For anyone curious, you DO NOT need to remove the entire strut to complete this job. After you loosen the top three nuts at the top of the strut, you can wiggle it towards you and you’ll have plenty of room to reach those bolts at the top of the control arm with your ratchet
FYI for anyone doing this, you do not need to take off the tie rod end to do this service. I just did both sides and didn’t remove the tie rods. Great video, helped me a lot.
Thanks for tutorial. I tried to do that without removing while strut, but I did not have enough space to operate my torque wrench, so in the end removed the strut, which I'd recommend to do.
I did this job: you can maybe do it without removing the strut if the spring happens to be aligned out of the way of the bolts but it’s honestly faster to just remove the strut and reinstall than mess with it. You definitely don’t need to detach the tie rod.
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Hey thanks for this. I was contemplating DIY but this exceeds my parking lot mechanic comfort level. I'll stick to brakes and basic maintenance. It's great to at least see what's all involved.
The job is easy enough if you don’t have to deal with stripped bolts like I did. The bolt stripped and the body nut. I’d so much rather have the Macpherson strut assembly. Only benefit of wishbone suspension In my opinion is handling . The macpherson assembly is much simpler to work on and less parts to break
Hey I've recently had this done at an auto service and what I've realised afterwards was that the car is way too jumpy on the front,and by that I mean that after I pass a speed bump or something similar,the car acts like it only has springs and not the dampers as well. The mechanic says that this is how the car should have handled before as well,but I just can't believe this. Is he right and I'm nuts,or he somehow messed something when putting it back togheter? I see that you've lifted up the suspension so that it'll be in its natural position when you finish tightening the upper arm. Could it be that he didn't do that?
If you tighten the bushings out of position it just risks tearing them, it shouldn't affect the ride quality. You should check your shocks for leakage...if you can bounce on the car with your weight and it keeps bouncing more than 1-2 times after you let go the shocks are bad. When I had a shock fail the car would rock like a boat when I bounced on it.
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For anyone curious, you DO NOT need to remove the entire strut to complete this job. After you loosen the top three nuts at the top of the strut, you can wiggle it towards you and you’ll have plenty of room to reach those bolts at the top of the control arm with your ratchet
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FYI for anyone doing this, you do not need to take off the tie rod end to do this service. I just did both sides and didn’t remove the tie rods. Great video, helped me a lot.
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Thanks for tutorial. I tried to do that without removing while strut, but I did not have enough space to operate my torque wrench, so in the end removed the strut, which I'd recommend to do.
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I did this job: you can maybe do it without removing the strut if the spring happens to be aligned out of the way of the bolts but it’s honestly faster to just remove the strut and reinstall than mess with it. You definitely don’t need to detach the tie rod.
Just helping my dad do his. This video helped a lot
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After the 8th Gen Honda started cheaping out with a MacPherson strut front suspension. Very informative vid 👍🏽
Hey thanks for this. I was contemplating DIY but this exceeds my parking lot mechanic comfort level. I'll stick to brakes and basic maintenance. It's great to at least see what's all involved.
This video was filmed because he was replacing several items. The UCA is a much simpler process
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If the bushes go on the upper control arm do you need the replace the full assembly?
The job is easy enough if you don’t have to deal with stripped bolts like I did. The bolt stripped and the body nut. I’d so much rather have the Macpherson strut assembly. Only benefit of wishbone suspension In my opinion is handling . The macpherson assembly is much simpler to work on and less parts to break
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good upper control arm replacement but it is not necessary that all auto manufacturers location of upper control arm is same # 👍🇵🇰
Do I need to do a wheel alignment after this?
+@garkaev6250 Yes, an alignment would need to be done after this installation.
Hey I've recently had this done at an auto service and what I've realised afterwards was that the car is way too jumpy on the front,and by that I mean that after I pass a speed bump or something similar,the car acts like it only has springs and not the dampers as well. The mechanic says that this is how the car should have handled before as well,but I just can't believe this. Is he right and I'm nuts,or he somehow messed something when putting it back togheter? I see that you've lifted up the suspension so that it'll be in its natural position when you finish tightening the upper arm. Could it be that he didn't do that?
If you tighten the bushings out of position it just risks tearing them, it shouldn't affect the ride quality. You should check your shocks for leakage...if you can bounce on the car with your weight and it keeps bouncing more than 1-2 times after you let go the shocks are bad. When I had a shock fail the car would rock like a boat when I bounced on it.