Bell Crank Replacement 1984-85 Toyota Vanwagon

Today we finally replaced the bell crank in my 1985 Toyota van this part and replacement is only applicable from 1984 to 1985 1986 Toyota switched to a better rack and pinion setup.
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[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

great repair Kenny !👍👍

[@ils360]

Thanks Shawn!

[@BitchinSpectre]

So am I looking at a brown Toyota van being worked on at a self storage place... because I don't get enough of that in my life.

[@ils360]

Hey when you don't have a garage you make do with what you can right? 😁

[@sloanric]

HI there - thanks for the rad video. If you wanna sell that removed one to me I'll take it - then rebuild it and pass mine on - we could keep it going...

[@binht4931]

I got a 1985 with similar free play in my steering wheel. There a contact to get the same part u got?

[@nunie92]

When installing the new the bell crank back into the bracket is there a special process since you had to use a press to remove it? I’m curious because I’m doing the same process and I’m going to send it in as well !

[@ils360]

Nope No special process of putting it back on Just put it in place and torque it down. Make sure to keep on the company to get the part back It took them far too long to get mine done but they're the only place to get it done.

[@462ANIMAL]

I bet it was sketchy driving it with all that play .

[@ils360]

Oh it definitely was and I did for way too long 😂

[@462ANIMAL]

@@ils360 How many miles have you put on it since you got it ? I remember changing engine oil on one of them back in school.. over 20 yrs ago.. wow.. never see them on the roads here. Do you drive it all winter?

[@ils360]

@@462ANIMAL if I had to guess I probably put around 7,000 mi on it maybe a little more And yeah I was driving it through the winters making sure to keep it oiled and washed trying to keep the rust away but it did pretty good through the winter. I have a different vehicle to drive this year to drive through the winter so this will be able to take a break.

[@462ANIMAL]

@@ils360 I wish I could drive older stuff with rear wheel drive over the winter months here. We just get far to much snow here , last Christmas Eve we got nearly 5ft in less then 24 hrs ! We have 2 Subaru Foresters , and park the 03 Town car for 6 months.. We run the older foresters 09 and 2010 .. any newer and most of them have oil consumption issues and or low on compression.

[@ils360]

@@462ANIMAL lol the funny thing is is we get loads of snow here too and working night shift I see all of the fresh stuff without any salt or snow plows being through the area yet 😂 It's definitely a bit of a bumpy ride in a rear-wheel drive but for some reason I ran we will drive in the winter for many years. 🤷🏼‍♂️