Kia Soul Strut and sway bar link Installation
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2023
- 2011 KIa Soul with the 2.0 liter engine. I am doing a strut install on the car and the customer picked up junkyard struts. The driver side was the worst one as it was making the most noise. I do not warranty parts like this as I cannot guarantee the parts condition.
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Really one of the best “how to” videos I’ve watched… on this or other subjects! You seem to have a knack for describing the little details that a newbie like me needs to be aware of, but without letting the minutiae get in the way of the important info. IDK, just a well paced and focused presentation!! Great job! Very helpful!!!
Thanks for the links and torque specs too.
Thank you very much. I try to go over everything I can without making the videos an hour long and showing every bolt and nut being removed as it can get boring I think. I try too also give torque specs in every video I do.
I had someone over tighten the lug nuts on a kia soul2011 and loosen the strut bolts the upper ones what would that make the car do
I'm gonna do this on my 2013 Soul next weekend when i get my parts from rockauto. Not sure why your guy didn't choose to buy new loaded struts with springs for only $65 each. But it is what it is. But thanks for showing how simple it is. Oh and its nice to see someone NOT just using hand tools.
I think he went with what he could get the fastest. I would have preferred the loaded struts. It makes things way easier.
Thanks for mentioning rock auto for parts. Was going to order off eBay, but you never know what you gonna get off there.
try putting a screw driver under the nut press down and try to loosen the nut.
43.4- 50.6 on the strut assembly lock nut for the 2014 kia soul. Seems to be the same specs for the 2011 soul. The 2014 specs match the same specs you mentioned on the other bolts so it seems to be correct.
Thank you for letting me and everyone else know.
In my opinion: Wouldn't hurt to put a dab of blue thread locker on being the bolt is already stretched.
That being said, the day before working on suspension you'd want to put Marvel Mystery Oil on the nuts. Then go for a 5 or 10 mile drive before breaking them loose.
If you don't know the torque specs you could use a torsion needle torque wrench to see when the fasteners give. Typically better than following torque specs because you can actually over torque a fatigued fastener even when following specifications. It's best to replace the fasteners, but when using old stuff, you have to be more careful about how you go about it. Especially when rebuilding engines.
If that makes no sense & you don't have a needle flex torque wrench, you could count the threads per inch, measure the diameter & research the bolt head marking to find the exact torque specs. That's the most absolute way. However, with foreign made stuff there's no telling because they often do not mark bolt heads & their metallurgy tends to be sub American standard. Best to reduce the specified torque by 2 foot pounds & apply a thread locker. Blue doesn't turn glassy & comes off without a torch. You can apply fresh blue over the old powdery looking stuff for the same binding strength. Red would have to be die cut to clean & you never want to apply heat to a reusable fastener because it largly removes the temper rendering the fastener compromised.
Do u have to do an alignment afterwards? Thank you really appreciated
I normally recommend doing one to my customers when doing any steering or suspension work.
Not. don't need it at all. if you don't remove your tie rod you don't need any alignment. this is a trick mechanic use to take your money. I have done this 5 times and nothing happened.
Do you have to replace the sway bar links when doing this or was it only because they'd gone bad
I did it because you have to atleast remove one end and these were bad anyways so it just made sense to go ahead and do it at that time
Why does the top nut on my Kia soul spin, doesn’t loosen.. how can I pull it out?
That is the nut to remove the top hat and spring. Make sure you have a coil caring compressor on the spring before removing that because it could hurt or even kill you if you are not careful. Plus, you may need an allen style or torx style bit to hold the shock rod/piston to get the nut off.
I had the same problem the top that was spinning I got one side done but the other side I had to put the air tools with a air compressor on it and it came off. That's my only suggestion is when you can't get it off and just spins like that put a air ratchet on it and I don't know why but it works