detroitgrip Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) What are these? Can i replace them myself? 2009 journey 2.4L Thanks for any advice you can give me. I'm a novice but done my brakes, change oil, replaced thermostat and throttle body. Stuff like that. All learned from youtube. Edited September 21, 2020 by detroitgrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 upper and lower control arms,not hard at all ,but from the looks of the rust,impact gun might be helpful, plenty of you tube videos as well on these replacement,will need a 4 wheel alignment afterwards as well.make sure you use some jack stands as well....good luck detroitgrip and jkeaton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitgrip Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thank you! I'm guessing i should probably do the other rear wheel control arms too. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 most deferentially, when you take the old one off( the lower one can be adj ,,,,but the upper has no adj ability)dont move the adj on it so you can match the new one up so it will be close to the org alignment,,, but you will still need to have one done...by the way welcome to the group detroitgrip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitgrip Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thanks 2late. This forum is badass. My journey has 164,000 and I'm trying to make it last another 100,000. Love my journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 i actually had to have my upper control arm/ trailing link to be replaced with after market kind they cost any where from 50-100 for each one but they are adjustable unlike the OEM ones are not, just a solid arm link... check amazon if you are interested in them. my 2014 seems to have a problem staying in alignment so that is why i went with the adj. kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitgrip Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Cool thanks for the advice. I bought the control arms today. I have a good auto parts store near me here in michigan. They were about $50 each. Both non-adjustable but that's ok with me. With the money I'm saving doing it myself gonna head to home depot and buy an impact driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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