Replacing Front Struts '93-'02 Toyota Corolla
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2016
- This video is made as a guideline to show you how to change the front struts on a 1993-2002 Toyota Corolla.
I hope it was helpful!
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Tools used in this video:
- Basic wrench set (you can also use plyers or vice grips to do the same job in this case)
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Parts used in this video:
- KYB Strut-Plus SR4063 and SR4062 www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/to...
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Please note that I am not a professional mechanic, nor am I saying that you have to do exactly what I say in this video. Perform these repairs at your own risk! Safety first ;) - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This is so useful, Finally found someone that does videos on the old corollas, i have a 95 in the same color and i just got coilovers for it so this video helped alot!
Awesome! I'm happy to be able to help. Please pardon the somewhat poor quality of the content. I was still learning how to make entertaining and useful videos lol. Also, what brand coilovers did you get? I'd be interested in some after these struts go out.
What coilovers did you get? Also is there any difference in suspension with the wagon from sedan model?
Mine is a manual also, I love this car, this is when Toyota made indestructible cars
No videos or anything anywhere days the tools and sizes needs for the whole job. Dude we are a truly incompetent species. But this is a good video
Thanks!
Very good in depth video, thank you.
Well done documentary on strut replacement. Thank you. -Josef
Thank you!
Great video. I had a pair of those exact green reebok ice cream sneaks by Pharrell
Thank you for this!
Fantastic. Thank you.😀
Great video, thanks for sharing. I have the same exact Corolla, just automatic. So, here's to making her last forever! Lol.
Awesome! They are really fun cars, keep it going as long as you can!
I have a 93 corolla, looking forward to learning alot from you on how to work on it. Id like to replace the trans with a manual one but ill see, Keep it up man!
musaabr Thanks! Definitely go manual, so much more fun. I'm currently working on a transmission swap series for this car, I have part 1 and 2 already out, but there's like 8 parts so I have a lot of work left haha. Part 3 will be out soon, probably in 2-3 weeks, after I finish the Accord ball joint series.
Awesome man, would love to learn how to do the trans swap on my own, will keep a watch out for it when it drops, good luck!
Thank you!!
Wagon in manual flavor, she’s a keeper by gum.
Knightrem 10 Agreed, never getting rid of this car!
thank you i will do mine pretty sonn
Glad I could help!
Boa tarde, sou do Brasil, vídeo excelente parabéns!! Consigo comprar as Torres de amortecedores para cá?
Tenho uma Corolla WG.
So I'm doing this right now, and I got the driver's side done with no problems, but I'm having trouble aligning the lower bolt holes on the passenger side. The knuckle won't tilt upwards enough now. Is it possible that the inner cv joint popped out? There's no play in the axle but the boot looks pretty extended. Also alignment for the passenger side is way off now. Any ideas?
Yes the CV joint can and will pop off if you pull on it too much. What you have to do is remove the strut, try to extend it out and make it all parallel (cv joints only line up straight to go back in) and the turning the axle shaft until it pops in. Then try installing the knuckle. That happened to me several times.
And the alignent can definitely change. The ride height changes so it affects the alignent. Mine was way off when I replaced my struts. Always get an alignment after doing any steering or suspension work.
Hi thank you for video what type this absorber kyb or what? What about tyre size i f i used rims 14 what best size will 185/60/14R or 185/65R14 ?
I bought KYB Strut Plus assemblies. Link in the description of the video.
As for tires, 185/65R14 is what you want to go with.
What is the length of coil spring front and back?
Great job as usual 👍 I have 2 questions. Number 1: Some time ago I changed the shock absorbers at the front of an old Volvo. When I had to put it back on, I had a lot of trouble getting the shock absorber into the right position down for some reason (which you also mentioned you had done in this video). It ended with a bit of tearing and wear and tear and I managed to pull out the drive shaft from the inner attachment. Balls went out and it was a huge job to get a new axle etc. But I could have avoided all of this if I had loosened the center nut first, before I started the job. But have you ever experienced the same thing with your cars, on your Toyotas that it is necessary to loosen the center nut when changing shock absorbers? I see many people on CZcams also do not loosen the center nut when changing the shock absorber. Question 2: should I replace the shock absorber spring or can I use the old one? See many people using the old Springs.
1. Removing the axle nut is definitely the safest way to go about replacing a strut or doing anything that requires the knuckle to lean outwards. You can get around that but you have to be very careful not to separate the inner CV joint like you accidentally did. I've done it too in the past. I've never pulled it hard enough to rip the boot and let the inside of the CV joint fall out, but I've separated it and then had to fight with it to get it back in. It happens. Just have to be careful. So if you can, just remove the CV axle nut and push the axle through the hub.
2. You can reuse the old spring if it's in good condition. Make sure it's not rotted, broken, weak, saggy, bent, or has other damage.
@@AutoFixYT Okay. Then I know a little more. Wondered if it was just me that was very clumsy, but then there are others who have done the same. 😃 Will remember that and loosen the center bolt next time and that with the springs. Thanks for the reply 👍
How come the Haynes manual says strut to knuckle torque is 203 Foot LBs.??? You are saying 154.???
203 ft lbs is quite high for that bolt, but hey if that's what it says that's what it is! I just double checked and it is 203 indeed. So i guess go for it lol. I don't know where i got 154 ft lbs from. This is an old video and I didn't have many resourced back then or much experience.
Good car
👍
Do you need to get an alinement after replacing front struts on a 2000 Toyota Corolla??
Yes you do. Always after replacing any suspension or steering components.
Are the strut assemblies specific for the wagon? Wagon is 1.8 is that all that matters?
The fronts are the same as the sedan. The rears will bolt on but the spring rate is lower for the sedan, and higher for the wagons. But nobody makes wagon springs anymore so you either have to re-use your old ones, get some from a junkyard, buy sedan springs and hope it doesn't sag too much, or get coilovers.
great video, what's the bolt size for big bolts? the brake line is 14mm.
Which bolts are you referring to?
@@AutoFixYT I think he means the Knucle Bolts (which I think are bigger than the knucle nuts)
My old struts had the green, blue, and white paint on the springs like yours. I thought they had come out of a junkyard. Is there a reason the springs are different, like the driver one has maybe one more turn?
As I compared the old to the new, I thought, "Surely these are not factory originals? Why would they put such weak springs on this car?" My passenger side would often bottom out if I hit a bump.
Well they could be originals or they could be from the junkyard if someone grabbed a set of original struts from there. The driver's side might have an extra half of a coil because the driver is always in the car, and being a very light car maybe they tried to make up for the extra weight on the driver's side. That or someone replaced that side and not the other side.
Either way, you wanna do them in pairs. The fact that the original springs have less coils is normal. That doesn't mean they're worse though. They were designed specifically for this car. Anything with more coils could just end up being stiffer, which if that's what you're going for then that's great. I really like my KYBs. 4 and a half years later and they're still doing great!
@@AutoFixYT I appreciate the response. My old ones were so bad, anything is an improvement.
Same lol I used to be able to make the car bounce like a trampoline haha, I love my KYBs though. Made the car handle awesome! They're pricey but I definitely recommend them.
I just change the struts in my 2002 Corolla and now Everytime I hit a bump a clocking noise start to happen any idea what is it
Several possibilities:
1. Make sure everything is torqued well, especially the strut mounting plate on top.
2. Make sure your sway bar links that you had to disconnect are properly connected and are still in working order. If they have play then it will clunk
3. Your struts may be bad. What brand did you use? You may need to return them and get new ones
@@AutoFixYT I got my struts from prime auto choice I have them since last April 8 months now and recently I have changed my away bar links I don't know what where the noise come from but I have to torque the bold down to spec's
Ok then check your ball joints. Those clunk too when they go bad. The next most common thing to go bad are the sway bar bushing. I have a video on those too. They're the bushings that the sway bar rides in. When they get old it'll make the bar clunk up and down so use a pry bar or your own force and check those. If it clunks something must be wrong. It's not very likely that struts can go bad that fast but it happens. Although that noise is a but different, if a strut is bad internally it's more of a banging noise not so much a clunking noise
@@AutoFixYT i did find out what the problem is its actually the top nut of the strut came loose due to the vibration and that what was making the noise i was surprised, it should be torqued to the factory specs when it came from the company but i did snug it up and the noise now is gone
@@kamalabbady6778that's great! As you said this should have been tightened and thread locked from the factory but this stuff happens sometimes. Glad you were able to fix the problem!
what happened to the undershields (sumpguards, underguards etc)??
drholmes1003 Haha good catch! I forgot to show how I removed and reinstalled those... My bad!
Were they steel or plastic?
They were plastic
LOL - on his phone it says upper nuts 29 - and right above that is showing the lower bolts/nuts are 203 (like the Haynes manual) but somehow he comes up with that being 154.??? Maybe he wasn't thinking clearly that day. LOL.
Ok so if you actually watch the video, I got the 152 ft lbs torque spec from the sheet that came with the struts. I should have followed the manufacturers torque spec, not the one provided by the struts, but regardless, tight is tight.
I'm in the process of doing the struts . Why do I feel like the new ones are longer??
Got them through Amazon for 96 DX🥺🥺
How much longer? Compare them side by side. They should be the same overall length. What brand struts are they? The car will ride higher at first until the springs settle in, give it a few hundred miles for that to happen. Also the shocks will need to activate too.
@@AutoFixYT they are 'mostplus'
Another sign that makes me think they sent the wrong ones is that the top 3 nuts are no longer 12mm.
They are 13mm???
@@antonioc2017 I've never heard of that brand, I always use KYB. Yes the nut size difference is normal, happens often with aftermarket parts.
What size socket did you use for the lower bolts? 19mm?
Yes I believe they're 19mm bolts with 19mm nuts
Auto Fix awesome! Thank you. I have the exact same car as you down to the paint, so these videos are really helpful.
@@jarydgallant1348 That's awesome! They're awesome cars, lots of fun to drive and work on!
Auto Fix you going to do your motor mounts anytime soon?
@@jarydgallant1348 Haha umm... I did... like three years ago and I filmed it... and never posted the video lol. I have tons of footage from my transmission replacement series that I haven't posted. I might get back to that. I lost interest in making those videos because they were long and I had other more fun videos to make so I kinda stopped but I've been meaning to go back to the old footage I have and edit it to make videos out of it, including a full transmission replacement video
Good work. be careful though, not supposed to place the jack stands on the tow hooks.
Anthony Wendt Thanks! The jack stands aren't on the tow hooks although it may look like it. They're on the frame right next to them :)
how much would all this work plus parts cost ??
Jorge Rodrigo Portillo Ventura Probably over $1000, parts alone were $530 (You can get cheaper ones, but they won't ride as good). On the way I encountered some other issues due to the age of the car, such as bad sway bar links and bad ball joints, so add that to the cost too.
Would I be able to get away with JUST doing the front struts and not the rears?
Yes, if that's all you need. If the rear are worn then you'll feel the car ride poorly because now you have new struts in the front and old in the back. If the rears are still ok then go for it.
@@AutoFixYT awesome thanks man! Yea front ones are shot
how did it feel, have same car and ironically ordered same struts
baileyonthedaily They feel amazing! Replace all four and it'll feel like never before. They are stiff but take bumps and unexpected potholes beautifully, and keep the car very well balanced when cornering and high speeds, especially with some aftermarket wheels and good tires.
It's been almost a year for me on this suspension and it still feels like new!
Sir.What is the wheels and tires size of this corolla?
If you have a 1.6L or 1.8L version and are located in the US, the original/factory tire size is most commonly 185/65R14. Wheels are always 4x100 lug pattern with a +45 offset. Sometimes, depending on the trim, you can have a 175/65R14 tire but that's not common. Other markets (European/Asian) have some other options.
@@AutoFixYT i have 1.3 2e engine.im located in philippines.Asian version.it have 13 inch and 4x100.
Fitting on a 165/70r13.its bad for r13x4.5 or 5 inch rim diameter.
Ah.rim width.sorry.im a filipino.
@@i09089309017intal If it fits it will work but your speedometer won't be accurate. For your size your probably need a 155 not 165. You should have a sticker on your driver's door or frame saying what tire size your specific car was designed for
would this work on a 90' corolla?
Yes should be the same procedure
@@AutoFixYT ive been researching what parts I would need to get to do a full front suspension replacement on my 90 corolla. I am confused on what to get and if I chose the right things. would you please help me and just put down a list of what I need to get for a full front suspension replacement.
@@AutoFixYT also subscribed
@@shperez2615 Let me take a look
@@shperez2615 Ok so I'd suggest doing to RockAuto.com and get the following (this won't be cheap):
- KYB front and rear shocks
- KYB strut mounts
- Moog front and rear coil springs
- Moog front ball joints
- Moog front control arms
- Moog sway bar end links
- Moog sway bar bushings
- Moog inner/outer tie rods
- Combination of Moog & Mevotech rear control arms
Now since you're doing all that work, might as well refresh the brakes/wheel bearings/hubs. So...
- Reybestos/Cardone/ACDelco calipers (whichever you prefer price wise), or get them from Autozone because they're lifetime warranty and only $60
- New brake hoses, any brand
- New front rotors but avoid Centric brand
- Timken wheel bearings all around
- Raybestos rear drums
- New drum brake hardware, whatever brand you want to pick is probably fine
- Akebono ceramic front pads
- New rear brake shoes
If I forgot anything then... sorry haha. But this should be a good starter list. And if you're dealing with lots of rust then be ready for the repairs to Escalade in time, money, and difficulty fast. Have power tools ready, torches, and lots of penetrant.
Hope this helps!
Never kick, jerk a bolt loose… Steady Even pressure or you can snap the Lug or bolt.
Impact wrenches have sudden powerful impacts too though.
@@AutoFixYT true,, but tested for many years and the will still break bolts. I like the video and I in no are putting you down. I was a Master Plumber for 20 years and in Plumbing or on a car Old Bolts Break. I have snapped a few in my day but not in a long time.
You can take what you want of it and leave the rest. Maybe for you it will only be on Old Stuff like me. lol
@@richlachapelle182 Oh no i totally believe you and i have many times freed up bolts by holding steady pressure as opposed to impacting it. Sometimes though the only way to put more force down is to actually impact it, whether that is by hand or with a power tool. But you are totally right, it does in some cases result in broken bolts or studs when that could have been avoided.
@@AutoFixYT it’s so easy to get along. Just listen to one another. I watch a lot of fix it stuff and honestly this is the first time I commented on anything. I’m definitely not bashing more just adding my 2 cents. Keep up the great work.
@@richlachapelle182 Thank you!
Nice video but your ride height seems a little high
Thanks! It's high at first but all struts will take a couple hundred miles to break in. Took me a few weeks of driving to make them ride at a normal height.
How much
How much what?
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don't ever kick a wheel spanner.
Well... When you have absolutely no other option, you gotta do what you gotta do.
that torque wrench is not gonna be very accurate after loosening bolts like that, borrow your friends half inch ratchet or impact 😂
Lol I agree, this was back when I had no tools and no money lol
Fun fact I'm still using that torque wrench 😂 this video is cringey to watch but people like it so I can't delete it
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