How to Replace Rear Struts on Your Car

Rear Strut Replacement. How to replace rear struts on your car, DIY Scotty Kilmer. Car bounces up and down while driving and how to fix it. How to replace worn out rear struts on a car that bounces badly in the back. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 45 years.

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Things I used in this video:
9. Common Sense

🛠Check out my Garage to see what I use every day and highly recommend:

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[vtran]

Autoshop was going to charge me 2, 000 dollars to replace all 4 struts...225 dollars per strut...i went on amazon and purchased all 4 complete strut assemblies for 225 dollars and maybe 200 dollars for tools that i can keep. I think i like that better. :)

[seanmarquiss]

Now that's how you do a fix-it video, quick and to the point.  At least for me.  Needed a quick visual to get me prepared and this did the trick.  Will be spending just over a grand on 4 struts/shocks for my newly acquired '94 Mazda 929 cause you can only get them OEM but at least I won't be paying for install.  Thanx for the awesome vid Scotty.

[allenstark]

Wow your videos are so short but so to the point that I feel confident in doing these jobs after a 3 minute video. Thank you Scotty

[scottykilmer]

If they are worn or cracked, yes. Especially on front struts. But on these back struts, the mounts don't move like the front wheels turn in and out, so often you can reuse them.

[pomegranate_wizard]

scotty youre helping me get through my auto mechanic school more than any of my textbooks

[LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

Ok...i admit i repair my own cars for the last 33 years and I've come across and have been watching the scotty kilmer channel because it's hella interesting and even I learn new stuff....so i subscribed.

[scottykilmer]

they make reverse thread sockets for that, auto parts stores sell em.If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every saturday morning at 10 AM CST on google events. Just go to my scotty kilmer channel on youtube saturday morning at 10, and click on the google plus icon on the top right corner. That takes you to the event where you can ask me questions Live. You do have to be a member of google plus, but that's free and you can just google "join google plus" for that.

[carloslemus]

Scotty, Just saw your video and found the ''Common Sense'' tool needed to change the rear struts. Deserve like obviously a subscribe.

[Townsendcat]

I love to see these all videos man you’re still kicking it 2023 bro

[DivineMango]

Local auto shops want to charge me $800 to replace struts... I can't believe they take me for such a fool. I'm doing the job myself and I'm going to buy a set a tools to do it. Thanks to you I can perform the job nice and smooth. Thanks for the awesome videos!!

[comedycups]

Hey Scott. Great video, very helpful. 
I've replaced my rear struts only days ago but it continues to make a horrid clunking noise. When I inspected the large nut near the top hat there is a little metal plate underneath that rattles up and down when the car's in motion. Seems to be the source of the noise but I can't crank it down for the life of me! Is there meant to be a rubber bushing or something of the likes in between the nut and this little plate to keep it from moving around? 

[PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Nice video Scotty! The video title made me think of that exact car, before the video even started playing! Just put some new rear struts and springs on my friend's '96 Geo Prizm not too long ago...he has over 200k miles on it. The rear end was sagging and the wheels were bouncing down the road like basketballs! Other than wear and tear items, the Toyotas of the 90's are pretty bulletproof vehicles and simple to work on.

[dragonsoda]

the sway bar in the rear broke one of the links causing it to bang thank u scotty

[mayLT]

"It's like a kazoo...whoop whoop whoop whoop" - good stuff dude

[linc]

Hi Scotty, this is again a nice video. My car does not bounce like the car in the video, but when ever it come across a bump, "don don" sounds come from the rear wheels. Do you think my car needs rear struts to be replaced? Thanks!

[crazywhitekid]

Scotty Kilmer just saved me 250 dollars in maitnence thank God for this skotty kilmer👍👍👍👌👌👌

[brunorosi]

Scotty, you did some magic with the break line!

[scottykilmer]

since you're throwing the old stut away, you can lock the piston from spinning use large vice grip pliers.

[scottykilmer]

check the fan to make sure it's blowing air good on the radiator. If it's good, low refrigerant level does that too.