Rear hub assembly

[mjb]

shush

[Welly]

Notice there is an owners club for the Toyota "Estima"

[stevenlizuk]

[quote= I won't be able to tell you without the chassis numbers of both yours and the donor car. [/quote]

My Chassis number isVF38EP8CE80594110, can you tell from the service box doofer which of the two parts I need?

Seems if I take one from a D8 I'll need to be wary but If I get one from a D9 it should be ok providing I check the teeth on the abs ring.
I've got a parts list for both cars but the chassis numbers (if it is what they're talking about) seems only to use 5 digits.
Does this refer to thge last 5 digits of my chassis number?
Questions, always with the questions

Cheers

Steve

[steve_earwig]

You have the later ones (5176 18 left, 5176 19 right) which means your carrier is the same as the D9 but the D9 has the later hub with the wrong amount of teeth I.e. you need one from a car (saloon or estate) built later than yours but not a D9.

No idea about 5 digits, it could be referring to RPO numbers, the one for your car is given as 07896 89 3 0088, the legend on these carriers is SINCE RPO No. 07665, I'm guessing this is the first 5 numbers of your RPO so it's close (231 units?) Mine's 07772 89 3 0059 (closer!)

[stevenlizuk]

Thank you Mr Earwig,

Confirmed my thoughts but it's nice to have someone to share the blame with when it goes tits up

Off for a week in the Scottish Highlands the week after next and now trying to convince myself I can get by with no hand-brake in a fully laden car.

I'll throw a brick in the boot for the steeper car parks, she'll be fine.

Cheers
Steve

[stevenlizuk]

Also, what's an RPO number??

[steve_earwig]

You're asking me?

You could leave it in gear too.

Just a thought - The law in San Fransisco says that, if you're parked on a hill (hard not to), to leave the tyre pointed towards the curb so that if the handbrake fails the car rolls into the curb and it stops it. Good idea really.

[stevenlizuk]

As a native of Edinburgh I used to leave the car in gear with the wheels pointed to the kerb.

Not quite as steep as San Fran but not far off in places!

[stevenlizuk]

I cracked yesterday and sorted my handbrake shoe with a nut and bolt and a spring I rescued years ago and now don't know what it came from.

Drilled out the keyed hole (it had already corroded so much it was useless) and ran a long M5 bolt through the brake shoe with a spring trapped between the head of it and the shoe and stuck a washer and a nut on the outside of the brake back-plate to hold it all in place.

If you ever have to copy this bodge remember not to leave the bolt head proud of the brake shoe or you might get issues with it touching the brake disc.

Seems ok so far and an M5 bolt and a scavenged spring are cheaper than a new back-plate

Steve