Great video. Lots of detail. If you had taken the 3 nuts off the ball joint during removal, you probably wouldn’t have had to remove the brake caliper, although it does give you better visibilityTurning the ball joint shaft so that the hole is oriented front to back was an expert move that is not mentioned in other how-to videos. Great job. I might be doing this job in the near future. Thank you, Sir.
Hello! Thank you for taking your time to watch our video and this was the first time we replace a Toyota Camry control arm. We learn as we go. Thank you for sharing that this video is helpful. Take well care!
Alternative to removing the brake rotor shield and all the other stuff is remove the 3 nuts/bolt connecting lower ball joint to control arm then after freeing ball joint from knuckle, just wiggle it out - might have to flex the shield back a little.
thanks...your method of painstakingly explaining every application is very helpful ... it makes the application easy ..oh... the wire that goes through the castle nut is called a cotter pin...be well...peace
My 24 mm bolts keep spinning with the bolt sleeve. Been 2 days struggling to screw these bolts. I can feel the thread on the bolt hole spinning with my finger putting it in. Any idea how can I screw these bolts? For reference these bolts joins the control arm to the bar.
I had the same issue on a 2006 Avalon 140,000 miles where the 14mm x 90 mm bolt goes thru the control arm end rubber bushing. I tried a Sawzall with good quality (Milwaukee) metal cutting blade and it did little more than make a slight groove in the bushing after several minutes and attempts at sawing through the bushing and bolt. I ended up using a Makita 4 inch angle grinder with a flat metal cutting disc to grind through the top and bottom area of the sleeve-bolt to be able to remove the control arm. It took some time to grind through and a couple of discs as the discs would wear down and lose the ability to reach fully through the bolt - sleeve. Guard was removed from grinder, gloves and a face shield are a must. Patience and Ear plugs definitely recommended. Rust on the control arm bolts make this job a miserable time consuming struggle and not one for the DIYer with minimal tools and experience! Perhaps the repair shops use a cutting torch to cut out the seized up bolt and sleeve and living with the burning rubber and smoke, but not something I was anxious to try before I tried the grinder cutting wheel operation.
Shop labor hours shows roughly 2 more hours for an 08 Avalon as compared to an 08 Camry. Have you ever done a (same year) Avalon and, if so, did it take 2 more hours & why?
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Great video. Lots of detail. If you had taken the 3 nuts off the ball joint during removal, you probably wouldn’t have had to remove the brake caliper, although it does give you better visibilityTurning the ball joint shaft so that the hole is oriented front to back was an expert move that is not mentioned in other how-to videos. Great job. I might be doing this job in the near future. Thank you, Sir.
Hello! Thank you for taking your time to watch our video and this was the first time we replace a Toyota Camry control arm. We learn as we go. Thank you for sharing that this video is helpful. Take well care!
Alternative to removing the brake rotor shield and all the other stuff is remove the 3 nuts/bolt connecting lower ball joint to control arm then after freeing ball joint from knuckle, just wiggle it out - might have to flex the shield back a little.
thanks...your method of painstakingly explaining every application is very helpful ... it makes the application easy ..oh... the wire that goes through the castle nut is called a cotter pin...be well...peace
Thanks man! I’ll use all the information that you gave to replace the control arm for my car 🤝
This is a very good video. Thanks, José.
Gracias amigo lo explica muy bien
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This is awesome man.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you! Great Job! God Bless you.
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Great video!!!!
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My 24 mm bolts keep spinning with the bolt sleeve. Been 2 days struggling to screw these bolts. I can feel the thread on the bolt hole spinning with my finger putting it in. Any idea how can I screw these bolts? For reference these bolts joins the control arm to the bar.
I had the same issue on a 2006 Avalon 140,000 miles where the 14mm x 90 mm bolt goes thru the control arm end rubber bushing. I tried a Sawzall with good quality (Milwaukee) metal cutting blade and it did little more than make a slight groove in the bushing after several minutes and attempts at sawing through the bushing and bolt. I ended up using a Makita 4 inch angle grinder with a flat metal cutting disc to grind through the top and bottom area of the sleeve-bolt to be able to remove the control arm. It took some time to grind through and a couple of discs as the discs would wear down and lose the ability to reach fully through the bolt - sleeve. Guard was removed from grinder, gloves and a face shield are a must. Patience and Ear plugs definitely recommended. Rust on the control arm bolts make this job a miserable time consuming struggle and not one for the DIYer with minimal tools and experience!
Perhaps the repair shops use a cutting torch to cut out the seized up bolt and sleeve and living with the burning rubber and smoke, but not something I was anxious to try before I tried the grinder cutting wheel operation.
Shop labor hours shows roughly 2 more hours for an 08 Avalon as compared to an 08 Camry. Have you ever done a (same year) Avalon and, if so, did it take 2 more hours & why?
if you follow this you probably could do it in 1hr 30mins
Extremely helpful. Muchas gracias.
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@@elchanojose22 mm bolt can’t go in. Bolt and thread in hole spin together. Any help Jose?
Excellent presentation. Thanks.
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Oh good job men
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Excellent video! Thank you very much Jose. Side note: I think torque specs are very important.
Calibrated impact driver. LOL