Rear Coil Spring Replacement - Dodge Charger
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2022
- In this video I swap out the rear spring on a 2016 Charger. Service data tells us to pull the rear cradle/cross member down and install the spring. Well when cars get as rusty as they do here you need to fin another way.
-Enjoy!
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You're a good man for charging for the time it took you and not the book time.
I go from watching Paul Sellers using hand tools doing woodworking, to Mr O having his way with the rear end of a Charger using janky methods. Gotta love the well rounded entertainment experience!
"Mr O having his way with the rear end of a Charger" is the greatest thing I've read on the internet. Thanks for that.
Love how you preemptively tell the people who think "He's going to charge for the full six hours?", to calm down. Had me LOL. Great job as always. Dr. House.
Watching you working with a transmission jack under the car on a hoist I have to admit did bring back some "Backside" Puckering moments when I was working as a mechanic. (Another Rust Belt State) You are right sometimes you have a tendency to get complacent. While I never lost a vehicle off a hoist, I have had them shift quite a bit.
Good job Eric.
now, do it on jack-stands, with floor jack and get the spring stuck with no room to move, then brace the vehicle against one wall and porta power push with 15' pole off the other, cable chains, ratchet straps. not OSHA approved 🤣🤡 late night home garage super sketchy. it would have made a good video for sure.
The jokes and personality make me return more time after time.
Ur the king of the salt belt mechanics.
Mrs. O. Keeping kids in line in the background is the most real and relatable thing. Love the vids Eric, usually have you on in the background when im wrenching on my vehicles, have to pause sometimes to figure out if it’s Mrs O or my Mrs M yelling at kids😂.
Mr O always uses his brain of knowledge first , and then his muscles next ...👍
Watching you pump that rear end up gave me flashbacks to high school auto class and my Suburban doing a nose dive on the lift
Nothing sketchy at all!
That’s how we roll in New Zealand - normal day at the shop
Do your cars there have salt/corrosion issues too?
@@brnmcc01 no
But his method to do that job is about how we’d do it...
I was on the edge of my chair sweating bullets every time that transmission jack caused the car to rock on the lift wow that was a little unnerving...nice too those bolts weren't ceased. Kudos!
I binge watched sma during the whole week of Thanksgiving, can't think of any better way to spend my week off
Geometry, Physics, and Clean Livin'. Can't believe those bolts turned as easy as that.
You certainly got a Christmas gift when those bolts turned freely. Great job as usual.
I put grease on the bolt for the next guy who would be me 😂😂🙄
this was one of the most amazing and rewardind jobs that you ever accomplished. great reasoning power and excellent results there Eric
@@lesoram6236 because he's not a Democrat
As Mike Rowe would say " safety third " . Just get the job done is #1. Well played Mr.O
That's what I love about you buddy, The book time might be 6 hours yet you don't charge your customer that is wonderful. In this day and age if we can help the customer with the cost not only brings the customer back it also shows the trust people have in you. The biggest problem with flat rate in my opinion is the short cuts that in many ways causes very poor repair. For example, I have seen dealer charge full book time on evaporators. The tech would end up cutting a hole in the suit case. The plastic welding it back up. Thats one of many examples. Just so they can make a fast buck. leaving the vehicle no longer OEM. Now with that said I have seen good techs make short cuts and complete the job correctly. We know there are a lot of silly book times out there. Great video, Ron
Glad to see that I'm not the only one who takes sketchy short cuts to save time. Good Job Eric.
Eric, always great to see a "fix" where thinking "outside the box" pays off big time. Great job. Thanks for Sharing!
Definitely was creative!
Saving himself the headache as much as the customers money.
I helped my cousin do his springs,two people,two low profile hydraulic jacks , and BOOM done. Living here in northern Indiana we run into some rust or salt moments during the winter months
I admire the combination of knowledge, experience, skill, patience and perseverance Eric applies to every job.
Admire is an understatement.
I can't think of the proper word.
It is close to awe.
Gotta love the Chrysler junk, glad they keep you in business
Another awesome honest repair. if I were your customer and saw this I'd gladly pay even 4 hours labor because your an honest hard working dude that outsmarted the "system". Great work sir
Brings back fond memories of a tech changing the rf coil spring on a 70's rwd Gm sedan in bay 3, when "TWANG" the spring flies across 2 bays and hits the concrete wall. Luckily no fingers, techs or property was damaged!
It's like Christmas we have been so spoiled lately so much SMA greatness
I’m a experienced DIY and I install rear springs the same way. Great job Eric!
“ just calm down fellas “. I love it
I thoroughly enjoyed your adjustment of the angle of the dangle.
I promise you most of us do it exactly like you do
It’s always a good feeling when you find faster ways to make a repair. Rather than what you would have done. Based off the repair manual. Even if it was sketchy. You had your plan and had it under your control.
I do my best to figure out a better way to do things especially when the book says you have to gut the car in order to do a job. I figured out how to change the blend door motor on Crown Victorias and Grand Marquis without removing the whole dashboard like the Ford manual says. I'll have to make a video if I have another one come in. Thank you for another great video.
I'm SO glad we didn't have to see Mr O get totally dismembered from a spring getting away
Where is the force going to be expressed. “You’ve gotta know where to stand if one of these goes off.” If you can keep that in mind, you should be good. But you have to keep that in mind. The power of a spring release can be quite impressive, like a civil war cannonball.
The sketchy part was he was lifting the car off the lift with his transmission jack, the spring was the least of it.
I'm here for all the sketchy! Great job.
My service manuals anymore are you tube videos. Yours are the best. Thanks for sharing
Dude, you the man, that was some great work, you didn't burn there wallet to the ground, great job...
Watching your content, I just keep thinking, "you're a good dude. "
Speaking of safety & lifts(we call em 'Hoists' over the Pond here) when I was a young whipper snapper back in the late 80's when Magna's were popular( NEW & almost ALWAYS Automatic), one Friday Morning while rushing to get all the cars out(Boss always wanted the Workshop as empty as can be for Saturday & Monday's jobs), I was refitting Mud Flaps to said Magna(which was MANUAL).
As we all would remember, Mitsubishi set the Cold start RPM on those to about 15,000 RPM & I reached in the driver's window, flicked the key in order to turn the steering to Full Lock so I could get said Mud Flaps back on & this thing took off through the workshop ran into a Hiace van(which were almost ALWAYS manual & was left in Neutral) & it rolled into a Brand New Ford Fairlane which was on the Hoist(2 poster), which fell to the ground.
Talk about a bad day! Lesson was, I bought a Mud Flap Stubby Screwdriver & Ratchet kit & no longer trusted other workers to leave cars in Neutral & when I started my own Shop, the Cars went out when they were done!
This is a mechanic boys..... Wrenching on a cold, wet, snowy day. Without the rainbows and cupcakes.💪
Eric I want to thank you for backing Rainman Ray, I love watching him!!!!!!
Eric as always putting the customer first rather than himself. They don't make them like that anymore 👍
Dude I'm a 54year old mechanic ran a 10 minute oil change place in PA as a senior in high school went through ASEP training in the late 80's. That doesn't mean squat today but back then block learn etc was it. Run a shop that does outside repairs and inspection in NC. I work for a company that runs service vehicles and schedule outside repairs. I would say you're number 1 and Ford moko whatever number 2 and you're resent miny me in Florida. I've picked up many tips started pulling the plastic sleeves off th radiators for tighter. Ran into the same cooler fitting issue on a 4l60e from Autozone. And the stupid mud cacoon from the south is made by a dirt cobbler they look like a wasp. You're number 1, been AS
E master 30 years don't renew anymore and you're the mechanic i wish I could have been but to my credit my customers think I'm the best.
and integrator
So awesome. Used to work flat rate before there were comment sections, and luckily not in the salty north. I still call that alignment tool a lady's foot. Great video!
So glad to see you keeping the judges honest at local car shows! Checking bolt direction and spring placement is essential.😆
On some cars they have markings or holes for spring placement where you put the end of the spring. It would be weird to have a car with one corner jacked up higher than the rest. Also, I'm sure they put those bolts in opposite directions for a reason.
Man hats off to this guy awesome mechanic watch you all the time I use your info to help me do stuff all the time
That looked like a very practical way to handle that problem. Not sketchy at all (says the guy who once drove his Jeep home while holding a gear lube bottle full of gas and tubing out the window with his left hand when the fuel pump failed)........
Fantastic job, I have been a mechanic all my life, I check service data , then do it my way . all ways came out fine and I charged for actual time not book time .
Excellent work. *"The Book"* is always the safe, money making way, or the "proper way" and not the BEST way. Saving the customer time, money and worry is much better. You Da Man, Eric.👍
Actually, I like the way you did the job, You were aware of safety concerns and approached with caution, so I see nothing wrong with this method.
Another fine job Sir.
When we swapped the rear springs on my nephew's 2018 Charger, we pulled the four bolts holding the rear end assembly in. Took about a little over 1/2 hour to complete. Surprisingly fast.
I am 3 min in.......Never celebrate until the job is complete my 02.......lol I will continue to watch now. Thanks for the great vids
Thanks for the increase in videos. Never miss any of them. You rock brother!
Here in the UK we do not use the term sketchy very much though it is creeping in to usage - we more usually use the word "dodgy" to mean the same thing. That job was well dodgy 🙂
The way the book is saying how to do it is remove radiator cap back old car out of the shop . Drive new car into shop under radiator cap and install cap.
Remember that most of the time there is more than one way to do the task. The book is written for one of the ways a task can be done. Of course they are going to write it the way in which the dealer can make the most money on a job.
I like the act that you analyze how you are going to do a task first. That's how I was trained to do work on vehicles 53 plus years ago and my training has stood the test of time. I just keep up to date on the new stuff all the time.
Your commentary is the BEST! I really do enjoy watching/listening to your work. Keep it up Eric.
Thanks for sharing the short cut. Alot of jobs have a short cut. Most want to keep guiet . Appreciate it
You made that look easy! I do my share of sketch too, but I gotta tell you, I felt the nads up in the stomach a couple of times watching this!😅 keep up the great work!
Eric, we can learn alot from you from your approach and skill on handling the repair.
Awesome Job Eric, Thanks for all your videos, and helping us to keep our vehicles on the road. NO car payment for 10 years, THANK YOU SIR.
I have cut the old spring in several places and pulled it out in pieces. Quick work with a torch.
Hi Eric, I have a spring compressor you place inside the spring. That's safe and saves tons of time.
When you have a tool to bleed a brake master at the bench you need this spring compressor :)
Thanks for the videos.
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
I think we all do things like this , I doubt most of us have service data. great motivation Eric.
Great job! My old man thought like you rest his sole he was old school born in 27’ he was in the big ww2 and the Manuel would say 8 -10 hours to remove and replace they would do it in 3 hours! Thought out of the box !
Had to in the depression Era !
Awesome !!! But I said if this aired Mr “O” came out of it! But when the car on the lift did the shaky and moaning I got a little worried! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 love this channel Sir,carry on!
Your my favorite mechanic in knowledge and humor !!!
That's using the old noggin. Great job Eric.
Great work Eric! ..as ALWAYS!! Good to see you on Rainman Rays live chat!!
Ur eyes and experience will outdo any service data approach, congrats on 750 k ,ur legend is growing
Great Video- My shoulder hurt as I was moving that cradle/cross member with you, even though I am 1000 miles away, like all crazy mechanics.
As a DIYer, i enjoy what i learn on this channel
Hi Eric. This one is going to be a great help to any one on CZcams . It’s going in the record inventory of HOW TO DO IT. = Dodge Charger springs . Another super great information 👍🇺🇸
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to take a chance. Big fan of your videos watch all the time!
Ho Lee Chit . Congratulations your a genius.
U took proper precautions. Glad u were safe. Ingenious idea u had! 👍
Well done Eric O. ah the memories where everything I spannered was sketchy !! Takes me back
Great video and great job.
You murdered the flat rate time on that.
Oh yeah SMA upload in the house
Well done, Eric. You thought through your moves, worked carefully, and got the job done. Kudos, not criticism from me, a former Western NY denizen.
I have a bar that i heated and bent about 4inches from the pointed end. Can be a great help with alignment in tight areas. Another great SMA production.
Nice smooth job Eric . Not too sketchy at all .😁👍
I love the car show comments, I’m stealing that. Lol
Watching you is like watching Keano reeves in the matrix, You see everything 😃
Hey, Mr. O. I admit that I had my doubts that you could pull this repair off. Hallelujah!! I should have trusted the great detective! I am very happy that you didn't have a disastrous fail on this. Forgive my lack of faith. I do know that I will never have to attempt such a repair. Anyway, thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Man you the 🐐. I have 0 wrenching experience but your vids have guided me thru a few repairs. Got people thinking I'm a real mechanic 😂😂😂
I will watch EVERY SINGLE SOUTH MAIN VIDEO. KEEP EM COMING ERIC!!!
Ever since I put a 2 post lift in my home shop, I watch videos like these with different eyes. Scary stuff with that much weight over your head. Good job getting it done.
Because of Eric O., I use Fluid Film now instead of WD-40
You said book time would 6 hours and you wouldn't charge that which i totally agree with. Why is it that most mechanics are gonna charge you "book time" regardless of the actual time it took?? This is why i refuse to bring my car to a mechanic 99% of the time and just do it myself. Love your videos AND your honesty with your customers!!!!
If you're ever having difficulty with spring compressors slipping around the coil, take a short strip of emery paper folded in half the long direction. It'll give it grip and not slide! Learn from my experience!
Personally I prefer to pop some gobs of weld on the spring to stop the jaws from sliding. 😮
@@michaelslee4336 that sounds good. What does welding do to the material in the spring?
@@dans_Learning_Curve nothing you want to do to a spring
@@dans_Learning_Curve Nothing good most likely ... welding probably changes the temper of the spring. Emory/sandpaper sounds like a great idea.
Definitely gonna be my go to
Six hours. Hold my beer. Twenty-seven minutes later, if I can do it, so can you! Legend! 💪🏻
I was waiting for you to put the transmission jack chain around the control arm to keep it from slipping off. Looks like it went pretty well, you are a talented technician Mr. O!
"In case he takes it to a CAR SHOW (-;"
SMA 2022
I live in the south, saying that every time I look at a used cars history if I see New York State on the history I run away as fast as possible. I hear Eric’s voice telling me 3 years up there equals scrap. Thanks for the videos
Car show!!!
Your killing me over here…😊
Great Video Eric!! The best way is the easy way - and not missing any Quality Checkpoints - proper torque is essential!! Hahaha. BTW, that wasn't as sketchy as I've seen in my lifetime - and you did it perfectly and safely.
I love it. Trying to find short cuts. Says time/money 💰. Amazing job.
Perfect use of the trans jack. I found using mine for stuff like this very handy. Oh and I also use lube on exhaust hangers. Makes the world go round much better.
certainly can't fault the use of WD on the hangers, but Silicone spray is cheap and works just as well if not better, and won't hurt the rubber
Great job Eric I always look for the work around sketchy is a sketchy does
Thinking outside the box awesome video Eric.
10:55 is priceless. "In case he takes it to a car show." LOL
Ratchet straps are your best friend when doing stuff like that especially for at least some sort of safety
Thanks so much for the great sketchy video and other than being on the lift, your method works pretty well and safe due to your experience. While being easier to see things and getting to where you need to be, because of the fact that you are literally lifting the weight of the car off the lifting pads of the hoist that would be the main sketchy part of it, but the other thing about spring tension and angles you have the knowledge of how to use your tools to navigate though that like a champ. Thank God for a good set of alignment punches and pry bars as they truly save the day and I have had many times where I am fighting to get something both in and up at the same time without being able to get the pry bar in just the right spot and my alignment punches have saved the day. It is sad that many times we don't have the time to make the proper adapters for our tools to make them safer, as with the tranny jack and a plate that would bolt to it and have an alignment protrusion that would fit under the spring saddle and lock into the lower control arm keeping it from moving around and prevent it from sliding down out of position. Thanks so much Eric for showing these types of jobs and letting people know about the dangers of sketchy and to take proper precautions to hopefully avoid them as much as possible. Take care and stay safe out there in the PRNY.