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by verifier
Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:35 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

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Keith, please contact me direct
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by verifier
Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:03 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

parts for Keith

Keith,

Tried to PM this to you without success...error.

The tail lights are in good shape, no cracks, other than a little of those spider cracks inside the plastic from age, sun, etc., visible in bright sunlight only. Passenger side has about a 3" piece of the rubber edge beading missing at the ...
by verifier
Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:15 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

keith wrote:I'd be interested in getting the inclinometer. Not interested in the gauges, I want the housing to put other gauges in. Also interested in the shroud that goes under the steering wheel and the taillights.
I'll check condition of those parts and get back to you tomorrow or Sat.
by verifier
Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:47 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

Been to Lynwood for other cars. I too recently picked up a donor car, 83 4WD Terc, and will be mining the parts out of it. Trans, of course, engine is strong and sounds good, and a bunch of other stuff. My old trans is ok, synchros not so hot, and of course diff is toast. Had a bad vibration in the ...
by verifier
Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:33 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

Petros
Yeah, it really surprised me too! Had plenty of oil, never driven to extremes, and only about 130K on car. Those teeth on the ring gear are pretty massive too! I suppose one went, and that was when I started hearing light clicking sound, and then it was just a domino effect. Sound just got ...
by verifier
Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:37 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

Reluctant half-shaft

Thanks for the replies!

Petros, in response to the question about trans damage, yes, the diff sounded like a rock-tumbler, and quite a bit of big chunks came out with oil drain. Having opened it now, I can see about three and a half teeth missing on the ring gear (yikes!). Very likely that there ...
by verifier
Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:47 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Reluctant half-shaft
Replies: 16
Views: 5771

Reluctant half-shaft

Doing a transaxle swap, and out of the four half-shafts I had to remove, three came out easily using a copy of the SST remover/installer tool made by a blacksmith friend. Passenger-side shaft of the good car, with the bad trans, does not want to come out. We ended up removing trans with it in place ...