@jediflip2515 I would love to I just gotta invest into the tools! I'm 17 and I own a 2012 Ford focus and I discovered that the rear strut mount is broken. It's 180 bucks to replace it at the mechanic when the piece is like 40 bucks on amazon lol. I I watched a video on how to replace the rear strut mount and I thought it was easier than building legos when you got a lift😂 I understand the mechanic gotta make a profit but dang, it hurt my wallet as a student. I would be doing all my repairs since most repairs can be done by the average Joe unless its more mechanically complicated then I'd feel safter taking it to a mechanic. If I had the right dam tools I'd b my own mechanic. Mechanics make alot of money charging Y's so mych cuz they got the big expensive tools that we don't, so I guess it's pretty reasonable.
@@bigstr9178 If you have the room for tools and working on your car it saves you money. Some basic hand tools a jack and stands would be a few hundred. If you don't want to buy specialty tools parts stores have loaner tool programs.
Yeah easy as shit on a lift but so is everything else. Do a set of shocks on a gravel driveway with nothing but a 1 ton walmart jack and some old craftsman ratchets and then talk shit lol
Shock replacement: 2 minutes Gather necessary tools: 10 minutes Jack car up: 5 minutes Remove tire: 5 minutes Align car in work bay: 10 minutes Gather customer information: 15 minutes Coffee break: 15 minutes Reinstall everything: 20 minutes Move car out of bay: 5 minutes Write up service ticket: 10 minutes Final charge: 2 hours plus costs.
Of course, it does not count the gathering of the tools needed, taking the wheel off, and lifting up the car. But then again as some have pointed out, it all depends on the type of car.
30 min per bolt Just did my 04 Ram rear. The nuts and bolts were rusted together and all I have is a can torch. Couldn't break them with the 24in breaker bar or 1/2 air ratchet. And I was on the ground. Heat and then muscle worked.
This is for rear the rear of car doesn't have coil (strut) because most of weight is in front you got the transmission the engine all the coolant oil etc the back of car doesn't have all that all it needs are what the video shows is shock absorbers
Mine is from Michigan covered and caked in rust and I'm using hands tools with no lifts, while you're at a shop, with lifts, shade, power tools, and almost looks like you're replacing new parts with new parts, a woman could do that, no offense to women of course
Torque spec who? I ain't no mechanic but that's probably not the way you do it also whyd you raise the arm if the least pressure for shock was all the way down?
Not only that but it's going to be a mess for the next guy to take it off because using air tools stretches the bolts and the threads! And it's not even torque to spec!!
@@hardcore4476 I had Monroe's on my weekend cruising classic car. Less then 10K and they were shot. My boss put Monroe's on his car. Few months later they were shot. Dunno about the more expensive Monroe's but the OEM spectrum seem to last less then 10k which is garbage for a shock imo.
To all the clowns complaining about labor fees. Buy or rent a building, hire some techs, buy a lift and shop tools, buy a shop keepers insurance policy that costs more than you make in a year, and any other business expenses that you need just to open the door, and do the job yourself. Let's say the job took 15 minutes for both sides. How much could a shop possibly make charging actual labor? The business wouldn't survive a month. You don't expect a parts store to install the parts for free, why would you expect a shop to? Lets play a game of make believe. Instead of calling the work labor charges, lets call it installation fees. Kind of like other types of products that need to be installed by a qualified professionals, like your AC system, or your security system, or your water heater, etc....
😂😂😂 Finding all the right tools 10 mins, trip to auto zone for yet another missing 12 mm socket = 40 mins, Jack the car up = 5 mins, Tire removal 5 mins, brake pad removal 5 mins, brake caliper removal 5 mins (if not stuck), ....oh 💩 the bolt is stripped.... back to Auto Zone after waiting 20 mins for wife to find her car keys = 20 min wait + 40 min round trip to Auto Zone, now I've gotta eat 30 mins, wife tells you something is wrong with her car too and tries to convince you to work on her car when you are finished with yours..... Sorry bud, this is never a 2 minute, let alone 2 hour endeavor!😂
Lift car with jack or scissor jack support cars weight with jack stands use aforementioned jack to lift the strut up slight ly to reduce weight from tire remove bolts replace put tire back on drop car I like to throw my tire under car just incase jack stand fails
now do this in 2 minutes on a 2012 ford f150 with double wishbone in the front thats been baking in heat in summer and bathing in salt in winter for 11 years of the life its lived as a work truck. torching the lock nuts takes longer than 2 minutes lol
Everyone is shitting their pants because it’s not a rust belt car. Bro if you’re complaining about rust for two easy access bolts, find a new job (hobby) because this shit ain’t for you lol
Everything's easy when you got a lift
And the part is actually easy to remove not tangled and a bunch a stuff so idk about 2min on other models
Or you don’t live in the Midwest
You can replace place a trucks rear shocks with it on the ground and no lift.
@@kid5042exactly 😂
Mechanic: "😮💨Whew... That'll be $500."
Do it yourself then, you just saw how easy it was. Lol
@@jediflip2515shit is lifted u fool.
@jediflip2515 I would love to I just gotta invest into the tools! I'm 17 and I own a 2012 Ford focus and I discovered that the rear strut mount is broken. It's 180 bucks to replace it at the mechanic when the piece is like 40 bucks on amazon lol. I I watched a video on how to replace the rear strut mount and I thought it was easier than building legos when you got a lift😂 I understand the mechanic gotta make a profit but dang, it hurt my wallet as a student. I would be doing all my repairs since most repairs can be done by the average Joe unless its more mechanically complicated then I'd feel safter taking it to a mechanic. If I had the right dam tools I'd b my own mechanic. Mechanics make alot of money charging Y's so mych cuz they got the big expensive tools that we don't, so I guess it's pretty reasonable.
@@bigstr9178 If you have the room for tools and working on your car it saves you money. Some basic hand tools a jack and stands would be a few hundred. If you don't want to buy specialty tools parts stores have loaner tool programs.
Borrow some from your uncles or neighbors @@bigstr9178
Yeah easy as shit on a lift but so is everything else. Do a set of shocks on a gravel driveway with nothing but a 1 ton walmart jack and some old craftsman ratchets and then talk shit lol
I think it would be the same but with Ratchet time dood😅
He wasn’t talking shit u just got offended for no reason
Yr talking try scissor trunks jack bro plus tire iron and crescent wrench only
@@brakernight7881try with your bare hands and talk smh
@@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg thats top tier male i will never be able to be that much of a chad
Shock replacement: 2 minutes
Gather necessary tools: 10 minutes
Jack car up: 5 minutes
Remove tire: 5 minutes
Align car in work bay: 10 minutes
Gather customer information: 15 minutes
Coffee break: 15 minutes
Reinstall everything: 20 minutes
Move car out of bay: 5 minutes
Write up service ticket: 10 minutes
Final charge: 2 hours plus costs.
Reinstall everything…. You mean 20 mins to put the wheel back on??
2 minutes. Billed as 2 man hours.
Knowledge is what your paying for. Unless you can do it yourself.
@@lukewebb9692if that’s the case then why do they charge by the hour
@@lukewebb9692lol not at all. Knowledge is paid for diag and issues like shorts or grounds. R&R is time and material. Nice try.
@@Thinkeroutsidetheboxyoure tripping..
hell yes...nooo.book time .
Miraculous rust free zone
Of course, it does not count the gathering of the tools needed, taking the wheel off, and lifting up the car. But then again as some have pointed out, it all depends on the type of car.
Billed for 3 hours and fuq the torque, just give it as many uga dugas possible.
That’s a good design
Definitely not a salt belt car.
I moved from Colorado to Kentucky a few years back. Cars are screwed up out here
30 min per bolt
Just did my 04 Ram rear.
The nuts and bolts were rusted together and all I have is a can torch. Couldn't break them with the 24in breaker bar or 1/2 air ratchet. And I was on the ground. Heat and then muscle worked.
Sure-with no coil wrapped around it.
That would be a strut, not a shock absorber.
This is for rear the rear of car doesn't have coil (strut) because most of weight is in front you got the transmission the engine all the coolant oil etc the back of car doesn't have all that all it needs are what the video shows is shock absorbers
Billed as 2 hrs and made that poor customer sit waiting lol
No gloves or eye protection?!?
Where’s your shop located?
Mine is from Michigan covered and caked in rust and I'm using hands tools with no lifts, while you're at a shop, with lifts, shade, power tools, and almost looks like you're replacing new parts with new parts, a woman could do that, no offense to women of course
Okay now do my 13 year old Michigan car.
Impressive work! 👏🏼
Never seen rust before, gotta be nice
Torque spec who? I ain't no mechanic but that's probably not the way you do it also whyd you raise the arm if the least pressure for shock was all the way down?
Yeah of course when shocks and springs is separate is easy and fast
It’s easy when u have that type of car with the bolts where u can see them right away
I got the same tools and it doesn't work am I doing something wrong here lol
Yeah if I got impact tool and a lift, I probably can do as fast.
Do you have to buy springs separately? What are they called?
So it’s more of a speed thing not just taking your time and making sure youre safe and doing it correctly?
Not only that but it's going to be a mess for the next guy to take it off because using air tools stretches the bolts and the threads! And it's not even torque to spec!!
On a lift. No rust. No rubber upper mount. Air tools.
What vehicle is this on?
Hhr 😂
Nice work.
First time is the hardest.
Rofl, took more than 2min to get the car jacked up! Fing engineer's had to put the shocks in the coils that turn this quick fix into hrs 😒...
What kind of car is that
hHr
Can you use a longer extension. Lol
Definitely makes it easier when the top mounts bolt is in the wheelwell. Half the time it’s inside the cabin🤦🏽
On Ford Panthers the top mount can only be reached with a wrench. That makes it real fun.
Not the Monroe's
They don't last long at all 😅
Some KYBs woulda been better
Damn I just bought some Monroe’s. How Long do they last?
@@hardcore4476 I had Monroe's on my weekend cruising classic car. Less then 10K and they were shot. My boss put Monroe's on his car. Few months later they were shot. Dunno about the more expensive Monroe's but the OEM spectrum seem to last less then 10k which is garbage for a shock imo.
Step 1: get a lift
Step 2: get an air gun
Everyone is talking shit and man literally replaced a shock. "Oh you have a lift so its easier". Its 2 bolts
What car even uses just shocks anymore though?
it's rear lol, you can see the spring as well
Anything over 6 ugga duggas is crazy
If u have a hydraulic lift in your house
To all the clowns complaining about labor fees. Buy or rent a building, hire some techs, buy a lift and shop tools, buy a shop keepers insurance policy that costs more than you make in a year, and any other business expenses that you need just to open the door, and do the job yourself.
Let's say the job took 15 minutes for both sides. How much could a shop possibly make charging actual labor? The business wouldn't survive a month. You don't expect a parts store to install the parts for free, why would you expect a shop to?
Lets play a game of make believe. Instead of calling the work labor charges, lets call it installation fees. Kind of like other types of products that need to be installed by a qualified professionals, like your AC system, or your security system, or your water heater, etc....
This is supposed to be what? Impressive? Where is antiseize?
What car is it?
chevy HHR lol
Why am I getting quotes for £600 then?
If it was a Nissan rogue you'd be there for at least ten per side
But who was torque wrench? Pretty sure you shouldn't be tightening those up with an impact wrench.
Torqued!!
😂😂😂 Finding all the right tools 10 mins, trip to auto zone for yet another missing 12 mm socket = 40 mins, Jack the car up = 5 mins, Tire removal 5 mins, brake pad removal 5 mins, brake caliper removal 5 mins (if not stuck), ....oh 💩 the bolt is stripped.... back to Auto Zone after waiting 20 mins for wife to find her car keys = 20 min wait + 40 min round trip to Auto Zone, now I've gotta eat 30 mins, wife tells you something is wrong with her car too and tries to convince you to work on her car when you are finished with yours..... Sorry bud, this is never a 2 minute, let alone 2 hour endeavor!😂
How do I do it without a lift
Lift car with jack or scissor jack support cars weight with jack stands use aforementioned jack to lift the strut up slight ly to reduce weight from tire remove bolts replace put tire back on drop car I like to throw my tire under car just incase jack stand fails
now do this in 2 minutes on a 2012 ford f150 with double wishbone in the front thats been baking in heat in summer and bathing in salt in winter for 11 years of the life its lived as a work truck. torching the lock nuts takes longer than 2 minutes lol
Yeah… no thanks .. you can have that one 😂
2 minutes but video cut. 😆
Nah it’s not it’s easy on this type of vehicles
What kinda car is that. Not anything we own.
Add 58 minutes if you are doing on ground
That will be 500 dollars please
Nice design, No Rust, and a Lift. Well yea. Would hope it takes 2 minutes 🙃🤣
Should have put the other parts in also. Sighs.
Is getting the car up on the lift and removing the tire included in the two minutes?
Another 1-2 minutes maybe lol
Still charge you an hour labour aswell.
Now, try it on a “salt belt” car!😅
no thank you,,, over my dead body lol
I replaced the rears in my Silverado without even jacking it up. It's so easy a caveman can do it.
Not cool ... 😂
Boy bring in a car shop putting it up on the left and taking tire off and removing shock in 2 minutes
That will be $450 sir/madam
Easiest cat to work on ever!?!
Failed the “Torqued to spec” test. This is why I do my own work. You’re not a real mechanic.
Uggaduggas
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Yeah it's not that quick on the rest of the cars. Don't even get me started on the dirty undercarriage of a pick up.
Not even gonna clean anything....
$20
bs...
Everyone is shitting their pants because it’s not a rust belt car. Bro if you’re complaining about rust for two easy access bolts, find a new job (hobby) because this shit ain’t for you lol
You must don’t live in the Midwest
And he just ripped off gramma for $350
Lol nobody didnt rip off anybody … everything is paid by the book hours
Thank you - I just bought my lift - now how do I get it up? 🫠