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Raj Somarouthu
Tinkerer
Scotland
Soarer V8

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Reg: 07-2009

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 07:38 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello Folks,
I have been very busy working on a few bits on my soarer. The car has been on the ramp for the last 7 days and following are the details of all the work I have been doing.

1) Replace front lower control arm bushes
2) Replace front upper control arm bushes
3) Replace steering rack bushes
4) Scrub off all the rust on the control arms and apply black hammerite to make the parts last long
5) Replace diff centre with an LSD from a 1997 supra TT RZ
6) Replace the corroded steel brake pipes with copper nickel pipes







Car looks pretty good from outside! Let us check and see whether it is the same underneath!

To make you understand the amount of effort that has gone into this week I am posting the pics of the various parts before the start of work last week. Almost all the screw and bolts undeneath the car are ceased.























Looking at the state of these control arms I could not go ahead ignore the state of these and just replace the bushes. I had to use a hammer, chisel and a grinding tool to remove all the rust on the surface of these arms.



After a few hours of grafting and scrubbing, the arms looks like this, not bad ... but once i put the smooth black hammarite then these should look good as new :dance:





Will post more pics of these arms as the work goes on. These bushes are very good and would improve the handling of the car.













What do you guys think? Am I doing things in the right way? More pics coming your way in the next couple of days!
Ian Johnston
Goo Roo
South Australia
UZZ30 GT 4.0, UZZ31, BMW R1150R

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 07:54 am, by:  Ian Johnston (Ted) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey Raj, have you been using the Soarer to launch a boat
Great job though.

I want the shed
Peter Williams
Tinkerer
Victoria
V8

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Reg: 01-2009

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 08:20 am, by:  Peter Williams (Skeeta) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Raj

do they put salt on the roads in Scotland, to help melt any ice?
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 08:43 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes Peter, infact a lot of salt, now it being winter, I am feeling sorry for my car and the alloys!!
Peter Williams
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Victoria
V8

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 09:41 am, by:  Peter Williams (Skeeta) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think I would have some sort of sh1t box to drive in the winter and put the soarer to bed.

I know it would be hard not to drive it for a few months, but that sort of corrosive damage makes me cry.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
4.0GT UZZ30

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 07:26 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow, those suspension components are some of the worst I have ever seen.

So much rust and corrosion!

Quite a concern. Painting over it wont hide that theres probably micro corrosion cracks forming in the arms and what not.

Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo
NSW
TT 2.5L 6 cylinder

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 08:15 pm, by:  Daniel Clarke (Dieseltrain) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks like its taken a swim in salt water lookin at those control arms .
Brett Cutts
TryHard
south australia
TT & V8

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 08:37 pm, by:  Brett Cutts (Boof390) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

gotta love salt on the roads. I pulled apart a 1927 chev that had been parked under a gum tree in a paddock in the 1960's and it didn't have corrosion that bad on the suspension & chassis.
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 12:46 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Guys you got to hear what my mechanic told me! He told me that the state of these control arms is just unusual and I dont need to bother as he has seen even worst ones. But I am not happy so I removed all of these scrubbed off all the rust with the tool in the pic and with a wire brush and painted them. Now the arms look pretty good infact. Will post some pics soon!
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
V8 Limited

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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 01:21 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Raj, howre the Supra brakes treating you?
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 02:45 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very good Ali. I would recommend these to every V8 soarer owner. In my opinion toyota should should have these on the car straight from the factory!
Ali Saeed
Goo Roo
WA
V8 Limited

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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 05:24 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thats good to hear. i wonder if anyone knows if there is much of a difference in actual braking between ls400 4pots and supra 4pots. as far as i know ls400 rotors are 10mm smaller..
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 06:06 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

God I am glad we use grit in NZ in the winter - it may be a pain to clean off but at least it doesn't your car up!
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 09:00 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Some final pics of the front control arms restoration folks!











The arms and the hub are back in place now. I have also done the steering rack bushes at the same time. Anti roll bar bushes are next and I suppose that is it for the front! Will be working on the rears in a couple of weeks. If you have seen the front ones I have to say you havent seen anything yet! The rear ones are even worse!!!
Jeff Bedsor
DieHard
QLD
TT

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 02:35 pm, by:  Jeff Bedsor (Jeff_bedsor) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Personally I would have sandblasted them and had a proper look at how much of the base metal was left or binned them and got a second hand set from a non road salting country. You can't afford to muck round with steering and suspension parts, if they let go there are serious consequences.
Mike Beck
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New Zealand
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:19 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, I would have done what Jeff Said.

At the end of the day a coat of paint is not going to hide that what these components have already endured and make them new again.

I'd be replacing them if it was me, but I would have never bough a Soarer in that state to begin with.
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 01:41 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The metal arms underneath all the rust seems to be fine and strong. It is just surface rust. Did take the arms for sand blasting but as the arms have ball joints they could not put them in their blasting machine. So had to stick with the surface griding tool, chisel and hammer!
Jeff Bedsor
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QLD
TT

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 08:31 am, by:  Jeff Bedsor (Jeff_bedsor) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did you take the shock absorber bracket off and clean under it? I would replace the bolts as well, if you didn't take them of it will still have the salt/rust in there eating away at the metal.
Raj Somarouthu
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Scotland
Soarer V8

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Friday, November 20, 2009 - 07:51 am, by:  Raj Somarouthu (Edinlexusv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did not do anything with the shocks now as I will be doing shocks separately. I am thinking of upgrading to TEIN coilovers with Universal Air Suspension.

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