How To Replace Rear Lower Control Arms Jeep Liberty/Dodge Nitro. Project Renegade Ep.09 

Love the fact you show all the possible screw ups that could happen

Thanks for your hard work putting these videos togther. My wife drives 04 jeep liberty and your videos have helped me a lot of times.

I would to say thank you for your video, I just picked up a 04 Jeep liberty and your videos has help learn that I can do a bit more things than I have done so far. 🍻

Thanks for the video, Great work and great detail. Unfortunately my lower arm snapped last week sue to the rot. With this video I’m confident to give this a go.

this is the best HOW TO i've seen. :) Well done. the problems you had, are small. when i work on vehicles. NOW THATS when people can see annoying, nothing goes right, problems! for instance; 2004 gmc sierra 1500, dash cluster stopped working, transmission only worked in 3rd gear. bought new cluster, installed worked fine for 1 hr. but radio wasnt working. SO next day i removed radio, everything seemed fine, plugged radio back in, and radio worked. Wife takes truck to store and dash cluster not working. BUT as she drives further, it slowly starts to come back. lights that display info, mileage etc, then gauges, then backlights. ... had a garage look at it, they couldnt figure out whats wrong with dash/radio. because everything worked fine when they had it. LOL WTF! We get it back,,, same problems.... OH and the transmission problem, they found previous owner had a fuse in the wrong place. tranny works fine now.. On my 2003 jeep liberty changing rear caliper, bottom bolt turns almost all the way out nicely, and then snaps off??? ... :) and the 2003 rear caliper bracket isnt easily replaceable.. so drill n tap,,, and drill bit breaks, no extras, call friend for a 45 minute ride to autozone, get back home and then once drilled, where is the right sized tap? F**K! (the only tap thats missing from the set, the one i need) 45 minute trip back to autozone... :) i hate working on vehicles... because of the problems i have when working on them. it's never easy, even the easy shit, is never easy! AND if someone else comes over, picks up a wrench NOT ONE PROBLEM REARS ITS UGLY HEAD! USUALLY they just breeze thru it... still have the dash problem tho.

i did this today and it was a pain. The suspension shifted alot, and I didnt think i would ever get it lined back up. Had to use another jack to lift the suspension, and allign the control arm. Then the sway bar was shifted upwards, and had to lower the suspension some to get the bolts in the sway bar. You made it look easy. Great video.

Thanks for the "real world" wrenching and advice. My 06 Renny is at 292k and doing great but I started to replace all these little things that I know are issues. Thanks for the help.

Great Video. Very detailed thanks for sharing. I appreciate you.

Good video, I'm purchasing 2004 Renegade so you're the go to man , I have a good feeling I'll be doing alot of type replacement on mine thanks for making these videos for those of us who own 2002 thru 2007 Liberty Thanks......

Beautiful. Thank you for the walkthrough.

hey no probs, this is real tells me if i want to atempt the work, good work far as im concered

Awesome Video!!!! Only wish you'd shown the bolts that released the exhaust also.... Great Job!!!! Love the fact that you show the problems and difficulties with your videos!!!!!!

keep the mistakes in the videos. I learn a lot from these.

Ha ha ha! Don’t be too hard on yourself Brotha! Love your vids! They are real! No bullshit, you show all your mistakes and make them right. This is how the everyday backyard mechanic would do it. Your time is appreciated! SUB EARNED! 😎

really good DIY videos :)

theas are recalled if you have your receipt you might be able to get reimbursed ,the front ball joints are recalled too along with several other things. i just bought one and there's 4 things that i have to go to the dealer for recall next week thanks for the vids

Good job.

Thanks for the great vídeos about the Jeep liberty. One question. I have a 2004 Jeep liberty and I feel a wobble in the black at highway speed Do I have to replace the rear lower control arms like in the vídeo?? Replacing them will correct the wobble? Once again. Thank you

Good vid rock thank u rock. U rock

Thank you!!!

11:30 Do you know what size bolts these are ??? Mine snapped when i was taking them out haven’t been able to find replacement for a week now .

Thanks

Would you provide details of the camera setup you used to video the ball joint while you were driving?

Trying mine now, seems the forward bushing on the arm is 3/8 wider than ones I took off yet part number is correct, any ideas?

Wow what a pain having to remove the exhaust. Where did you get the expanding ratchet? That thing was cool. Also what camera are you using. And you said you had bad quality with your GoPro what model was it because some shoot in 4K

I PB blasted my rear ball joint, got 15mm bushing side bolts loosely on triangle. Bolt out ball joint carrier. How can I get joint out axle without taking three big bolts attached to axle. Would hammer be ok to pound up on triangle. Shocks easy piezy and ride has improved. If you are in UT Welcome to video mine. Thinking about OME lift kit heavy springs, blistein shocks

Just learned that I will not be going home to do it myself today.... Not beat... Will pay a shop.... Lol

This video is fantastic even though I'm a female I think if I had the tools I would be brave enough to try this great video. I am looking into buying a 2007 Jeep liberty and this is one of the recalls they had been talking about

decided to put new arms on this diesel axle wraping from torque. Almost most done but how can I get Muffler out two bolt loose is there way to lift up and move muffler out way? My 21mm torqued down on axle like mofo at least 300 pounds it felt like. Yours easy lol, my arm still sore two breaker bars.

was wondering how you go the 120 pounds of torque on the control arm fasteners. Due to there postition I couldn't get enough force on my torque wrench to get it to click. I just tightened them as hard as I could, and hope that was enough. lol

Hey Rocky have you done upper control arms on the fronts yet? I remember back in 09 there was a recall but mine are bad again

My liberty pulls to the left when i accelerate and jerks to the right really hard when i let off the throtle too fast. The only thing i can find that causes this much axle play is the control arms. Is this accurate before i buy the part? I dont think im covered under the recall because its a 2002

Well if you Jack it up by the differential the weight of the Jeep compresses the stuff all back down about the same as it would setting it back down completely since I have no way to reach the bolts once I set mine back down. I’m a big guy and don’t have ramps or a hydraulic lift.

You’re telling me! I’ve just about rebuilt my entire suspension and none of the videos ever seem take as much work as I end up doing. And I have no impact wrench. Mines an 06 Jeep Liberty Renegade Model and basically looks like yours except I have the lights on top. Well and mines green.

How about rear upper triangle, hammered down and now have a lot of movement in rear end up and down. Guessing Triangle can this be changed leaving tires barely touching ground. How do we get ball joint out. About ready to order new parts, moog 3535 as little play drives side tie rod. Guessing I should get rear ball joint maybe whole triangle. Better check my control arms and I bet my shocks are shot. Pretty clean jeep you have there like no rust except that control arm!

Ok got it done here is what I did. Jack up rear axle, put jeep on jack stands both sides. Unbolt upper joint, pin slides out with tapping. Use Jeep jack and piece wood to push up on A arm until it pops. My two Arm control bolts lose first before jacking. Put new one in place I got one bolt in on bushing side left one out. With axle up high almost with all weight of jeep I aligned up new ball joint played around with jeep jack on nose of axle to tilt plus big floor jack still pushing up high on axle with most of jeep weight if not all. Used fogging oil on hole to help new ball go in. With strap around axle I pulled it down plus fiddle with two jacks got it to go down plus pry tool open up ball joint support mount. Once down good enough I inserted bolt with stop turn on it 18mm. Now drop jeep you have ball joint done and one front bushing bolt loose. Grab arm and pull push line up holes and screw driver to pry. Got bolt in and sent it home. Tighten up other bushing bolt. You can easily remove two bolts on muffler to gain access to passanger bolt. Same goes for control arm.

nice job. that amount of corrosion is pretty disturbing. was that caused by salt on the roads in the winter or amazingly poor alloy choice from the beginning?

Does this all apply to the 2007 dodge nitro?

I have a 2004 jeep liberty that swings sideways a lot when I release the foot of the gas throttle, I already changed the rack and pinion, all the front ball joints and still doing it, is a very rare sensation of insecurity, what could it be? ? please help me !!!

I just had this done today to my 07 Liberty.It was a recall,so my cost was nothing.I am curious to know what this type of repair costs.

There was a recall on those control arms.

Chrysler has actually done a safety recall on the Liberty rear lower control arms. You might be able to get a reimbursement. Just had mine done for free at the dealer.

Hey I have the same Jeep. Do the rear wheels sway while letting off the gas at high speed? I was told I have bad rear lower control arm bushings...

Also why not put the bolts on the control arms in the opposite way so if they ever have to be replaced again muffler and shock wont have to come off again.

on the passenger side i just put a jack under the muffler and jacked it up and took the bolt out easy squzee

So why not just use the jack to jack the rear end back up so it you can tighten the control arm bolts without the tire on.

This isn’t for a 2007 nitro anyone have a video on that

These have just been recalled. Your dealer will now fix this for free.

Jeep/Fiat will go down in history as the rust plagued money pits they truly are….