Customer States Tread Came Off Tire While Towing RV | Just Rolled In
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
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0:00 Intro
0:05 1998 Chevrolet 3500 Dually. Luckily for the customer, they didn't get into a bad accident or caused even more damage when the tread came off of the passenger front steer tire. Even if a vehicle has barely any mileage on the tires, but they're old they should be replaced! There is a production date on tires (DOT) that tell you the age of each tire. More info here -
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0:22 The technician didn't mention what caused this exact issue but thought it was funny to show as it sound like a Helicopter. This is common to see on some Pontiac models, but the first time I've seen it on a Jeep.
0:35 The technician found a rat in the vent. He said he was surprised the customer apparently didn't see it.
0:46 The technician said: "They installed the coil overs the wrong way and bent the sway bar links, the one I’m holding in my hand is how they’re supposed to look."
1:01 If you're wondering what a strut bar is - "The strut bar serves to add rigidity to the car suspension so when the car is taking a turn there will be pressure on the road surface. The strut bar will maintain pressure on both sides of the car so that it becomes more balanced."
The technician was unsure why the customer removed it but was even more surprised they didn't bother getting new nuts for the struts to hold them in place.
1:17 Ford Ranger. The technician said: "Customer came in for unrelated issue, I went to go pull the vehicle into the shop and noticed the gas pedal felt odd and that the vehicle was not accelerating. I then realized the gas pedal was broken off of the mount and had to physically reach my hand down to pull the gas pedal in order to pull the vehicle into the bay."
1:30 The technician notified the company and told them they should scrap the truck. Wasn't told anything else.
1:46 The technician said he has no clue what the customer used to paint the front bumper.
1:57 Check your owner's manual for the correct torque spec. and always torque your tires afterward. Could have been a lot worse for this customer.
2:07 The technician also said the interior of this 2013 Chevrolet Cruze was also very dirty and filled with garbage.
2:21 No extra info.
2:29 That's a wheel weight that you see moving on the rim. Wheel weights shouldn't move once they're installed and that's why the customer still has a vibration in the rear.
2:37 As you can see the truck need's a lot more work from the looks of it as there is an oil leak as well. No extra info.
2:47 The viewer who sent this in said: "Tulsa, Oklahoma
We were on I-44 if I remember correctly."
2:58 Outro. Thanks for watching! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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I came across your second channel by chance yesterday and subscribed to it.
@@johnm.5848 Thanks, John! I'll be posting one there just once in a while.
I was wondering who has that channel
I thought it was a rip off channel.
I want my car to sound like a Huey when ever I put the AC on high.
I wasn't aware Jeeps had powered A/C vents until now. Or did all the vents break in use since they use such low-grade parts? JEEP: "Junk Each and Every Part."
Yes, get sone!
Just play "the power of love" when you turn it on 😂
You could crank some "fortunate son".
It would be fun the first time for awhile.
I'm in shock every time I watch your videos. 😱 I wonder how many vehicle deaths are not driving skill issues but neglected mechanical issues.
I couldn’t easily find stats on fatalities but for accidents in general about 12% are due to mechanical causes.
After 35 years wrenching none of this surprises me.
I’d say a large number of mechanical failures should be considered driver error as part of being a driver is being aware of your vehicle’s condition. You don’t have to be a mechanic but there has to be a certain amount of situational awareness to properly operate a motor vehicle
its not that many because engineers make it pretty hard for a car to kill you even with severely delayed maintenance, but some idiots always like to push their luck
Mechanical issues are for mechanics and people that can afford mechanical issues. People think they can buy a car and grape drive it and repair it. Their idea of mechanical fiscal responsibility is around 300 dollars a year. Let alone they think tires last forever! Seriously...most people don't know how to change oil, yet their preppy college degree says they can diagnose your mental condition and have you locked up for being crazy.....probably a drastic comparison, but it's probably fine 🙂
Back in 2017 I got my car serviced and the mechanic said the rear tyres needed to be replaced because the side walls were cracking although there was plenty of tread left. A friend of mine pointed out that the company that made the tyres went out of business in 1982!
In recent times I have discovered that about 15 years are the maximum for modern tires. My mother had 15 year old tires on her Buick, they had plenty of tread, looked fine, but cracked open like plastic. My sister had a Beemer that again, had decent tread, no visible problems but the tires were at least 15 years old and had two blowouts in one month. So I try to replace all 4 at least every 10 years, I never have tire problems. There’s nothing quite like the feel of 4 brand new tires on your car!
I had some super old tires on my 1964 C10. No clue how old they were.
Took my truck to a tire shop for a flat and they said to replace the old tires because they were bad. I let them replace them but kept one on a spare rim I had as a spare. I had it in the bed of my truck for about a week.I came out one afternoon and saw the tread had completely separated from the tire just like in the video. Glad I switched them out when I did!
My 57 Ford Fairlane had 1960s era wide whites with the original spare still in it, all were replaced.
I have some old tires on a car I haven't driven since 2006 and because they were made in Argentina there's no DOT date stamped on them
The spare tire on my truck is original 2006, but I've had three whole replacements since 2009 (100,000 miles driven since then)
Tires degrade quickly when left sitting. When I got my drivers license I was allowed to drive a small French subcompact my father had used for going to the workplace. The car was bought in 1997, and left sitting in the garage from 2000 tp 2005 when I picked it up.
Within six months the tires were replaced because the thread disappeared. The car only weighed 650kg, but it was like having a cheese grater applied to the wheels. You could see the difference in thread depth if you travelled 100km.
I recently bought a 1970 Subaru Sambar with 11000km (7000 miles) on the clock and all of it's original tires. They're completely petrified, but they still hold air because they 've still got inner tubes that probably have been replaced. (I wouldn't dare drive on them in traffic though)
You never cease to amaze us, no matter how much one might think "I've seen everything now!".
I kinda get it limping back to a shop depending on the damage, but damn 6 miles dragging one side to the ground like that is beyond no shits given. Also those vents are among the funniest I've seen yet, the possessed vents should definitely go on the next Halloween compilation.
But But But How in the hell can one think NOT to bother putting the nuts back on after changing the struts ....Duh one had to take them off to replace the old ones.......
@@d-money5976 "Eh, it stays in place with gravity, I'll find them later!" is what I can imagine, if I turn my brain entirely off.
@@d-money5976 not to mention they tossed the strut braces. People pay to upgrade them, not remove them!
That jeep with the air vents spinning was just trying to be a helicopter.
On another note, it still baffles me that people neglect to put things back to how it was originally.
Fuck bud I think I sent it a little too far
2:48 - I imagine this is one of those cases where you call the boss because the work vehicle is about to fall apart but the boss just tells you to keep driving.
sounds like my job
@Marty's 4x4 yep,sounds like my job...
In the UK, whether it be a company vehicle or a private vehicle, the driver is always responsible for 'Dangerous parts or accessories' or insecure load, overloading or driving on tyres without the minimum tread depth though the employer is responsible for allowing a vehicle without a current MoT or insurance to be used.
Had a boss tell me that, so I limped slowly toward our office, he wasn't to pleased when I told our insurance that, after the tread slapped the side of a Porsche.
@@michaelney7006 Same in Sweden. Truckers might not even be allowed to check the load; trailer could be locked. Yet driver's always responsible.
And never ceases to amaze me how people drive their vehicle with a totally destroyed wheel bearing or hub that shit will fall off.
I always wonder how long they've been ignoring the noise for 😅
Living in a state that doesn’t require any inspection in order to register your car, is to blame.
@@F.S92 thats not true at all, its just idiots that wont look their car over every once in awhile
Oh you'd be surprised how many people just put gas in it and go. One would think you'd see all of this in the countryside. Nope, 99/100 times you will find these issues in big cities.
"You don't need to worry about simple car maintenance" - Peg
@@pikehunter23750 honestly true most of the things like this are crackheads or people who think oil is a lifetime fluid
oh man, that 1st truck has got to be amazing! what a preserved beauty. I hope they got new tires and don't crash it.
they did! They are lucky they didn't crash it.
How come they never use a truck for 24 years?🤔
@@erickandrade1548 they did use it, just not a lot. I read someplace that tires only last something like 6 years even without use?
@@Sashazur sounds about right.
@@erickandrade1548 Probably just used it to tow the RV.
And to think, I get worried about a mild vibration on my front left wheel... some people don't HAVE a front left wheel and they could care less 💀
It’s amazing how many vehicle owners aren’t very bright. At least we get to 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Keep’m coming
Its all fun and games till we meet them on the road 🤦♂️
@@TheMilkman710 ^^^^^^^^^^^this
Yes, but don’t forget these mongs are breeding more mongs. 🤪
I guess that's the reason why autonomous vehicles are coming into existence. 🙂
@@undreamt_fish And the people causing it are completely unaware.
I just remembered a funny story. When I was in autobody school, a friend of mine brought his Civic in so we could do a little body work on it. While I was away mixing paint, he decided he wanted to remove his hubcaps because he didn't like the look of them. He did not understand that the lugnuts holding the caps on also held the wheels to the vehicle. He removed ALL the lugnuts on the ALL the wheels and the car basically fell over. We gave him a lot of shit for that.
So I guess you had to do a little more body work...
Mouse in the air ducts - YEP, done that. My wife said her fan was making noise and smelled funny. It was a Bonneville and after hours of disassembly, dash/glove box/fan housing, I found a mutilated mouse in the squirrel cage. Still juicy too!
Wow, I thought I was doing good with my truck, a 2016 2500HD with 12,000 miles~ 24yrs and 8600? HOLY SMOKES! Beast of a truck too.
350 miles a year?!?! 🤔
If I was taking my camper on an annual vacation I'd be headed a lot more than 175 miles away.
That's a big investment to have sitting around dry rotting.
"Still juicy too!"
EWWWW!!!!
@@jimurrata6785 They could probably turn around and sell that truck for sticker price right now given the market.
@@Tracert-mc1hu They would get _more than they paid for it_ if it looks as good as the clip shows inside and out.
Probably has a nice 5th wheel or gooseneck in the bed too!
@@jimurrata6785 Absolutely they could! Exactly what I'm doing, but order in for over a year now so we ordered a Chevy and a GMC, whichever comes first. I'm getting more than I paid for mine and it's actually going up. I need a new truck like a hole in the head, but there's times like these you're stupid if you don't. Never happen again.
That last shot of the truck driving on the front rim - I'm convinced he was beyond DUI and in the blackout zone. No way a normal person could drive that.
This may be the running part of a hit and run.
Seeing the condition that some vehicles are driven in on this channel I wouldn't be surprised if there are actual people out there that don't even notice (or care about) driving with a missing tire or wheel.
Or they just didn't wanna pay for a tow truck... either way he should've got off at the next exit.
Tom A I would not be so sure about that.
That shows up too often in dash cam compilations to be just drunks. People need to call 911 when you see something like that - it's not only deeply stupid, it's also damaging the roads.
People that drive on highways in vehicles in a manner such as that last example should have their licenses revoked for the six years that will be required for them to complete elementary school one more time.
Depends on where you live, cuz elementary school here is 1-5, 6 is middle school. Though I suppose one could always force a K-5
Or just require vehicles to be regularly inspected for safety. Some states in the US don't even have that.
Last time I saw a car throwing sparks, they did have there license revoked since I called the police and they were arrested for DUI.
Probably wasn’t revoked for six years and didn’t have to go back to school again, what a shame. If you are so S faced that you are driving with sparks flying from wheel, you deserve a 6 year revocation.
@@dancooper6002
Don’t agree here. Some cars are hazards for other drivers and there are lots of assholes that would drive dangerous cars if it weren’t for inspections. And inspection stations should have the obligation to call the police in such cases where severe, possibly unfixable, problems are found. Condemn the car just like houses are condemned.
@@dancooper6002 Royal pain in the ass? Only if you never have your car serviced, in which case such a check is exactly intended to catch driving wrecks like those.
In Europe you are required to have an MOT (~yearly check if your car is road legal and not a death trap), most just take the opportunity to have maintenance done while they're at it.
I worked at a major chain retailer in the automotive department. One day a guy came in because one of the new tires he bought blew out. He bought the tires in another city about 300 miles away and was traveling on vacation. We went to look at the vehicle and discovered that it was an RV. The guy bought car tires and had them installed on the RV. A lot of drama ensued because for safety reasons we could not let him leave the store with the remaining tires. Plus he refused to pay for truck tires to replace the car tires. Our manager was also in contact with the other store to understand why their people installed car tires on the RV. A lot of people were involved in trying to find a solution to the problem. My shift was over and I left before finding out how it was resolved. For those who don't understand tires, you can't install car tires on an RV because car tires are manufactured for a specific weight application. RV's are much heavier and need truck or commercial grade tires due to the heavy load and heat produced over long distances.
I'm guessing dude just brought in his rims to get tires installed then put the wheels on himself so the shop he got the tires from didn't know it was for an RV. At least that's what makes the screaming in my head stop :)
I (my wife) just went 1k miles over my oil change light. I got it handled now (always full syn). This video made me feel much better. My 3 week delay is nothing compared to these warriors who have 20 year old tires, fall-off wheel bearings, and NO strut bolts 😬
You should see the grocery getters that haven't had an oil change in 50k miles.
That's really not too big of a deal if your oil's full synthetic and you use a high quality filter like Fram Titanium or Fram Ultra Synthetic (those 2 specifically [not the cheapest Frams] are some of the best around, they're real dense and high quality filters) except possibly if you're concerned with staying in spec with new car warranties.
1k miles is probably fine every once in a while, sometimes life gets in the way. 5k miles? 10k? Not fine.
@@_Zekken 1k over definitely isn't too bad. It's better than a buddy I used to have who changed the oil every 1k miles, which is way too frequent!
@@kip258 thats waaay too frequent, oil is still new lol.
Shortest intervals Ive heard being common are people doing their Rotaries every ~2k miles which does make sense for that specific engine, any regular piston engine? Pretty much nah. I mean maybe if you exclusively drive it on the track maybe. Not for normal road use, its a waste of money.
The one with the broken gas pedal reminded me of a job I had in my early 20's. I used to drive a cube truck. Cable snapped off the gas pedal. Call my boss and he says "can you drive it?" I ended up tying a rope to the cable and pulled on it to drive back. I had a hand operated gas pedal that day. Looking back you think to yourself what was I thinking.
Yeah my mechanic's crudbucket loaner car tossed its fanbelt as I was heading back to his shop to pick up my Chevette and when I called him, his tow guy wasn't available and he trusted me to keep an eye on the temperature and pull over and let it cool off every time it started getting too toasty... was bitterly cold that day and cooled off pretty quick and was probably still faster than waiting for another tow operator, and it wasn't MY vehicle I was risking... then again I drove the Chevette home once when it started acting weird about 5 km from home... and got home to find it'd thrown up oil into its air cleaner (pcv valve, I think, cleaned and changed it all, never happened again) and I know that the impending doom warning light for a chevette when you're driving only on the battery cause your alternator cacked is when the seatbelt light comes on, had it happen with two different chevettes. I think it's when there's not enough left in the system to keep the solenoid open! The more you know... the more interesting the mistakes you can make...
If it worked, how's that a bad thing? Besides, it was only a temporary measure.
FOR 6 MILES? HOLY S-!
"Hello, Police?...you got anybody on patrol about such-and-such location?"
Makes me wonder why they eventually decided to stop. Personally I suspect the carpeting was starting to smoke from the heat but it's hard to say.
2:30 Self balancing tires, the wonders of modern technology!
Funny enough, there is/was dynamic tire balancers available. (consists of a sealed, circular race with ball bearings inside. Whether they actually work, I do not know)
@@ElementofKindness They do but the tires still require a proper balance.
2:08 That describes EVERY Chevy Cruze out there!
Sonic as well.
Just when I think I'm not as good keeping my car serviced I watch these videos and realize I'm doing just fine
When I watch these videos I realize my old 17 year old banger is actually in pristine condition
The vent spinning is bad ass, I want that "feature"
I view it as an adult fidget spinner.
Always great videos. Amazing how people don't do any maintenance and then think the shop is trying to rip them off. And then there's the customers who tell you it was fine when I brought it in or the ones who try to get warranty for the damage they did to a car. Gotta love the public.
2:48 when the boss's wife texts you to come over but you have a flat tire on the interstate, and she says "im home alone"
Yes the 24 year old tire was bad…BUT, I must say that 8,300 Mile truck looked Marvelous!!!👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳🎉
For the last one, a part of me really wants to see the underside of the truck after getting off the highway, and another is wishing that the truck does not see another road again.
I'm more worried about the owner. The truck could probably get saved, but a person willing to drive like that on a highway....
And the driver
Sorta like watching a train wreck; you don't want anyone hurt, but the wreck itself is kinda interesting.
I've seen the bottom of a volvo that a lady drove without a wheel for about 40 miles. Eventually it ate the edge of the oil pan off and the motor locked up. She swore up and down she had no idea there was a problem.
Seriously, unless you have 8 cops behind you and have just speed over 2 stop sticks, why/ how are you driving that last truck on the rim like that??? How can you NOT KNOW that you need to pull over and phone it in ???
The guy with dually in the beginning is lucky he didn't wreck or have a blowout destroying that black diamond.
Just when you think you've seen it all, a new video pops up. Keep them coming!
Seen it all is one thing. This video makes me think this country is in deep trouble.
Ugh…how do you not see a dead mouse in your AC vent?!
I was wondering the same thing 😅
They probably didnt want to remove it themselves
we where driving 160 km/h and bird flyes trough air vent to cabin (madzda 626) how this is possible? it was not alive but its just chunk of hair and feathers ;D
@@matthewp1682 that’s probably the truth of it
I wouldn't want to remove it myself either, for two reasons
This is the first one that I laughed out loud to for multiple clips. The spinning vents were the kicker though
I'm not a mechanic or even really that into cars, but my god this is one entertaining channel
2:48 There's got to be a hell of a story there. You see a vehicle driving on metal trailing sparks on CZcams from time to time, and there has always got to be a story.
Every time I see one of those clips, the phrase, "Drive it like you stole it" comes to mind.
Apparently that car tried to identify as a helicopter 🤣🤣
"Tried to"? Transphobe! Transhelicopters are helicopters!!!11
Don't use that terminology unless you agree with it...
🎶Helicopter, helicopter...🎶
Customer states: " my wife isn't happy"
Mechanic: "Your output shaft needs an extension" 🙄
😆
Bah-duh-dum! 🥁 😁😁
And here I am feeling out the wheels bearings during a break job, and replacing them because they felt a little rough.
And we share the road with these people.
"There isn't any way to libel the human race." - Mark Twain
Seriously! I have a 1976 Chevy Monza 2+2 (hatchback). Original V8 4-speed car. Was a 4.3L, now has a "built" 350 (5.7L) in it. Nose heavy as hell. I'm the second owner, bought it in 1978. I could HEAR the front wheel bearings when they started getting crunchy, which they did about every year. To begin with I was buying parts from "Nationwise", probably chineseium bearings even then. Finally got a job in the bearing business and put Timkens in. Other than a repack during brake jobs (of which there were many) They've been there for over 30 years! 😁
@@philgrindle2741 Other then OEM if available, I've always used Timken or Koyo bearings, figured half the time the old bearing was made by them, so safe bet right?
But yeah here we are going "that feels a little crunchy" and doing bearings, yet these guys the damn hubs about to fall off!
@@sparkplug1018 Yeah. Was kind of a short-term job but I learned a LOT about bearings. Came in handy later on as I started to get Engineering jobs (Mechanical Engineering Technology BTW). Timken, INA, FAG, Fafnir, and on and on! 😁
0:23 It's a jeep thing, you wouldn't understand.
I've followed this channel for quite some time now and a lot of the times, I wonder what people are thinking when they take chances with their safety doing the things they do. I'll never understand why, either.
The sheer fact that I have to share not only the roads, but the planet as a whole with people like that-
And the fact that they have voting rights and rights to own a gun... Those ppl should be kept in bughouse for lack of brain matter. But The Land of Freedom! :D
I had the tire tread separate on my RV while towing a trailer. Thankfully my friend was following me and I had him pull the trailer. As for the RV, i took air out of the treadless left rear outer wheel so it no longer looked ready to explode. Then milked her home on 5 tires. Added an extra hour to the trip but made it home.
Those spinning vents are absolutely amazing!!!! I would be afraid that one comes off and flies through the car, but otherwise it is a really cool feature to have
JEEP = Just Empty Every Pocket
@Account NumberEight Nice! So do they always do this, or only when the vent are a bit worn out and rotate more easily than off the belt?
That sliding wheel weight is for dynamic balancing! I swear after watching these videos I wanna go check all the lug nut torque on my vehicles
...do it,... my car tossed a wheel once, scariest mechanical failure I've ever had, we were damn lucky. It was the only thing I didn't think to check and we were in the middle of nowhere when the noise started, we couldn't have even gotten a cell signal. I will never forget what that noise means...
I get the heeby jeebies every time I think about being on the road anywhere near some of these completely unsafe and dangerous-to-drive vehicles!
I ALMOST did the "forgot to torque the nuts" screw-up on my front wheels not that long ago! Good thing the bolts (it's a Fiat) were initially tightened with an air impact wrench and I was only doing a short test drive before coming back to the DIY shop. That's when I realised what I completely forgot to do.
Luckily none of the bolts fell off and they didn't need much torquing. I retorqued them some 50 to 100 km later as required and haven't lost any wheels after some 3,000 km of near flawless vacation driving (had to add a quart of oil during the trip -- Fiat 500 Abarths running in Sport mode get very thirsty).
Last year I was getting tires on my truck. It was almost done so I walked into the shop. Kid puts the passenger side front on, hand tightened it, then put the rear on. Told me he was done. I asked him if he was going to torque the front one first, He looked like a deer in the headlights. I told him to go back to the drivers side and check those too...
@@tinknal6449 my old car the lower control arm snapped, had only been inspected 3 months earlier so I suspect the old owner had a dodgy shop, sent it in to get repaired and when I got it back I took it in to get 2 new tyres as the old owner had baldy balded those two and I didn’t want to risk it any longer and when they took the wheel off they noticed the bolts were only hand tight
Yeah, I'm new to taking off and replacing tires and I did the same thing late last year. I impacted them as tight as it would go, but failed to use a torque wrench, so when I did my test drive RIGHT AWAY I could tell something was very wrong.
@@rushnerd how do you not tighten them tight enough with an impact? I’ve only ever ratcheted mine on and never used a torque wrench because I don’t own one and even if I did I’d never keep it in my car + I’ve never planned to have to take my wheels off
@@insertnamehere6960 Because of angles. The tire probably was not completely flush and straight on there, but at least with this impact, it still left a bit of a gap.
You absolutely need a torque wrench to put your lugs back on though to get to them to manufacturer's spec. Anyway after that happened, I'm a LOT more carful on torquing down all bolts by the book numbers. A really decent Torque wrench is $23 on amazon and doubles as a breaker bar. You don't need much else besides a few wrenches and a socket set.
It goes against every fiber of my being feeling and hearing a flat tire and continuing to drive.
The floating wheel weight is just hilarious! 2:29
Like it when a technician finds a major fault, and the customer is going, "Nah, just change the oil." 🙄🙄
I'm retired now but, when I was still wrenching, I had plenty of customers try to drive their rig to the shop rather than have it towed. Pretty much always the same reason of "Tow bills are expensive". And pretty much all the time, the repairs needed from damage caused by trying to drive it in were far higher than any tow bill would have been. My experience has been: people with at least some money will tow their rig in. Where-as people who are poor drive it til it breaks, then drives it some more, then try to limp it to the shop. People with money get their rigs fixed right away (in general) when the bill is low. People without money wait until the damage is so bad the repairs cost more than the rig is worth. That's how people with at least some money (and wealthier folks) keep more of their money. They take care of crap right away while the problem is small and manageable. Poor people let everything in their life snowball into chaos.
I love this videos and I'm glad that we have safety inspection. I'm shocked how rotted and not maintained the vehicles in the videos are. 🙈 Some of these faults you have to ignore.. it's impossible not to noticed them...
Wheel weights have a profile for steel wheels, and a profile for aluminium wheels.
The aluminium wheel profile weights are too loose for steel wheels, and will slide around like that.
I thought they were adjustable wheel weights. 😜
@@JustRolledIn Well, they are if you get the Vise-Grips out and....
Took me a second to realize the weight was sliding on the rim!
Another Great video. The weight on the wheel I can see that customer wouldn't know about that. The rest of the clips, wow!
Exactly!
2:49 They see me rollin' they hatein'....
AH. The last clip. I admit, I've been there. Well, not on the highway for 9 miles! My daily driver had a flat and I had no jack. A friend of mine was going to let me borrow his, but his wife had the truck in town. So I took off in my old Chevy Blazer that hadn't been inspected, insured or registered on the road in well over 2 years. I got the jack and headed home before a random county-mountie came through. A half mile from the house and BLAM! BANG! CRUNCH! The front end bounced and dropped on the drivers side, there was a rumble and some substantial thumps and bangs, and the ass-end went up in the air for a split second. Wondering WTF I just ran over, I looked in the mirror and saw not only my left front wheel tumbling behind me, but the hub, brake disc, caliper and half-shaft as well! It all just ripped right out of the ball-joints. Somehow the steering rack didn't get obliterated. The end just snapped off. Otherwise it was all still attached to each other, just bouncing along behind me.. Now I was REALLY worried about being stuck there and a cop coming by. So I stopped, picked up the thing, threw it in the back, and went on my merry way home. The old man who lived just down the road saw me as I went by and waved. He just gave me a nod, and went about his business unfazed. Out here in the backwoods, rural parts near the PA/WV state line, and Ohio within spitting distance, you tend to see some janky shit. A un-registered Blazer going down the road with 3 wheels and sparks flying out of the drivers-side fender was nothing to write home about. Just another day out here in the sticks...
Yee Haw!
Spinning ac vents are cool
Always seen it on a Pontiac but never a Jeep lol
Yeah
I gotta admit, everytime I hear "customer declined all repairs." It honestly means nothing. I've declined stuff and just done it myself as well as they could want a second opinion on price. That's how things work.
What I mean is it doesn't always mean they just disregarded it.
I assume that not everyone has the money to get the repairs done.
I dont know how i found these videos. I know nothing about cars yet watching people be so about these things is just too good.
ALWAYS fun to watch the videos of self repairs going crazy
I just towed for the first time ever, using 12 year old tires, and THIS was what I was afraid would happen. Thankfully, all was well. Even though my 34 year old rig probably has 50x the miles!
Well glad nothing bad happened. 12 years left to go on the tires 😆 jk
@@JustRolledIn Dude for real! They have tread! But... time to get new, bigger ;)
@@MiscDotGeek Or at least just new! Dear lord the dry rot cracks those things must have.....
@@alexwalker2582 Its actually not too bad. There's a little bit of cracking near the bead but that's it. They were what I had, so I used them. I didn't budget new tires into the trip unfortunately. Made it safe though :)
@@alexwalker2582 many people don't know what dry rot is.
These videos never fail to make my jaw drop.
My grandson loves these videos. He's a technician at the local Toyota dealership. He's seen some crazy stuff too.
That's awesome! Happy to hear that ☺️
On that last one driving down the road. I can just hear his management say, you better get to the job site and don’t stop for nothing. Ok boss I won’t. 😂🤣😂🤣
Lost nuts and never thought of replacing them? I've heard of weight reduction, but this is ridiculous.
Maybe there was a loose nut behind the steering wheel too.
@@dave_n8pu as in the driver? Lmao
If you didn't go over any major bumps. The struts should have stayed in place. When they picked the car up on the lift for the oil change is when the struts fell.
@@brainfreeze44131 so you're justifying the negligent behavior?
@@javiergonzalez3047 Yes
I'd like to know what the driver in the last clip was thinking as he was putting on a 70 mph fireworks show.
I'll wager money it was an elderly man with diminished mental capacities that should have had his license revoked a few years ago
I hate my life?
"Just another exit, surely there'll be a tire change place there."
"I haven't got the *$$$* for a medium duty highway service tow. I'm going to get to some surface streets where it's not a duty wrecker"
The phrase "criminally negligent" comes to mind for a lot of these issues. At least some states require an annual safety inspection.
That VW pickup truck at the end is amazing. 😍❤️
Make sure to check date code on tires. Was driving a company delivery car and high a blow out in the highway. Turn out the tires are 20+ years old...
On a company vehicle? Damn!
The company logic ( or lack thereof) was probably the tired adage of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
I agree . And it would be a great idea to check date codes on any used tires , too ( tire shop installed one on my van , date code of 3904 😖 . 50 bucks down the drain )
@@justincooper5189 that's a good adage. In this case, that advanced age qualifies as 'broken' just like an expired but still charged fire extinguisher
I drove a fleet vehicle as my first car. It was owned by the city and its service history was simply beautiful. Everything listed, even gas
Scenes like that last clip are common enough for me to get r-e-a-l-l-y worried about the tightness of the nuts behind the [steering] wheel.
Nice little fiesta at the end, I put yellow stripes on my black one! Looks real nice! Again fun video!
Please tell us you used house paint, a roller and no tape?!
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS certi methodology
I had an 85 grand prix le with the round vents that did the same thing, never had it fixed just told people it was factory option 😂
lmao 🤣
Did people believe you?
@@nthgth just my 2 closest friends, they weren't all there though bless there hearts 😂
If I didn't see it myself, I wouldn't believe it.
Thanks for your work.
"Why does your Jeep sound like an Apache attack helicopter?"
"It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand."
I'm flabbergasted by the one with the broken gas pedal. Where... what. how. why.
You ask many questions, but you REALLY don't want them answered, right?
It shocks me how many death traps are on the road... There should an emergency number for mechanics to call on people driving these cars so they can be taken off the road before they kill someone...
And then unscrupulous mechanics will threaten to use it for any declined repairs, even non-safety and unnecessary ones.
@@russellhltn1396 And then they get sued into oblivion and probably arrested for misusing emergency services.
True. But when you think about it, how many times have you ever seen a wreck due to a car falling apart?
It's probably one of the least likely types of accidents to occur.
@@ElementofKindness It could happen, but how would we know? Unless it makes "weird news", it doesn't make the papers. It's just another accident.
@@ikillstupidcomments But not before messing up a lot of people.
These make me so grateful that we have MOT's over here.
I like it how Lemmiwinks almost made it. So close.
Drive it til the wheels fall off...and beyond!
2:50 I kind of want to drive a car like that to hear how much noise it makes, just to know how oblivious these people are.
I would suggest to take one of the wheels off and try to drive it like that but it's unsafe and not recommended unless you're doing a controlled experiment.
Every video just makes me ask myself. What happens so that your car rusts so much around frame or any part of underbody?!
Especially on relatively new 5 year old cars…
salt plus no preventative maintenance. A good oil undercoating and regularly washing your vehicle goes a long way
It legit takes about 5 years for a truck to rot out here in upstate NY if you don't undercoat it PROPERLY or don''t wash the winter brine off it regularly
Usually people who park in garages that clean their floors with acid based degreaser. The acid cleans the blacktop but sometimes excess fumes continue to rise from the ground long afterwards. The acid fumes condense on the cold underside of he frames of the cars and degrades them extremely quickly, and many people don't even realize. Out of sight, out of mind. To prevent this make sure you check with parking attendants to see when and with what chemicals they degrease their lots with. Rule of thumb, if the lot is dirty it's probably safe, but if it's unusually clean - that's the time to start asking questions.
@@swamp-yankee see I have a car that is nearing 10 years. And we salt the sh#t out of our roads during winters. Which are snowy and cold.
But a quick water rinse and you are good. These people never went to a car wash? Even the automated one in the gas stations?
@@chrisfreemesser5707 true, salt will to that. But still you destroy your car and save few bucks on cleaning. Can’t believe people dont go to car wash at least once a year.
as a chevy tech, that cruze looks like every single cruze that comes into the shop. feels like everyday i write one for a coolant outlet, water pump, serp belt and tensioner, cam cover, and a turbo if youre lucky
I literally just commented the same thing haha and I'm also a Chevy tech, those 1.4's are total garbage (but they finance my paycheck)
Are the 1.8's any better?
@@nthgth Maybe a little they still have some weird leak problems though. One common issue I see with the 1.8 is oil cooler failure which pumps a bunch of oil in the cooling system and ruins every rubber hose and makes a big mess.
@@Jakek200 ooh nasty. Was the older 2.2 any better?
@@nthgth TBH I don't really know, I started working in the industry after the 2.2 Ecotec (or especially the OHV 2.2) was long discontinued and I very very rarely see one in the field. Now the 2.4L Ecotec Direct Injected on the other hand... RUN!
I applaud people for working on their own cars, but oftentimes they probably shouldn't.
Haha 😂 awesome as ever dude 👌
Those helicopter vents are cool 🚁
Same can't really be said about the rodent in the other one!! Ewwww 🤢🤣 have a great week bud 👍
I'm surprised the customer didn't see the rat. But I'm thinking they maybe didn't want to remove it themselves 😅. Have a great week as well 👍
Pretty sweet Camaro though!
I couldn't tell you how many times I've said what the F&$* to myself after seeing all the dumb shit in this video... Keep 'em rolling on in, I wanna see more.
2:29 ... Self balancing wheel weights .... Awesome!
I really like that last truck. I think I'll name him Sparky
Omg! That smell, I can’t imagine 🤮🥴
I'm surprised the customer didn't see that lol. Or maybe they did 😅
How could they NOT see that rodent in there?
And I thought it was disgusting when Feifel was on the other side of the cabin air filter.
Rodents have their own distinctive smell, just like human bodies.
Well, it smells a lot like a gas leak. They add the stink to municipal LP or natural gas so you can smell it and not blow up. Dead mice smell very similar.
While I’m not condoning this, removing the nuts on the struts in the Civic is not actually as dangerous as it seems. The only purpose of those nuts is keep the struts from dropping if the vehicle leaves the ground. Otherwise the weight of the vehicle is always there and holds the struts in place. Aside from maybe a clunk over big bumps, I’ll bet it was completely unnoticeable that the nuts weren’t there until they lifted the car off the ground. Stupid yes, but not as dangerous as it may seem.
True, but not fastening it properly will increase slack, which can be the difference between avoiding an accident and having an accident.
Kind of similar story, but not really. The front struts on the MK4 VW Jetta are not connected to the frame or body in any way, they are free floating with a cap to keep them from falling out of the tower. When I lifted the jetta and started 4 wheeling with it, I hit a bump too hard ripping the cap off and sending the strut to mount itself into the side of the strut tower, lifting the left side 3 inches
@@lieutenantdan8541 4 wheeling a Jetta? Interesting.
@@bsmith1164 4 inch lift, 29 inch tires, snorkel, 9k winch and weight reductions. She was a beast
Your videos are always eye opening! Love the channel!
I used to do some contract work with test drivers, we finished with a vehicle and put the OEM wheels back on. I was working with a new kid, the lug nuts didn't seem right, but he assured me that they were. Later that day I took the truck into town to grab lunch, 80mph for a 30 mile round trip. Accidentally took the wrong exit and as I was turning around on this country road all 5 lug nuts popped off of the passenger side wheel and the weight of the truck dropped onto the studs. I had to call to the track for help, and made a few locals mad for blocking the road. We got the right lug nuts on and no harm no foul, but damn that could have killed me.. learned a few lessons.
These fix it your self jobs are why I pay mechanics!
Wow, just rolled in
Hey 👋
Once had an oil change/tire rotation done at a Pep Boys. Tech forgot to tighten, let alone torque the lug nuts. I made it out of the parking space before the wheel fell off.
The spinning vents!! I'm howling!! 🤣🤣
It should be illegal to work on your own car. Most people can't do it right.
That Jeep was amazing lol
Wow - that's quality! 24 years old and still in a top condition...
Saw those a/c vents whirling away and all I heard in my head was "Flight of the Valkyries" lol
2:49 when it's not your vehicle and not your problem.
These were the best so far. 👍 👍
Appreciate you giving the km numbers for us outside of the us 👍 😃
It's clips like that last one that get me singing Judas Priest's "United" flippantly. (Specifically, "Gonna keep on drivin', never stop").