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Thank you for this video. So clearly explained! Just wondering what kind of brand of tie rod was used. Is this repair also called "outer tie rod ENDS" repair?
Thank you. Yes it is the outer tie rods. You can buy any tie rod brand, they should be pre greased. If you want to keep the car for along time you might want to buy a more expensive one but typically the cost isn’t too far off.
Just a thing I noticed. When your son put that cotter Pin back in. I saw the nut spinning. It wasn't tight around 8 mins in this video. If you still have that car. You might want to check it. But other than that. Great video Father and Son :)
At 4:08 on an 07 will be harder than it looks after not changing it since 07 , in this video the father made parts looser so it's easier for the son to make it look easier to us as we watch this video of a 16 yr old fixing it. Sadly alot of videos don't tell the full truth of how it is in real life. I tried doing the part the son was doing at (video spot - 4:08) and it was super hard to do at home. If you bring your vehicle to a shop make sure you scratch a line on the metal parts that need to be fixed so when it's done you can see if it was replaced or not. FYI
I just had two tie rod ends done to my 2008 Buick Lucerne and it's not that easy maybe some cars are maybe yours was but some cars it's not and I take care of my Buick Lucerne really well. I had a mechanic do it and he said he had a heat treated to tie rods to get them off because they were so tight and so corroded on I guess which my car doesn't look corroded but I trust the mechanic he just said it was a job getting them off. So if people don't know how to do that it would be difficult for the average homeowner not a mechanic to try to get a tie rod off. But again some jobs are not as easy as they are seem to be. You have problems along the way
Bummer, sorry to hear that. I hate it when easy jobs becomes difficult. Good choice going to a mechanic and not making things worse. I have repaired a lot of these and thankfully never had to torch them.
@@dantasticdoingstuff6025 yeah thank you very much and like I said my car is not really that corroded it's in almost mint condition. But it's like anything, small jobs might lead into bigger jobs you just never know what you're getting into. It's like changing the spark plugs on these cars the Buick lucerns they are a pain in the butt the last one and two spark plugs if you did it yourself through the engine. They're good cars but you have to keep them up from what I learned you have to put money in them all the time. I'm at almost 100,000 miles on my 2008 and I'm putting more money into it like new shocks tie rods ball joints trailing arms etc even a new starter and maybe odds and ends of other stuff just to keep it up. But thanks again nice video
@@_doomzday you know I was thinking about that and I agree with you now. That's why I don't trust any mechanics at all. I have only met one honest mechanic in my entire life and he went out of business during the pandemic. That's the only one I trusted and I'm close to 60 years old. But thank you very much I appreciate it
