Living in the rust belt and living in a condominium where the car can’t be left disassembled. I’ve realized to crack each bolt loose to make sure I can actually get the part out. Control arms tend to have bolts that require cutting,heating,drilling here in the Midwest. Much appreciate all the videos you guys make it really helps
I'm so glad that I live in the tropics and don't have to deal with rusted suspension components. Dealing with this would just want to make me set fire to the whole car. But seems pretty straightforward for someone who's worked on suspension before. I'm going to replace the arms when I get my new coilovers. Of course I have no impact tools... Good simple explanation though!
For the people that don’t have a lift , I found that using a floor jack to jack the new control arm into place worked really well, start in in a couple of bolts and then on a load torque all of them .
It was a bear getting that arm back in place. Tuff getting those 3 bolts to line up. Gotta get those bolts started by hand first because if you strip them your gonna have a big problem. Once started, i cranked then tight with my high torq. Then i check them with my ratchet. They are plenty tight. I refuse to risk stripping them. I also forgot about using the pry bar that would have helped alot. Anyway, i got in back in place. Shes lookin good.
Proceed with caution y’all, unless you know what you’re doing and have all the tools I wouldn’t try this at home…It’s way harder than it looks in this video. Ask me how I know lol
One thing to be aware of. I have not been able to do this without the cv axle popping out, making it a huge pita on the drivers side. hold the knuckle up with ratchet straps or something or else your steering knuckle will flop outwards disconnecting the cv axle from within itself.
Any idea how similar this process would be for a 2014-16 Honda CRZ. I’ve heard that it shares a lot of the same components with a Honda Fit including control arms
+Jose Vega There is no specific timeframe for control arms to be replaced. If the bushings are ripped, we would suggest having those replaced as soon as possible to avoid any issues from occuring.
Did it step by step and the only real struggle was getting some of the bolts out bc my impact gun wasn’t powerful enough other than that pretty straight forward
My rusty car gave me big headache. When undoing the bolt, the bolt rust striped the thread in the nut, now it spins but can’t come out. The bolt became effectively a ball joint. Now I’ll have to cut the bolt and weld in a nut with right thread. Will take days if not weeks. Maybe I should’ve just lived with small knocking sounds 😂
1:33 Congrats, you just bent that part a little bit towards the back of the car. If you are going to replace the ball joint, then you should of just used a puller.
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Living in the rust belt and living in a condominium where the car can’t be left disassembled. I’ve realized to crack each bolt loose to make sure I can actually get the part out. Control arms tend to have bolts that require cutting,heating,drilling here in the Midwest. Much appreciate all the videos you guys make it really helps
I'm so glad that I live in the tropics and don't have to deal with rusted suspension components. Dealing with this would just want to make me set fire to the whole car. But seems pretty straightforward for someone who's worked on suspension before. I'm going to replace the arms when I get my new coilovers. Of course I have no impact tools...
Good simple explanation though!
For the people that don’t have a lift , I found that using a floor jack to jack the new control arm into place worked really well, start in in a couple of bolts and then on a load torque all of them .
Just followed your tutorial and replaced the control arm on my Honda CRZs. Thanks
Thanks for the videos, I just finished doing this job for one side only. I think I save about 300 bucks.
It was a bear getting that arm back in place. Tuff getting those 3 bolts to line up. Gotta get those bolts started by hand first because if you strip them your gonna have a big problem. Once started, i cranked then tight with my high torq. Then i check them with my ratchet. They are plenty tight. I refuse to risk stripping them. I also forgot about using the pry bar that would have helped alot. Anyway, i got in back in place. Shes lookin good.
Proceed with caution y’all, unless you know what you’re doing and have all the tools I wouldn’t try this at home…It’s way harder than it looks in this video. Ask me how I know lol
Thanks buddy! Gotta do mine this weekend. It broke today and left me on the side of the road!
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Is the process at all different for a 2015 fit
The complete control arm should be changed or only bushing can be done in that same arm ?
One thing to be aware of. I have not been able to do this without the cv axle popping out, making it a huge pita on the drivers side. hold the knuckle up with ratchet straps or something or else your steering knuckle will flop outwards disconnecting the cv axle from within itself.
Great vid - appreciate the straightforward tool tips tool.
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Any idea how similar this process would be for a 2014-16 Honda CRZ. I’ve heard that it shares a lot of the same components with a Honda Fit including control arms
What do you do if the knuckle isn't lining up with the bolt for the ball joint
You made it seem so easy but I know when I try it, it will take me like 3 hours
Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
Same for a 2007 Honda fit :)
How often should control arms be replaced? When I look under the car the bushings look ripped but so far, I have no noise yet. I am on 130000 miles
+Jose Vega There is no specific timeframe for control arms to be replaced. If the bushings are ripped, we would suggest having those replaced as soon as possible to avoid any issues from occuring.
Did it step by step and the only real struggle was getting some of the bolts out bc my impact gun wasn’t powerful enough other than that pretty straight forward
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My rusty car gave me big headache. When undoing the bolt, the bolt rust striped the thread in the nut, now it spins but can’t come out. The bolt became effectively a ball joint. Now I’ll have to cut the bolt and weld in a nut with right thread. Will take days if not weeks. Maybe I should’ve just lived with small knocking sounds 😂
1:33 Congrats, you just bent that part a little bit towards the back of the car. If you are going to replace the ball joint, then you should of just used a puller.
014civic right side is very different
Seems like a 6 min job :)
Turns to 2 hour job with rust
Honda fit ball joint
Thank you very much for this video!
Not 014 right side
where did you find this rusty garbage?
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