Replacing Strut / Shock on Toyota Solara / Camry

[@KerryJaggers]

Your modesty was unwarranted. This actually was the best instructional video I found for this job. It had all the info I needed and I am very grateful to have it. Thanks!

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Kerry Jaggers thank you a lot glad I was able to help

[@tooleyweed]

Wow, you have given me the confidence to do this job myself in my driveway and save a ton of money!

[@diogenes505]

Super instruction. Most important thing you said, "I use this for work, so I didn't get the most expensive." Same with me. My Solara has 191K miles why spend a lot. Thanks

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

David James yea man no point of spending couple hundred on original shocks for car that is 15 years old. Thank you for watching

[@sdnative2387]

Mine now has 225k. The reverse gear wore out at 187k so I had the tranny rebuilt 4 years ago since the rest of the car is in good shape. I just wanted to get another 100k or more out of the vehicle. So far so good, but if I had to do it over, I'd get a Toyota remanufactured one for the same price.

[@chriswatson-k6z]

May have missed it but bottom 2 -22mm bolts need tightened. Thanks for the video!.

[@hfamepham2094]

You know how to fix a car so you can save thousands dollars for that , watching you done so easy but the shop charge $800-1000 thanks for your video my car Toyota solara 3003 like you please post some more videos thanks again

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Thank you. Glad my video was helpful

[@richcityrepresentative8805]

@@diezelvehiclez4291 hey I removed the top black and yellow sticker on the strut.. does that have a purpose?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

@@richcityrepresentative8805 no it don’t you should be fine. It’s just information sticker

[@richcityrepresentative8805]

@@diezelvehiclez4291 ok cool, also I still can hear some noise after installing new CV axle and new strut.. you think I have to tighten the strut mount?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

@@richcityrepresentative8805 you must torque all the bolts and nuts for this strut the top 3 nuts also the bottom two bolt holding the knuckle to the strut and make sure you attach the sway bar link and tight the nut for it as well

[@kimevans1200]

Great video. You made it so easy to understand.

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Kim Evans thank you glad was able to help

[@GeorgePerry-jc4gf]

Hi great vid... I'm doing mine tomorrow... 2006 Solara- a question and I have seen the same in other vids- WHY do you NOT losten/remove the top 3 nuts off the strut assemble BEFOR jacking it up? Thank you in advance! why did you have you have to start from the bottom?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Hello thank you for checking the video glad it was helpful. The reason why I didn’t remove the bolts before I jack the car. If you do so the spindle will start moving down as soon as the jack the car and you’ll put more tension on the tire rods and sway bar link it’s better to remove those 3 bolts as last step this way you avoid having a lot of weight hanging in tie rod and sway link

[@GeorgePerry-jc4gf]

@@diezelvehiclez4291 copy that ! sadly i replaced them not many years ago with Monroe Matics as they offered a $ 100 rebate and had a lifetime guarantee... Monroe did NOT send me my rebate (ps there is or was a class action lawsuit about this) and their lifetime guarantee... well didnt come close to lasting a lifetime, hence I bought another brand. Thank you SO MUCH for your reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kamyleepps]

Could you do a video on the rear strut assembly please?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Kamyle Epps for solara? I don’t have this vehicle anymore but i did it before and it requires to take interior penal off to get to the rear strut top bolts. I will check out if I know somebody has the same car and I will do video it maybe take little bit of time but I will do it for sure

[@kamyleepps]

Yes I’ve seen a lot of videos on how to get to them but they’ve all been Toyota Corolla videos

[@sdnative2387]

Here's a video on Solara rear strut replacement. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZXZqXqia76hjKs

[@user-qb1hf5er9o]

Made it look so easy thanks

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

L thank you glad it helps

[@tbamagic]

I read that you have to be careful not to let the hub assy pull out too far when disassembled. Otherwise big trouble. They mentioned a safety bungee or wire to prevent such.

[@lelmoo1990]

I hope you don't me asking, where did you get the tools?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Addi Kiptoo I ordered my tools online I don’t mind at all I will answer anything I can to help out

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Addi Kiptoo I ordered my tools online I don’t mind at all I will answer anything I can to help out

[@JuanYRuby1209Marine]

I sure will use this as a tip when I change all struts on my 01 solara that I just bought. Any recomedations? Which strut sets are good. I have in mind and ive heard that Monroe struts are really good and which dont cost much for all 4. For 390.

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Monroe is pretty good struts you can also go with. There also KYB I heard a lot of good reviews about them but monroe is cheaper for sure

[@aggressivepipeearth6743]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@sdnative2387]

My Solara sits one inch higher in the front compared to the back. In other words the rear sags about 1 inch. The front struts are 1 year old KYB's. The rears are 15 year old KYB's. Do you think it's the struts or the springs or both? It has the original 17 year old springs.

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

sdnative if you replace the front spring and struts one year ago that will make your front higher than back because your new springs and struts are not worn out like back it’s normal for struts and spring to sag little bit down after 15 years as long as everything is working good don’t bother unless you don’t like the look so just replace them with something cheap from eBay really and yeah replace shocks and springs

[@sdnative2387]

@@diezelvehiclez4291 Thanks for your reply. Just the front struts were replaced,not the springs. But yeah since Toyota springs are $100 each, I'll probably just do the rear struts and mounts.

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

Yea that will be better to actually have oem

[@tylerlondon5052]

So what do we do when the stabilizer is acting too tall for the strut?

[@diezelvehiclez4291]

If you end up jacking the car under the control arm you may have to lower the jack a bit to match the higher of the stabilizer and change your lifting point for the vehicle

[@darrenkendall6834]

Thank you!

[@kfm908]

that sway bar bolt would not come off.I had to use an allen key in the front hole and it took me over a half hour to get it off.lots of wd40