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i'm gonna go ahead and brace the back
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wheels
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loosen the front
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lug nuts
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and then jack it up and put it on some
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jack stands
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and
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get going
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so i hope everyone's doing well if you
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have any pointers
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or if you have one done one recently
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just let us know what what tips work
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best for you
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and
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let's get this done
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okay so we got
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both tires off
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okay so we jacked up each side
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remove the tires
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and i sprayed i hit all those bolts with
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some
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pb blaster
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to make it easier
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i used a three-quarter inch for the lug
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nuts
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so i hit here
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back here here
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here
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and on the bottom
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next i'm going to use
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um
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i believe that's a 15
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yep i'm going to use a 15 to take these
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off here
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after i mark them
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then after that
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i'll pull these clips here
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i'll take this off as well i may
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yeah i need to take that off
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then i'll remove this
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then i can get to the
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then i can get to the um
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the bolts back there
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okay we are back at it this morning
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so what i've done
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was i've taken this out here
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with a 32 inch
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socket
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and a breaker bar
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either way what i did was i
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tried to take this off here i put the
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nut back on here and started banging on
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it
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wasn't coming out too
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easily
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so i watched a video on someone
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replacing the
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the arm back here
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and i saw that
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they didn't necessarily
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remove
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everything
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as in the the two
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strut replacement videos i found
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on youtube and so what they did was
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since they couldn't get this
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the arm off on the bottom
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this arm down here they couldn't get
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that off so they popped this off instead
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and they left this on
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for the most part and then they started
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banging this out here
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and so i started that
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and you could tell
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i got about maybe
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a fingers length down so far
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and what i'm doing is
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i'm just taking this here
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and i'm tapping both sides
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and it's
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it's pushing this down you can see it's
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going down some more
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so my hope is that
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i won't have to remove
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this here
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the um ball joint connection
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and instead i'm hoping that
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i can just leave this loose
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and then
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push this
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far enough down that would allow me
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to remove the
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strut
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and save a lot of time without having to
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pop any
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ball joint out or remove any of these
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so
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i'm going to continue banging
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this here with the hammer not too tight
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or not too hard and i'm going to go
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on each end so i'm not just um
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damaging or putting too much strain on
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either side
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and i'm gonna stop well i'll keep on
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going i can just um
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remove or i'll just
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take the sound out on these portions so
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it's not too loud for the viewers
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you can see we got
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almost two fingers
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i'm gonna keep going
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it's about 7 30 in the morning
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hope i'm not disturbing my neighbors
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i'm not sure
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yeah we got about
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a half inch to go
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so here we go
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you can see it here
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i'm wondering if i need to put something
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under here to
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support it so it doesn't just fall down
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i should probably put a box under there
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i hope that catches enough
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a little bit of clearance down there
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see i'm almost out here
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and i'm just sticking this back here
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into the groove
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to kind of give me
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a feel for how much is left
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and
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it's got it's probably about right here
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so it's almost out
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and i don't know if it's gonna there's
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pressure that's gonna push it down like
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that
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but um
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hopefully it doesn't
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damage anything
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oh did you see that
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see that
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see how loose this is
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let me put this camera up here
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it actually works
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okay so
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so it looks like
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yeah the strut's ready to come out now
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i just need to
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take off the
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nuts and top
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and
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to do so
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they are right here
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one
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two and three
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i don't think those are
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i think those are thirteen
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so yeah i'm glad i
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took some time so there's one
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to really
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think about
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what i was doing because
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one this is my first time doing a strut
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number two
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i didn't want to
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get too frustrated
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and number three is hot as ever
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so i'm glad i was able to
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spread this work out over a week
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now i'll hold this strip down here
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while i
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remove this last piece
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sorry open mine away
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get this bolt out
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put it in my pocket for now
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and then
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right here
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if i can
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i need
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hope you can see it right there
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let me turn this off real quick
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okay so i got this flipped around i took
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out
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the three bolts up there
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now i just move this down a little
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and voila
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check this out guys
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gonna lay it down
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just as i pulled it out
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and i'll get the replacement
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okay so i got the
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new strut here
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and it's kind of looking
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i'm kind of i'm laying it similar to how
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the other one came out
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lining up the bottom pieces
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and it looks like the only thing i need
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to remove is the
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there's a zip tie kind of thing holding
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on
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um
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an apparatus that holds the um
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one of the hoses in place
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so i will
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try to remove it the way i took it out
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which is
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up
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i'm gonna put it here for now
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until i can get me a bolt
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in place
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lots of patience i guess
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oh boy
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come on
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all right i didn't want that to fall
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oh out
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oh this was
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looking good
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i didn't plan for this to come out i
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should have
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put the bolt in there
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let me try to get it on there real quick
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i'm gonna need some help
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so of course i said let me try to get
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these on real quick
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i got that first one in just a little
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just long enough to hold
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hold it when i put in the rest
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get these started
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and then i'll tighten them up
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sorry i'm not really showing this
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because it's just simply tightening
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the bolts on top that i showed you
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i was removing earlier
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trying to hurry so i don't
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let that hang too long
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i'm thinking that
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when i put the
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strut back into that groove
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what it will allow me to do is
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kind of
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use the jack and the weight of the
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vehicle
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to
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force that well not really force but to
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help guide
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the strut into that groove that i
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removed it from
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without having to
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exert too much
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force
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from me
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so now
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what i need to do is
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i need to get this
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back in the groove
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i should have
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should have waited to
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tighten everything but
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i didn't
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i hope this comes back in there
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okay
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because
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i need it to
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okay did you see that
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kind of move that into place
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and then
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i'm gonna move this out of the way
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and then
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here we go
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come on baby
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just putting this on to hold it in place
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ah of course this pops out
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so i think what i'm gonna have to do is
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put my jack under here and lift it
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maybe
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if
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that's what's needed
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i think
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having this in here
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is gonna
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help
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to hold it in place but really what i
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need
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is to hold that up
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i'm going to put a jack under there
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i should put a stand
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under this
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so kind of make sure it doesn't fall
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anymore
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there we go
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ah these things saved me
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so that's it for now
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i am going to go inside and
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cool off for a bit
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because like i said earlier
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i didn't want to make this a real
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stressful
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activity
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i wanted to kind of
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do some
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and then kind of relax and think about
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my next move
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and then
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plan that out
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and then go to the next
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so
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essentially
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we bypassed removing
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the um
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what is this called down here
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ball joint
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we didn't have to remove the ball joint
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from its position from its
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um
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yeah from its position
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we didn't have to remove this
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completely we just loosened it
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this
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axle nut actually
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maybe
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to keep this from falling someone well i
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can try it on the next one you can
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loosen this out but not all the way
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however
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it did allow this to move
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and let me put the
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strut into
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position
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so now what i'm going to do is i'm going
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to think about how best to
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jack this up
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and there's a little um
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a groove on the back side of this
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strut
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that i have to or it's a protrusion it's
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a little guide
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this right here
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i'm gonna have to get this
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into the groove on the back
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so on the back side of the
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wheel assembly
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there's a little groove like this or a
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little opening
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and so when the strut's coming up into
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place
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it has to fit right in that groove
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so i'm going to have to slowly jack
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this up
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to ensure
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that fits in the groove properly
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and find a way to get well there's a
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there's also
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um
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there's also
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a metal
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guide here at the bottom of this
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protrusion
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and this guide
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has to fit
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on top
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on top of the
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assembly
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so
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you do it this way
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so it'll go in so far so it hits that
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so the groove has to go in and
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the top of the assembly has to
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become flush with the
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um
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assembly here and then
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once that's
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flush i can tighten
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this one
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18 mil bolt here
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and then this
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bolted nut well this is a 15
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that goes on top
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and then this one for the ball joint is
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um an 18 nut here
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and a 15 here
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so
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to be
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continued i need another one of these
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i am sponsored by coca-cola zero
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so if you want to click the link below
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i'll send you one coca-cola courtesy of
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coca-cola bottom company all right
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thanks for watching
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okay so i'm getting ready to
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start
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assembling
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the
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strut
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i got it in the groove or in the the
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holder
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and what i'll do is i'll put the jack
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under here
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and i'll lift from there
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so i don't have to remove this um
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plate
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and i'll slowly jack it up and get the
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strut into
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position
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which is going to consist of
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getting this
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here this groove
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or that
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protrusion into this groove
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so i'll get this down in here
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and i'll continue jacking this
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until
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this here
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is flush with this
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after which i'll put this
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bolt
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back in that's the 15 mil
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and then
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this one down here which is the
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15 and the bolt and 18 on the nut
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so
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before i do that i need to
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make some room here
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move this cardboard out of the way
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and then
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get the jack ready
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and put it under there i'll be right
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back
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okay so i'm going to make some room here
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i'm going to get the jack into position
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and clear up some space
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okay
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get this out of the way
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okay so i gotta get right under
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the bulging
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kind of wonder
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let's see if we can
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take a good look at that i'm not sure if
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you can see the angle
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so i don't want to
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damage the ball joint
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i don't want to damage the back plate
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it's these times
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times like this that you carry one of
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these
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keep one of these in your arsenal
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let's hope that works
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i don't want it to slip off
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so
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you can see that's protecting the ball
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joint
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so
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i'm going to
00:24:02
slowly jack that up
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i don't know if i need to put some lube
00:24:06
here
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so you can see up there
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there's a little
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protrusion there that i want to line up
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down here
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so what i'll do is i'll
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slowly jack this up
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until it gets closer to that
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protrusion and then i'll make sure that
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i'm
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lining it up
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i wish i had a
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helper out here
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help one helpers on the zoom call
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the other two are sleeping
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i just need to make sure that that's
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okay
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this is up here
00:25:02
not a very good angle i wish i had a
00:25:06
better
00:25:07
thing better way to hold this
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so i'm jacking it up but you can see
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here
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i need to make sure this is going in
00:25:24
properly
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looks like it's kind of
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going down and at an angle
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so
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i need to
00:25:37
figure out how i can get this in there
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damaging anything
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see if i can give this a tap
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tap it the other way
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just need to make sure it's going in
00:26:00
there
00:26:01
so right now would be nice if i had a
00:26:03
little remote control jack or i could go
00:26:06
a little at a time
00:26:09
but they don't
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so
00:26:13
this is where we're at
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okay
00:26:22
hopefully you can see under there
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kind of wish i could see it from here as
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it's been jacked so
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so i can guarantee
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that it's moving up properly i probably
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should spray it
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put some lube on here
00:27:03
i could also check to see if it's
00:27:06
going in
00:27:08
by inserting this key
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in the groove
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so it's about
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this is where i have the key inserted
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so they push on it
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and go into the groove
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let's see if i can get it from back here
00:27:48
so it's down about that far
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so it is going in
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put this up here
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so maybe you can get a better
00:28:00
angle to view it moving up
00:28:04
from this side
00:28:08
and then
00:28:10
what i'll do is i'll go back and
00:28:16
continue to
00:28:18
jack it up
00:28:24
well watching it from this bottom side
00:28:28
make sure everything's okay
00:28:33
it's not really a good view
00:28:42
oh but you see that move a little
00:28:47
ah
00:28:49
i hope it doesn't move a lot
00:28:53
i gotta support it with the jack stands
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and i'm just using this jack to
00:29:01
move it along
00:29:04
the groove
00:29:13
strut up in there
00:29:30
it's kind of lifting the vehicle a
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little so i need to
00:29:36
maybe tap on the sides
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to get it to go in
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00:29:54
oh i said i wasn't supposed to be
00:29:57
pounding because
00:30:01
this is just doing a
00:30:02
zoom call
00:30:04
which has all that screw in there
00:30:17
i could just tap those a little more
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i can get
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it to line up and fall into the groove
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and there's already a lot of pressure
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so what i'll do is i'll release some
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tension from the jack
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enough to
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release some pressure here
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and then maybe see if i can wiggle it
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and then get back at it
00:30:48
okay so i'm gonna put this back here
00:30:52
we can see okay
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okay so
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my lovely assistant is here
00:31:01
and what i did was i lowered the jack
00:31:04
some
00:31:05
so that i can
00:31:08
we
00:31:12
can
00:31:12
see this kind of moving a little
00:31:19
so it looked like
00:31:22
this was at an angle
00:31:24
by itself already okay
00:31:26
go ahead and um
00:31:30
go up and then slowly down
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okay up and down
00:31:39
just like fast yeah go ahead and go down
00:31:43
up and then down again
00:31:47
oh wait wait
00:31:50
this is sure where
00:31:52
i'm going
00:32:12
damn crazy okay go ahead
00:32:16
up and down again yep
00:32:20
oh
00:32:21
no sweet
00:32:23
that's not
00:32:24
let me tap on it a little
00:32:44
oh did you hear that yeah
00:32:48
so you could hear that pop where this
00:32:50
thing dropped down
00:32:52
and
00:32:53
we're not quite to this
00:32:56
the
00:32:57
leverage here where
00:32:59
we need to be so go ahead and
00:33:02
go up and down again
00:33:05
okay right there for now
00:33:09
stay right
00:33:12
[Music]
00:33:23
okay up a there bit
00:33:25
down
00:33:28
some more
00:33:30
go ahead
00:33:34
okay hold on
00:33:41
up and down
00:33:51
[Music]
00:34:03
without getting my fingers in there
00:34:06
that's scary
00:34:10
so let me show the viewers
00:34:13
what i'm talking about
00:34:20
so we're that far
00:34:22
and it looks like we're pretty
00:34:27
lined up pretty good you see that
00:34:30
so go ahead and um lift it again okay
00:34:34
push down
00:34:37
okay
00:34:38
a little bit more
00:34:42
okay stop right there
00:34:44
so now i'm gonna bang on this and it's
00:34:46
gonna drop some watch
00:34:48
[Music]
00:34:56
looks like we're getting lined up pretty
00:34:58
good
00:34:59
[Music]
00:35:02
put this aside for a while
00:35:10
i have to give it some good bang in
00:35:11
there banging on that
00:35:15
look at that man
00:35:17
okay go ahead and go down and up again
00:35:24
okay right there hold it
00:35:26
now let's hope this next bang will get
00:35:28
it in the groove without any issues
00:35:32
[Music]
00:35:39
check it out
00:35:42
let's see if it dropped too much but oh
00:35:45
yeah look at that
00:35:46
we are in the groove
00:35:49
now i just need to get the
00:35:52
it looks like it needs to come back
00:35:55
a little this way
00:35:57
oh i shouldn't have stuck my finger in
00:35:58
there but i need to get
00:36:01
these two flush
00:36:03
so go ahead and lift it again
00:36:06
go ahead push it down
00:36:09
all the way down
00:36:13
one more up and down again
00:36:16
okay right there
00:36:19
so i'm gonna hold it here while i hit
00:36:20
this
00:36:22
[Music]
00:36:31
there we go
00:36:43
it's just about there you can see a
00:36:45
little bit of
00:36:47
you can see some light back there
00:36:51
see
00:36:52
see that little hole right there
00:36:55
it looks pretty much
00:36:58
looks like it's seated on this side
00:37:01
versus over here
00:37:06
okay so let's go up one more mom
00:37:10
okay right there
00:37:12
[Music]
00:37:20
looks like we might be
00:37:23
there
00:37:28
see that groove
00:37:30
where you see that it's
00:37:32
flush
00:37:34
so this parts in the groove
00:37:36
and then this part is flush with
00:37:40
this here so those two are flush i just
00:37:42
need to take a picture and see
00:37:45
verify that it's a hundred percent
00:37:48
flush before i start tightening it up
00:37:52
and then like i said i'll put this 15
00:37:55
mil bolt in here
00:37:57
and then
00:37:59
the ball joint one down here
00:38:04
okay so now i'm going to put in the
00:38:06
bolts
00:38:10
and this one is a 15.
00:38:14
hey everyone thanks for watching
00:38:16
i didn't include the rest of the
00:38:20
parts of the video which basically
00:38:23
are putting everything back in reverse
00:38:25
order
00:38:26
there's other videos linked below that
00:38:28
have that information i'm sure you've
00:38:30
seen it over and over again it's
00:38:32
straightforward
00:38:34
just put everything back the way you
00:38:35
took it off and most importantly make
00:38:38
sure you torque
00:38:39
everything to spec i do have some links
00:38:42
that i'll include below
00:38:44
and i'll also put some
00:38:46
torque specs
00:38:48
along with the parts and tools used
00:38:51
in the description and also visit
00:38:54
lamontbegay.com
00:38:56
which will have a page on the ford
00:39:00
escape
00:39:01
right now it's currently
00:39:03
dedicated to the 1995 nissan d21
00:39:07
where we have a weekly blog
00:39:10
including parts
00:39:12
and tools for that
00:39:14
project so again thank you for watching
00:39:17
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00:39:19
and i hope this saves everyone a ton of
00:39:22
time and frustration
00:39:24
thank you to everyone that contributed
00:39:26
and you have a great day bye
