A lot of these repairs I can't do on my own. No shop. No ramp. Living in an apartment complex, no private garage, no electrical outlet, no storage for equipment or tools, but good knowledge in the videos for future reference or to bring up eith my mechanic. I like the mechanic in the video. She sort of speaks in layman's terms, so I understand what she is explaining. Very knowledgeable. 👍.
You're literally making excuses. I live in NYC in an apartment and keep simple tools to do all the work on my car myself while freezing my ass off on the sidewalk. You don't need a garage, electrical outlet, no private garage, etc. All you need is the determination to do the job.
Try to find a spot in your neighborhood you can do some work at and not bother anyone.. unless it is against the rules of the neighborhood and they enforce it.
You are SO awesome. I am a female who has to work on my own f150. You have opened my eyes to a lot of things. But you make it look so EASY!! it's still hard for me, but you definitely draw the picture of "how things work". Thank you
Great video. 1A Auto has helped me diagnose, order the correct part from them, and repair many issues with my vehicles. The real time video of the problem helps a lot.
I haven't been able to diagnose the problem with my Maxima for months after watching many many many videos. Finally, someone has answered my questions with clarity! Thank you ma'am
I love seeing these real world issues and how to fix them. So over those shows pitching $10000 tools that they only show being used on new cars. More rusty old vehicle repairs please!
Another outstanding video from you guys. I just redid the entire front suspension on my crown vic. All went well but the Pittman arm was a bear. Had to cut it and drive a chisel in it to get it off .
I have 2 foresters like the one in the beginning of the video and have always had slight wobble at high speeds. I always saw the control arm bushings were dry but Mechanics told me not to worry about it. Great info👍
I think she just solved an issue I've been experiencing at high speeds as well. Whether or not this is the case, the information was invaluable because I was out of ideas. Ironically I just happened on this video today. Thank you, Sue and team. Yall are exceptional.
I really like this mechanic! She got into every problem I am working on this weekend! I bought 1A parts on Amazon and am excited for them to arrive. Thanks for all of the mazing videos!!!!!
For a Taurus/Explorer/Flex, its not easy to replace a lower control arm bushing, need a heavy duty press, easier to replace entire arm assembly. Another great video
Yeah I have a bad bushing on my passenger control arm need too change before this road trip from Florida to Ohio. Change many things the clunking noise won’t go away give my second thoughts bout driving that far
I had a control arm start to come apart from rust. I was surprised because the car was in really good shape with low mileage. Fortunately I found it before it found me. I got new parts from this channel. She’s been good since.
Those control arm bushings sound exactly like mine so pretty sure that's my issue, thanks so much my usual mechanic just said everything looked fine when I asked him about it
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Thanks so much for your video!! Losing my mind trying to figure out what was causing the strange wum-wum-wum loud road sound in the front end of my 2001 Silverado ext cab 2WD. Was considering the wheel bearing assembly might be to blame. Still have to wiggle the wheel and test for that. Tires are showing a little cupping.. been making the sound for about a month or so now. Just this week it started that nasty creaking sound you so clearly demonstrate in your video. Got to jack the thing up tomorrow and do some investigating. Thanks for the wonderful information!!
I saw some lateral movement in the lower ball joint also probably causing the "clunking" noise. In my experience these parts usually all go bad at the same time or one right after another. There's most likely the whole lower control arm including the lower ball joint that you can buy and replace at once fixing both problems. One more thing I might add is that once you hit 100000 miles or close to it they start failing.
Primera vez que veo una mujer mecanica ademas de explicar bien es guapa, eh visto apenas un par de videos de ella y me parecen estupendos ya aprendi porque mi carro tiene ruidos en la suspension. Felicitaciones y gracias.
Good video. I had a rattle in my Volov V70 recently, and it was sway bar links. Done my control arms 3 times. Doing tie rod ends right now - I have sounds when I make left turns - left inner one is bad.
Gosh sister! I wish I could have you go through my 2010 Ford Ranger. So far I've got 4 news tires, new sway bar links, new ball joints, new axle, new cv joint, new brakes, new rotors. It's feeling real tightened up and solid but what I've had 3 different mechanics looking for is an obvious clunk in the drivers side front wheel. Before all this work it was random, on flat highway and and 6 miles of dirt road I drive a couple times a week, and especially on hard turns both right and left, both in and out of 4wd. After all the work listed I did not hear it on 45 miles of highway home from the mechanic but after putting it in 4wd to get in my ¼ mile of snow and mud driveway the same damn noise is still there! This has drained me in every way imaginable. And still a clunking noise! I've yet to get it back out in the highway to see if i hear it there. I can't imagine all these mechanics in up to their elbows on all these projects haven't figured it out and fixed it yet ! Your vid was helpful.
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You know what I find unbelievable? This is the 2nd EVER woman mechanic I have seen on RU-vid and she's actually EXPLAINED what the component does and how it works! In real life, I only ever seen one. Amazing.
Has any similar work been done lately ? By amateur ? OPQRST Onset, Provoke, Quality, Radiate, Site, Timing. Onset - When and how did it start ? Provoke - What makes it better or worse ? Quality - Squeal, squeak, chirp, grinding, etc Radiate - Is it coming from somewhere else, like a shaking steering wheel. Site - Exactly where is it happening ? Then inspection. Instrumentation - OBD2, battery tester, stethoscope, smoke ...
It would be nice if you said the year, made and model you're using as a model, "Valga la redundancia". Even if that's not the car were working on. But thank you for all those good videos.
i love your videos and all. but i think lots of people aren’t buying car parts from 1aauto is because we don’t know the quality of it vs say oreilys or advanced auto parts store. i hope on your future videos you can show how parts are on par with other store or something. hope that will give you more business. im a big supporter of DIY and people can safely and cheaply fix their cars if they believe they can do it. instead of getting ripped off.
