Come along with Eric O. as he works on a Subaru with a press in rear wheel bearing. This job usually requires a lot of spray, new control arm bushings, a torch, a sawzall, and a lot of bad words. In this video we are gonna use BIG NASTY and do what needs doing!
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Big Nasty: http://astore.amazon.com/httpswwwy0837-20/detail/B01C2RTJZK'>http://astore.amazon.com/httpswwwy0837-20/detail/B01C2RTJZK
Big Nasty Quick Chuck: http://astore.amazon.com/httpswwwy0837-20?node=2&page=2'>http://astore.amazon.com/httpswwwy0837-20?node=2&page=2
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--Eric O.
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Eric, Drew Charles here. I'm just glad to watch this again for the 10th time. I always get a kick out of your work. I am always on pins and needles waiting for you to break out the pickle fork. you do a great job and your narrative is superb. anybody on any level of technical experience could greatly enjoy your work. Thank you.
I know this video is over two years old and I still love it over and over thank you again. I don't even know if you still read comments on two-year-old videos, but thank you anyway. Drew-Charles
June 2022 . Just had this very same job done on my 2006 XT Forester. Fortunately things dont rust where I live so a straight forward job. They charged me for 90 minutes labour.
Now I enjoy watching rainman ray but if he had to work along side you he would be saying " WHYYYYYY?!!" All the time.😄
I personally use BP blaster ! I'm pretty sure you have used it ! On the pricey side !
How do you determine what ride height is when tightening that through bolt?
I have a 2006 Subaru Forester with 29000 miles and i hear a whapping noise in rear of car as i,m driving.What could it be?I dont know if its the tires,wheel bearing,or differential.I dont know where noise is coming from.
That's a dumbass design by Subaru no sense in that one bolt being such a beast
why is it always left rear and never any other….
Little trick that everyone seems to forget. If that lower bolt is hashed, you can still just unbolt the lower links from diff cross-member and leave the links attached to the upright. Workin' smarter 🙂
When I worked at the Subaru dealership we would add our own grooves to that bolt and also load it up with tin man goo lol
I have had a few where I replaced both lower arms knuckle backing plate ect it was all a solid chunk lol
Michigan is just as bad but it’s nice down here in Tennessee
I Brooke head off long bolt. Looking for pointers to get bolt out
I dont own a subaru and dont plan to, But I love the knowledge you give your viewers.
I love that monster air hammer. Screw you mr. Subaru!
If you remove the inner bolt from the forward lateral link you can drop the knuckle far enough to get the CV axle out 😊
I can tell that is a northern car.
I took off all the e brake stuff. Pain in the butt.
I still have to press on bearing. Put all.that crap back together. Including e brake…..
Then do the other side. Uggggg
Well that was probably the most informative, detailed learning experience I've watched in a long dam time. I found you just in time to , cause that's exactly what car and part I'm working on. Oh Joy. I'm in the sierra foothills in California, we have are share of salt and crud, so after watching this video I am definitely not looking forward to what's ahead of me.
Either way , brilliantly done video , you just got another subscriber!!
maybe the idea would be to LEASE cars in the salt belt
21: 56 …. HEAT ? to expand …. or cut
i dunno…..the ugga dugga just isn't the right tool for this job……some day somebody will invent the right tool for freeing siezed knuckle bolts in the subaru
Aluminum anti-seize always gets ya It's worse than Copper Anti-seize it's like the plague it ends up everywhere Eric O great video as always Came apart pretty easy @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
Great video seems like a nightmare if you dont have the tools you have having same situation i am having been searching for ideas how to deal with those bolts thanks for all the tips
Always enjoy warching ur videos
Cheers
Wish Subaru would enclose that bolt making it a sealed housing the bolt goes through, but it is what it is always makes great content for sure 👍 Eric O @SouthMainAutoRepairLLC
You never fail to amaze me! Can't believe Subaru made that! I have a 2015 Subaru Legacy hope that don't happen to me any time soon! Thank you!
would a needle scaler help?
It's easier to drop the diff down and slip the axles out that way then mess with that big bolt!!!! And use the hub tamer ofcourse.
WHAAAAT?????
If you already had replacement bushings why not put some heat on it?
Funny because Rainman in Florida talks about how bad corrosion must be up north
when i use to do these i wouldnt even screw around fighting to save the arms. you want a new rear wheel bearing? then your getting 2 new control arms as well or im not doing the job. then use the ford wrench to torch everything off. the money saved not buying new arms was more than wasted in time trying to save the old shit. thankful most of these older subarus are gone now around here and i mostly only see the new style with bolt in bearings.
Liquid wrench works better than Kroil for penetrating rusty parts.
Waiting for the ”Click” but it is the wrong channel
Doing a good job through experience. Meanwhile, back at the dealership theres a bunch of revolving door monkeys that couldn’t change a dome light bulb without a computer program with step by step instructions complete with an inflated time to be billed for. They usually only stick around long enough to get ass deep in debt to the Snap on man.
Subaru backwards is u-r-a-bus just saying
This would be one of many reasons that I would never, ever own a Subaru
I would have cut the head of the bolt off at 20 minutes, once you freed up the other bushing and drilled out the rubber bushing.
As much time/effort and energy as this took, why not replace the whole hub assembly? I would think in the end, you would save the extra $50-$60 that you would spend on the hub on labor
Kroil spray or Free All spray. It isn't a lube. It MELTS rust.
National brand bearings at O'Reilly Auto Parts are KOYO bearings made in Japan.
In Florida, you can fix an entire car with just one adjustable wrench.
Insert Milwaukee comment
I have 2 to do on an 07…Top of vermont oh boy..
What a bees turd of a job.
Eric you’re right up there with a click clack brothers. Keep up the good work.
In Eric o,s world, failure is not an option, on the way to the rental equipment place for a jack hammer!
Thanks for sharing!
I just went through this myself! I had to replace everything because it was accident damage. I was able to hammer this bolt out with a drift pin but that wasn't the only one I had to beat on.