Kit Includes: (1) Front Passenger Side Strut & Spring Assembly (1) Front Driver Side Strut & Spring Assembly
Specification
Side Location
Driver & Passenger Side
Vehicle Wheel Option
without 19 Inch Wheels
Location
Front
Engine Displacement (Metric)
V6 3.4L
TRQ fully loaded shocks and struts are manufactured using premium raw materials and calibrated to restore original ride comfort. TRQ shocks are fully loaded featuring a pre-loaded bearing plate, upper and lower spring isolator, upper spring seat, coil spring, boot kit, and premium strut. TRQ recommends replacing your shocks or struts in pairs to ensure even wear of components and improved ride comfort. All products are fit and road-tested in our Massachusetts R&D facility to ensure we deliver on our promise of Trusted Reliable Quality.
Product Features
Loaded Struts: Pre-assembled application specific design
Application Specific Design: No modifications necessary
Matched Pair: Improved comfort and extended service life
Restored Performance: Reduced body sway and vibration
Replacing struts used to require specialized tools to compress, remove, and transfer the old spring and mount. Our Pre-assembled, complete strut & spring assemblies come with all new parts and make the job much quicker and easier for the do-it-yourself mechanic.
Strut & spring assembly contains:
Upper Strut Mount
Strut Bearing
Coil Spring
Boot & Bumper Kit
Gas-charged Strut
Item Condition:New
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How to Replace Front Struts 2007-09 Chevy Equinox
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Tools used
Socket Extensions
Torque Wrench
Rust Penetrant
Jack Stands
Bungee Cord
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
Complete Metric Socket Set
1. Removing the Wheel
Loosen the 19mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
Secure the vehicle on jack stands
Remove the lug nuts
Pull off the wheel
2. Removing the Sway Bar Links
Grab the back side of the sway bar with locking pliers
Remove the 17mm nut from the sway bar link
Remove the sway bar link from the strut
3. Removing the Front Strut
Remove the 13mm bolt securing the flexible brake hose and ABS harness
Remove the lower strut bolts from the spindle with a 15mm open wrench and 21mm socket and breaker bar
Tap the bottom bolts out with a hammer
Remove the three 13mm bolts on the top of the strut
Remove the strut from the vehicle
4. Installing the Front Strut
Install the strut into the vehicle
Tighten the three 13mm bolts to the top of the strut
Torque the strut mount bolts to 18 foot-pounds
Tighten the 13mm bolts to the bottom of the strut
Torque the bolts to 136 foot-pounds
Reinstall the 13mm bolts to the ABS harness
5. Installing the Sway Bar Links
Insert the sway bar link into place
Tighten the bar with vise grip pliers
Tighten the 17mm nut
Torque the top nut to 63 foot-pounds
6. Reattaching the Wheel
Slide the wheel into place
Start the lug nuts by hand
Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
Lower the vehicle to the ground
Tighten the lug nuts to 100 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
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In this video we're going to be working with our 2008 Chevy Equinox. We're going to show you how to remove and replace your front strut assembly.
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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: socket metric set, ratchet, socket extensions, full wrench metric set, locking pliers, torque wrench, breaker bar, rust penetrant, bungee cords, jack and jack stands
Using a 19mm socket and a breaker bar, break all of your lug nuts loose about one turn to make it easy to get them off once our vehicle is in the air. Raise and support your vehicle. We're using a lift to make it easier to show you what's going on, but this job can easily be done in your driveway or garage at home on a jack and jack stands. Finish removing your lug nuts and remove the wheel and tire from the vehicle.
After removing your wheel and tire, grab on to the steel on the back side of your sway bar with a pair of locking pliers, and remove the 17mm nut with a socket and ratchet. Remove the nut to remove the sway bar link from the strut. You can see where I've grabbed onto it with the locking pliers there. Remove the 13 millimeter bolt securing the flexible brake hose and ABS sensor harness onto the side of the strut. Do this with a 13 millimeter socket and ratchet.
Remove the bolt. Remove the bracket. Using the 15 millimeter open-end wrench on the head of the bolt, because of the style of this bolt we can't use a six-point contact, and a 21 millimeter socket and a breaker bar on the other side, loosen up and remove the two bolts securing the bottom of the strut into the spindle. Now, that bolt head is not turning, so it's possible that these are splines. Sometimes they do that to keep them from turning when you're doing something like this. Where it's so high torque and those splines have been in there for so long it's possible that they will strip out, so it's a good idea to have that wrench handy. We also pretreated these and soaked them in penetrating oil before we started shooting the video to give it some time to soak in and help free that up. I've left this nut flush with the end of the bolt because we're going to use that to safely tap it out without risking damaging the hardware. Once we get it to that point, we'll repeat the same process on the bottom bolt. Now that you have the nut flush with the end of the bolt, we can give it a good tap and not worry about mushrooming the end of the bolt over and making it so the nut won't come off or go back on again. Tap those studs out of the spindle.
You can see on this one, what I was talking about with those splines. Now we'll just start turning these out a little more, and tapping them a little farther, and turning, and tapping until they're completely out of the spindle. Now that those splines are out, you might need that 15 millimeter wrench to hold the bolt while you turn the nut. Now the majority of the tension is off the bolt, so you should be able to just gently tap the end and not worry about pinning that bolt over. Push in a little. You may have to rock the spindle to get the bolt out. Repeat these steps on the bottom. Remove the three 13 millimeter bolts on the top of the strut tower with a socket ratchet and extension. When removing the last bolt, reach down and support the strut. Once the bolts are out you can remove the strut from the vehicle.
Reinstall the strut into the vehicle. Watch out for all the suspension components underneath there when you place it in. You're going to want to keep a bolt in your hand so you can line up the bolt pattern at the top and throw one bolt in, just a couple of threads by hand, to keep it in place while we line up the rest. Once you've got all the bolts started, you can hang the strut there safely while you tighten everything down with your 13 millimeter socket and ratchet. Torque the strut mount bolts to 18 foot-pounds.
Reinstall the spindle into the strut. You may have to lift up on the suspension a little, kind of work it in. Once you have everything lined up, reinsert the bolts with the splines at the front and the threads coming out at the rear of the strut. Now we'll take a hammer and just gently tap the splines back in. Now you'll see that the bolt isn't fully set in, but as long as those splines have got some bite into the spindle, we'll be able to get the nut on and tighten them down in.
Get both nuts started on there and tighten them down with a 21 millimeter socket and ratchet. Torque the nuts to 136 foot-pounds. Reinstall the 13 millimeter bolt that secures the bracket for your flexible brake hose and ABS sensor harness. Make sure that this tab sits over the strut and locks into place. We'll tighten it down with the 13 millimeter socket and ratchet.
Reinstall the sway bar link into the strut. Start the 18mm nut on by hand. Clamp the back with a pair of locking jaw pliers like you did to remove it. Make sure you bite as far back as you can to make sure that you don't prevent it from tightening down fully. We'll snug it up with an 18mm socket and ratchet. Torque the top nut on the sway bar link to 63 foot-pounds.
Remove your locking jaw pliers, and reinstall your wheel and tire. Get all of your lug nuts on as tight as you can by hand. Lower the weight of your vehicle back onto the tires. With the partial weight of your vehicle back on the tires, then tighten up your lug nuts to 100 foot pounds in a cross pattern.
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top notch service, everything fit
S
November 20, 2017
struts fitted right into car without any problems,your installation videos are great refresher to view before starting job. I will shop 1A Auto again for my parts needs ( and have) I will recommend 1A Auto to family & friends for their parts needs. Order arrived in three days your carrier did their job
C
February 18, 2018
Everything I ordered came earlier then it said !! they fit perfectly I will be ordering my parts as often as I can thank you guys
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Dwight
April 20, 2018
The TRQ Strut &Spring Assembly is great value for quality parts from 1AAuto. However, if you watch the how to video it reads installation for part #ASTS1101,right side when the installation is being done on the left side part #ASTS1100. Same proceedure, parts are well marked. I would highly recommend this strut assembly.
Thanks 1AAuto
R
April 27, 2018
First, I like to thank you for such of great instructions videos that helped me so much and secondly, I was blessed when I ordered the parts I needed from you. I have been telling everyone I know about your company. The delivery was done in a timely manner. Thank you, thank you very much.
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A
August 27, 2018
would highly recommend this company for anyone looking for Quality Auto Parts reasonable price very fast shipping awesome company
07 Equinox front struts
Rich
March 17, 2019
Awesome! Half the price of the others, easy install (plus they have a video)- only issue is that they are made in China
Front struts
Shannon
July 4, 2019
Everything as described saved me a good amount of money correct parts and of good quality Ill be doing more business very soon
Another auto fix thanks to 1Aauto
S
March 31, 2020
After talking with a 1Aauto rep to confirm the correct part for my car I soon received my new strut assembly the morning of expected delivery date. Using the 1Aauto video to familiarize myself with the steps to replace new parts the project was finished without any problems and the car rides great.
Definitely using 1Aauto for my next auto fix.
Thanks to the 1Aauto team!
Good item
Gregory
August 12, 2020
Struts were delivered on time and have been a good quality replacement.
Perfect
stephen
July 8, 2021
Perfect. Worked great. Glad these guys are in business.
Wayne
July 12, 2021
Easy to find exactly what I needed. Great quality parts. Received the parts quickly to get the job done. Thank you
Great buy
Jakob
March 21, 2022
Fits prefect in my 08 Chevy equinox ls 3.4l. These were way better then the stock ones I had on my car. Super easy to install just kinda heavy by yourself. Bolt in the top first before you attach the bottom to wheel assembly.
Awsome
Jesse
December 29, 2022
Great parts
Honestly, 1auto is the working man's friend
Larry
July 5, 2023
greenlarry238@gmail.com1a auto; Great products, great value, and also very efficient . I'm very satisfied. One thousand likes!!
Great part. Easy install. But don't forget to buy bolts for the brake line bracket.
Jesse
July 24, 2023
The part fit exactly as expected and the video was helpful. The only difference between these and the factory ones was these do not have a threaded insert for the brake line bracket mounting bolt. I just bought a few 1/4" x 20 bolts long enough to go through the bracket (2" if I remember correctly), and all was well.
Dennis
October 18, 2023
Struts lasted almost 2 years on my equinox but are easy to replace.
Customer Q&A
what brand/ or manufacturer marks these struts?February 6, 2018
B I
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I did not see any markings on them, but they look way better than the stock ones.
February 6, 2018
Javier A
Does it matter if it's a 3.6 L or not?March 13, 2022
Matthew- V
10
Hello, Yes the engine size matters due to the manufacturing.
March 14, 2022
Ricale A
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