Hey their.... fastest way is definitely the way you did it. Me and my father did my entire suspension on the 08 scion tc about a year ago same exact setup brother lol taking that transmission pan is the fastest way. We replaced the gasket and filter on the transmission seeing as we were in their. Only took extra 20 minutes. I felt bad at beginning of your video when I heard u say "should be easy" lol thinking to myself yea we thought the same thing brother man. Definitely wasn't the case. Have you done front bearings yet? Real fun time lol wish they sold the hub assembly but had to press fronts.
Lol, I had to do the front bearings once but the way I did it was get a replacement set of spindles from the junkyard and swap the bearings in those at my own pace then swapped the entire spindle assemblies. I detest pressed in bearings, but we do what we gotta do.
On the passenger side of the lower control arm I jacked up the motor from the oil pan with a little piece of block of wood jacked it up till I had clearance to pull the bolt out as far as I know there's no problem in fact in fact I am in the middle of taking out the passenger lower control arm
@@fernandogarcia9634 I looked at that and didn't want to stress the other mounts jacking the engine/trans up without disconnecting them; it took less time for me to pull the pan than to disconnect the mounts and realign the powertrain to remount everything.
@jackofalltrades2980 the manual is different, but you still have to detach the motor mount, because the passenger side won't clear the engine oil pan. But I got away with only loosening the motor mount near the passenger side shock mounts.
@lukeurevig4904 Yeah it was either the motor mount or the tranny pan. I didn't wanna wrestle with that rear mount or the drivers side mount so I went with the pan which went way quicker for me.
@@TheImprovisationCenter got it thanks .. just that my scion wobbles during highway speeds, replace cv axle and bought brand new tires, still wobbles .. my next step is replacing bearings ... or the lower control arm
@@TheImprovisationCenter yea i think i've did that but there's no play ... i had set up a camera under both tire and caught one side spinning not as true as the other one ... that is why i replace the cv axle and all tire but to avail... i do remember every time going down an off ramp to the freeway around those cirles bends , my car tends to shake more when it's leaning on one side while accelerating to top highway speed... car drives perfect under 50 miles per hour though...
@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb how's the rest of the suspension? Struts and the bushing mounts at the tops of the struts? If not that does the wobble seem to be felt in the steering wheel or does it just seem to resonate through the car? Just wondering if the rear suspension might be causing problems.
Hey their.... fastest way is definitely the way you did it. Me and my father did my entire suspension on the 08 scion tc about a year ago same exact setup brother lol taking that transmission pan is the fastest way. We replaced the gasket and filter on the transmission seeing as we were in their. Only took extra 20 minutes. I felt bad at beginning of your video when I heard u say "should be easy" lol thinking to myself yea we thought the same thing brother man. Definitely wasn't the case. Have you done front bearings yet? Real fun time lol wish they sold the hub assembly but had to press fronts.
Lol, I had to do the front bearings once but the way I did it was get a replacement set of spindles from the junkyard and swap the bearings in those at my own pace then swapped the entire spindle assemblies. I detest pressed in bearings, but we do what we gotta do.
Ok so I should be able to drop the tranny pan to get the control arm off without jacking up the transmission?? I’m about to do this
On the passenger side of the lower control arm I jacked up the motor from the oil pan with a little piece of block of wood jacked it up till I had clearance to pull the bolt out as far as I know there's no problem in fact in fact I am in the middle of taking out the passenger lower control arm
@@josephscirica7222 standard and automatic transmissions are different. Mine had no clearance.
I just remove transmission mount and jack up with a flat piece of wood to not hurt transmission pan and done
@@fernandogarcia9634 I looked at that and didn't want to stress the other mounts jacking the engine/trans up without disconnecting them; it took less time for me to pull the pan than to disconnect the mounts and realign the powertrain to remount everything.
Please let somebody tell me if there's a problem doing that thank you
what was the reason and symptom ...
@@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb clunking sounds and play in the suspension when car was jacked up off wheels
What website did you get your upper and lower arm on for the 2007 scion tc
Ebay:
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I wonder why my bolt cleared the pan well
Inquiring minds want to know...
I’d love to know before I go home and look under mine 👀 thought all the suspension was about to be easy until this 🥲
Is yours standard?
Mine is standard...
@@itsjustasupra1207 yes and it was very easy to do
Was this an automatic or manual transmission?
Automatic
@@TheImprovisationCenter I'm going to be doing mine this weekend. Manual transmission. I'll try to remember to let you know if it's different or not
@jackofalltrades2980 the manual is different, but you still have to detach the motor mount, because the passenger side won't clear the engine oil pan. But I got away with only loosening the motor mount near the passenger side shock mounts.
@lukeurevig4904 Yeah it was either the motor mount or the tranny pan. I didn't wanna wrestle with that rear mount or the drivers side mount so I went with the pan which went way quicker for me.
would the control arm make the car wobble at highway speed ?
@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb it could but typically wobbles are from a tire that's got a knot forming on the tread or is starting to deform some along the treads
@@TheImprovisationCenter
got it thanks .. just that my scion wobbles during highway speeds, replace cv axle and bought brand new tires, still wobbles .. my next step is replacing bearings ... or the lower control arm
@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb could try jacking car off wheels and try moving wheel to see if there's any play in the suspension to see what's worn as well
@@TheImprovisationCenter
yea i think i've did that but there's no play ... i had set up a camera under both tire and caught one side spinning not as true as the other one ... that is why i replace the cv axle and all tire but to avail... i do remember every time going down an off ramp to the freeway around those cirles bends , my car tends to shake more when it's leaning on one side while accelerating to top highway speed... car drives perfect under 50 miles per hour though...
@sksnnsksnsnsbsbb how's the rest of the suspension? Struts and the bushing mounts at the tops of the struts? If not that does the wobble seem to be felt in the steering wheel or does it just seem to resonate through the car? Just wondering if the rear suspension might be causing problems.