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Thanks Al, It's amazing how with just a little TLC these cars will go for 300,000 miles plus. Iv'e owned my 2005 prius since 2013 when I...
The lower control arms were in very good shape for 190K miles with only some minor surface rust which easily cleaned up with a wire wheel in a...
Dave...Just a suggestion. Maybe re check the grounds.
[ATTACH] Spindles after being all cleaned up[ATTACH]
So...all in all not that bad of a DIT job. Not including the front wheel alignment that I plan to get next week parts cost me right at $400. The...
[ATTACH] Drivers side all re-assembled on the car. You can see the transference of Permatex anti seize from the back of the factory aluminum...
[ATTACH] Passenger side all put back together including the new strut, wheel bearing/hub, Caliper bracket, caliper ,Brake rotors and pads. ALWAYS...
[ATTACH] So as these projects tend to do sometimes this one started to grow. I saw that the original 17 year old 190K mile front struts on both...
[ATTACH] So while I had everything apart I decided to use the old cordless drill and a wire brush to clean up the suspension components like the...
[ATTACH] I used a small wire brush, it's from a 20 ga shotgun cleaning kit, attached to my cordless drill, to clean out the guide pin channels on...
[ATTACH] Caliber support brackets all cleaned up and repainted with Rustoleum semi gloss black
[ATTACH] Caliber support brackets as they came off the car. The guide pins were crusty and sticking
The Detroit Axle brake pads (model # P-822,shown in previous pics) were pretty standard ceramic brake pads and came with the new hardware clips....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So here's the side by side of the old VS new brake rotors. I noticed and appreciated the nice cross hatching on the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here are the Detroit Axle brake rotors and pads that I ordered for the Prius. The box included a free bottle of Dot 3 Brake...
[ATTACH] So when I pulled the front wheels off the car to start this wheel bearing/hub replacement I immediately noticed the condition of the...
[ATTACH] Another pic of the new bearings and brake dust shields installed on the two factory spindles. FYI, I put a generous amount of Permatex...
[ATTACH] Left and Right Detriot Axle wheel bearing/Hub installed back into the cleaned up factory spindles. I needed to replace both brake dust...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The bearings I chose to use are from Detroit Axle. The model number is K 513265. I paid just under $100 for both sides...
I have an small 8 ton shop press that I could have used to push out the bearing if it refused to come out with the brute force, large hammer...
