"odyssey" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Kinda long didn't want to happen,
>
> I had saved an online manual for the camry. Some how it was deleted,
taken
> away , I can't find it any longer. Would have sent a link.
> That is where I found that it needed to be replaced. Everytime it was to
be
> removed there is a torque for that bolt . It needs be replaced just like
an
> o-ring.
> The reason I had looked into it was that,
> I was getting a vibratation that seemed to be coming from that area.
Took
> out the bolt sparyed the gease, Tightened somewhat tight , it hadn't
changed
> the vibration any. So I loosened it quite abit & the vibration went away
,
> not totally but alot. So I had gone to the dealer****p they couldn't even
> find it on the parts screen. Went to the parkinglot showed him that it
does
> exist , other than a kit of some kind that was to much money , to
replace a
> bolt.
> I think that the bolt holds the bearing race from spinning within the
> carrier & that it needs that torque to do it. To tight = vibration To
> loose= spinning of the race.
Well, funny I read your message this morning...
I found the service manual and printed some diagrams showing the bolt.
I went to the local toyota dealer****p to get the bolt - the guy in the
Parts
could not find it on the diagrams on his computer either...
To my surprise, we called a technician Jose who is there to do such
driveshaft replacement according to the service front desk...
Mr Jose looked at my printed diagrams showing the bolt then looked
at me with a blind eyes leading a way to an empty brain and shrugged his
arms... Almost like "Why the hell I would know, I am a gardener trimming
bushes here for the God sake not a certified toyota mechanic!" :-))))
So either they were not interested in helping me with this repair - which
is quite likely, it is them to benefit for me messing up my car :-) Or
that particular toyota mechanic was not that bright and is might be
a good idea to never bring my car to this place again :-)
I plan to visit another toyota place and keep searching for this bolt.
In the meantime I will loosen it, just in case it deforms the bearing.
Just before installing the bearing I put a slight coat of threadlocker
on the outercase of this bearing, so the race should not be spinning
even without this bolt in place.
It is still a mystery to me HOW this bolt is tightening the bearing...
Mine is definitelly too short to touch the race.
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