wilko Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Afterm as much help as possible please. rear tyre has worn on inner edge in about 4000 miles so as per other threads took car for a full alighment checkup ie caster,camber and toe. The machine showed that all the cambers were within tolerance but the rear toe needed adjusting as the thrust angle was incorrect. All was good until they tried adjusting the necessary parts, and found that althought the nut was easy to undo the bolt side appeared to be ceased,( is this a common problem) they recommended that i get new arms for the rear is this the only alternative or is there another option toyota have quoted 125 quid +vat for each side this seems cheap so do you think they havent quoted for the correct parts any help greatly appreciated, also handling is shocking , 40 mph on roundabout and rear end starts to slide im assumin this is due to incorrect rear toe setting HELP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 They can be a nightmare, i have a car on the ramp with 3 seized adjusters right now. Soak them in something akin to WD40 for a few days, it may help. Otherwise you CAN end up dropping the rear subframe, grinding the heads off the adjsuster bolts, and the thread ends, and winkling the arm out of the frame. SOMETIMES you can then drift the remains out of the arm bush, sometimes (more often than not...) it's a new arm and adjuster set. Can get very costly very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 thanks for the fast reply chris had car on ramps today at my mates garage, managed to free off the nut but the bolt is just turning with the rubber bush, i have ordered parts from toyota through him at trade they have ordered the arm and the bolt 90 quid a side does this sound too cheap like they have the wrong part or is that about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 to all those viewing just had adjustment arms fitted absolute nightmare to take old ones off 3 hours of hard graft. car drives like a dog but in for adjustment tomorrow should be the business after that. for information toyota supplied arm and bolt for 80 quid a side. will post details on handling as soon as adjustment and new tyres fitted tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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