A Very Chaotic Suspension Upgrade Video - How To Install Offset Control Arm Bushings In Your Mopar 

This video gave me PTSD

There's a lot of chaotic energy in this episode. I liked it.

Starting at 23:35. My head hurts...SO BAD, now. Thank you for that. Great vidya! -Vic

Wow, that was absolutely traumatic and simultaneously hilarious. I thought my '60 Buick's riveted passenger-side upper ball joint was a pain, but it wasn't this bad. So this video is actually highly encouraging. I also just used a manual big-ass chisel. Good thing that since then, I at least invested in an electric hammer drill (which can be set to just hammer), and some chisel attachments, so I basically now have an electric power chisel to finish the other ball joints. And A-arm bushings. But still, I shall have no lift; just floor stands. God help me.

This seriously gave me flashbacks of rebuilding my Scamps front end. Absolute nightmare. Just wanna scream, throw wrenches, and curl up in ball. Gotta call my therapist again now. Thanks guys! 😂

Your brother is just as weird as you,great addition. It works.

OK , I'm convinced, I think I will just be bringing my 68 cuda up to you guys to do my front end. And one of your miracle tunes.

Colin looking like ginger Thor with that sledgehammer. Great work as always guys!

I rarely leave comments, usually leave that to the smart and funny crew. But if I had a dollar for every seized upper control arm bolt on a Sierra/Silverado, I’d be a hundredaire! Also my “tech tip moment” to you is, place a bar vertically up through the lower control arm hole and coil spring, lower the vehicle onto said bar holding it firmly in place whilst you jack up the control arm and securing the upper ball joint to the knuckle. This should decrease your odds of the spring playing duck duck goose with your noggin. Keep doing what you’re doing, I dig it, you and NNKH are prolly my fav two creators. And if you care, my first vehicle was a Thermoquad breathing, 4.30:1 geared, Hot for Teacher cam’d, 72 Challenger dressed with Cragar SST’s, G60’s, air shocks out back, and skinnies in the front that I bought from my dad at 14…68 Chargers are my all time favorite car, Christine and Bullit are my favorite car movies.

This video was incredibly relatable...I live in Ohio, this is the norm for bolts here...salt...lol. Great video!!!

The professionalism & excellence with which you work is truly a ballet of ball joint beauty....

I hate working on that shit. Good job guys. Smells like VICTORY !!!

Knee surgery today so i feel your pain...literally. Another fun informative video. Thanks for the distraction. I enjoy the brotherly interaction vibe.

Love it! I fought my bushing install years ago. Had to use some allthread with various pieces of pipe and scrap metal to press them in. Worked pretty well and only slightly bent my upper control arms in the process of learning.

My Dart needs this upgrade, thanks for your efforts to bring and share the information, I'm daily driver 68 Dart Grandma special Slant6 to 318 swap 10 years running since swap, All push to pray Drums 5 on 4 pattern, A904 with Stock dif

You guys are having too much fun.

I have to admit you guys are at the top of my list for entertainment!! and Ave from Canada it takes second place.. you guys are hilarious!! you prove can have fun fixing old mopars!!! Keep up the great videos

Been there.. done that… bought the T-shirt! Thx Jamie!

Get a classic car they said. It will be fun and relaxing to tinker with they said...😁👍

This is exactly how everything goes with my Barracuda!

Man, seeing these just make me want barracuda even more

This is so good!!! pretty much an exact replay of when I did it!

Great video I love the mistakes I thought it only happens to me.

Mmmmm, I can almost smell the decades-old fire-roasted upper A-arm bushings...

Excellent "Old Mopar Real World Scenario". I'm just an Old Fart "Alignment & Brake Tech" for 27 years & your frozen/broken old Mopar suspension is more or less typical. *Tip; @8:05 is THE way to R&R ball joints, BECAUSE there's 2 types, Press In & Thread Cutting (makes it's own threads as it goes in). PS We only ever used Offset Bushings as a crutch when there's no other way to get proper Caster/Camber (usually from previous crash or worn out K-Frame). Hope this helps. Good Luck.

I really appreciate these videos since I'm going to end up doing this. Nice camera work. Separating ball joints...that's what we had to do in automotive school. Ever see the Planet of the Apes movie with Charlton Heston? The crew gets separated when chased by "damned dirty apes" and ultimately they all get captured. Heston eventually finds one crew member named Landon and discovers he's been lobotomized. For some reason this video reminded me of that guy. And NO I'm not saying you guys act like you're lobotomized!

Was any Delta 8 involved in the production of this process? Tech tips are the bonus content! Cheers!😊

we never see you do anything?.... lol..... im telling you what.... you are my go to guy if i have mopar questions.... so keep on doing on.....

Lots of 😂 on this one fellas. The snippet on the step ladder is the standout for me. This video also serves as a reminder that if person realizes their mistake and says "whoopsies" all is automatically forgiven.

Just think, if this were a Reliant Robin you'd be done by now. Glad I'm not the only one who ends up taking days to do stuff.

Good content....yes it's always one step forward and a half step side ways and one or two back when a upgrade or repair is to be done.

Nice rebuild!👍

Tech tip, remove ball joint with a large pneumatic impact gun on the socket, and no matter what, leave the arm in the car!

I kept waiting for the little dude in the corner of the screen to pop up and say "whoopsie"

After a large long battle you gotta say thank you and that's what you did so you should pray before you do it and say you're coming apart and it will probably work for you ha ha ha

Hey Moe! Hey Larry!

You guys are hilarious, thanks for the video 😂

Y'all seem very nice.... cool.....

Thanks Jamie

Good Morning 🙏 Jamie I genuinely enjoyed your channel & appreciate your willingness too enduce self torment , for quality content . However , I'm curious 🤔 and would like your feedback Do you think , it would more beneficial too pre order upper control arms like , UM1 , QA1 StrongArms etc . With new ball joints & bushings already installed ?

Perfect video, that explane alot for me, one question, where are you buying front suspension parts? note that i have a 1966 C-body, thx in advance,

More patience than I!😂

You guys look like you are working in my shop 🤔😜🤣

If you want a good front bumper for that Barracuda I have a nice driver quality one and It's here in Hoquiam.

Wow! I need a nap :⁠-⁠)

For some reason I'm reminded of Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future...

Today on dead dodge garage Role playing as midwest mechanics where 2 hours into the job you wish you could go back in time and just cut everything off to begin with.

Just a few twerks here, a torch there, small hammer here, a larger hammer there, don't for get the chisei air tool, if all fails use a torch. Good jobs guys. I'm sure it was a lot of fun.

Laughed more than I should of - i feel bad now

If ever you get an "R" body, could you showcase the differences in front suspension between the "R" body and the "B" body. I have an "R" body that has a severe alignment issue, from what I noticed, it has a similar/same K member as the "B" body, but the upper control arms do not have camber bolts...Instead, it has like a bone mount that has slotted adjustments that have something similar to pipe wrench jaw type keepers...and the "K" member has body mount bushings. My interest is if camber bolt design is superior, and if it could be converted??? I am also interested if the QA1 front suspension system for the "B" body would fit. Pretty sure the issue is the lower control arm, but if upgrades can be done...why not. I know the lower control arm mounting holes are a regular wear point.

Why does the car have a cat? Shouldn't the heavy drum brake assembly be supported by something other than the rubber brake hose? Or did I miss seeing some supporting bailing wire?

Damn It Boy... Been there, Done that 🤬

Man that was painful to watch but i give it a 4 corn dawg for degree of dificulty I feel your pain n frusteration 😅

Well how about that. I'm the first. Watch your videos on my TV, and can't leave comments. Look forward to all your videos. Thanks.

LOL A bodies are longer than E bodies. And surprisingly a 67 Dart GT is longer than buddies 70 1/2 Camaro.

I’m rebuilding my whole front suspension on my 66 Cuda, I replaced the a frame bushing with centered bolt holes, how is that going to work?

I saved Some frustration in my build by removing the shocks first (I am replacing them anyway)

All of my high performance dodges challengers chargers RT's they basically all had them extra sleeves on the upper control arm bushings both sides I think it's the basically kind of stabilize it a little bit so that uh under severe breaking and that they have a tendency to reinforce the control arm I always put them back on and I take and I burn my bushings out of them that way there's so much easier to work with but it does make a freaking mess and you have black soot all over go do it outside and do it under the dark of night so the neighbors don't think you're burning rubber tires just a word to the wise

Wow! If that poor car could talk, they'd have to cover the kid's ears!

I think I’m going to go buy a Camry now

Install that Aframe on the other side

Yikes . I'm exhausted .

How'd you get it done so fast? I think it took me like 2 months to get the tubular ones in mine...😂

Yup it ain’t always easy like the tv shows

You need a real torch so your can do things and rusty stuff comes apart easier. Heat is a beautiful thing when used correctly. And remember hot bolts leave tattoos ask me how i know.😊

I just got here, what did I miss?

Cannot understand why you had frozen bolts on a 50 year old car,WTF. Good job .

All this video was missing is Benny Hill music-

This is what they cut out of Overhallin.

Never saw myself to say this but don't you ever paint that car its looks cool as hell on patina

Dear lord the horrors. I am shocked and appalled lol….

I went to Rod run

Safety fact #1, safety glasses are your friend, Safety glasses is cheap insurance…….from having a boo boo in your eye!!!!

😂😂😂😂. Awesome. Why are you like you are? Because… REASONS!

Wow, that was hard to watch, made me uncomfortable watching it. Because I have been thru this with bolts on a few of my cars hahaha!

Now I never want to touch that part of my car.

My mopar A body was original, worn out completely and possibly the worst handling vehicle that I have driven ever... Started with the drag link bushings then upper control arms, then completely new steering box and finally a new K member with lower control arms and new torsion bars and a big fat sway bar and koni shocks. It now almost handles as good as my completely wore out 4runner...lol I'm serious

Mmmm .. I have heard of wd40.. I've also heard of spraying bolts nuts, etc... so they can get a really good soaking, at least a day before... Ha! Just joking of course!😂😂😂

Yikes! I ducked five times while watching this action-packed video, and cringed eight times!

👍🏻💯🇦🇺⛽️

Difficulty level, 100 😤🤬😜

REMOVE THE FU$$EN SHOCK

I think your brother is dangerous. I did the same work on my 65 Valiant with an air impact with a lot less hassle.

That was painful.

Ok fear created. My 69 I guess win stay in the barn.

😂

Now we see why you never are shown actually doing anything . . . .

Don't you guys have a torch heat up the under the control arm a little bit sprayed down with pb blast and she'll come right out what happens when you live in the Rust belt