Auto Repair: Car Shocks & Struts Replacement - 2 of 3

[DovieHsiuwk856]

hm ich bin blond

[hp11208]

I dont think u have do alignment on these type of struts

[mrchopperking1]

To all of you do it yourselfers; the mechanic installed the ever so important essentric washer and bolt in backwards;so pay attention to what your doing and( think outside the box) also use a paint marker or nail polish to mark the spring and strut bearing and everything that touches that spring.and make sure you use anti seize compound on your bolts a little dab will do....jab a big screw driver in the lower bolt hole and it will mount faster do the top lower bolt first.

[Blackoutx4500x]

Boy you guys that know how to fix this stuff are lucky. My strut broke and its gonna cost me a lot to get it fixed:(

[85mariapatricia]

@Blackoutx4500x you should know how after watching this....

[dmans442]

I could be mistaken, and I apologize if I am, but it did appear that the two lower mounting bolts were installed backwards. They were removed by tapping them out from the front towards the rear of the car, and they were reinstalled in the same fashion. But overall, it was an excellent video. I am thinking about getting a 10 ton shop press for doing those.

[dmoneydadon16]

Wow they make it look so easy i wish i would have searched this video a long time ago.

[75crispy]

how do you fix a lower arm suspension

[kenman1717]

you need to do an alignment it you remove the struts. if the bolt is not tightened in the same spot, it changes the postion of the spindle, thus causing the tire to not be in the right spot and your tires will wear unevenly.

[javafanskajagskriva]

@kenman1717 How do you do an alignement?

[kenman1717]

@javafanskajagskriva its not something you can do youself unless you have an alignment rack in your garage. you will have to take it into a shop or dealership that has an alignment rack. not sure where you are but in alberta its like $120 for an alignment. if you don't get one after doing some type of front end repair like this, your tires will wear out real quick if you don't get stuff back together close to where it was.

[convictedSTONNER]

I love these old tutorial videos, they seem to be simpler to understand without being patronizing!

[orbit789321]

6:22 why does the bolt have to be in the same spot to prevent your alignment for going off, cant u just tighten it?

[ExiasRevenger]

@orbit789321 What it means by this I think from what I know is that this is a special bolt and washer, as you turn the bolt the washer changes position or something. If I remember the position of bolt dictates the wheel alignment or something like that. It's not so much about tightness as it is position.

[Seankonigsadam]

This was fantastic.

[Raven00714]

OK this is what I needed to know . I'm doing this for the first time and the video is very good and understandable.

I can't see spending a lot of money replacing something that I can do myself, the more I do the more I learn thank God for YouTube. lol

[waterwart]

@Raven00714 amen brother!!!

[colincarguy]

wow, and i could have saved myself 500 bucks doing this myself.

[jamesccostello]

Dude where are your goggles?

[wldmike223]

What an old video. I bet that car has been junked a long time ago.

[jiolong1]

Great Video

[Katlunazul]

Mmmm, OH!

YES! YES!

2:53

[amigos1996]

you text is funny !

[hervens]

Very helpful

Im about to install a new set of dropzone lowered suspensions next week.

hopefully everything will go well

[50N1C800M]

yea me tooo lol so how did it go???

[themanisheab180237ce]

really professional vid

[sevewone]

@6:25 he says "it is critical that this bolt is removed from the same position".

Is he just saying in a fancy way, not to mix up which bolts you used? Thanks

[MrLesbian]

Thanks. I'm about to venture into this project. Hope it goes as easily as shown (which most times it won't).

[mnal3era8]

Thank you very much for this vide.

[Thrashaero]

the guy doing the work is funny. very abrupt and sort of robotic. i love it when he throws the strut in the trash can.

but good video none the less. exactly how i did my struts, except much more proper (torque wrench, new nuts, etc)

[tomprman]

super good video, take this video of example, all moron that do not know how to do videos

[FallenMonk55]

Ya man! Thx for the upload, I just subscribed you!

[joshuawolf028]

Great video, THANKS!