To each is there own I like removing as little as possible

I agree with you. As a mechanic i do the little extra work to make the job easier, not have a difficulty removing or replacing parts. I know mechanics that remove little as possible but they have suuuuch a hard time. But they do create good times when you are with your friends.

@@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair completely understandable. I work in fleet maintenance, so time is money. And sometimes that works. But when removing less makes a job take longer and be more difficult, that makes no "cents". LoL

@@perjian1697 1.4 was book time it took me 30 min per side.

Easy to do with all connected, turn the knuckle while jacking the arm and it slips on.

Basically what I did. Less items removed less issues

Thanks for the tip definitely I'll try that 👍

I glad it was not any more rusty then it was. I have a spreader for the back part now did not then. Makes the proscess a little less tedious.

I just had some big tools to help open up that pinch there is also a tool you put between it and it will open it up and stay open I did not have mine with me ugg.

@@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair Awesome yeah, wasn't the easiest job and so a big (f)thank -you to the engineers at ford :) for that design. I think I got lucky with my screwdriver being just the right width as opening up the pinch slightly really helped out, along with this great video. Awesome to get my lady's car back on the road at a decent cost!

The Models usual dont have differences unless its a sprts packages with diff suspension then might be a little different

Welcome glad I could help. You can ask me one on one questions as a Member of this channel

I try and work smarter not harder

Thanks! 👍

Welcome enjoy the videos

Yeah you will not envious at all lol.

The pinch area is that slot so you should not be able to fully seat it unless it's lined up.

Yeah Lube like WD40 or PB blaster makes it slide back in .

​@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair this is by far the hardest part. What's most interesting is that having done countless Mazdas with the same design. The strut slides right out once the pinch bolt is removed, and also slides right in. Sometimes it requires a little banging, but no where near as much, and no need to wedge open the pinch bolt area on the spindle/knuckle. Then, the alignment is super easy and there is a safety hook on the end of the much longer and improved guide. If the pinch bolt comes loose, the hook protects it from coming apart. The control arm is also much easier because the 2 nuts are welded into the control arm instead of being loose nuts you have to put a wrench on. Mazda just gets the whole Ford design perfected. Must be tighter tollerances, more accurate manufacturing & design. Mazda is what Ford aspires to be in execution, but Ford is what Mazda aspires to be in creating successful products that people want and are willing to buy.

@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair yea I ended up using brake grease n it slid in super easy

It can handle it more then a chicken wing.

Coke? Take what apart the strut assembly? I did not take it apart it replaced the whole assembly.

I wondered the same thing.

If your referring to the sway bar link that would be the only item that is connected from one side to the other as far as suspension. and both sides were up already so no log on the sway bar.

@@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair not the sway bar, but the two front wheels connected through the steering rack. Around 9:40 when you had to rotate the steering wheel to turn the steering knuckle was when I realized you still had the front driver side tire on the ground, because the front tire was rubbing as you turned the wheel. If you had left the key in the ignition, jacked both front wheels off the ground from the get go, then you could have turned the passenger side steering knuckle by hand, which also meant you could wiggle it off.

@@dekunp good advice for others but I did not need that done at the current time

Its a focus got brain faster then mouth some times

@@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair You might want to edit the video, and put in a subtitle/note/disclaimer at that moment in the video that says "correction: I meant to say Ford Focus"... and/or mention in the description that you meant Ford Focus at the beginning, not Ford Fusion.

@copperkeyracing6167 the description says focus the tital says focus my words say fusion. Most people don't pay any attention to what I say and they just complain I did not show them step by step what to do. Can't appease everyone lol ya know?

thats how to do it

Thats what I did

i never saw you do that. And, if you had, then the strut would have slid right out like butter with no hammering AT ALL. Also, it slides right back in like butter too. Maybe you aren't understanding what @cofty is saying- it's this: If you put the pinch bolt in backwards (from the other side) with a thin piece of steel in the slit and then tighten the bolt, it will open the pinch area as wide as you want and the strut will slide right out and in by hand- no hammering at all.

You are the BEST @cofty! I used your method on my first time strut replacement and it made me look and feel like an absolute PRO compared to this guy. i Never even got out the hammer. just pushed down on the knuckle and the strut slid right out. i do appreciate this guys video though because its how i found your comment. thank yo so much @cofty

@@darthgreater7054 One word of caution though. I got too greedy with the bolt and it opened the clamp far enough that it was difficult to relocate the bolt without the danger of cross-threading. It took a bit of fettling to get them lined up again. It is a really useful tip but just need to be cautious

you just argue with everybody trying to give you good advice@@kevinsmobileautomotiverepair

Called first person point of view

As I state this is for information only how I did it. Not intended for educational how to.

Well its like this. I either have the cam on my head like this video it moves around but you get POV of whats going on. I make a short video explaining what i did and such but you dont get the POV or able to watch it done. Or i make a full video on a tripod where im pretty sure you will not get all of it and only what I saw with out seeing much. Im sorry I make the videos in my best interest at the time of filming and how much time I have before i need to be at the next job , because this is my job and how i make a living. =)

Thats because it is first person view if you noticed you see both my hands

23:35 The top of the head view tends to get a shot of the fender a great deal of the time, though that's probably the only option for getting the video without fussing with the camera or having a second person filming.

What part would that be

Never had an issue getting them to go in it was getting them out with the rust. Got it done

I have found the acura RDX much worse. The knuckle has to come down to get the strut out uggg.

I broke nothing in the process its called experience I know what I can get away with not damaging anything else =)

it happens just means you might need to listen to it 2x