Front shocks replacement (Mac Pherson).
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2012
- To give an idea of the job if you want to do it yourself or if a pro do it for you.
it's just to give an idea i'm not a pro.
Only special tool needed is a spring compressor.
This job must be done with the hands and the brain.
There is a very big tension on the spring once compressed.
Compression must be equally distributed on the two compressors and they must be positionned in a symetrical way . - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This is one of the best, no BS and helpful videos I've ever seen, No moronic music or chit-chat. Do more !!!
Natural bird singing
No air tools, no shop vice, not even a work bench. You still got it done in record time. You don't even seem nervous when using the spring compression tool. Nice work!
Thanks : )
As long as you don't point the spring at your body ,it's supposed to be ok : )
Wish all instructional vids were this speed, could have saved hours in school.
Most people dont have air/power tools. Thanks for giving an informative to the point video for us shade tree folk who might have to do this away from those sources.
thank you for the way you produced this video!! no heavy breathing, no mundane comments, sped up when just nuts and bolts...great job and informative too!!
I love work I can watch it all day long.
Nicely showed how to do it. Good work. Single person can also do this. You showed it. You have good skills.
Thanks : )
One of the most detailed videos I have ever seen. Buying 2 shocks with springs is over $400. Thats compressor saved me money without the spring I only paid 57.50 a piece for the shocks and 55.00 for that same compressor you used.
Yes,those tools are really useful.
i saved quite some money thanks to them too.
I'm happy to see you did it yourself and you saved money : )
great stuff michael.as last some body who just gets on with it .no talking for 15 mins before starting to show how to do it.i have subscribed to you page.looking forward to seeing the other things you show me.thank you.
+Michael Sammon
Thanks to you : )
Michael Sammon QA
Thanks, I wasn't quite sure how much to compress the coil, thanks for your help. My shock was gone and I had to overcompress it because it wasn't rebounding. Once the spring loosened off of the end caps, I removed it, the new one stuck through almost 2 inches. I could've released the end nut sooner but I didn't realize that I was over compressing the coil. Live and Learn. God Bless you.
Thanks : )
You can pull on the shock rod itself to extend it.
Not all shocks expand by themselves following if they are gas shocks ,or oil shocks.
As i know oil shocks do not expand alone.
Literally every video for the front everyone does something differently but u didn’t even talk and I understood it clearly and I’m confident to do in on my own ty good sir
Thanks
Have a smooth work then : )
The best tutorial video and also a lot tips. I learned a lot from this tutorial. now im able to repair my own car and also to share my videos with all you.
Good job, worth watching. Nice to see it done without expensive tools, just healthy respect for the balance and power of that spring. I think I'll take my ring off when I do this.
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You did not talk, but you explained very well. Thank you for the video.
Thank you very much : )
FOREEAL im about to do this THIS week, and i feel like an expert now. great vid
same friend
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Very helpful video for new mechanics and hobbyists , its clear, no background music .
Thanks a lot.
Thank you : )
A very peaceful and relaxing strut replacement video to watch while listening to the birds, thanks for posting.
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Thanks for this tutorial! Gonna work on my shocks/struts this week. I like all these mechanic helpful channels. I appreciate people like you for taking the time to set up these vids :-)
82heartofalion
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YT helped me,i try to help peoples here too : )
Best video I have seen of compressing the coils truth be told I was too scared to do it myself but now that the rear struts on my car are done for I'll give it a go.
Thank you : )
Be careful,and have a nice work !
This is exactly what I looking for long time!
Thanks for the great work!
Thanks,
I'm happy if it helped you.
Excellent, straight forward, no nonsense. Well done.
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Thank you.
That's cool to read that ☺
Ian Convery TANZANiYA V TABORA
First video Ever I have watched without one word used and completely understood!
Great job
Thanks : )
@@michaelovitch you made it look so easy!
Im changing mine today because it pissed me off yesterday so I gave up. Lol
Not funny
@@staytuned9320
When pissed off,take a break,take your time to think at the problem,and tackle it slowly : )
@@michaelovitch agreed. A fresh mind is most useful.
Actually I just finished one side now for the other.
Thanks a lot. Your video was very helpful
No useless chatter, intro or annoying background music-right to the meat and taters. Great video! My old 93 Escort is pulling to the left with inside LF tire wear so I'm thinking I might have a busted spring. These cars refuse to die if you give them a little TLC now and then. Gave $700 for mine over 5 years ago, best buy I've ever made.
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If your front left tire is worn on the insidepart of the tread ,i would say that you have too much toe out on this tire.
I would check the tie rod if there is some play,or simply the bushing on the control arm of this side.
Usually suspension is involved when you have weird wear pattern on the center or the whole tread area.
look : www.google.fr/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=kdRPWpmUCImhUYn_tIgC&q=tire+wear+pattern&oq=tire+wear+pattern&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i30k1l5j0i5i30k1l4.151329.157893.0.158127.19.19.0.0.0.0.110.1478.17j2.19.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.5.404...0i19k1j0i13i5i30i19k1j0i13k1j0i13i30k1j0i13i5i30k1.0.VZ708Pk7g1c
Yes,those cars are pretty good,even if rare where i live.
I've aways seen them around.
Thank you guy I wish I had the nerve like you to do it like that great job
Thankyou, this will help my father out on changing the struts on our vehicles.
+sk8rjayde
Thanks to you : )
Say hi to Trixxie.
Say him to be really careful with the springs when compressed,it's dangerous.
I bet it rides better now! Nice job!
Love it..... No words, just works.....
ff5gus u
Make it look so easy 👍 thanks for sharing!
Perfect job. Every detail clear and understandable.
Thank you.
Great video and job. I would've changed the dust cover and the other rubber parts while I had it apart because they don't cost that much and I wouldn't want to take it apart a couple of years later to replace those. If it's not your car or you don't plan on holding it for much longer than that may be an acceptable route to take. My preference for installing a tire is to tighten the bolts as much as I can by hand before setting the car down then standing on the wrench for the maximum tightening after. Good job and you are quick considering all you had to work with is hand tools. Great work.
Thank you.
From 2:50 to 2:56, inspection of the supplied instructions, I laughed out loud, thank you, needed that
lol
it's good to take a look at them : )
Ingertos
Sistema de freno a 6 motori 2.5
I’m ready! To deal with the struts this weekend. Thank you
I enjoy your vids keep them coming
Thank you,i'm happy to read that it's easy to understand : )
I really felt the difference of handling on mine.
They wear out so progressively that you don't realize it if you drive the car often.
It's like the frog in the boiling water...
in mc pherson design. i beleive is no good. imagine law of enercia. the load always in the middle. there should be a stoper in the middle to counter the load. my 2cents
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Very good video. As everyone else is saying, very straight to the point. Thanks a lot!
Thanks to you,i'm happy to read that : )
Great video. Even easier to follow than written out directions. I'm about to do this on my Saab for the same reason you did yours. Shocks and shock mounts are trashed. Looking forward to the better handling.
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Thank you !
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One of d best part f dis video is silence.... Nice work
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Thanks !
Dangerous move leaving the hand in between the springs, but a lot of us in the moment forget cuss we just wanna finish the job
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@@marcopantany1838 aprende a escribir jajajaja 😂😂😂😂
I have lost a distal phalanx that way, the two clamps have snapped one against the other and chopped my finger off.
@@marcopantany1838 si lo observamos bien a usted lo que hace es criticar y su ortografía es horrible aprenda a escribir primero y a expresarse y después critique a los demás en el video se ve que el no es un técnico el esta haciendo mecánica casera probablemente es a su auto,si tiene el conocimiento y puede hacerle la mecánica para que llevarlo a un taller.aprenda primero y después juzgue.😡🤦♂️
The guys at my work. Like to rush. And that spring almost shot my face. When I'm holding it😠
Great video. Not to long. Not to slow. Very amusing!
Well done. Good job 😉👍🇪🇸.
Thank you : )
This has been an excellent video clip! Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you
I'm happy if it helped : )
Nice Work Man ,,
Gotta change mine tomorrow this video just made me very confident 😉
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Take your time,be careful with the spring wich can be dangerous.
Get an impact wrench
Felicitari!
Un video foarte util.
Chiar nu stiam cum se schimba un amortizor.
Super clear process with out a single word, excellent
Thank you : )
Good !
So,how is your setup ?
is the handling improved ?
Seve un buen trabajo y rrapido
owesome job I now have a clue on how to do that.
alfred kabura
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ttyy
Franchement ses vidéos me rends encore plus fort dans le domaine de la mécanique auto
Found this clear and useful.Thanks.
Hi
Yes, i have safety hooks...i didn't use them but it's stupid.
For the spacers you need to press the springs just enough to be able to insert the spacer and install the nut on the top of the shock.
Compressing the spring completly is unnecessary i think.
There was no external leak.
They were 22 years old and had 140 000 kms.
The new ones changed the handling radically : )
McDoogal. Bruh, Imagine that thing unsprung and cranked you in the nuts. The sound and video don't match. It's like watching a karate flick.
What did you use to compress the spring while removing the shock?
@@tunez4moodz34 Spring compressors.
They are tools used to compress the spring specially on vehicles.
It can be dangerous to use,the springs are under tension.
@@michaelovitch okay thanks
I love your bird's sounds at place and Renault 21 off course. Respect from Turkey
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Thanks from France !
Great video in detail ,thank you so much.👍🏻
: ) Thank you
I admire you faith in those clamps... even knowing that you finish the job without losing your fingers, watching is painful. Great job but if you've ever had a spring slip the compressor you'll know what I mean...
+adrewsona
Use two pairs of compressors. They are cheap. One busted apart one me, but the other 3 units kept it altogether. But I don't like it that I don't see safety glasses, gloves or a torque wrench - anything more than 25 lbs, I torque to spec
+PsychoFisho He does use a torquewrench to tighten his wheelnuts though.
It's happened to me pain on my 2 fingers for 2 weeks
I was cringing the whole time like here it comes! 😬
adrewsona kRemA
WHOA" You don't want to show up at the emergency room wearing one of these, Hands clear @ ALL TIMES !
Yes it is great to see someone do work and not bore you with their evaluation of the topic. Also it is nice to see a mechanic that undesrtand physics too.
Thank you : )
Nice video, very practical and well demonstrated 👍👍
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Ótimo! Great!!
I Like the Benny Hill action ))
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Great video. Simple and straight forward. Thanks
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Great Video! Simple but effective!
Thank you : )
At 5:42 that nut center nut that holds the strut to the strut support bracket should be removed while the car is still on the ground. And lug nuts also should be loosened while car is still on the ground
Yes,it's a trick ,but you can't always do that,because the strut expand and you are in trouble to remove it then.
And sometimes it's the only way to do it to be able to install the lower control arm when the tie rod is not removable from it.
It's a question of spring length most of the time.
I've done this before it was a nightmare I did it with old style spring compressor used 4 it was first time on Altima but it's easier in my e39 than L31 was afraid and Iam saying when I'll finish from this thing and what Iam involved in :(
springs are quite a pain,and dangerous by nature ,i agree lol
welding
hahahaha ! Thanks to you for this commment,i'm happy to read that : )
Straight foreward ! Nice and fast !
+Thomas B
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The wife is going to be pissed about the sheets!
Yea they got complete stuts now😂✌
The champion,good work
Świetnie pokazane. Fajne uwagi na filmie- great job.
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if u haven't noticed that he had to pull on the new strut to go up isn't it suppose to go up on its own???
I think it's depend on the strut itself : oil or gas shock,internal pressure,dampening properties.
I wonder too,but i've installed several new ones,and they do not expand temselves,they are not even packaged with strings or straps keeping them compressed.
Why do you use a Vice grip before removing the top nut on the strut?
It's just to avoid the plate to rotate : )
If the plates rotates then the shaft of the strut rotates too? And you cannot get the nut off?
THANK YOU for this video. I have a caddy cts and none of the videos I found showed this part in detail.
Thank you letting me know it was useful to you : )
Thanks for this clear and concise vid. It helped a lot.
Thank you !
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BON BOULO
Excellent video. Please take your rings off, you might deflesh a finger.
Loosen your lug bolts while the car is on the ground. Final tighten on the ground too.
Good job!
Arrow to the Knee
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I don't have the ring anymore i damage it too much working manually.
I know about the nuts ,i'm sometimes a bit lazy...
michaelovitch
This morning I jacked up my car, put the jackstands under, lowered the car, and then looked at the tight lug nuts. Ignore my advice, I'm a moron.
Arrow to the Knee
You are not,
I do it very often too : )
The concrete smashed the parts!
I love watching this video..in 2 weeks my car need the same job...muchas gracias.
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Have a nice work !
Very nice detailed video, made it so easy
Thank you : )
I think you should loosen the big nut at the middle that holds the top plates and the rod while the strut is still in the car...
That never works the spring assembly just spins
NEVER! BIG SAFETY Hazard
ever heard of latex gloves? good video though
Thanks : )
Yes i've heard about them.
Nitril are stronger if i'm right,never tried tho.
I don't use them because i tear them very quick,i sweat like a pig in it,i prefer coton gloves or nothing,i feel things better.
I run a soap/detergent factory on the side too ,so i buy my own products and i'm rich now because of my filthy hands : )
But my mom still kick my ass because i ruin all my clothes.
lol
Have a nice Christmas and don't die of chocolate abuse : )
Greets from France !
nyc work
Ben Dover real men don't use gloves
best spring compressing video
Great KT, amazing job
Thanks : )
Merci ,but I'm pretty affraid of my coil compressors ,buyed from ebay ,made in china :)
Mine are too from China...
I'm still alive and complete !
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lube them well ( the thread) and use them wisely
michaelovitch
:) In the end im going to a mechanic ,i saw that are to many arms on my passat ,so i dont wanna end up payng more :) cheers
ON POINT.....No talk..just action........will be changing mines tomorrow
+J Allen
How it went ?
Too good, very professional
LOL quite funny to watch you struggling with that center nut. What you do is to loosen it from the top whilst it is still on the car and whilst the 3 bolts are still holding it for you. You half undo it before taking the strut off, then it is simple to unscrew the rest of the way when on the ground. Over wise it's a really great video.
+Chris Waywell
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Not possible on this car,the spring is quite compressed in the strut.
If i do that i will can't remove the strut from the control arm,not enough room,the control arm will not go low enough.
On others cars it would work for sure.
+michaelovitch I suspected as much but it might have been worth telling people with other cars that it is sometimes possible to slacken off the nut first.
Thanks dude, this is major a help in education, diy style!
Thank you : )
Wooww you do it manually ...NO AIR GUN , NO ELECTRIC USE , AND NO POWER USE ...GREAT ...! T.Q FIR THE VIDEO ...! regards from kuala lumpur ...!
Hi from next to Lyon,France.
I have a bit more equipment now,i do less by hand.
Have to agree with the others, nice to have a visual guide with notes where needed. Great work!
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MOLTO MOLTO MOLTO bravo. Semplice ed essenziale. Davvero complimenti.
Grazie.
The fast-forward dove was a fun distraction. This is a great video. Subscribed.
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It's cool to have birds around,they make things quite peaceful.
Excellent work.
+Lsowell wzpeb
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Thanks bro, very helpful video.
Yeah !
Thanks to you : )
Hi ,good job my son does this kind of work you made it seem easy.,but as a mom I would of saying becarful becarful with your hand and the spring.,Godbless and thankyou for the video.🙏❤️
Thanks,
my mom told me the same : )
Very useful vedio regarding shocker replacement , Nice 👍
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Thank you man! Nice video.
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Good job , very interesting .. and helpfull
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Thanks for the lesson, well done!
+Esmond Flemming
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Excelent video,thank you very much!
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very very nice narration, great work
+Bala Subramanian
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