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FWIW, all these videos on the rear coil spring change on the Altima recommend too much disassembly. I placed the car on jack stands. removed the wheel, put a floor jack under the lower swing arm and added a small amount of pressure on it. Removed the lower swing arm bolt, removed the jack, removed the old spring and pieces, positioned the new spring on the cups and by pushing down on the swing arm with my foot, put it in place, jacked it up to compress the spring and reinstall the lower attach bolt. Put the wheel back on I was done. 20 min./ side. Do not attempt to remove the sway bar, those are steel bolts torqued into an aluminum frame. Serves no purpose to remove. Due to dissimilar metal corrosion they may be a permanent fixture. They'll prob shear unless you apply heat and kroil. But like I said before it's totally unnecessary. Same with the shock absorber. I watched one of these videos that recommended that. It's not even attached to the lower swing arm. I also DID NOT loosen the eccentric cam for camber adj. nut. It's designed to pivot at that point. Local shop wanted over $400 parts and labor. Did both springs myself in under an hour and under $75.00.
Thank You For The Video. I Was Able To Remove The Spring By Removing The Outer Nut & Bolt From The Control Arm, Then Prying Down On The Control To Get The Spring Out & The Same Thing To Get The New One In, Then Putting A Floor Jack Under The Control Arm To Lift The Control Arm Back Up & Move The Control Arm By Hand To Line It Up & Reinstall The Nut & Bolt.✌🏾
What year altima? So basically you removed one bolt and the nut. Did you have to push down a lot on the Control Arm to r and r the spring? What springs did you use?
Hi. Thanks for the informative video. Why did you use the rachet strap to pull the wheel hub side down? Why didnt you keep on lifting the jack up until it alligned itself with the hole? This is a bit tricky part of the whole assembly process. And if we are doing it at home we cant have anything to pull down the wheel hub when the vehicle is parked on the road. Thanks
I'm sure you figured this out a year ago but for anybody else watching I hope I can clear some confusion. There was no need to remove the bolt which holds the rear shock to the upper suspension arm which occurs at 6:12. This would have held the steering knuckle firmly in place and, as you stated, the jack could have been used the rest of the way. On a side note, using the same logic, if he had jacked the lower control arm up a little higher there wouldn't be the need to hammer and chisel the fuck out of that same bolt during the removal process. If you notice the radical color difference in the rear shock from 10:25 to 10:26, it's because that segment is from their video on how to replace the rear shock. For whatever reason that footage got cut into this video without acknowledgement, and that's the reasoning behind removing that top bolt at the 6:12 mark. But if you're just doing the coil springs you don't need to touch that upper arm bolt. You don't have to touch the swaybar either.
@@georgelee9957 i just did the job last night using your method of skipping the top strut bolts and sway arm bolts. When i dropped the car down, the ride height was higher than spec (I'm installing lowering springs). Now I am reading on forums that you are supposed to loosen the suspension components so they can accommodate for the new springs. Does this make sense to you? I'll be trying this tonight regardless.
I replace both rear springs on the Nissan today. You don't have to touch the stabilizer link or even move the ABS wire. The only thing I would say that was a pain in the butt was trying to line up that big bolt.
+Bryan Olson Thank you for checking out the video! We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day!
Why not use a spring compressor,? You can get that for free at some auto parts stores. That way you don't have to have to uninstall and install the spring bc otherwise it'll be a B****
@@1AAuto I understand though people who come to TH-cam to find solutions to their problems would benefit from the simplest, most affordable and quickest way. I was one of them. I think this videos are still good so appreciate the content. Having said that, trying to mechanically compress the spring in place is on the most dangerous things anyone can do repairing a car and I doubt A1 will be liable for that, so I suggest that you guys not only show different ways to solve a problem but a safest as well bc of not then people can get hurt and a comment on this section won't compensate for that.
@@dventura72 Did you use a spring compressor on the rear springs of this specific vehicle? It doesn't look like there's enough space to get a rented spring compressor in there
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FWIW, all these videos on the rear coil spring change on the Altima recommend too much disassembly. I placed the car on jack stands. removed the wheel, put a floor jack under the lower swing arm and added a small amount of pressure on it. Removed the lower swing arm bolt, removed the jack, removed the old spring and pieces, positioned the new spring on the cups and by pushing down on the swing arm with my foot, put it in place, jacked it up to compress the spring and reinstall the lower attach bolt. Put the wheel back on I was done. 20 min./ side. Do not attempt to remove the sway bar, those are steel bolts torqued into an aluminum frame. Serves no purpose to remove. Due to dissimilar metal corrosion they may be a permanent fixture. They'll prob shear unless you apply heat and kroil. But like I said before it's totally unnecessary. Same with the shock absorber. I watched one of these videos that recommended that. It's not even attached to the lower swing arm. I also DID NOT loosen the eccentric cam for camber adj. nut. It's designed to pivot at that point. Local shop wanted over $400 parts and labor. Did both springs myself in under an hour and under $75.00.
+James Williams We appreciate the feedback. Sometimes there are multiple ways to accomplish the same repair.
Thanks for sharing James. I'm going to try it your way.
Thank You For The Video.
I Was Able To Remove The Spring By Removing The Outer Nut & Bolt From The Control Arm, Then Prying Down On The Control To Get The Spring Out & The Same Thing To Get The New One In, Then Putting A Floor Jack Under The Control Arm To Lift The Control Arm Back Up & Move The Control Arm By Hand To Line It Up & Reinstall The Nut & Bolt.✌🏾
What year altima? So basically you removed one bolt and the nut. Did you have to push down a lot on the Control Arm to r and r the spring? What springs did you use?
Thankfully, with my aftermarket coilovers, I don't need to put the oe springs back in. Thanks for the video!!!
Why would you replace the coil spring before the old worn shock? Likely, the shock is the issue. However, did you go with a stiffer spring?
I would've replaced both shocks and springs, to keep from going back under car any time soon
It's a how to... besides the coils were starting to rust. I'm sure they did the shocks
Thank you for sharing ,how much is the labour cost for that job
These videos are solid
Hi. Thanks for the informative video. Why did you use the rachet strap to pull the wheel hub side down? Why didnt you keep on lifting the jack up until it alligned itself with the hole? This is a bit tricky part of the whole assembly process. And if we are doing it at home we cant have anything to pull down the wheel hub when the vehicle is parked on the road. Thanks
I'm sure you figured this out a year ago but for anybody else watching I hope I can clear some confusion. There was no need to remove the bolt which holds the rear shock to the upper suspension arm which occurs at 6:12. This would have held the steering knuckle firmly in place and, as you stated, the jack could have been used the rest of the way. On a side note, using the same logic, if he had jacked the lower control arm up a little higher there wouldn't be the need to hammer and chisel the fuck out of that same bolt during the removal process. If you notice the radical color difference in the rear shock from 10:25 to 10:26, it's because that segment is from their video on how to replace the rear shock. For whatever reason that footage got cut into this video without acknowledgement, and that's the reasoning behind removing that top bolt at the 6:12 mark. But if you're just doing the coil springs you don't need to touch that upper arm bolt. You don't have to touch the swaybar either.
@@georgelee9957 great investigative work! will be attempting this soon so the information was very useful thanks.
@@georgelee9957 i just did the job last night using your method of skipping the top strut bolts and sway arm bolts. When i dropped the car down, the ride height was higher than spec (I'm installing lowering springs). Now I am reading on forums that you are supposed to loosen the suspension components so they can accommodate for the new springs. Does this make sense to you? I'll be trying this tonight regardless.
Very well shown and explained 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video. Was it necessary to remove the sway bar?
I replace both rear springs on the Nissan today. You don't have to touch the stabilizer link or even move the ABS wire. The only thing I would say that was a pain in the butt was trying to line up that big bolt.
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Thank you for the pointers, this was VERY helpful! I Will definitely be learning a lot more from you guys!
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Is it the same procedure for a 2014 sentra?
Great video! Dang those sway bars were shot!!
Best brand they sell the part and have a video to put it on ❤
Looking for a 2017 nissan altima sr rear springs. A1 auto does not sell them
I am looking for coil spring for 2014 Nissan Altima. I can’t seem to find it anywhere, even on the 1a auto website
Do you need to replace both rear coil spring when doing the struts first time
Only if you see corrosion. Otherwise you should be ok
A1 auto does not offer these coil springs for the rear of a 2017 nissan altima sr
Nice one again !
This looks hard! Len made it look easy, but I think I'm paying for this.
+Twobarpsi Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks 🙏🏼
Thanks
+SANG THONG You're welcome.
Hardest thing for me was getting that bolt lined up through the knuckle
+Bryan Olson Thank you for checking out the video! We love to empower our customers by showing you how-to perform your own auto repairs while installing our high quality auto parts. Have a great day!
That's hard. The ratchet strap was a great idea.
Will this work on a 14
Awesome video
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Broke the control arm on the my gfs car :)
Those sway bars looks shot and so does the shocks.. the vid should do them all.
+Willie Nillie Thanks for the tip! We'll pass this info along to our production team.
did he say it's very easy?
Do you boo boo💪🏿🚶
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Why not use a spring compressor,? You can get that for free at some auto parts stores. That way you don't have to have to uninstall and install the spring bc otherwise it'll be a B****
+Daniel Ventura We appreciate the feedback. Sometimes there are multiple ways to accomplish the same repair.
@@1AAuto I understand though people who come to TH-cam to find solutions to their problems would benefit from the simplest, most affordable and quickest way. I was one of them. I think this videos are still good so appreciate the content. Having said that, trying to mechanically compress the spring in place is on the most dangerous things anyone can do repairing a car and I doubt A1 will be liable for that, so I suggest that you guys not only show different ways to solve a problem but a safest as well bc of not then people can get hurt and a comment on this section won't compensate for that.
+Daniel Ventura Thanks for the feedback!
@@dventura72 Did you use a spring compressor on the rear springs of this specific vehicle? It doesn't look like there's enough space to get a rented spring compressor in there
You do you boo boo??🤣