12.6hr Book Time!? - Front Control Arms on Toyota Highlander V6 AWD (OVERVIEW)

[@stephenjones6030]

Dude, that is SO much work. I hope you are living well and getting paid well. I might need to get this done on my 2013 Highlander. Thanks so much for your video.

[@jorangel87]

I think the 2013 you don’t have to do all that with the sway bar

[@jessesalcido2562]

Dude you got off lucky. Grandfathers A-arms took me 3 days. Had to almost cut every bolt off. Plus he was handing me beer and food every 15 minutes 😋. LOL THANKS FOR SHARING 👍👍👍

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

damn 3 days is rough! Beer on hand helps for sure!

[@timothytomten9843]

just got done with this job on an 07 it sucked. i way under quoted for the amount of rust i had to deal with. was 15 hours with bearing replacement as well. quoted like 6 hours to the guy. 😤

[@Daryl3737]

Your mechanical skills are nothing short of amazing.

[@MichaelFrank-ls6xv]

Great work, man. Give us a tour of your tool boxes? That smaller box looks very well set up - SO MANY EXTENTIONS!

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Thanks Michael. I did a tool cart tour a while back. Not one of my main box yet though.

[@Outdoor_Nathan]

You really are an excellent mechanic! I’m working on a 2004 Toyota Highlander 2WD. I’ve replaced the struts, and now I’m doing the lower control arms, hub/bearing assemblies. I’m working on the front passenger side right now, and I went ahead and put a new motor mount in. I struggled for a long time on that motor mount, so I didn’t want to put the old one back in. The vehicle has 220k miles. Fortunately, no rust at all, on this vehicle.

[@paulolujan1872]

hey there. which motor mount did u use? do u have the part number? I can only find front and rear, no left or right though. thank you

[@tandimay57]

You do not have to lift the motor for the passenger side, only support it. The top bracket of the motor mount can be removed by unscrewing the bolts to the engine. Therefore you can just take it out with the motor mount out. No need to lift the engine above the motor mount.

[@marksatterfield]

Do you have to lift the motor for drivers side?

[@tandimay57]

@@marksatterfieldI believe so, I didn't see any other options. When you life the engine, it's really quite easy, there are 3 cylinder engine mounts on the bottom and one bracket mount on the bottom, and then one dog bone on the top. With all the mounts disconnected, you also have to remove the power steering mounts in case the drive shaft hits the steering rack, then lifting the engine is simply putting a block of wood under the transmission pan and jack it a few inches. Mine was a 2008 rx350 also with 2gr-FE

[@AcuraJ32]

Man you are good mechanic, very impressed how you work buddy! god Bless You!

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Thanks man i appreciate that. God bless you well

[@InexplicableBill]

Love your videos man! This one gave me the info I needed to determine if I can do MY project in the time I have available... which is a big fat NOPE! haha. My wife's former Massachusetts '08 Highlander Sport 4WD has 225,000 miles on it, and it is now my kid's car at school in Scranton, PA. Our Urban Assault Vehicle (as I always call it) has it's spent all its prior years reliably and safely hauling my family's asses around salty New England. I've spent more than half my 55 years in and under cars to know that I'll be dealing with some stripped nut heads and broken bolts from seized rusted threads, regardless of how much PB Blaster and torch heat I use, and that gives me pause! So I have a box of new Toyota components: 5 motor mounts, 2 front sway bar bushings, 2 front lower control arms and 2 ball joints. I did the ball joints about 6 years ago, so I know what to expect from that nightmare, but even though you were working on the previous generation, I know our car well enough to realize that our model is very evolutionary, and the components all connect in the exact same way. I too looked up the hours for these projects on AlldataDIY and its staggering. Toyota recommends removing the engine and transmission. BAH!!! Not gonna happen. Anywho, thanks for helping me quickly realize the one clear day I have today to work on this car in my driveway (before our first 5-8" of winter snow drops TOMORROW) is not going to happen! I'll be doing this project when the youngster returns after his Spring semester. ;) Thanks again for your informative content!!

[@dannorris3207]

Did great but I just did two lower control arms two axles two Motor mounts on 2004 Toyota highlander all-wheel-drive LT took me 4 1/2 hours to do all and didn’t have to loosen all that just the mount on the passenger side rear of the axle and the front motor mount top bolt by the radiator But you did it and got it done good job

[@sandratownsend2369]

Totally agree with you, my mechanic and brother did my 2014 highlander, only took 1 hour and 1/2. He doing too much.

[@shanes3060]

I've been watching your videos and enjoy them all as a fellow automotive technician! Keep up the great content 👍👍👍👍

[@leslieblanchard]

Right side: remove engine mount bracket on engine. LEFT SIDE REMOVE UPPER STUD ON ENGINE MOUNT! SLIPS RIGHT OUT WITH ABOUT 2 INCHES ENGINE LIFT!! (keep all engine mount bolts/nuts out for this procedure, engine resting on subframe)

[@thebeek123]

So I saw the title and waited till I had time to watch it, only to see that it was a 13 minute video. 😂😂

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Haha yeah! Not too tough a job after all. I was a little worried when they said it called for 12.6 hours. They didn't charge the customer anything near that though. Just for how long it took me. Maybe a scoach more, im not sure.

[@marvinvergara6983]

Did you say 12.6 hour??? After I watched your video to study it. Next day I tried it on my 04 highlander took me only 6 hours. Didn't use my drill all ratchet. Only used my drill to removed tires. . That's why I don't want to go to auto mechanic shop anymore . But thanks for your video really helped me out. ,🙏🙏👍

[@clarencewiles963]

Note: he said book time.

[@BeerkegGarage]

Thank you for the high quality video

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

I appreciate the high quality feedback.

[@fastcache]

Thank you for the video! Great info!

[@dekcali2000]

Man I don’t miss working on all those rust buckets back east. you need a breaker bar in one hand and a torch in the other.

[@codycampbell2607]

Love the cart setup. you should show us your setup in detail

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

I did a video on it a while back. Here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/qamnn2eubtmDetk

[@1mach28914u1]

I’m not sure if you mentioned it or not, but where did you get your control arms. Was it genuine Toyota, an auto shop or eBay.

[@jimmartin7881]

Book time is a joke, if I went by book time I'd be out of business. I couldn't charge someone 12 hrs for that and be able to sleep at night, we gotta eat but come on. I guarantee any chain shop would have no problem charging the whole 12.6 to some poor bastard too.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Yeah Generally book time is pretty far off is specially with suspension. Other times it's pretty close and fair. You're right about some shops Ripping people off and being okay with it. Fortunately the people I work with are very reasonable and fair. I think they only charged just under 3 hours. Which is fair in my opinion.

[@steam_gaming_plus]

Great upload. My friend Well done

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@codycampbell2607]

12.6 hour book time .... Toyota’s taking care of there mechanics

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Right! I could see three or four hours especially in the driveway. But 12.6? They must be removing the entire subframe

[@codycampbell2607]

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow I avoid removing sub frames as much as possible . Messes with the alignment to much and never seems to align properly. But what do I know I’m not an engineer

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

@@codycampbell2607 yeah that's true. Especially on those vw's where you shift the subframe for camber adjustment.

[@michellewells4666]

thank you

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

No prob!

[@waylonrozmenoski217]

could you use a floor jack to lift the motor? Do you swap both control arms at the same time the motor is lifted or one at a time?

[@denisurbanczik9057]

Thanks!

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

No problem!

[@Mrdubomb]

Doing the same job on an rx400h, it would be nice if someone came out with a retrofit mount that uses bolts instead of studs, cut out the old mount, slide the new one right in.

[@719vol]

Oh the days when you could basically disassemble a mid-century Chevrolet with a 9/16” , screwdriver, & a pair of pliers.

[@frankdavis8191]

Great video! I wish you were our mechanic. How long did the job take you? I'm interested in purchasing the same make and model. The shop quoted 9 hours. $3200 all total with the other items that need repair. Thanks.

[@elrey5473]

Toyota center quoted me 2,440 , my local mechanic said $1,200 just on labor . Was able to negotiate $800 cash Parts from morg was $260 They did the job in 8 hours .

[@VINNY43098]

I can only imangine what the repair bill was with everything. Looks like you did roters , pads tires ect too. Wow!!

[@davidtolentino4358]

I need the same work done. Are you near around another Hollywood Calif area. ? Like to hire you out fix my control arm in my 2006 toy highlander. Thank you and have a great wonderful day.

[@chargerification]

Interesting! Jacked it up before without loosening the sway bar/exhaust. Didnt bend anything but will it looain it this time, the 2nd time.always doing jobs twice ughh

[@roccit]

Did this last weekend. So glad ours is just FWD :) Question: How does anyone torque those castle nuts on the ball joint? Can’t even get a Crowfoot in there.

[@jjgag601]

i liked the use of the head camera. I am still waiting on the full video on the honda tear down. Part 2 was going to show the new pistons or honing the cylinders. What kind of gloves do you like to wear the green ones seamed to hold up a long time on this job. keep the video coming.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Awesome to hear that. Yeah I thought it came out pretty decent as well. Might start wearing the GoPro on my head more often. I plan on editing the part 2 footage this week. I started on it the other day. So should be up soon. I don't recall offhand what brand those gloves are. I'll take a look when I'm at work tomorrow.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

And thanks man I appreciate the encouragement

[@littleotires5404]

GREAT JOB

[@mikekmalick]

So how long did the job take? I did the job for a friend and I just wanted to know what to charge! I replaced both lower control arms both axles and both right and left struts in 14 hrs. what would your shop charge for that?

[@The_Troll_Lord]

I’m getting ready to do this to my ‘09 this Sunday. Do you think I’ll need to drop the exhaust also? It’s a front wheel drive.

[@davecarr30305]

Great video. Thanks

[@BeeBopGaming]

My front lowers need to be replaced with a front end alignment. Should I go with OEM or Moog or something like that? I’m thinking OEM

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Oem if you can get them for a reasonable price

[@BeeBopGaming]

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow 175 each, but I would rather pay up now rather than moog parts breaking down later. I did a lot of research and moog parts have gone down hill from what it looks like.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

@@BeeBopGaming yeah I would have to agree with that. Worth it to buy the factory OEM

[@matperez1168]

You change the position of engine mount to the driver side??

[@vinniemadrox]

Any idea if this is the same as the lexus rx400h? My local shop also quoted me at 12.5hrs (over the phone), but the actual mechanic is going to look at Saturday morning (after Thanksgiving obviously) and give me a more accurate quote. Not sure if the hybrid system has more parts attacked that make it more difficult? They mentioned something about pulling the trans 🤷‍♂️

[@saffyalgarazi9698]

You don’t happen to live on the East Coast? I think my needs this done and I was quoted a 14 hour book time.

[@professor_deebeats8886]

This guy done mine in 3 hours sheesh that’s long

[@vasantos-re4hb]

Honestly - I own a Porsche Cayman and a Highlander. The Porsche is easier to work on. I am shocked how hard this job is.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

I don't have too much experience with working on Caymans but I will say, most repairs on the Highlanders are pretty straightforward. I was shocked they hid the bolts for these control arms

[@InexplicableBill]

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow same damn design with the motor mounts covering one of the bolts on subsequent generations too. I'm looking at doing this job on our '08 with 220K miles on it before my kid takes it back to college this Fall. NOT looking forward to doing this on my crushed stone driveway. lol

[@victorgomez9583]

When did you quit the shop and do you have a video addressing that?

[@uurkisme]

Well, I get to do this fun project this weekend.. guess itll save me 1600 bucks in labor... probably gonna take more than 2 weeks off my life though so I'm questioning if its even worth it now 🤣🤣

[@davidsnyder2000]

God I wish there were some shortcuts to getting both sides done…That’s a big job lol

[@user-iw6nh9wc7t]

I have Dunn 100 s Toyota control arms only takes 3 hours

[@passZword]

The passenger side is very easy to do. You jack up the engine only about 0.25 inch and it is the same with the Toyota Sienna. 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHLZqZSaf9iJZtU

[@jorangel87]

Is the 2013 the same procedure

[@juliosdiy3206]

How much did it cost?

[@alanolvera3929]

How much did you charge $$$ for that work???

[@DJGrasshopa]

How long did it take to do that whole job?

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

I don't remember offhand. I thought I said it in the video but I could be mistaken. If I was to guess I think it was two hours or so

[@DJGrasshopa]

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow What is the 22m bolt just behind the axel there at 1:32

[@DJGrasshopa]

Never mind just figured it out.

[@bry94608]

Any verdict on loosening the rack? I’m doing it on an 08 RX350 AWD.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Yeah loosening the rack helped out. I feel like the RX would be a little bit different than this one though

[@bry94608]

@@NoNonsenseKnowHow Same thing but didn’t have to mess with the rack, exhaust or sway bar. You don’t have to jack the motor up as high if you remove the mount to block bolts. Thanks for the help!

[@fastcache]

3rd gen rx350 AWD: Passenger side: remove rear torque engine mount bolt, unbolt top nut on both passenger and driver engine mount, remove top engine mount (dog bone). I jacked up the engine with a 6" block of wood on the oil pan (the edge running driver to passenger side and closest to the cabin. Basically near the oil drain plug. Driver side: remove top nut on both passenger and driver side engine mount, remove 3 bottom nuts of the front engine mount (top side bolt access seemed to be a little more difficult) , I had top engine mount (dog bone) bolts out but not for sure if this mattered. I jacked up the engine with a 6" block of wood on the transaxle housing (the edge running front to back and closest to the front of the vehicle). The engine cleared the engine mount so I could just pull the engine mount out.

[@jimmybs]

I came up with a hack that saved me MANY hours. I don't want to advertise my You tube channel on your You tube channel, But I would gladly share if you are ok with that. I DID NOT have to unbolt sub frames, drop the exhaust or loosen the front motor mount.

[@FortInTheWoods]

Intrested in seeing this.

[@jimmybs]

@@FortInTheWoods the video is coming out on Monday.

[@John-sh5ue]

I am interested in seeing this better way

[@arosenberger87]

08 Mercury milan front wheel bearings... Book time by ford 7 hours per side! My mechanic.... Wait for it... 42 minutes total! Book time is a bunch of bull.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Yeah sometimes the book time is really far off. Especially with suspension components. But then sometimes it goes the opposite. Like the other day I did an EGR valve it only called for .9 hours and it took me more like 2.5.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

A lot of time timing belt and water pump jobs are pretty close to actual time. Like a Toyota Tundra 3.4 l timing belt water pump I think calls for about 4 hours. Usually takes around 3 if everything goes smooth.

[@gsr2envy]

Don't complain of 12.6 hours. That will make up for all the other times you get screwed. Lol. Just flag it.lol

[@code187_m.d.k5]

Im actually needing this done on my 04 highlander i think i messed up i went an bought the bushings instead of a whole new control arm cos now mobile mechanics oh i wont do it cos i didnt order the parts hahahah ok con man next