Anyone Breaking A Levin? (ae101)

September 30, 2006

Any people on here breaking a Levin or know a company that is breaking one? I'm up ***** creek and can't afford a £450+ paddle from Toyota :eek:

If I can't get the parts cheaper it'll be me breaking a Levin. :crybaby:

Can I use a ABS sensor and hub from a standard Corolla?

October 2, 2006

So the MOT through up a few unexpecteds. Give me a list of the parts you need (a bit more discriptive just so I now its the right part) and i'll get you the part number and what cars used thoses parts.

:thumbsup:

oh yeh P.S.

One is on eBay with no tax or mot .... should be good as a donner car for parts.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-LEVIN-1-6-Spr...1QQcmdZViewItem

October 2, 2006

The MOT hasn't thrown up anything, as I haven't MOT'd it yet.

The front left hand side wheel bearing was shagged so I went to replace it and ended up snapping ABS sensor, ruining the tie rod end boot and ruining the upper ball joint with the worst ever ball joint seperater. The garage I went to, to get the wheel bearing removed and replaced said the spline where the driveshaft goes through on the hub is damaged (foook knows how they've managed that as it was fine when I took it). Also, the wheel bearing I had turned out to be the wrong size.

Went to Toyota and got it priced up, £361 plus another £120ish for a ABS sensor. I'm not paying that.

Going to order the tie rod and upper ball joint from Toyota (£125) and buy this from Japan... http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c119698770

I'm going on the assumption that an AE111 BZG with Superstrut uses exactly the same hub as my AE101 Superstrut. Would that be correct?

I've seen that car on eBay, wouldn't mind the exhaust but nothing else on there seems much use to me as it's different suspension and engine.

Can you buy just a rubber boot for a tie rod end, I noticed it looked like they are clipped in at the bottom? The ball joint itself is fine and at £50 plus the VAT it seems a bit expensive to replace.