Repairing a very bent control arm after hitting a curb 

nice job Sam! FYI when changing lower control arms the 2 bolts attached to the car frame should be only snug until you put the cars weight (ride height) then tighten up them 2 bolts

Your a hard working young lady

I took two years of auto mechanics in high school 60+ years ago. In the 60+ years of owning cars, and even today, that knowledge saved me many thousands of $$$ by avoiding unnecessary repairs and doing repairs myself including an engine rebuild, clutch replacement, brake jobs, differential repair and automatic transmission replaement (don't have the knowledgfe to repair those).

Excellent repair Sam. One thing I do when replacing tie rod ends is to count the number of turns it takes to separate the inner from the outer. If you do that you can install the new tie rod end the same number of turns and be somewhere in the ball park to send it for an alignment. Heat can be your best friend when trying to remove something that has had Locktite used on it. Just make sure you are not going to damage any seals.

Great job. Your hair is looking so pretty. And your friend seems to be a very nice person.

You’re a good friend doin’ that for her. Well done.

Good old Samantha does it again!

Sam I take the whole inter and outer tie rods out in one piece because you have to measure the right side ( old tie rods to match the new tie rods) If not it will be way out of alignment ( drive horrible)And if its way out it can destroy whats left of your tires.And you should buy the rubber boots as you replace the right and left sides.The boots keep the dirt from getting on the inter tie rod and wear the iter tie rods out .I usually count the threads on the new inter and outer tie rods. Once you count and put the new tie rods in the right places then run the jam nut to keep the inter and outer tie rods from moving.

Samantha, you're just a beautiful soul, always going out to help others my friend. I always enjoy your videos for sure. keep em coming! I'm sure your friend really appreciates you helping her out..

Simply, impressive.

Good job Sam as always, keep them vids a coming. You take care Sam.

I did that once but mine was the other way round, control arm not bent much but steel wheel had a V shape in it where it shouldn't be, the pop the tire made when I did it was nuts. I love repair videos, great vid Sam you are awesome.

Get em, Sam 💪🏽💪

I have no idea what you were doing, and I guess you had no idea before you started. It was fun following your learning process. As this was almost a year ago, you did it right. I’m sure you saved your friend a lot of money. Thanks for taking us along, Sam.

Way to go girl

Natural!

Another chapter of the Learn From Doing book. Good job kiddo. That Lena is a trip.

Great job Sam ... another one for the books.

Samanta, eres una mujer admirable. Tienes ímpetu, predisposición y suficiente energía, que suple y complementa a tu ingenio y capacidad. Demuestras que se puede, aún sin ser fuerte o musculoso. Muchas personas ni lo intentarán siquiera. Saludos de un mecánico retirado.

You're a keeper Samantha

Fantastic job Sam 👍👍 you are remarkable girl ! Keep up the amazing work ! ❤

Nice work there Sam. You have many talents!

nice work samantha

Keep at it Samantha

The little engine, "I think I can." Sam, "Can do."

Donne e Motori....... con te è sempre un eccezione, brava Sam, è sempre un grande piacere vederti all'opera.

I love your video's Sam. I love the Hollywood Undead shirt that girl was wearing.

Great job Sam, suspension components really should be torqued up. relying on impact air braces is not good....great you torqued the road wheel fixings

I like the way u get stuck into these repairs 👍

Good video

I wish my 4 girls were half as mechanically inclined as Samantha but nope, they wont even go camping unless there's a bathroom and shower.

C'est toujours très rafraichissant de te voir à l'oeuvre...Je suppose que tu sais que rien ne peut te résister !!! C'est ton destin !!! Merci pour ce partage !!!

Good job Sam!

Good job. There is a tool you can borrow from Auto Zone called an inner tie rod wrench that made to loosen and tighten the inner tie rod. It is basically a big crows foot wrench.

Have a nice week.

Clockwise tight counter-clockwise is loose. Much easier to remember.

Another great job Sam Next time put a rubber pad down to protect your knees on the hard floor saves a lot of grief later in life ❤

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Ciao 👋 fortunata la ragazza ad averti come amica ! Sempre disponibile e competente 👍 è un piacere guardarvi 🙂 Grazie .

Got er done...

That was a Hard Hit! Those things Dam sure don't Bend easy!

Buenas noches desde Puerto Rico.

"It's rusty NY" 😂 I can relate to that 3500 miles away. 😝 You're violent like a pro. I'm not. 😅

😂😂😂lol chasing bubbles 😂😂😂 she’s a ham Sam 😂😂😂

It’s somewhat comforting when you drive a POS to see that there’s much worse on the road and should be happy with what you ride…

No the poison ivy cream 😭 hate that stuff I get it so bad too

1:43 pinch bolt for ball joint

Awesome job, Samantha! Determination was the key! Thanks for sharing 👍 😊

GOOD JOB SAM!

One suggestion. When using the spare wheel ( thats smaller than the normal one) put it on the rear when its a front wheel driven car. This lady is lucky having a friend like you.

Samantha du bist unbezahlbar. Ich liebe dich 😍😍😍

Stamped sheetmetal control arms... A control arm used to be a hell of a hard thing to bend years ago. lol

FYI, you can use a hockey puck sliced just right to slide onto the pinch weld and lift the car with more control.

Sam never tighten the lug nuts with an impact, it can ruin your rotor by warping it, always a torque wrench when mounting the tires, I was a mechanic for 40+ years, Sam, when you are changing Tie Rod, ends take a measurement of the threads you see, it will make it close when you put it back with the new parts P.S. That tool is a plumbers wrench Sam a trick to get you front end lined up jack up the car make a chalk line in the center of the tires, in the front, measure the distance between the lines, spin the marks to the rear and measure it, then turn the adjusting nut on the tie rod to get the same measurement the same. it will still need to be aligned

Great job! Sometimes, when in doubt about thighty loosy I think about how you open a bottle of soda yhat helps 😅

hi Sam, you can use a zip tie in place of those metal clamps on the rubber boots. we usually cut the clamp and discard it and use zip ties. good job.. btw, what started you to work on vehicles?

Sam, she needs to head to shop for front-end alignment. You are the hardest working woman I have ever seen. You don't give up, and that's good. Best wishes to you, Sam. 👍🫠❤️

The Nissan sounds like the exhaust is leaking. Manifold / flexi pipe blow.

well this became hella interesting suddenly.

Hey Sam 💥💥🍻🍔🛠️🐿️🌺

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A girl's making all the right sounds, but i needed to be there to flip the WD40 nozzles and save time by cutting the old track rods off, which is fine so long as you're replacing them 😎

That's quite a gnarly injury on your calf.

Crows foot wrenches ,maybe....(24:54)

Sam. You are amazing. We need to hang out.

Rule of thumb for every mechanic. Put it back together the same way you took it apart and act like ya know what you're doing. 😂😂 Nina edit: Look up crows foot socket set, they're awesome.

You should get sponsored by Loctite now.

Your. Always. Ready. To tackle. Any. Job.

Next time count the turns as you back the outer tie rod end off and match that to the new one and it will be very close for the drive to the alignment shop. Also throw the pickle fork away and hit the outside of where the tapered tie rod is with a big hammer hard and the taper will fall out and not have damaged the rubber boot.

Do you or your dad have one of those harbor freight manual tire changers? They take some elbow grease but they are great for doing trailer tires or taking a tire off the rim like that, stuff that it's not worth going to a tire shop for.

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Were the inner tie rod ends bad? If not why replace them? Just asking.

Well done but next time before u take the outta tie rod off bust loose the jam nut 1st it makes things alot easier and u won't have to worry about holding the outta tie rod with a pipe wrench to bust the jam nut loose 👍

Bolts have torque specs 🙂

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Sam just sp u know they make a inner tie tool for that job now and u can rent it from your local auto zone or oriellys too also,,,,u need that too now...

The most unconventional use of a basin wrench ever. LOL. It ain't stupid if it works!

Always put the donut on the back so you dont lose steering on the front if it blows

SAM that wheel is toast you could grab one from a junk yard for 20. to $40.00 are you OK ? I SEE YOU GOT BURNED

Fantastic energy. I hope your mechanic torques the tie rod ends. I like electrical so when are you going to make more electrician video? How is learning the electrical code going?

Factory cross threaded 🛠️🛠️🛠️🐿️🤕

Did you know that a little heat will loosen loctite of most varieties in there numbering system

It takes a lot of "stick to itness" to persevere against uncooperative bolts. The only thing that seemed to be in your favor was that it was not freezing out and I didn't see you slip and scrape up your knuckles. Now that it is done you can say, "that was easy", cheers.

But hey, i'm preaching to the expert, now.

Cars are designed to die to make it extremely difficult for the ordinary person to do work maintenance on your vehicle

IF possible would you please film some of your electrical job. Please and thank you.

I hate hate hate jacking with pinch-welds. I *always* crush it.

Sam what happen to your arms? Did you get burnt?

Hate to say it, but the pivot bolt that holds the control arm to the chassis should be tightened with the car's weight on the suspensions. That locks the rubber bushing in place in the control arms "normal" position, and movement up and down creates deflection in the bushing. You tightened with the arm in teh full down position, so now it's always being deflected. Thankfully it's a pretty easy fix. Just loosen it up, lower the car into its normal position, then retighten.

Another job well done Sam, those tie-rod ends were thought but you persevered and got the job done

Fearless girl, very impressive. suspension work can be a frustrating, bloody knuckle experience.. you got through it like a champ.

Pain in the elbow to do that froze up rusty bolt kind of work. Not for the fainthearted.

STRUTH! Samantha a sparky by day. and you can put your hand to anything! WOW there no stopping Samantha. Thank you for another great video from you. and taking time to read this!

Where's the Subaru? Thanks for sharing.

Well done. Next time when changing the tie rods, leave the ball joint connected to the wheel hub until you have the locknut loose. That way the whole rod isn't flapping around and you only need one spanner to crack the nut loose. Once the nut is loose, knock out the ball joint and you can just use the two flats on the rods to put spanners on to unscrew them. Only the thread to the rack should ever have thread lock, not the joint of the two rods, thats the adjuster threat, only the nut locks it.

Hope you checked the rim real good. A hard hit like that can put hairline cracks in it. If that's the case your friend should really get a new rim. They can fail unexpectedly when that happens. I had it happen once, it was a real hair raising stop. LOL

I swear those nissan front ends are not even as tough as a side by side.

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never use your phone while driving 🙂

Better go get an alignment to make sure something else isn't bent or broken.