How to Replace a Fiat 500 Suspension Arm at home garage.

[@aotang777]

Thanks from Japan. My local garage wants me to pay $900 to replace both lower arms. Great tutorial, it will help me save money.

[@CarFixEasy]

Glad to help

[@RetirementVille]

Thank you very much buddy, easy to see how that's done...great tutorial. Local garage wants £200 plus parts. Reckon I'll have it done in a couple of hours tops.

[@lewiswilliams7937]

Really appriciate the video, saved me a fortune!

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Great vid! Straight to the point.

[@richardsprojects]

Thought id look in before starting this job to see if there was any unforseen problems , glad i did lol

[@jamespemberton7130]

Thank you for the video... Getting the new pin in was very hard... Hitting it with a hammer didn't work... So I used the car jack to push it in...

[@oldgreybeard2507]

Good video. Hopefully it will be as straightforward at the weekend.

[@rowanmcalley6787]

Great video and like others not looking forward doing this job....had a panda before the 500 and literally took 30 mins to do.

[@byubadgerprofessor]

In case anyone else is wondering, the two bolts holding the control arm on were External Torx E18 on my 2012 Fiat Sport. I had to go all over town to find the socket for those!! As some recommended in the comments I used a Jack to get the car about to ride height before tightening the ball joints.

[@88davidw]

Thanks for making the video. Very helpful.

[@GTLTH88]

Great video!

[@CSSSOLIVEIRA]

Nice! I have a Mexican Fiat 500 and suspension is completely different!

[@stevejames6860]

What an absolutely rediculous design, not looking forward to this job! Great video though thanks very much

[@ssss-df5qz]

Yup. If you think that's fun, rear discs on certain models is a right hoot.

[@dashooting6595]

Great video 👍

[@TubeYouDavidpearce]

12 out of 10 for the video. That was brilliant. could see everythink and very informative. Can I ask how many hours the job actually took ?

[@Parknest]

It isn't necessary to remove the front bumper completely. You can cheat enough room to get to the bolts that attach to the part that goes between the front subframe and the front bumper crash bar. It would make sense to remove the bumper if both lower control arms are being replaced at the same time. There's more than one way to skin the proverbial cat.

[@Docv400]

I have to do this job today on my Daughter's 500. I have an Angle Grinder and Cutting Discs ready to cut the bottom skin out of those poxy little sections . . .

[@Docv400]

Didn't need to get brutal with it in the end. Someone's obviously been in there before, they'd cut away a piece of the lower Plastic section to get to the lower two Bolts on the R/H side, so I just did the same on the Left. I also popped the Grill out, you can reach the upper Bolts through there. I also had to take the Two Bolts out that hold the Washer Bottle in place, so the R/H Box Section can be pivoted into the Wheel Arch area to get it out. Still a pig of a job, but nowhere near as bad as stripping the whole front end off.

[@leopoldhazelzet4796]

Thanks a lot!

[@Il_Bolognese]

Super thanks

[@jaysone950]

Do you have a link for the parts?

[@iandawson7373]

I noticed that you don't grease any of the bolts when putting it all back together I've got to do this on my daughter's ka it looks time consuming how long did it take you to repair great video ps I wonder wot it would cost at a garage to do this job

[@CarFixEasy]

Thank you for watching. It take 2 hours to do arms at both sides. Agree with you. I have to use tread lock for bolts , when putting it bak

[@haydnchristopher9531]

Just paid 300 for both sides

[@Mvlogs.1985]

🤔did you need to remove the bumber ? you can change it without remove it ?

[@CarFixEasy]

Yes, do you have to remove bumper.

[@jase1382]

got do this tomorrow on my sisters 1.2 pop both sides

[@allanh2912]

Does anyone know the torque settings for the crash bar strut ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXbShpJtdsqUfZo the 2 bolts that come up from below/bottom...the smaller one that comes in from the side from the side and the 4 front bolts that hold the cross crash bar that goes across the front of the car, thanks in advance

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

no concept whatsover about trim height adjustment. F those bushing and client's money

[@hamidhammar5107]

Do you really need to take out all those parts to get into the control arm?🤔

[@CarFixEasy]

On Fiat 500 Yes.

[@andrewwelford7697]

Why not make it so you don't have to take the bumper off!!!!

[@anthonylee2158]

It’s a disaster the way you replaced the lower arm. You didn’t even preload the spring to normal ride height before you tighten the bolts of the arm. Very soon your rubber bushings will be damaged. Good luck .

[@Bakersvill]

Looks like it sits in only one place to me due to the bolt notch?

[@nat77h]

Anthony, I have followed his way of replacing the front wishbones on my partners car a few months ago and now they have started to creak and squeak especially with dry weather. could this be because i didn't jack up the wishbone before tightening the bolts? i have a feeling i will need to be replacing the arms again.

[@edgworth]

Its only the front horizontal bush that needs the pre-load on the spring applying before tightening, but still a valid point. Its also what i did so that the bush is set in the correct position when driving.

[@mshields321]

Both bushings need tightened when vehicle has tires on it and ride height. He did NOT preload the bushings

[@Nordic_Mechanic]

who the f design that ! piss poor design

[@Dolfan0925]

Lol that is not at all how that goes.