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Mine were turned on a lathe from tube or solid polyu stock by a relatively inexpensive machine shop. Typical price was $20-$25 each. The shafts were fairly cheap, maybe $10 each, since I bought 1" 316L rod already ground to +/-0.002. They just needed to be drilled and cut to length. Labor...

What? You don't have a 9" exhaust? :icon_razz If you look carefully at how our rear suspension works, you'll notice that all three lower arms can't rotate nicely around the pivot points. All of them must be able to swing perpendicularly to the mounting bolts. The whole idea behind the 5-link...

Polyurethane can be anywhere from white bread soft to bowling ball hard. You can't generalize like that. Rubber also comes in different hardnesses. In my considered opinion, neither nylon nor Delrin (polyacetal) have any place in suspension bearings. Asterix

One medium smack with a metal hammer should be sufficient. I use a steel bar to reach in there and your standard 16oz framing hammer. If you're hitting it hard enough to deform it, you (or someone else) put it in too tightly. It's only gets 36ft-lb. A tie rod puller/separator usually needs a...

Don't forget to buy replacements for the huge nuts holding the front stub shafts into the bearings. They get staked into place and are not really reusable. You will need a air wrench to get them off. Follow the installation procedure carefully - the order is very important. Asterix

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?S=RA&P=22 Rear axle nut to hold it to the carrier: 203 ft-lb. Asterix

The slots are there to allow for variations in driveshaft length and the distance between the end of the tranny and the differential flange. You have to shove the shaft completely into the transmission to get it on the differential, then pull it back to seat it on the diff flange. Where the...

Now, I've not done an analysis of where the forces actually are, but I do suspect that the terminal design error of a Torsen diff is when there is a torque difference between the wheels, the pairs of helical gears perpendicular to the axles are pushed apart or pulled together. That will, half...

There are two very different concepts in internal combustion engines: spark ignition (SI) or compression ignition (CI). The compression ratio in a CI engine is somewhere around 20:1. Obviously, the structure needs to be able to handle this. Secondly, there is no throttle plate on a CI engine...

Mine went 205,000 miles, but probably needed fixing before that. It was quiet the whole time; the way I knew was the LSD part didn't seem to work any more, and when I drained the oil it was full of gold dust. Another one I got from the salvage yard had, IIRC, 100,000 miles on it and is doing...

The aftermarket LSDs all specify if they're 1-, 1.5-, or 2-way. Does anyone know how the stock Toyota 4.3 LSD is set up? Mine works great with the right amount of slip additive in the oil. It's quiet but I can definitely feel it pulling both tires when accelerating. I'm planning on replacing the...

Year: 1988 (Aug '87 production) Engine: 7MGE Tranny: W58 Options: Sport package (ie, LSD, ABS, TEMS, headlight squirters); no power driver's seat; cloth upholstery Roof: solid Body: stock Weight Reduction: no more TEMS motors (worth a pound, maybe...) Added Weight: maybe 7/8 tank of gas...

This problem has been around since I first put Earl's lines on over 12 years ago. No aftermarket fitting I've seen is a direct replacement for Toyota's. The same problem was there a few years ago when I replaced the hoses. My solution was to file the spring clip larger so it would fit the new...

Since it's a 3-channel system, the rear hubs are the same whether or not the car has ABS. The rear speed sensor is in the transmission, not on the hub. Asterix

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?S=RA&P=7 Though it looks like you need a slew of SSTs, I did it easily with a set of large (>1") sockets and the races from the old bearing. You must have a press and a strong 2-jaw puller. Buy an extra grease seal, just in case, and...

It'll stay clean with a little help: Asterix

Cygnus is your friend! http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=FA&P=21 You'll want to use something at least as strong as a fiberglas shovel handle as a prybar. I've used those or a steel digging bar. Something that doesn't flex, like a steel rod, is good so you...

Here's the page from my '88 TSRM. Asterix

The black one on the left looks like it already has the lock nut. It looks like the correct one, and even came with a new boot. Which one looks more like the one you took off? Asterix

My '88 TSRM shows the damper bracket is mounted to the passenger-side inner rack end. There's a large lock nut that holds the bracket to the rack end. It's marked "precoated". I'll bet you can't get it past 1/2 turn because of the locking feature. Just wrench it down to the specified 61ft-lb. At...