Recent content by werminghausen

Thanks kyle, if you replaced the steering shaft then the u- joint creaking cannot happen any more. The sound is somewhere else. I don't think your A-arm replacement can the source either. You replaced the lower CA ball joint... what about the sway bar joint? I had this one before. Martin

Thanks rdruss, I may have a different issue with the steering. The u-joint would make a noise at any rotation of the steering wheel? This is not the case. I was sitting in the parked car and turned the wheel. I can turn the wheel quite a bit until the rubber of tire start sliding on the...

Thanks rdruss, that is a good analysis. Yes 2 problems at once, it seems to be that way. Who can help to tackle the steering. What can go wrong here that causes this noise? Martin

And so the creaking/squeaking reflection continues. This week I found out something new. I think I heard that the creaking from the steering and the sqeaking from going through a pothole are two distinct sounds. Even though they would appear to be similar the more I listen to them I can...

This sqeaking sound problem does not seem to interest a lot of people. So I tried to search the internet under 'Creaking noise when turning the steering wheel Inspection Service '. Here is what popped up. "Common reasons for this to happen: Worn Shocks/Struts: Your shocks and struts are...

Thanks Moist and all Steering was one of my top suspicions in the beginning. I checked fluid level and all seems to be fine, there are no fluid losses that I can see. So I checked further. In my last report I had the car in P and my wife started the engine and was moving the steering wheel...

I need some advise. My good old T4R is creaking whenever I turn the steering wheel. The noise comes from the right front axle. I was suspecting the sway bar link (I had this before)...so I removed the Z-joint and it seems to be good, the sound did not come from there. Then I was crawling...

I installed the both new weather strips and it is looking so much better- no gap any more. I am sure this will perform so much better in our climate and outdoor conditions (living in the woods, car outside). I am assuming the tighter weather strips will keep the debris and bio mass from trees...

Thanks Au, I'll order the weather strips and hope this will keep the biomass outside and avoid the clogging of the weep holes and flooding inside the lower part of the door. Best, Martin

Yes exactly, calipers are a weak spot. I had reman calipers (Napa) installed and I believe that the powder coating was exceptionally bad. After 3 years the coating flaked off. I don't care about the coating but around the boots it created a leak and water seeped through the boots and cause...

Finally Success! I changed all the calipers and the brakes are just great....as it should be on a Toyo. Its not as crisp as with a Mercedes or Porsche but so much better than everything I had before. Looking back I had two main issues and the two coincided unfortunately and got me confused...

Thanks Au, good information about the weatherstrips. I think my weatherstrips have entirely gone with my 1/8" gap and all pine needles and dirt accumulating inside causing flooding...I have a water bottle inside in rainy times- when I open the hatch a big amount of water is moving...

With the new window motor/ regulator the back hatch is working well. I saw why my rear door is such a trouble maker. We live in the woods with a lot of bio mass coming down onto the cars and with a slights slope up when parked all rain water (plenty of rain here!) the rear door gets flooded...

Thanks Sam

rd: Yours were better then with 7years... I always liked the original casting of the NAPA rebuilds but I decided to take the risk of ordering cheap replacements (don't need to return my cores) but can keep the old casts and rebuild them over time myself. I guess the cheap new calipers will be...