well folks Easternpiro is grabbing his ankles!, @$#%@% toyota... Options

[easternpiro1]

whats up all. thought i would tell you guys whats been going on with me lately. ive been hearing a strange clunking noise when i accelerate and let off the gas.

to make a long story short i found out that not only are the bearings bad, but the spindle is what caused it. but that wasnt the clunking noise. they kindly pointed out to me that my lower control arm bushing was worn (thus causing clunking supposedly) and that toyota DOSENT sell just the bushing so i have to get the entire control arm($@$@%!*) then i find out a junkyard (which DIDNT have a celica the day before had the part for 40 bucks!!
and of course toyota wont let me give the part back

needless to say, the whole job is gonna be expensive =anklegrabbing

ah well. at least i had the money saved up just in case (sorry tweak no extra goodies for me after the dyno tune )

it could have been worse though, the mechanic working on my car just found out his girlfriend was sexin his boss

sorry...had to vent

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Mar 26, 2007 - 5:36 PM

[Jaws4God]

sorry man.. good luck getting it fixed...

you better have it ready by the next Celica Meet!!

[macavely]

you can always order custom busing for the control arm and replace them your self.. i did it last year and just had to shave off the edges to make them fit.

[celiracer]

you can always order custom busing for the control arm and replace them your self.. i did it last year and just had to shave off the edges to make them fit.

agreed. I did that to my g/f's eclipse, and my dad had a tool to push them out and in. All ya need is extra greese lol. but it was way cheaper then buying a control arm. And better because they are polyeurothane bushings instead of rubber ones.

[easternpiro1]

I KNEW IT!!!! #%%@ I couldnt find any at the moment for my specific car but i will definately look into that REAL soon!

can you point me in the right direction fellas?

[playr158]

:eeps:

i have all these parts sitting next to me

This post has been edited by playr158: Mar 27, 2007 - 3:03 PM

[Valo666]

if i were u, i would just ordered some energy suspension bushing that are sized to the controll arm bushings.

[illneversellmyce...]

damn suspension work sucks, been ther done that . that's why i dont have my swap yet, 1 month 1 month its on lol, good luck fixing man

[easternpiro1]

i think im going to cry finding all this out... but i will be looking into those energy bushings.

[Valo666]

im probably gonna be measuring mine up on friday man. Ill post here about sizing and part # on friday or saturday.

[easternpiro1]

im probably gonna be measuring mine up on friday man. Ill post here about sizing and part # on friday or saturday.

thanks youre the man valo! but are the fittings different for the st and gt?

[Valo666]

i dont think so..i think its just the rear knuckels with the drums. But the controll arms are the same i think.