suspension school Options

[HaRv3sTeR]

correct me if im wrong

pink arrow - > strut rod
yellow arrow -> sway bar or link
blue arrow - > rear arm
white arrow - > stabilizer bar
green arrow - > ?what is it?

i want to fix my rear clunking noise....and want to know if we can find any replacement bushings/rubbers/pistons for all those bars/arms (except sway bar bushings, that 've already ordered from Toyota)

I red somewhere in this forum that we can replace the rubber bushings on the strut rod..but dunno where to pick that

TIA

This post has been edited by HaRv3sTeR: Aug 29, 2005 - 2:33 PM

[Galcobar]

Blue arrow = strut rod

Green arrow = No. 1 suspension arm
Pink arrow = No. 2 suspension arm (note the adjuster)

Yellow arrow = stabilizer bar link (aka sway bar link)
White arrow = stabilizer/sway bar


General rules on suspension clunks (BTW, if you search, this has been discussed many times) is that the usual suspects start with the sway bar bushings, then the sway bar end links, then the strut mounts. After that, kind of a crap shoot.

I get to speak from experience, since on Toyota's diagnosis I replaced my bushings, end links and then all four shocks and strut mounts -- to discover that my problem hasn't gone away. I'm almost dead certain it's the driver's side No. 2 suspension arm that's got a bad bearing.

Strut rods you can get bushings for, but not from Toyota. 185performance.com or fensports.co.uk are sources. Suspension arms, according to a guy who disassembled one, have pressed-in spherical bearings and what looks like rubber bushings is actually just a dust boot.