Replacing 01-05 Honda Civic Front Lower Control Arm Bushings

[micagas]

11:10 ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dude you seroisly made me lought lol!!!

I just finished dissambly my 94 civic front suspension, thanks for your tips!!

[micagas]

Thanks for the video, , how many psi of torque do i need to set to adjust the bolts__

[airbagjoseph]

@Crockerjim777 Very welcome indeed!!

[Crockerjim777]

I just replaced the bushings on both of my control arms this weekend with the energy suspension bushings. This video helped me out tremendously! Thanks for making it!

[Loudizzzzle]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video! Since I dont have a press etc, watching this video made me realize that I will pay the local shop to do this for me LOL. Did I see some Captain Richards Best in the background there? That's a killer product! LIKED!

[airbagjoseph]

@Loudizzzzle Very welcome, Glad it helped, Annnnnnd Captain Richards??, This is my Father in laws shop so i really dont own anything in it lol

[eifeldude1]

ok, so i completed the job! putting the bull joints back on was a B with an itch. Hard to figure out where to place the jack so it didn't walk the strut out. The worst part was one of the verticle bushing bolts was frozen and fused to the inside of the bushing. Put a 3/4 ratchet and pipe on it and broke the welded nut loose on top. Had to cut if off with the grinder (really close to the trans) and then spent 2 hours trying to beat the bolt out. pressing out the bushings was not easy either.

[airbagjoseph]

@mmortiz No idea. But I choose the red cause they where prettier lol.

[airbagjoseph]

@evanbrom1 I had to cut that part outta the video. LOTS of cussing. Lol you basically have to compress the strut

[airbagjoseph]

@eifeldude1 Worth a shot

[airbagjoseph]

@reydehonduras It was very tuff. But proly the best way would to figure out a way to jack up or some how compress the struts

[eifeldude1]

this is a good video. Usually i always go to O'Reilly parts store because they seem to be the cheapest. I checked their site and O'Reilly wants $71.99 for the kit. Then I checked AutoZone who is usually more expensive and they want $52.99 for the same Energy Suspension/Control arm kit. Guess it pays to shop around. Now, I wonder if I play to two stores off against each other and see if O'Reilly will meet and beat the price lol

[reydehonduras]

Your video is very help full! I am in the process of doing the job my self. Do you have an pointer on getting the ball join back into the control arm? I having a hard time, thanks.

[auxpower13]

@reydehonduras I have done this many times. It is easier to remove the two bolts from the strut and put the ball joint in. THEN reattach the strut to the spindle one bolt at a time. Very nice video by the way. A few times the subject was not in the shot but overall a nice job for sure. Next time, make the wife operate the camera...You are fixing her car...where the heck is she going!

[andremartinbike]

Awesome vid, Ill do it myself next time lol

[evanbrom1]

How did you get the ball joint on and off?



[airbagjoseph]

@evanbrom1 i used a ball joint fork, driver side was hell, to get em on was hell too, i had to jack up the spindle to bring it up to get on top on the control arm, very difficult with new bushings

[mmortiz]

some people say that that the red one produces noises after a time of use and the black one does not produces because the black one has graphite impregnated on it. Do you have any information about it? Marcio (from Brazil).

[airbagjoseph]

@mmortiz I have no clue about all that, all i know is the energy ones last alot longer the oem, i liked the red ones better anyway lol. as for longivity i would say keep em greased and they would proly both last awhile

[chuckyze]

nice video jo wish i had a honda to work on