What a Battle to Only be Half Way! OEM Rear Suspension Overhaul Celsior LS400 Project (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2023
- In the first foray of overhauling the rear suspension on the Celsior restoration project, I find many challenges along the way, most notably of which is a torn axle boot which has thrown grease all over the place inside the right wheel well.
So not only will be replacing and refreshing every suspension component like upper and lower control arms, end links, strut bars, etc. But we will also be replacing the boots on the CV axles with a Toyota OEM reboot kit. I want to keep the solid Toyota steel, but have fresh grease and new boots on the CV axles rather than replacing them with new.
This project took way longer than I anticipate, both in terms of hours worked and days passed, but hopefully it makes for some great content.
Enjoy part 1 of the Celsior rear suspension overhaul! - Авто та транспорт
OMG NO WAY! I CANT BELIEVE YOUR CHANNEL POPPED UP! It's Josh the one who bought it from you!
Hey dude!!
What did you guys think about the feeling of the rear poly bushing? I'm about to do all of my rear arms/bushing in my '99 LS and debating what to do for it. Thanks!
Wow I’m glad I waited until you dropped this vid. I am not prepared for this but with your help I will be significantly better off once it’s time for me to do it!
Also can you link the bushings you got and the boot kit? Thank you sir
It's definitely a very tough job! Glad I could help.
The boot kit part number is: 0442940022
And then the two bushings are: Febest TAB-021Z and Problem Solving Bushings PSB505
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What are the part numbers/where did you get the carrier bushings from? Going to do this on my 99 LS and having a hard time finding the carrier bushings. Thanks!
I had to buy the knuckle bushings from Febest. I'm not sure the part numbers are the same for 95-97 Celsiors/LS vs 98-00, but the part number I used was Febest TAB-021Z. Bought is straight from their website
Hey JJ. I’m doing the same with my 1995 Celsior (UCF 21) where did you order parts? I’m running into walls before I even get started. Thanks in advance
I got almost all my OEM from amayama.com and partsouq.com. Amayama had the entire front suspension and only a few from the rear. The rest of the rear I actually ordered from a few Japan based sellers on eBay, and then some from Lexus parts now
This is a great video series, as I am in the market for a Celsior in the near future.
Not to sound like a nervous nanny here but are you choking the front wheels?
Love this car! The more and more I drive it the more I want to keep it lol.
I typically am doing that, yes!
i just overhauled my rear suspension. Though not as completely as this - I only did the 3 control arms and sway bar links, I didn't pull the axles to get to the upper A-arms. Shocks were already replaced.
I'm still chasing ride quality issues coming from the rear end... you mention diff mounts, are those even serviceable without dropping the entire differential? It seems so inaccessible to me. Same thing for potentially compromised subframe mounts. The rear of my car is so sensitive to micro bumps in the pavement and uneven surfaces. The car handles big bumps beautifully, but on smooth blacktop paved yesterday it still feels like someone is banging on the rear axle with a 5lb deadblow mallet. It always just feels... busy. It never settles down and "glides" like it should.
My understanding is you need to drop the entire subframe to do those. Another massive job. I’ll probably end up doing that in the future since I have a pretty hard clunk shifting into drive.
I’m hoping the knuckle bushings sort out the rear end stability issues but we’ll see!
I tried for hours to pry out the rear differential mount bushings without taking the entire diff and subframe out. I wish I hadn't wasted that time. You will 100% need to take out the entire subframe and hammer them out, then hammer the new ones in. What year is yours?
@@christiannakamura1187 Mine's a 98.
@@christiannakamura1187 Can you just drop the whole subframe with everything still attached to it? just need to disconnect the various bars/control arms and then the shock tower I assume?
@@JJinMotion I wasn't able to find a satisfactory video to give me the steps unfortunately. I'm lucky to have an Instagram group chat of local UCF owners who helped me out. You'll need to drop the diff first, which means axles, rear driveshaft flex disc, and mounts off. Take that out, then you'll need to disconnect brake calipers and shocks, the ebrake wires, and the brackets holding the brake lines. Then you can take off the subframe bolts and drop it. I put a short 2x4 through the hole between the rear mounts and put the jack under that, then dropped it onto cardboard boxes under the wheel hubs and dragged it out behind the car. Not gonna lie, I couldn't have put it all back in by myself if I didn't have my brother to help. Hope this helps you! Hahaha
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Stiletto baby!
I dropped my entire subframe to do the diff mount bushings. Man, it was hard. Not looking forward to the suspension...
That's definitely on my list, but yeah... doesn't sound fun at all
@@JJinMotion Unfortunately, you will have to drop the entire subframe to get them, unless you have the special Lexus tool.
@@christiannakamura1187 Did you attempt the subframe mounts as well while you were in there? & What differential mounts did you attempt to replace. The UCF10 has 3, the UCF20 has 4.
@@lowstrife I have a 1996 which is UCF20, and it has 3 mounts. There's the vertical one at the front by the driveshaft, and the two horizontal ones in the subframe. I replaced all three, along with the flex discs. I didn't do the subframe bushings, though I need to. Not excited for it.
@@christiannakamura1187 The 96 has 3 still? I could have sworn the crossover point was in 95 for where it's quad mounts.
But ok cool - thanks. I'm chasing down ride quality issues, and most of the rest of the rear suspension is new so that's honestly the last thing that it could possibly be. I made another comment on this video describing my symptoms. Yay for rabbit holes... and difficult to accomplish jobs. Diff mounts were not something I expected would need to be done to keep the glide the car should have.
Bmws and oil leaks 😅
Like the sun and the moon lol