning…DVD:)
Nice seeing how the slap hammer pulled out that stud. Drilling around the circumference to release the O-ring is a method I will remember.. Many thanks SMA!! DVD:)
It’s a 2023 Chevy, she’s pretty rotted out. In another year or 2 she’ll be ready for the crusher. Just another day here in the PRNY. Thanks for watching.
Mr O, I was born and raised in Elmira NY and I’ve never seen so much under carriage rust as I’ve seen in your videos!
What is the mass calculus of SMA viewers looking up the Venturi Effect right after this video?