How to Replace Front Lower Control Arm 08-12 Ford Escape

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This video shows you how to remove an old lower control arm that is rusty, broken, bent, or has a bad ball joint or bushings from your 08-12 Ford Escape, and replace it with a new, quality, engineered to fit part from TRQ.
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This process should be similar on the following vehicles:
2008 Ford Escape
2009 Ford Escape
2010 Ford Escape
2011 Ford Escape
2012 Ford Escape
Tools you will need:
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• 15mm Socket 1aau.to/oPJ/1AX...
• 19mm Socket 1aau.to/oth/1AX...
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• 3/8 Inch Drive Ratchet 1aau.to/oPJ/1AX...
• Torque Wrench 1aau.to/ozP/1AX...
• Rust Penetrant
• Hammer 1aau.to/onG/1AX...
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[@fabio40]

You're replacing a brand new control arm??? LoL

[@metooo-zo6dd]

It's nice to do when it looks like you've already done it

[@NoferTrunions]

Put the big vertical bolt in first (exactly the reverse as how removed) - control arm free to align bolt for smooth assembly. Also use anti-seize. Any time you remove the big vertical bolt, you risk breaking the inside the frame capture nut.

[@mrwhy8073]

Pickle fork to separate ball joint. When assembling ,put rear bolt in first,then ball joint due to tight fit, then when doing on floor use small bottle jack under arm to push up to line up front hole.if using hoist tall screw jack.I found it far easier than doing it way as shown or other bids show doing ball joint last.

[@ianlindsay2864]

It took me 4 hours to do both arms. Kind of walk the left part into place, then when the hole is kind of lined up you can use the bolt as a lever to move it into place. The right side bolt is easy. On the ball joint, make sure the ball joint is angled where it will go into the hole, then lift it with a jack into the hole, then put the bolt in. Torque the bushing to spec while lifting with a jack on the control arm to where about ride hight is.

[@TheMan-qv1bl]

Show us how long it took to take that big bolt from the bottom off. That’s the issue right there. You’re showing us after the hard work was done. 😂

[@actualairsoftreviews3036]

It took my about 10 hours just to do one arm. Tips: the control arm does not slide in, and out like in these videos. It is wedged in there when you first take it out. A bottle jack is a must, I had to put mine in the center of the control arm, and raise it up to lock (install) the left bolt in the control arm. Took me 2 hours to get the left control arm bolt in because the hole wouldn't line up without a bottle jack to raise the arm up, and level the hole. The stabilizer link / connecting joint sags when you do this job. You need the bottle jack to raise the arm into the stabilizer link bar, which sags, and doesn't allow you to manual lift the control arm without serious force (bottle jack), the pry bar doesn't work in the hole trick.. The tie rod jamming nut was frozen, passenger vs driver is different directions to loosen, and these videos seem to only show passenger side! For the driver side it was RIGHT > towards rear of car, I had to use 10% of a bottle of liquid wrench. The pivot joint, I used a ball joint separator tool to loosen it out (frozen), then used a pickle fork, chisel and hammer to get the last 50% of it out. To install, you do the left side first, right side, then last the pivot joint.

[@joexys96]

So should I get it with bumper or without bumper ?

[@GlobalWorldNews1]

Good morning, i am looking for the same type of work for Ford Escape 2014 - do we have any videos you can share with me ? Thank you

[@badkarma1692]

Having problems getting the rear bushing to snap in place. Any suggestions if the old rear bushing point was used as a jacking point? The only difference is we are replacing the drivers side front lower control arm.

[@metooo-zo6dd]

Man yours was so easy I for the life of me don't know why

[@vincentmorin4300]

Que faire si la nut bolt in the frame is broken. la nut à dessoudé et tourne dans le vide. merci

[@yiranjack]

can you do a video on the subframe replacement?

[@felixdiaku5212]

How to replace the bushing kit

[@TRQ]

+Felix Diaku We do not have a video for this repair right now, but we'll keep this request in mind for a future video! 1aau.to/m/Shop-TRQ

[@mikeyvj96]

What if the inner busching bolt is bent and it’s literally STUCK ? 🥹🥹

[@fabio40]

Dude, you don't torque those two main bolts until you have the weight of the vehicle on the wheel or jack up the wheel to its normal trim height.