Front Suspension Full Rebuild How To . 2001 - 2005 Honda Civic

In this episode we do a full front suspension rebuild on a 2002 Honda Civic
including:
Lower control arm / bushing replacement
Ball Joint replacement
Inner and outer tie rod replacement
Strut, spindle, and brake disassembly

[@PlanetMalcolmX]

The crawfoot way to take the tie rod off worked!. Thank you so much, their are no words to express my gratitude. God Bless you! 🙏🤝🥇🙏

[@ballsoutperformance]

Yea buddy!

[@andybruce2940]

Holy moly, that is a clean suspension for 370k! It must live where they do not use road salt. I had to soak mine with pb blaster for days when I changed the lower control arm.

[@ballsoutperformance]

307k. But yea we are in the southeast. Fortunately rust isnt really an issue for vehicles that have lived here their whole life. I do not envy mechanics that work in the north / snowy areas.

[@GaryDelgado]

Great video, a full teardown like this will help me plan my suspension rebuild. Keep it up!

[@businessraptor134]

Awesome video! Pretty sure my girls civic has a bad control arm.

[@heyoldman2003]

No comments? Well I sure will 😎thank for walking us through this repair 👍🏼 it always helps to watch someone blaze the trail for you 👍🏼

[@ballsoutperformance]

Glad you got something from it! Thanks.

[@justinwheaton6637]

Thankyou so much for this video, I live in my own and just got my first car. Not close to family nor have many friends that are mechanics. I was so intimidated from doing my front end on my 05 civic but this video is my angel. Thankyou again for the content man.

[@ballsoutperformance]

Glad it was able to help you. 👍

[@dmonster808]

Nice video, was good to see the strut and lower control arm replacement with ball joints. I have this job coming up, got lower control arms, ball joints and sway links already just need to buy the struts!

[@murraykriner9425]

Pretty straightforward approach. Was curious what my cousin was facing with his 02, so thought I would get familiar with the steps he was looking at. Thank you.

[@ballsoutperformance]

Glad to help

[@tonybashiproductions3356]

Great detailed video, thanks for such a great video. Easy to follow and great information.

[@ballsoutperformance]

Thanks for the feedback

[@zabdieltapia6553]

Thanks for sharing

[@timmay2k]

I had to rebuild my manual transmission in my 2001 civic. Replaced shift linkage struts sway bar end link lower control arms wheel bearings and hub and all engine mounts and tranny mount rear main seal fly wheel and clutch and new axels. Gonna save the tie rod later. Mine has 167,000 miles on it

[@ballsoutperformance]

Right on. I love keeping these old cars going.

[@TheRussellFAdams]

Fantastic job! Very straightforward and understandable video. Congrats! Quick question: Why didn't you replace the front sway bars while you were at it?

[@ballsoutperformance]

I assume youre referring to the sway bar end links. They were still in good shape. Thanks for the support

[@russadams8528]

@@ballsoutperformance After that many miles? Impressive!

[@thegabrielbeals]

Where did you get the kit? Need to do the front end on my 05, also this was a great video and it was really descriptive

[@ballsoutperformance]

Thanks! I bought all the parts individually from an auto parts store

[@brigitterosales3735]

Hi thanks for the awesome video. I had my struts replaced about a year ago with some RockAuto Monroe (172185/172186) quickstruts. The ride quality seems to be getting progressively worse (I feel the road too much) and lately it seems that I’m bottoming out, but only on the front right side. It’s difficult to re-create the problem as it only happens when I hit a certain type of bump (ridge?) on the right side. If both wheels are going over the bump it won’t happen. It actually sounds like I’m getting hit by a hammer on the undercarriage. It’s hard to explain but it’s startling. Anyway my question is, is it possible I could have an improperly fitted or installed strut on that side? What else could be going on?

[@brigitterosales3735]

Also too, I’m reading that people generally say Monroe struts are garbage for the Civic (mine 2005 EX) and that I should’ve got the KYB G struts. Does it matter what brand struts I have in here? Oh yeah and also my Civic has 300k on it and all we’ve done so far on the front end is tires, struts, tie-rod ends, rack and axles.

[@ballsoutperformance]

It hard to say exactly what it is. Based on what you have changed, i would check the lower control arm bushings for play, thats what was worn and noisy on mine. As for the monroe struts, i cant comment, ive never installed them on any of my personal vehicles. I have used kyb with good success. I would check those lower control arm bushings and go from there. I would then check for loose play at the top of the strut where it bolts to the chassis. The upper strut mount or as I call it the "top hat". Sometimes that can get worn and get play over time causing movement and noise.

[@brigitterosales3735]

Thank you very much I will check that out. I don’t know what I’m doing but your video really helped me a lot.

[@ballsoutperformance]

Glad to help!

[@Bonemanwalkin]

Do you need to replace the entire time rod? Or can you just replace the tie rod ends

[@ballsoutperformance]

You can replace just the outer tie rod end if you want. It all comes down to what is actually worn out, and how far you want to go with the rebuild.

[@noahlearn7531]

What coil overs did you use ? How have they held up ?

[@ballsoutperformance]

Raceland. So far so good

[@elkilo3008]

Is there a kit for all these parts or just bought everything separately? My car needs all this done

[@ballsoutperformance]

I generally buy everything seperate but yes, i think some distributors sell kits as well.

[@PlanetMalcolmX]

How many ft. Pds. did you torque the ball joints? Thank you for this video by the way 🙏.

[@ballsoutperformance]

Thanks. I cant remember. Id find out for you but i no longer have access to the service information that I once had

[@CarsandCoding]

Shouldn’t you preload the suspension before tightening the bolts?

[@ballsoutperformance]

Its always a good idea to do final torque with the bushings loaded yes.