Ask a parent to remove the tire.

November 10, 2015 1:14 PM

Watch this five year old change (with a little help) a wheel bearing on his dad's Toyota.
posted by pjern (19 comments total)

It looks like the reboot of Car Talk is going for a totally different demographic.
posted by zombieflanders at 1:21 PM on November 10, 2015 [6 favorites]

I was doubtful, waiting for the slide hammer to come out, but it looks like he handled that part OK.
posted by MtDewd at 1:28 PM on November 10, 2015

I confess. I am so definitely guilty of making star ship noises when I have to use a weird tool I am not used to. Pew-Pew-Pew.
posted by jeribus at 1:38 PM on November 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

Metafilter: Dad won't let me use rotary cutting tools!
posted by cosmic.osmo at 1:39 PM on November 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is super cute, and I'm impressed. I wonder if he's mastered the difficult toys-back-where-they-go-at-night maneuver.
posted by Countess Elena at 1:40 PM on November 10, 2015 [4 favorites]

I like that occasionally you can see his mouth moves as he uses some self talk to keep himself on task.

I work at a preschool and we've been pounding gold tees into pumpkins on the playground this week (just for fun) and yesterday I stood behind a little boy who was aiming for a tee and saying quietly, "It doesn't hurt and there is not a animal that's living in there because when you open it its seeds and no animals." Self talk: good for mechanics, good for reminding yourself there aren't animals inside pumpkins.
posted by Saminal at 1:57 PM on November 10, 2015 [56 favorites]

It's official; a 5 year old is a much much better mechanic than I ever hope to be.
posted by el io at 2:08 PM on November 10, 2015 [13 favorites]

So cute.
posted by benito.strauss at 2:09 PM on November 10, 2015

ugh bearings. I don't even like dealing with them on bicycles much less cars.
posted by GuyZero at 2:19 PM on November 10, 2015

Where are his safety glasses?
posted by elizilla at 2:24 PM on November 10, 2015 [2 favorites]

Dad-hood. You're doing it right.
posted by twidget at 2:37 PM on November 10, 2015 [2 favorites]

I wonder if he can help me replace the bad ball joint on my car. I can do it myself, but I'm long past the point where working on my car is fun.
posted by double block and bleed at 3:01 PM on November 10, 2015

That's pretty cool, he's a good presenter.
posted by doctor_negative at 3:09 PM on November 10, 2015

Omg this is fantastic. I wonder if Phoenix and Dad can be persuaded to start a home improvement series along similar lines. I need an explain-it-to-me-like-I'm-five video covering how to replace a toilet valve.
posted by longdaysjourney at 3:24 PM on November 10, 2015 [4 favorites]

Adept. Happy to see he got to the gloves eventually.
posted by Mei's lost sandal at 3:43 PM on November 10, 2015

That's a heck of an attention span he's got there.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 6:01 PM on November 10, 2015 [3 favorites]

Holy crap!

This is why I don't whine much about labour charges when my car gets worked on.
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:37 PM on November 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

My 4 year old helped me swap on the winter tires on one of our cars a couple weeks back. It went pretty similar to this, right down to the blond hair.
posted by HighLife at 10:14 AM on November 11, 2015

Reading level is also impressive for a five year old.
posted by Pazzovizza at 11:50 AM on November 11, 2015