Chevy HHR / Cobalt Lower Control Arm Replacement, Mechanic Rant and New Project! 

Sh*t happens, Captain America..."Sh*t happens."

I had a wheel come off a 64’ Ford F600 on the highway because some idiot mechanic forgot the axle cotterpin on the front drivers side… Thank you for your rant…I can appreciate it personally…every gives me a hard time about my use of a torque wrench…but my bolts don’t fall out and come off when their supposed to…Thank you for the video…

Doing this on my daughters 2010 HHR. Replacing bushings and ball joints. Already cut off the ball joints. Factory rivets.

Excellent JOB!

Very well done

I love you're attitude of do the thing right. Great rant I agree 100%, I was a certified mechanic/technician for more than 30 years. Wore out 3, 1/2" drive torque wrench's. You can only calibrate them so many times, then you have to replace them if you want to be accurate and safe. Keep ranting my man, it needs to be heard and learned.

Great video, thanks a bunch sir!

Great video you help me, thank you.

Excellent video! Thank you. Semper Fi, USMC.

Me a very crotchety-ex-GM field engineer, JR is correct, pay attention to his information on torque, very important. I would emphasize the importance of a well made factory quality part. You are riding on the Wheel Hub so junky light weight pieces here are a recipe for disaster when you least expect or need it. If you do not know what you are doing or do not have the proper tools, get the needed well made tools and torque wrench and proper information. I use spray lube 24 hours to disassembly and let it soak over night. Spray it like you own the chemical company. I love my Chicago P, air 1/2" impact and use it on the dash if I could get it in there. I use a series of wobbly adapters and can take bolts out from across the yard with enough extensions. Remember that each extension added reduces your torque and changes the tightening turns and possibly the sequence. I always recheck the bolts the next day or after a 'stunt-girl' test drive. Sometimes in the day of repair, try to tighten the slightest amount on very rusty and then let it soak, then you can remove, use Loctite as required and spray lube as you may take it apart again in a couple years or a month if you are a stunt driver like me...keep the dirtysidedown, stungirl

Great video bro..

Many repair shops should be named THIRD TIMES A CHARM !

Thanks for the video! How do you check the torque and make sure they’re on properly? I’m a fan of fixing things on my own because of how expensive mechanics can be but I do want to make sure it’s done properly and safely.

Dude. You are awesome. I’m looking at an ‘’08 SSR, and outside of the automatic transmission, the other thing repeatedly mentioned is the control arms. The automatic transmission? Yeah, no. 6 speed manual please. It’s nice to see that this doesn’t seem to be an impossible task. Any other glaring issues of which you can think as to why this would be a total no go? Thanks for making a video of such comprehensively quality content.

Is it hard to change

It would have been nice to see you installing it, no need to make a video if you're not showing the process.

Clueless !