E153 rear mount solution, st-205 rear mount and bracket Options

[supra12big]

Hi, I have started a bunch on threads with this whole rear mount and bracekt problem, well i just recently had purchased a rear alltrac mount and bracket (st185), anyways, alot of people didn't say it would work, and told me to get a st205 mount, well here are some pics of a st185 bracket and mount and my e153 tranny (mr2), if u want to ask question just shoot, sry for bad pics

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Its just really strange... The physical dimensions of the ST185 outer axle and the '88-'91 Camry V6 are definately the EXACT same size...so if they are identical axles then how is it that you don't have any issues with the axle being over-extended? Its just wierd.

Oh, I forgot to mention before that I took my outer 88-91 axle and compared it side by side by an OEM Toyota ST185 outer axle from a front clip and its identical in every way. My outers are from the 88-91 Camry V6 and they were definately too short, just like the ST185 ones. Just take a look at the drivers side and you can see how over-extended even that side is..... and mind you this is with the car in the air!




My car was on the road for about a week with no spacers, and you could hear the axles making noise from the bearings rubbing against the retaining hat on the inboard CV joint the whole time. This is exactly what failed on my passenger side, you could see where the stress of the axle against the retaining hat got to be so severe that the axle shaft tore right through it and shot bearings out.

I know for an absolute fact that both axles were installed properly, everything was torqued to proper specs and the failure wasn't with the workmanship, but with the axle being torn in half from being way too short.

Since then, I have machined a 1/2" spacer for the passenger axle and a 1/3" for the drivers side and the axles are perfect now, no issues at all.






Eggman40, could you take pictures of your axle setup and post them?? I really want to come to a solid conclusion on this whole thing and see how your axles are sitting for comparison.


-Corey