Nice video, I watched out of curiosity since I did this job on mine last year. Had to look away when you were using the widow-maker spring compressors, I really hate those! Keep up the great work!
Yes, the rear axel nut had to be removed. I used a pneumatic impact wrench and started on a #1 and moved up to #4 when it came off (#5 would have been the highest torque). So when I put it back on I used the #4 torque and have to assume it's torqued right because I don't have a torque wrench that goes to 340. It's not the ideal way to do it, but it seems to have worked. Thanks for watching.
I eventually replaced all the suspension parts and adjusted the front trunk latch to get rid of all the exterior rattles and squeaks. Now the car drives great, but I can hear all the interior noises and need to fix them. Thanks for watching
good eye. I didn't realize that the bump stops were missing until I did the rear shocks (there was still a little rubber left on the rear ones). So I had to remove and disassemble the front shocks again once I got all four bump stops. Thanks for watching.
Such clear and precise instructions. I am not much of a mechanic but love watching your videos. Great job!
Thank you, and thanks for watching.
Jason, I had the same vibration in the wheel. I had the front wheels re-balanced. That worked..
That was the first thing that I tried. Unfortunately it didn't really make any difference on mine. I'm glad it worked for you.
Nice video, I watched out of curiosity since I did this job on mine last year. Had to look away when you were using the widow-maker spring compressors, I really hate those! Keep up the great work!
What spring compressors should I use? I'm getting ready to do this job soon. Thanks.
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that was excellent thankyou !
Daniel
Thank you for the vid man...
The axle nut. Was that hard to remove and out back on? Doesn’t it require something like 340 ft/lbs of torque? How did you do that?
Yes, the rear axel nut had to be removed. I used a pneumatic impact wrench and started on a #1 and moved up to #4 when it came off (#5 would have been the highest torque). So when I put it back on I used the #4 torque and have to assume it's torqued right because I don't have a torque wrench that goes to 340. It's not the ideal way to do it, but it seems to have worked.
Thanks for watching.
Very helpful thanks for sharing
Thanks for this! Very helpful.
Very nice!
shame you missed the bump stop.
No bump stop ! MOT failure in the UK.
Great video. Have you figured out the rattle noise over bumps yet?
I eventually replaced all the suspension parts and adjusted the front trunk latch to get rid of all the exterior rattles and squeaks. Now the car drives great, but I can hear all the interior noises and need to fix them.
Thanks for watching
Which Bilstein shock did you go with, OEM?
Bilstein 22-113313 Suspension Strut Assembly, Front, and Bilstein 22-113320 Suspension Strut Assembly, Rear from Amazon. Thanks for watching
for the love of god! Do not do this without a spring compressor.
I am sorry, but there are many things wrong with this video.
youve missed out the bump stop
good eye. I didn't realize that the bump stops were missing until I did the rear shocks (there was still a little rubber left on the rear ones). So I had to remove and disassemble the front shocks again once I got all four bump stops. Thanks for watching.