Use to have a 2000 prelude myself. Loooooved it! H22 was fun to drive. just a little more complicated for me. Awesome to see that youre down to work on others cars with such confidence. Even better to see that they trust you more to do it for them, but who shouldnt?! Great job Jon
+Anthony Del Rio This was a first for me, but I was eager to learn, and it was pretty much the same. The added ball joint was odd but made sense as how it connected to the radius rod. After finishing I test drove it and I love it! The bigger car and engine, it was a pretty comfy ride! Those EF's can be too light sometimes and you feel everything in the road!
Yea Jon definitely. Was one of the best things i liked about it. The smoothness. Cant count out the power of an H series either! So what was your initial reaction when you found all the crap spot welds??
Anthony Del Rio WTF said out loud.. haha. It just sucked seeing how some people work on cars and treat their customers. I do it for some extra cash and to learn something new and treat their cars as I would my own. The owner said the car felt 100% better after driving it home. That right there makes me feel good!
Thank you very much GBH! Working on my 99 Prelude currently & I have discovered I have a very bad wheel bearing in the rear passenger wheel. This video has helped me tremendously.
I know this is 2 years old, but if you have an sh prelude, there are 2 different balljoints. That would be why you see the one balljoint was so loose, it was the wrong balljoint. They both need pressed in. You can use rock Auto to search the various part numbers. And price is relatively cheap. I just did these ball joints on mine. Good luck lude lovers
Man you make great videos!! I don't even have a civic or prelude but I am in the process of rebuilding my 97 GS-R and your videos have been a great help!! 👍👍 thanks for your videos and keep it up!
Thanks Dennis for the kind words! I'm glad to help out! My first serious Honda was a 94 GSR which I loved! Ever since then it has been about making them perform better and look better!
I might have a ton Of questions so not to hog the comment section I’ll try to keep them here if I get a reply... at 13:32 can I ask why you didn’t use your 12 ton press? Maybe because it’s just an easier fit to just hit it out? Another question for the top ball joints.. I noticed you used adjustable ball joints… Any reason why? Any part number to help us here? And if I order a new control arm with the ball joint built-in by Moog can I just leave that as is?
Great job! Allow me just a tip, you probably already know, but you distracted: to install the hub bearing you have to push it with a large socket only using the external ring or you risk to ruin it. You should never install a bearing by pushing it from the inner ring.
@@GarageBuiltHondas you can use the old wheel bearing to press the new bearing in...it's the same size and no damage will occur to new bearing while being pushed in. Great job!
There's a specific ball joint that you need to buy from Honda for the radius rod lower ball joint. That's why the ball joint was loose when you pressed it in. It's a pain in the ass because you can only buy it at a dealership for like $50.
Hmm? Here in Europe you can also buy the radius rod lower ball joint (51220-S30-N21) from certain autoparts stores, not only from Honda and/or their retainers. For example: www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/51220s30n21
Great video man! Question, I have a Type SH and i"m looking to do the lower ball joints, do you know if there are both the same ball joint? Was yours the base model or Type SH? The LCA ball joints in your video look identical.
I haven't worked on a prelude yet but damn was weird seeing the double lower ball joints...then spot welded they had to go outta the way to do that when it could have took them a few seconds just to do it right SMH! I'm sure the customer is happy knowing its been done right.
Right buddy!?! It baffles me not just completely doing it right. It was probably easier to spot weld, but I've never seen a lower ball joint not come with the snap rings.
Garage Built Hondas me either..but even if it didn't come with any the originals should of had them .. there's no excuse why they weren't used other than they had no idea WTF they were doing.
+Steizzy CRX Nice, same process too! I have another video for my wagon front suspension where I do the same work. You can use that for all the exact steps as your car too!
If my car is swaying left and right on the road do you think its the alignment or bad bushings? I know it's not from the crazy camber because ive had that forever lol.
Probably a combo of both. Being that low really puts stress on the bushings and if you've never changed them then they are probably pretty worn out. They might be sagging or completely destroyed like the ones in this video. An alignment will definitely help, but you'll probably have a hard time finding an alignment tech that will align your car at such a negative camber. Shops can be a real PITA in that aspect, most places won't stretch tires anymore either.
And actually here in Washington a lot of shops will tune alignment (including camber) to any specs if your car i able to do so. One shop said they would actually set my camber to -25 if i make the kit short enough lmao. And they'd set the toe to whatever aswell. Also we have a lot of shops that will stretch tires.
I need something quiet and comfortable for doing some long distance driving very soon. Basically something i can put 30k to 40k on over the next year. Also good on gas and cheap to fix. I've been leaning towards a prelude or a 2006 - 2010 civic. Prelude is like a poor mans grand tour. Civic is probably more practical.
Civic probably better for room also. Get a sedan and have tons of room for anything you can throw at it. We had over 2 weeks of downtime on this car getting the right LCA bushings. 3 of them that were sent to us did not fit. We finally ordered some more expensive ones from autozone and their fit was perfect!
ive owned a crx si, a 90's civic hatch no vtec/ but the prelude is the most fun car to drive, it handles so well, actually has back seats (but only for non-sumo wrestling japanese or kids comfortably. you can put the driver or passengers seat back and sleep in this car comfortably, and you have a descent amount more torque that to me, really makes the car fun to drive, without the 2.2 liter in this year range, their isnt any other car that you can buy that is as fun to drive for the price! but they are becoming a classic, and parts are getting harder to find sometimes., SO the price for a finished prelude now is much higher, then it used to have been. the 97-01 is kinda not really a car that was as popular as some models, and alot of people have crashed many of them being stupid...and alot were made automatic. which is a big no no! dont get an automatic. mY prelude has 300k miles on it. and it still pulls! but it burns oil, but my tranny is very good. DOING THE WORK YOU SEE HERE IS WHATS NEEDED TO KEEP REJUVENATE IT..I plan to rebuild the engine though soon...and repaint her too. DONT LET NOONE CONVINCE YOU TO SELL YOUR OLD CAR< LET NOT WIFE NO COP< NO BABY COMING CONVINCE YOU TO GIVE UP ONE OF THE FEW THINGS US MEN and its alot safer than owning a harley and your ability to hear wont suffer either. just sayin. have a good day.
They probably had the same problem I did with the ball joints. All of them seem to be the same size, the only place I found had the right size is advanced auto. They are different which is weird to me.
You should never put pressure on the inside race while pressing the outside of the bearing race into place, always and only press the race you're setting. You put a lot of lateral pressure stress on the ball bearings and both races when there's high pressure on them without spinning... The very same reason you had for not doing it when pressing the hub. My Dad was a machinist and taught me that. Every other trick you're using looks great and I would do the same myself, but I'd leave my dust covers on to keep water off my brakes in the rain. Over all nice work, Peace :)
yes he needed to switch the placement of washers at the very least..i see what you mean.. must have been a well made bearing. tthe other side could have come apart ,, but not really since it had the washer pushed and placed on the outer race ...I guess thats why it worked out
Not nessasary to spend $119 for a bearing press tool kit......but you did later in another episode! Lol. I'm just messing with ya friend. I bought one too off ebay for $54 dollars. Works like a jewel. I love it. Took me 55 years to finally break down and buy the kit lol.
Garage Built Hondas Awesome work. I did something like this on mine a while ago upper control arms, lower ball joints, Axles, tie rods and rack and pinion. Now my oil light comes on can't figure it out its been sitting like a year
Is it burning oil or smoking? The oil light means it's low. You should check the level, you could also test the oil pressure, I believe auto parts stores might rent a tool for that.
Very good how to video.. hey just got my hands on a 2000 honda prelude manual transmission.. I'm from ELP and was wondering if you have any videos on how to work on transmissions or were to get it rebuild gears 1-4 work but 5 dosent and suspension is shot
I need some help with this project i was wondering if you can give me a hand with how much do you charge to rebuild suspensión or can you help me out to get parst
Buen trabajo me gustan tus vídeos poreso estoy registrado con tu canal para que cada de que subas vídeos me lleguen las notificaciones muchas gracias dios te vendiga amigo
The problem is finding parts that fit. Do you have links or a parts list? OI have already ordered several parts that say they are for SH but they don't fit. Can't find inner LCA front bushings.
Dude!! I need to do all that to my 1999 Prelude. And make that tool. I just did the clutch. My drivers side CV axle came apart. I put it back together but I have a wobble now. Where did you get all those parts? But I'd want poly bushing tho.
Great vid! But I was watching to see how to remove the inner axle boot which is the only thing you didn't show...Can you please tell me how you got it off...I can not get out for the life of me & I tried everything I read up in the on the SH forms
@@GarageBuiltHondas Tough is an understatement lol...I used about 7 different pry bars, none worked...I've even hit with an extension threw the tranny...Just rented a slide hammer with a CV adapter, hopefully that works
@@GarageBuiltHondas I'd say! Even with the slide hammer I was unsuccessful...I'm going to try hitting it with a extension from the top with 1 more time. If that fails I'm just gonna clean out the inner CV, regresse & put the new shaft in
Check here. I show it in detail here also. It's just a large threaded stock from Ace hardware and a handful of large nuts/bolts. th-cam.com/video/_V8sBGy0BAU/w-d-xo.html
Hi im doing the same exact tjing just im having difficulty forward ball joint ,hammering in wont work and i tired the ball joint press from autozone with the c clamp and the ball joint always ends up going in lobsided, any ideas or tip?
Hi, where can I buy the ball joint that goes to that radius rod, been looking everywhere for it and i can't find no one selling that one, even the dealer wont sell it, thanks for the help
Where do you recommend getting axles for the base prelude? Had a bad experience with sur track from rock auto. But I also read them local stores one are horrible.
I normally use AutoZone. I've read of people having bad experiences but I'm not one of those people. And I've probably used over 30-40 axles from them.
Not at all. I am a big eBay shopper and AutoZone fan. My track car has eBay wheel bearings, lower ball joints, and outer tie rods. The axles, flywheel, and steering rack (inner tie rods also) all from AutoZone. I was using an eBay brake setup for my first season and those were just some ceramic pads and cross drilled/slotted rotors and had no issues. I trynto save some cash too, but still want reliable parts.
Soooo I've got a 97 Honda prelude with the h22a I just had the timing kit and belt replaced not after 2 hours after having it fixed I got on it pretty hard and my VTech stopped working it still runs and drives won't rev over 4 grand thoes seems like I hit rev limiter at 4 k and my VTech won't engauge either... It sometimes overheats too for some reason.. and suggestions I can't find a bunch of info on preludes.. I forgot to mention it's got hondata on it too
+Lucas Lachney please tell me the engine oil level is ok? No vtec happens from low oil and some people forget that every now and then. Did any CEL's come on?
I am very late to the party here, no idea if I’ll get a response or if you will remember this but to remove the dust shields that you left off this Lude do you have to have the hub out or can it be done with just the wheel, caliper, and rotor off? Thanks in advance!
If you don't mind damaging it you can get to the screws through the hub and then cut the small area with some wire snips and pull it off. If you want to save it, you need to remove the hub.
Garage Built Hondas Thanks! I think I’ll take the option where I don’t have to take it off, I have a parts car if I ever need to put them back on. Love the videos!
Garage Built Hondas sorry to bother you again but since you have experience with this particular job, I had a question. I had someone replace my passenger upper arm and ball joint as well as as the hub and wheel bearing recently, the ball joint and arm were aftermarket parts and when I got the car back I noticed it was noticeably out of alignment just by the steering wheel and later by the feel when turning (was not before) so I took it to an alignment shop and they told me they couldn’t do it because that side wheel was too far out of camber and that I needed an adjustable ball joint put in. They showed me and you can tell by looking that the wheel is showing negative camber. This came as a surprise as I didn’t need an adjustable before so my question to you is would there have been something they did improperly that would have caused this or could it be that it was the aftermarket parts? I figure that it had to be something they did. Is there any type of adjustment that can be made to the current arm and ball joint to get it back to what it is supposed to be without having to replace the ball joint with an adjustable? Thank you in advance if you can help!
If the parts were correct for the car, I can't see any reason why the camber would be off. They didn't add/remove any adjustable camber arms/parts. I've done countless jobs like this and never had a camber issue unless installing a camber correcting piece.
i got a base 5th gen prelude, is everything pretty much the same except for the double ball joints? and damn i thought you were gonna show the axle replacement
I believe most parts like the axle, bearings and first ball joint. The 2nd ball joint I've been informed through comments was a Honda ordered items only.
Do u know the sizes for the threaded stock washers you are using? im currently making one of those, but not sure about the washer sizes. i would like to know atleast the proper size id need to remove a 1991 civic wheel bearing..
+S13x Gaming I don't, sorry. I bought the stock and washers/nuts all at Ace Hardware locally. You'll need some larger than the bearing and a couple smaller than the bearing diameter. I bought extras just to have enough.
By the way i had an issue with aftermarket ball joints for the sh , all the brands I tried slide right in and came with snap rings but would have play ,I had to use original genuine honda ball joints,this happened on the radius rod ball joint on the knuckle
i have a big question i have a prelude that i want to track.. and i cant seem to find Camber kits anywhere and only find adjust ball joints. cant even find UCA and LCA so im wondering if it would be fine to race on oem control arms or would you know any that you would suggest.
+Dominic Phan OEM control arms are perfectly fine, just make sure the bushings are in good shape. It would also be smart to upgrade them to some urethane or hardened rubber if you decide. They make an adjustable upper ball joint which allows you to set camber. I would look into that instead of the whole camber arm if you're having trouble finding them. Take a look at Hardrace, they possibly might make one for your application.
You never did the axle. I bought an axle but both ends aren’t makes. I have one make end and one female end but my auto shop claims it’s for my car? What do I do?
51220-SL5-013 JOINT, FR. BALL (LOWER) 51220-S30-N21 JOINT, BALL (LOWER) The reason one didn't fit right was because they're different part numbers. One to connect radius rod and one for control arm.
I just bought the biggest size I could find because the bearing diameter is pretty large. I would have actually preferred longer if I could've found it.
by any chance, do you know if the front wheel bearing of a ed7(hatch SI) its the same as the Dx/base model? I know by a fact that the rear bearing of the SI its bigger because of the disc brake, but cant find anything about the front ones
im from panama (central america) and its a real pain in the a$$ finding parts here for my ed7, do you know the part number of the front bearing for the 90/91 SI' ?? i've found like 3 different on the web but if you by any chance have it, it will be of tremendous help
Does anybody know what car does the f23 engine comes out from and what Ecu to run I have a p72 ecu because I have a 95 ej1 and it had a f series swap some please help
Garage Built Hondas Active Torque Transferring System! Many suspension components from the base model are revamped for the SH. I love how the SH and JDM Type S came with ATTS, which actually is what started Acura incorporating some sort of SH technology into their other vehicles!
@@GarageBuiltHondas haha they definitely wont move,but feel sorry for the next guy (you in this situation) who hows the change them out...I have a 92 lude and lower control arms are super hard to find,I've never seen this before Haha,just kinda WOWed
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Use to have a 2000 prelude myself. Loooooved it! H22 was fun to drive. just a little more complicated for me. Awesome to see that youre down to work on others cars with such confidence. Even better to see that they trust you more to do it for them, but who shouldnt?! Great job Jon
+Anthony Del Rio This was a first for me, but I was eager to learn, and it was pretty much the same. The added ball joint was odd but made sense as how it connected to the radius rod. After finishing I test drove it and I love it! The bigger car and engine, it was a pretty comfy ride! Those EF's can be too light sometimes and you feel everything in the road!
Yea Jon definitely. Was one of the best things i liked about it. The smoothness. Cant count out the power of an H series either! So what was your initial reaction when you found all the crap spot welds??
Anthony Del Rio WTF said out loud.. haha. It just sucked seeing how some people work on cars and treat their customers. I do it for some extra cash and to learn something new and treat their cars as I would my own. The owner said the car felt 100% better after driving it home. That right there makes me feel good!
Garage Built Hondas hey do you know is that’s an own spoiler or something else. I like it.
It's a Mugen replica.
Absolutely the best How-To Honda Channel on the interwebz. Thanks for everything. Plan on doing this for the EF's and Teg very soon.
Bro I’ve never watched a car repair video that was this informative and easy to follow. Thank you for making this helped me fix my car
Glad to help, thanks for the comment!!
I concur! This has been my reference video for my 01 SE’s suspension issues...ty
This video has been the gospel truth for prelude suspension work since the day it came out, with many more years ahead lol thank you very much
Love to hear it!
Thank you very much GBH! Working on my 99 Prelude currently & I have discovered I have a very bad wheel bearing in the rear passenger wheel. This video has helped me tremendously.
Glad to help!!
I know this is 2 years old, but if you have an sh prelude, there are 2 different balljoints. That would be why you see the one balljoint was so loose, it was the wrong balljoint. They both need pressed in. You can use rock Auto to search the various part numbers. And price is relatively cheap. I just did these ball joints on mine. Good luck lude lovers
You were able to secure both lower ball joints from Rockauto?
@@buttslappingpirate yup.
@@midniter2001 hey whats up man, are the pair of ball joints the same part number? or is there a difference between them?
@@carvedfromlife8949 definitely different. Just check out rock Auto. There's a forward and rearward ball joints. Both are different.
@@midniter2001 yes definitely different parts. I made the mistake and now have to disassemble everything because the radius rod has some play in it
These videos are Pure Gold! Thank you coming from an “01 SE” owner 🇨🇦
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
If only it was that easy in the rust belt! Nice videos as usual! This channel is going places!
Amazing job. Taught me a thing or two about balljoints and bearing replacements!
Thanks so much! Glad to help!!
The way you pressed the hub with that homemade tool got me excited 😂 great ef’n video bro
Those Homemade Tools do the job good results, maintenance done right no tick weld.
Man you make great videos!! I don't even have a civic or prelude but I am in the process of rebuilding my 97 GS-R and your videos have been a great help!! 👍👍 thanks for your videos and keep it up!
Thanks Dennis for the kind words! I'm glad to help out! My first serious Honda was a 94 GSR which I loved! Ever since then it has been about making them perform better and look better!
SUB’d!!!!! Big time!
Proud 01 prelude owner
Thanks for the vid! Can’t wait to check the rest of your channel
Best 🙏
I might have a ton Of questions so not to hog the comment section I’ll try to keep them here if I get a reply... at 13:32 can I ask why you didn’t use your 12 ton press? Maybe because it’s just an easier fit to just hit it out?
Another question for the top ball joints.. I noticed you used adjustable ball joints… Any reason why? Any part number to help us here? And if I order a new control arm with the ball joint built-in by Moog can I just leave that as is?
Also did that oblong joint mess anything up? Many thanks
Way easier/faster to hammer it out.
So we can get some camber correction. It's preferential to use that type. No issues.
Garage Built Hondas big thanks
Once all the parts are I’m im going for it!
Ludes are sick! One day I will own one :D Awesome video as always.
Thanks, I agree. I love this body style the best!!
Awesome Bro good tech super imformative !
Thank you!
Great job! Allow me just a tip, you probably already know, but you distracted: to install the hub bearing you have to push it with a large socket only using the external ring or you risk to ruin it. You should never install a bearing by pushing it from the inner ring.
Thanks for that info!! Great addition!
@@GarageBuiltHondas you can use the old wheel bearing to press the new bearing in...it's the same size and no damage will occur to new bearing while being pushed in. Great job!
Smart!
you did a good job and helped alot of people. give yourself a pat on the back! AWESOME SAUCE
Thanks for checking out the video!
There's a specific ball joint that you need to buy from Honda for the radius rod lower ball joint. That's why the ball joint was loose when you pressed it in. It's a pain in the ass because you can only buy it at a dealership for like $50.
+Junior Yogendra ouch!
I can also confirm this; they're two different ball joints. I learned the hard way. :D
Hmm? Here in Europe you can also buy the radius rod lower ball joint (51220-S30-N21) from certain autoparts stores, not only from Honda and/or their retainers.
For example: www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/oem/51220s30n21
That's nice, we had to search for a bit to find them.
I use the black ball joints separator on all my preludes and work perfect.
Nice!
Another Awesome video Jon keep up the good work
Bloody awesome video mate!!
Thanks! 👍
Great video man! Question, I have a Type SH and i"m looking to do the lower ball joints, do you know if there are both the same ball joint? Was yours the base model or Type SH? The LCA ball joints in your video look identical.
Exllent vdo. I love that genius way to install the bearing.
+Garret Troxler 👍😉
Nice install like always
+Jdm Garage thanks Bernie!
I haven't worked on a prelude yet but damn was weird seeing the double lower ball joints...then spot welded they had to go outta the way to do that when it could have took them a few seconds just to do it right SMH! I'm sure the customer is happy knowing its been done right.
Right buddy!?! It baffles me not just completely doing it right. It was probably easier to spot weld, but I've never seen a lower ball joint not come with the snap rings.
Garage Built Hondas me either..but even if it didn't come with any the originals should of had them .. there's no excuse why they weren't used other than they had no idea WTF they were doing.
Hello, where did you buy the inner control arm bushing? I bought one and it seems to be too small in diameter. Help!
I'm unsure. This was a customer car back then.
A very helpful video again! Thanks a lot bro!
You're welcome!
Love these videos man.
Thanks Omar, appreciate the support!
@@GarageBuiltHondas No problem man. Keep up the good work. 😎✌
Thanks for this! Perfect timing considering i'm about to do this on the shitbox.
+Steizzy CRX Nice, same process too! I have another video for my wagon front suspension where I do the same work. You can use that for all the exact steps as your car too!
If my car is swaying left and right on the road do you think its the alignment or bad bushings? I know it's not from the crazy camber because ive had that forever lol.
Probably a combo of both. Being that low really puts stress on the bushings and if you've never changed them then they are probably pretty worn out. They might be sagging or completely destroyed like the ones in this video. An alignment will definitely help, but you'll probably have a hard time finding an alignment tech that will align your car at such a negative camber. Shops can be a real PITA in that aspect, most places won't stretch tires anymore either.
I appreciate that man, Probably going to make a video on how to detect wear and tear on bushings and fix my alignment at home.
And actually here in Washington a lot of shops will tune alignment (including camber) to any specs if your car i able to do so. One shop said they would actually set my camber to -25 if i make the kit short enough lmao. And they'd set the toe to whatever aswell. Also we have a lot of shops that will stretch tires.
I need something quiet and comfortable for doing some long distance driving very soon. Basically something i can put 30k to 40k on over the next year. Also good on gas and cheap to fix.
I've been leaning towards a prelude or a 2006 - 2010 civic. Prelude is like a poor mans grand tour. Civic is probably more practical.
Civic probably better for room also. Get a sedan and have tons of room for anything you can throw at it. We had over 2 weeks of downtime on this car getting the right LCA bushings. 3 of them that were sent to us did not fit. We finally ordered some more expensive ones from autozone and their fit was perfect!
ive owned a crx si, a 90's civic hatch no vtec/ but the prelude is the most fun car to drive, it handles so well, actually has back seats (but only for non-sumo wrestling japanese or kids comfortably. you can put the driver or passengers seat back and sleep in this car comfortably, and you have a descent amount more torque that to me, really makes the car fun to drive, without the 2.2 liter in this year range, their isnt any other car that you can buy that is as fun to drive for the price! but they are becoming a classic, and parts are getting harder to find sometimes., SO the price for a finished prelude now is much higher, then it used to have been. the 97-01 is kinda not really a car that was as popular as some models, and alot of people have crashed many of them being stupid...and alot were made automatic. which is a big no no! dont get an automatic. mY prelude has 300k miles on it. and it still pulls! but it burns oil, but my tranny is very good. DOING THE WORK YOU SEE HERE IS WHATS NEEDED TO KEEP REJUVENATE IT..I plan to rebuild the engine though soon...and repaint her too. DONT LET NOONE CONVINCE YOU TO SELL YOUR OLD CAR< LET NOT WIFE NO COP< NO BABY COMING CONVINCE YOU TO GIVE UP ONE OF THE FEW THINGS US MEN and its alot safer than owning a harley and your ability to hear wont suffer either. just sayin. have a good day.
They probably had the same problem I did with the ball joints. All of them seem to be the same size, the only place I found had the right size is advanced auto. They are different which is weird to me.
+Big Boolin I wonder why so much confusion on this chassis? Maybe not a ton of people working on them.
You should never put pressure on the inside race while pressing the outside of the bearing race into place, always and only press the race you're setting. You put a lot of lateral pressure stress on the ball bearings and both races when there's high pressure on them without spinning... The very same reason you had for not doing it when pressing the hub. My Dad was a machinist and taught me that. Every other trick you're using looks great and I would do the same myself, but I'd leave my dust covers on to keep water off my brakes in the rain. Over all nice work, Peace :)
Appreciate the added info. Very insightful and thanks for that!!
yes he needed to switch the placement of washers at the very least..i see what you mean.. must have been a well made bearing. tthe other side could have come apart ,, but not really since it had the washer pushed and placed on the outer race ...I guess thats why it worked out
That lower LCA is f***ing hammered! Gone! Toast! Lol
Not nessasary to spend $119 for a bearing press tool kit......but you did later in another episode! Lol. I'm just messing with ya friend. I bought one too off ebay for $54 dollars. Works like a jewel. I love it. Took me 55 years to finally break down and buy the kit lol.
Exactly!
You earned a subbed my friend where are you located all I've been building is Honda's !
Thanks Sam. I'm in El Paso, TX.
great video, make some more please
Thanks for watching, glad you like!
Great Video👍
Great presentation.
Thanks Darrell
Awesome video. What size threaded stock do you use?
+Michael Anglin Not sure, I just found the largest one I could at Ace Hardware!
I think adding some bearing grease would help with pressing the bearing in a little easier.
Is this yours? Just found your channel you do some good work. I have a 95 prelude with a h22a wish you where my neighbor so you can work on mine ha
sguzman116 lol, it's not unfortunately. I did some work over the last couple weeks for a friend's friend.
Garage Built Hondas Awesome work. I did something like this on mine a while ago upper control arms, lower ball joints, Axles, tie rods and rack and pinion. Now my oil light comes on can't figure it out its been sitting like a year
Is it burning oil or smoking? The oil light means it's low. You should check the level, you could also test the oil pressure, I believe auto parts stores might rent a tool for that.
Very good how to video.. hey just got my hands on a 2000 honda prelude manual transmission.. I'm from ELP and was wondering if you have any videos on how to work on transmissions or were to get it rebuild gears 1-4 work but 5 dosent and suspension is shot
I don't, sorry.
I need some help with this project i was wondering if you can give me a hand with how much do you charge to rebuild suspensión or can you help me out to get parst
I dont have the time right now to take on work, sorry. I barely have enough time to squeeze in working on my own cars.
@@GarageBuiltHondas ok thanks
Where did you get all those ball joints from? They’re pretty difficult to find for the SH
The owner found them all online. I don't know which specific sites. Try rockauto.com
Alright, thanks!
Buen trabajo me gustan tus vídeos poreso estoy registrado con tu canal para que cada de que subas vídeos me lleguen las notificaciones muchas gracias dios te vendiga amigo
Muchas gracias, espero que disfrutes el futuro.
The problem is finding parts that fit. Do you have links or a parts list? OI have already ordered several parts that say they are for SH but they don't fit. Can't find inner LCA front bushings.
Yea me too. Cant find inner bushing for it parts i get don fit . They r loose
The energy suspension master bushing kit for SH should work for that. I am about to install that on my prelude.
Good tutorial. That spot weld? No-no
So in your video the balljoint closest to the well is the front or forward and the balljoint closest to the inside od the vehicle is the rearward
Is that a question? Not sure what you're comment was asking.
Dude!! I need to do all that to my 1999 Prelude. And make that tool. I just did the clutch. My drivers side CV axle came apart. I put it back together but I have a wobble now. Where did you get all those parts? But I'd want poly bushing tho.
No idea. I did this work for a friends friend. He had all the parts already.
@@GarageBuiltHondas I now have a piece of all thread and various washers. Bearings are a breeze, thank you for the idea. 👍🏻💪🏻
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Great vid! But I was watching to see how to remove the inner axle boot which is the only thing you didn't show...Can you please tell me how you got it off...I can not get out for the life of me & I tried everything I read up in the on the SH forms
It's tough. Try different pry bars. Or use an extension and have it up against the end of the inner axle and hammer on it.
@@GarageBuiltHondas Tough is an understatement lol...I used about 7 different pry bars, none worked...I've even hit with an extension threw the tranny...Just rented a slide hammer with a CV adapter, hopefully that works
The extension and hammer worked for me, and usually does. Maybe yours is just a little tighter than normal unfortunately.
@@GarageBuiltHondas I'd say! Even with the slide hammer I was unsuccessful...I'm going to try hitting it with a extension from the top with 1 more time. If that fails I'm just gonna clean out the inner CV, regresse & put the new shaft in
Can you post links to all parts? And tools if possible or post what your able too?
Great job ! Thank you.
+Ha Chau You got it!
Hey Jon, what kind of ball joints do you buy for stuff like this?
I personally use these. amzn.to/2oY45eK
Great video
Thanks Robert!
You know, you have the only suspension build that dosent suck.. you should give more specifics on that bolt washer setup
Check here. I show it in detail here also. It's just a large threaded stock from Ace hardware and a handful of large nuts/bolts. th-cam.com/video/_V8sBGy0BAU/w-d-xo.html
I'm curious about what kind of rear spoiler is on your Prulude?
Mugen rep
Hey man where did you find the bushings for the lower control arm
Sorry, I don't know. This was work done for a paying customer. He brought all the parts.
25:27 freaking sexy prelude!!!!
Hi im doing the same exact tjing just im having difficulty forward ball joint ,hammering in wont work and i tired the ball joint press from autozone with the c clamp and the ball joint always ends up going in lobsided, any ideas or tip?
Grind down the side of the ball joint just slightly. Not too much but just enough to get it to slide in but stay tight.
Hi, where can I buy the ball joint that goes to that radius rod, been looking everywhere for it and i can't find no one selling that one, even the dealer wont sell it, thanks for the help
Try rockauto
@@GarageBuiltHondas thanks
Where do you recommend getting axles for the base prelude? Had a bad experience with sur track from rock auto. But I also read them local stores one are horrible.
I normally use AutoZone. I've read of people having bad experiences but I'm not one of those people. And I've probably used over 30-40 axles from them.
Garage Built Hondas oh ok good info. How about these other parts you'd say MOOG is the best to get right
I've never used them but always read good stuff about them.
Garage Built Hondas damn so you really go for OEM from honda? Expensive:(
Not at all. I am a big eBay shopper and AutoZone fan. My track car has eBay wheel bearings, lower ball joints, and outer tie rods. The axles, flywheel, and steering rack (inner tie rods also) all from AutoZone. I was using an eBay brake setup for my first season and those were just some ceramic pads and cross drilled/slotted rotors and had no issues. I trynto save some cash too, but still want reliable parts.
Soooo I've got a 97 Honda prelude with the h22a I just had the timing kit and belt replaced not after 2 hours after having it fixed I got on it pretty hard and my VTech stopped working it still runs and drives won't rev over 4 grand thoes seems like I hit rev limiter at 4 k and my VTech won't engauge either... It sometimes overheats too for some reason.. and suggestions I can't find a bunch of info on preludes.. I forgot to mention it's got hondata on it too
+Lucas Lachney please tell me the engine oil level is ok? No vtec happens from low oil and some people forget that every now and then. Did any CEL's come on?
Oil is fine I haven't pulled any codes on it
But the CEL is on?
I am very late to the party here, no idea if I’ll get a response or if you will remember this but to remove the dust shields that you left off this Lude do you have to have the hub out or can it be done with just the wheel, caliper, and rotor off? Thanks in advance!
If you don't mind damaging it you can get to the screws through the hub and then cut the small area with some wire snips and pull it off. If you want to save it, you need to remove the hub.
Garage Built Hondas Thanks! I think I’ll take the option where I don’t have to take it off, I have a parts car if I ever need to put them back on. Love the videos!
Appreciate it Josh!
Garage Built Hondas sorry to bother you again but since you have experience with this particular job, I had a question. I had someone replace my passenger upper arm and ball joint as well as as the hub and wheel bearing recently, the ball joint and arm were aftermarket parts and when I got the car back I noticed it was noticeably out of alignment just by the steering wheel and later by the feel when turning (was not before) so I took it to an alignment shop and they told me they couldn’t do it because that side wheel was too far out of camber and that I needed an adjustable ball joint put in. They showed me and you can tell by looking that the wheel is showing negative camber. This came as a surprise as I didn’t need an adjustable before so my question to you is would there have been something they did improperly that would have caused this or could it be that it was the aftermarket parts? I figure that it had to be something they did. Is there any type of adjustment that can be made to the current arm and ball joint to get it back to what it is supposed to be without having to replace the ball joint with an adjustable? Thank you in advance if you can help!
If the parts were correct for the car, I can't see any reason why the camber would be off. They didn't add/remove any adjustable camber arms/parts. I've done countless jobs like this and never had a camber issue unless installing a camber correcting piece.
Ehi jon Nice work!
That press its homemade?
Yes, bought the stock and parts at Ace Hardware!
I can tell this guy does not live in the rust belt by the way those bolts come off effortlessly.
Yes, thankfully! I'd probably just be into newer cars if I lived there.
where did you get you ball joints. what brand are they ?
No idea. The customer brought them to me.
i got a base 5th gen prelude, is everything pretty much the same except for the double ball joints? and damn i thought you were gonna show the axle replacement
I don't remember why I didn't. I thought I did. Darn. They were pretty easy to pop out once I had the knuckles removed. I'm sorry!
Garage Built Hondas all good man, helpful video regardless, but is everything pretty much the same for a base prelude?
I believe most parts like the axle, bearings and first ball joint. The 2nd ball joint I've been informed through comments was a Honda ordered items only.
Do u know the sizes for the threaded stock washers you are using? im currently making one of those, but not sure about the washer sizes. i would like to know atleast the proper size id need to remove a 1991 civic wheel bearing..
+S13x Gaming I don't, sorry. I bought the stock and washers/nuts all at Ace Hardware locally. You'll need some larger than the bearing and a couple smaller than the bearing diameter. I bought extras just to have enough.
20:43 guess someone called the music police on the neighbor's
Lol 😂
Are the upper controls in the fronts the same as the base model?
I couldn't tell you, I'm not sure.
Great Job!
What is the type of the upper ball joint? Possible to find in ebay?
It might be there. It's for adjusting alignment settings.
Great video ! This looks like a type SH is it?
You're absolutely correct!
By the way i had an issue with aftermarket ball joints for the sh , all the brands I tried slide right in and came with snap rings but would have play ,I had to use original genuine honda ball joints,this happened on the radius rod ball joint on the knuckle
Thanks for the info!
What were the parts used on the video
great vid, what was the milage on the car??
Matteo Coutant It only had 116K
do you have link for the suspension parts you purchased for the prelude?
I usually use Amazon, rockauto, and eBay and locally AutoZone.
On the control arm bushings are all one size if I want to put them on the rear
I don't believe so.
@@GarageBuiltHondas thank you do you know by any chance the part number for the rear
No idea. This work was done as a paid job, owner bought the parts.
My 01 has one lower ball joint. Did they change the suspension setup in the later years?
Is yours a type SH?
Ah! No mine is a base model. That helps lol.
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Good video though. I like your style man.
Thanks!
i have a big question i have a prelude that i want to track.. and i cant seem to find Camber kits anywhere and only find adjust ball joints. cant even find UCA and LCA so im wondering if it would be fine to race on oem control arms or would you know any that you would suggest.
+Dominic Phan OEM control arms are perfectly fine, just make sure the bushings are in good shape. It would also be smart to upgrade them to some urethane or hardened rubber if you decide. They make an adjustable upper ball joint which allows you to set camber. I would look into that instead of the whole camber arm if you're having trouble finding them. Take a look at Hardrace, they possibly might make one for your application.
thank you so much and thank you again for the reply
+Dominic Phan you're welcome!
What size is the rod and nut? Where did you buy them?
The biggest ones I could find. I purchased them at Ace Hardware
Hey what brand was the wheel hub and the bearings just wanted to know
I'm not sure, I did this job for a friend. I think he bought them from rockauto
Wish the hell all ball joints were that easy to install
+Squirrel Killa haha, I usually just use the BFH and smack them out and back in.
You never did the axle. I bought an axle but both ends aren’t makes. I have one make end and one female end but my auto shop claims it’s for my car? What do I do?
Qasim Flynn Thats the driver side axle, for base model, the passenger side will have two male ends...🇨🇦👍🏻
How did you get the new bearing out after the 1st attempt?
Which new bearing?
@@GarageBuiltHondas you got the old bearing out, then you lined up the new one and tried to get it in first try but didn't.
Same way as removing it before.
El joint ball de honda prelude sh quedaria en base?
Whats are the part numbers for those ball joints....are they all the same?
I don't know, sorry. I did this work for a customer and he supplied the parts.
51220-SL5-013 JOINT, FR. BALL (LOWER)
51220-S30-N21 JOINT, BALL (LOWER)
The reason one didn't fit right was because they're different part numbers. One to connect radius rod and one for control arm.
Where you affected by the flooding ?
jdm finn No, not at all. I live about 700 miles from where Harvey made land.
Garage Built Hondas okay that's good I wasn't sure where you are in Texas
jdm finn Thanks for asking though, really appreciate that!
I was wondering what size that stock is? I want to copy your tool that thing if freaking cool!
I just bought the biggest size I could find because the bearing diameter is pretty large. I would have actually preferred longer if I could've found it.
@@GarageBuiltHondas Thanks man about to head to home depot tomorrow!
If not there see if you have an Ace Hardware around. That's where I found mine.
by any chance, do you know if the front wheel bearing of a ed7(hatch SI) its the same as the Dx/base model? I know by a fact that the rear bearing of the SI its bigger because of the disc brake, but cant find anything about the front ones
Same. Only the HF/STD models have a smaller bearing.
im from panama (central america) and its a real pain in the a$$ finding parts here for my ed7, do you know the part number of the front bearing for the 90/91 SI' ?? i've found like 3 different on the web but if you by any chance have it, it will be of tremendous help
What website are you trying to order it from?
ebay, but im searching for the part number on different websites just to recheck
Those one on eBay that say they fit the EF SI always work. I've used at least 5-6 sets of them in the past few years, never had a problem yet.
Where can I get the components to make that threaded bearing tool like that?
I bought them at Ace Hardware. If you can afford, this kit is pretty reasonable now and will be easier than the tool I'm using. amzn.to/2AMErik
How strong is your electric impact
Milwaukee is one of the best. Don't remember the specs.
in our language we call C rings "segerky" lmao
Lol
What should I do if my cv axle is seized on my wheel hub
Try heat, and lubes. That should work. You may destroy the axle by hammering it out but it can always be replaced.
16:35 so two of the same lower ball joints will work?
They are different part #'s, not the same.
Does anybody know what car does the f23 engine comes out from and what Ecu to run I have a p72 ecu because I have a 95 ej1 and it had a f series swap some please help
How much would you charge me to do suspension rebuild ? On rsx type s met you’re buddy at pep boys maybe you can maybe do a video on it aswell!🙏🏽
What exactly do you want done?
Possibly the same thing you did here on this Honda
Why does that Prelude have to ball joints? My 98 only have one
+I run boost h22 This is an SH model. Must be one of the small difference in models.
Garage Built Hondas Active Torque Transferring System! Many suspension components from the base model are revamped for the SH. I love how the SH and JDM Type S came with ATTS, which actually is what started Acura incorporating some sort of SH technology into their other vehicles!
What state are you located! I need work done on my prelude lol
Texas
How much do you charge to do all you did on the video?
$250
Thats not bad, the person buying the parts or you buying them?
They provide them. That's the labor charge.
What do you do when the wheel bearing outer race gets stuck and the inner bearing pieces come out 🤦♂️
Angle grinder time
What size of rims and tires this Lude have?
17x8, can't remember the size of his tires though
What is the size of the front axle nut ?
36mm
15:00 well that's a first for me Haha, who in their right mind would spot weld the ball joints in
Lol, I've seen it done on some camber kits before too. I guess you don't have to worry about them moving.
@@GarageBuiltHondas haha they definitely wont move,but feel sorry for the next guy (you in this situation) who hows the change them out...I have a 92 lude and lower control arms are super hard to find,I've never seen this before Haha,just kinda WOWed