I nominate you for Honda CRV Master Mechanic of the decade

These type of DIY mechanic videos are the best! All tools listed and explains every socket before bolt taken off. Good job and thank you.

Thanks for all your CVR repair posts. We have a 1999 CRV that I was able to bring back to life with your videos! Keep posting!

If you put the ball joints in the freezer, and then you heat up the steering knuckle with a torch, the new ball joints will literally just slide in. You will be able to push them in with your finger. But once the metal cools down they will be locked into place

Another awesome tutorial! If you haven't already, please consider a video showing all the jack and jack stand points on the first gen CRV's. It appears there a few spots a jack can be safely used, but there not in the manual. Cheers

Doing the balljoints because of some play on the passenger side lower balljoint on my 2001 crv at 128000miles state inspection due in less than 2 months! Thanks again ❤

My favorite video of all time!!! Watched it about 10 times before starting (ordering parts and tools). Lower ball joint: only heated 3 minutes and got 1/2 way in. 2nd attempt, heated more and went all the way in! So I thought...Moog joint, needed 1 mm more to get snap ring on! More hammers, no joy. Got the press from AutoZone and rammed the impact.... still needed 1/2 mm to get snap ring on. Ended up grinding snap ring thinner to make it fit. Begs the question? OEM had no snap ring, why does Moog have a snap ring? I googled this and many people seem to have the same problem. Do we need to put the snap ring on? I don't see what good it does. Only did the left front. Lower ball joint, upper control arm, and outer tie rod. Same for the front right? Plus a CV axle. The boot is blown on that. The rear is even worse. I have the parts, ready to do. Trailing arm bushings which are totally shot, and upper control arms. It still seems a little bit like I have some clunk in the left front, which is mostly new. The sway bar links seem pretty tight, and old, but I don't see any play. Maybe there is something wrong with the damper?

Words to the backyard repair dudes, always change both sides if one has broken, and tighten things to spec. Great video, thank you!

Awesome video man, it's cool to see someone do it at home and not in a fancy shop with all new parts and stuff. You are very knowledgeable and good at working on these cars. Thank you for making this

I'm sure I'll be using this video again in the future. I recently got a 2000 with the "fancy" wheels shiny interior door handles. It's got 247k miles on it and has moderate salt cancer. Most of the repairs I've seen on the CR-V's don't appear to be too bad to dyi. I'm glad I found your channel, it's been super helpful

Ah, i see that honda hired the VW and BMW engineers to help them design the cabin filter location 🤣

I love you are doing repairs on a first gen. I’ve got a 99 these videos help a ton

5:47 your the man for this. I was about to put my wheels back on and lower my car to remove that axle nut. Thanks to your advice I do not need to do that anymore!! Thanks again man!!

Got a 97 CRV with a bad lower control arm. Thanks for taking the time to help people like me that really need this video.

Thanks! I just brought a 2001 in February. It had 320k on it and I've added another 27k in 5 months. The bearing on my front intermediate shaft seems to be making some noise now.

Good oh wholesome crv news. Thanks man for your in depth walk through got to get the bigger impact and start on my wifes 1999 crv. Also you or anyone else notices a extra O.D gear at 60mph around 2700 rpm?? It lowers the rpm on mine by about 600rpm or am i crazy 35 year experienced mechanic

Thanks for posting the vid man you helped me a lot your camera shots and your step by step guidance are very good you're a great teacher thanks again!!

Thank God for you! My 2001 cr-v Shakes hard core at 60 and above.. we followed your video on the cv axle, ( worked like a charm) but we still are having the shaking . Tok it to a buddies and put it up on a rack and the right tire shook like crazy at 60mph. Rotated the tires same result. Help me please!! I can't figure it out! Thanks for all the fantastic! advice. 4:55

Love the music brother

Funny I find this. I have a 2001 and last year I was heading home from vacation going 80mph on the highway and all the sudden my upper balljoint ripped out of socket, sheared the bottom balljoint off, and ripped out my brake line. Lost all breaks and was lucky to be alive. Only thing that kept the tire in the well was my tie rod and the friction from the tire to pavement was the only thing that helped stop me

KA CHOW!!! It’s the lightning!!!!

oooooh dat boy leaking! haha gotta love Alabama humidity.

Excellent video.

Have to replace the L and R tie rod ends on my 1997 Honda CRV. Any suggestions on which brand I should use? Are they pretty much all the same now since most are made in China? Any opinion on Moog parts? Thank you for all the great tutorials on the Honda CRV. Cheers

Nooo 😂 lol 0:24 too funny 😂😅 happened today Great videos 😊

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*The Honda Resource* Good Content !!! Keep doing

Just find out your channel, hope i can fix mine using your video.. great show..

Great Vid. I literally had the exact same thing happen. It had the exact same look.with the exact same problems down to the break line. Thats crazy!!!! It was passenger side as well. 2000 crv

Loving these CR-V videos. I bought a '98 5-speed with 120K miles for about $850 and I'm doing all the work on it myself. Next I need to do the valve cover gasket and valve adjustment and then the rear cv axles. Your videos have been invaluable. Thank you! I do have a question about working on the valve train. The torque specs are pretty low and I can't find any torque wrenches that can accurately read that low of a measurement. Do I need a really expensive torque wrench or can I use one of those relatively cheap AC Delco torque attachments. Or is it possible to just eyeball it? I dont want to damage any parts as I want to get as many miles out of the car as possible. Thanks again!

Thumbnail is like exactly what Mine looks like

Hey there! First off love all your content and as a ex dealer tech I've learned so much on top of what I've learned in all my years on the daily grind! I love this video! I've been working on a 99 here at home just chaninging out all the suspension components with fresh ones. I did have a question related to this repair. As far as axles I can't buy new OEM ones which is always usually my route for parts and I've heard alot of RD1 owners have a hard time finding a good aftermarket replacement. Do you have any recommendations. Thanks again!

Your videos have been an amazing help, but I am stuck and need some advice. I'm replacing everything suspension/steering wise short of steering rack and sway-bar. Everything is complete, except that I can't get the inner CV axle to come out of the transmission on the passenger side. I have pried, pulled, and swore for about 3 hours with no luck. I'm at my wits end. Any tips to help it pop out? I'm working on jack stands, and currently have both the rears and driver side wheel touching the ground. I feel like the retainer clip is getting wedged and not compressing properly to be able to come out. I have a slide hammer with CV joint attachment on hand, but the universal attachment can't fit in there because of the tight clearance between the trans and LCA mount. Thank you in advance!

What are the symptoms of ball joint gonr bad Bro, like what all to lookout and listen out for?

thank you!

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Kool stuff. CAN YOU DO A VIDEO ON EVAPORATOR CORE REPLACEMENT?????

The 99 I have now had this same KAAAACHOW, exactly, maybe a little more harsh. ripped eh abs and brake line, the previous owner let it set for idk howl ong , he said a year but he lied about other shht so who knows.. so they did make an effort to put it all back so they could sell it to me. LOL but it was not nice. it pulls to that side passenger but also it has three different tires on it. lol so I dont know if that is causing it yet. looks like though when I get to it it;s going to be fixable. it drives right now but ya dont wanna let go of that steering wheel buddy! I mean , unless you need to make a right turn real fast. you say I could maybe just abandon ABS? Or should I rebuild that set up and fuse it again. lol this is an 1999 Auto awd ex model. it;s real nice, I dig it, but needs this work done. also it was a Toad, I think part of the wire harness is still in it, I just realized what was up when I was working on the rear tail lights and breaks. the front plug ( receiver for the RV) is cut out somewhere, i still haven't found where they cut it but I did find and bypass teh diods and exrtra harness from the rear lights compartments. do you know how to determin what key fob went with what model? i tried asking at the honda dealer two days ago and they said they cant tell me, they just have to charge me 250 bucks a pop for fobs and instal the, LOL ft I say. no way I would do that. woudl be cool to have teh fobs though,

Thanks!! Smoth!!

Love your videos, I have a question just changed the outer control arm on my 1999 CR-V did everything counted the thread mark it took pic the whole thing to avoid a wheel alignment cause is expensive but it still has a tendency to go right should I change the inner control as well or Am I missing something thanx in advance

Have you notice any diffences on quality or longitivity of economy and standard brand ball joints of Honda? Which brand gives you the best milage?

Hi i dont know why after market ball joint fail too soon, i replace the front lower ball joint with super mevothec one on 1999 crv, but it takes only two months and then starts making noise, and i found the genuine honda one on ebay costing 84 and i replace again, i can trust after market ball joint anymore, but just ball joint lower on 1999 crv,

Oh man, i had a bad experience when my driverside lower balljoint got disconnected or broken, lucky i was on a regular street lower speed, stpped immeditelly, there was no damage except balljoint, half axel got separated with no boot damage at all, but the bad part is towing the car, the triple AAA towing company refuse to do so, and i had to to use the rear wheels to drive car back to a close parking spot by putting a hydrolic jack.with metal wheels under broken balljoint side, and 100 metter away feom the spot, my rear right axel got sepparated after the differential got broken from the car body, (the differential was cracked alteady before, because of bad driveshaft) and i had to push the car to a parking spot, but left it a little far from the curve, till my muscle star hurting me. But the next day i replaced the baljoint, and i removed the rear hweel drive system feom the car (drivshaft, differential, axels except the the axel head that hold the bearing togheter, and now my car run faster and smoother with two wheel.drive than before with four wheel drive. Ofcourse inreplaced the other baljoint before having another bad experience like the obe it broked.

Great video my friend. Thanks

Need some help. The lower control arm for the front drivers side. The lower rear bushing bolt won't tighten. I'm not sure what to do to fix it

13:40 cuz it's cowldddddd

I’ve been having trouble with the cv axle stuck to the hub on my RD1 CR-V any advice or tips on getting that axle out ? Thank You.

1:36 tools needed

I can’t get the plug out of lower control arm. Can I drill it out?

That thumb nial tho......Lmao

My Honda crv is always finishing water en if it's hot it cuts

if you change one ball joint you must change the other to.

Beautiful

i love your posting. i do have a 1998 honda crv which have leakage on its cv joints. how much do you think can cost to repair them? Or is the repair worth it?

Amazing

Hi dude, love the channel. Can you ask the following please? I have a Mk1 2001 CRV and I have replaced the upper control arms, what torque should the castle nut be tightened too? Cheers Rod

I have the exact same problem but my axle does not wanna pop out does the car need to be in neutral? Is there a trick I’m missing?

I need to change bushing

Hello please do you know how much oil is in manual transmission in RD1 ?

So to avoid this happening I should just replace the lower ball joints?

Ayo, those ehes in the thumb nail make me feel as if the fucked up ball joint is even worse

Great video on how to remove a ball joint but god damn you're sweating like crazy when showing the tools used for the job section

What brand of ball joints are good quality for these Hondas

Does knocking it in with a hammer damage the ball joint?

🤔🤔🤔🤔, dosent putting the ball joint on the freezer destroy the grease inside it?

Is it best to do the upper control arm and lower ball joints at the same

I'm sure the ball joint that came apart was made in a marginal factory in china without any quality controls whatsoever, and use the cheapest and flimsiest materials possible. They only worry about the outside shine and resemblance to the original part. The defective part may have possibly been a counterfeit of a quality brand like Moog, and packaged to look like a genuine Moog product. Such factories have no regard for the customer's safety, since they are sold to middlemen and resold online at places like E^^^ and A*****. All the more reason to avoid certain online sources. I've never had to worry about such low quality parts on Rockauto.com. I have a couple of fake parts - one from each of the two online retailers above - that are heavy paperweights right now. The CRV owner is lucky it didn't come apart going 70 MPH on the Interstate. It's a miracle the lower control arm is still usable. And if the upper ball joint was installed at the same time as the failed one, then the owner could have another catastrophic failure. I have four ball joints and the right CV axle to do on this 97 CRV, so many thanks for taking the time to post this video. I figured getting the old ball joint out would have taken more hammering to remove. I have a Matco kit with a bunch of cups and a big C-clamp that I bought over 20 years ago (bought on EBay used LOL. I've used it 5-6 times and it's the real thing) that will come in handy, along with an air hammer if extra encouragement is needed. I've been a subscriber for several months now.

Ka-chow lmao 🤣

Honda Accord 2002 has same problem, what can we do to avoid this?

Are both front and rear axle spindle nuts 36mm?

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You just made a mistake, you should just hand tight the shock fork bolt and then tighten it when the car on the ground on its tire, because there is a bushing there,

Why doesn’t the brake line work anymore

How can it not happen?

Kachow😂😂

good videos man!..appreciate ur time..thx u so much!..