Rear end problems?

My '88 Supra.

Sometimes, if I turn the wheels and come to a stop, when I go to start off again it feels like something is loose in the rear end. It's like a shift from one side to the other. This car has the LSD option.

Of course, I crawled around under the car and everything is tight. I need to bleed the brakes, and probably need new pads and rotors for the rear, but that will probably wait until spring. When I do lift the rear end, I'll check the shafts, but when I had it up last year they seemed fine. A cursory check shows boots OK, no rips or tears.

I have access to another LSD rear end. The current one is full of gear oil (fresh drain and fill last summer) with a proper LSD additive. When I first did the change last year, it went away for a short time.

I checked the level the other day, and it is full.

Maybe I'll try some more additive...?

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B
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JoeSpareBedroom

By the way, you never finished explaining your problem with Germany's health care system. I know why you never finished, but I thought I'd remind you before you pretend to forget.

I asked:

You responded:

What's your problem with Germany's health care system?

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

Germany's system is drowing. They are taking steps to fix the problems, but expect the changes to take many years to implement.

What is your attraction to Germany's health care system?

Reply to
Jeff Strickland

I have no attraction to Germany's system, and you never saw me post anything even remotely suggesting such a thing.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

Wrong thread. Maybe tomorrow.

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

NEWSFLASH When you (JoeWithOneBrainCellAndIt'sDead) ask, "What's your problem with Germany's health care system?" the implication is that you somehow think it is good (that means ATTRACTIVE), and something, we the USA, should strive to emulate. So, I ask again, what is your attraction to Germany's health care system?

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Jeff Strickland

Well, for one thing, it actually exists. And it cares for people's health. Sadly, we don't have such a thing in the US, what we have is a system that is all about making profits.

I'm not against making profits at all, mind you, but there's a point at which you have to stand back and wonder where 25% of the GDP is really going.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

Germany's health care plan is in disarray. They are in the midst of several major changes that they estimate will take YEARS to implement. Yes, they have health care, but they also have serious problems funding it. They are finding it to be far more costly than they expected, and they have high unemployment so tax collections are small -- not large enough to keep up with the health care demands.

And, Germany does not hide the fact that it is a socialist economy.

In a free market economy, the government is not supposed to provide anything, everything should come from the market. Obviously, a pure free market can't serve everybody, or won't.

Our system can stand some work, no question on that. The question is, should we fix the parts that don't work so well, or turn the whole thing over to government and bring the parts that do work well down to the level of the parts that don't -- thereby levelling out the system?

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Jeff Strickland

When you say "turn the wheels" do you mean rotate the rear wheels or do you mean turn the steering wheel?

Assuming that the car hasn't always behaved like that and that "turning the wheels" means turning the steering wheel, check:

Lug nut torque, make sure the rear wheels are properly seated and tires inflated.

Suspension mounts, bushings, springs - play in a part that controls lateral movement of the rear end, crushed or hardened bushings., etc.

Look for rips in the CV joint boots, grease on the underbody, etc.

check the bolts on the companion flanges for the shafts

Check diff fluid level

Assuming that you mixed the proper amount of LSD additive, I wouldn't add more.

Reply to
Ray O

Nothing wrong with my rear end, but my po old back and my po old ribcage/chest hurts.

I will probally wish I haden't said that. cuhulin

Reply to
cuhulin

The people in Germany had a hand in choosing the system, and this is what they preferred. It is similar in France, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, etc.

Socialism in this sense has nothing to do with communism. If Americans wanted communism, they would have voted for Obama.

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hls

Nobody has suggested doing that. Well, Nixon suggested it, but he was a Republican so it was okay.

Actually read the Obama proposal. It's interesting. It's got some good points and some bad points, but it does NOT turn everything over to the government and create Medicare for the whole country or anything.

What it DOES do is to make a Medicare-like option available for people who want it, meaning that insurance companies will have to learn how to compete and actually start operating like the co-operatives that they started out as.

For the most part, our health care system works very, very well at taking care of very sick people. For everyone else, it kind of falls apart, and any attempts at keeping people from getting sick in the first place seem to be pretty much absent. It's not in the health care companies' best interests to keep you from getting sick, it's in their best interests to give you as much acute care as possible. This is very dysfunctional.

The thing is, that's something that isn't going to change without a far more radical restructuring than Obama is proposing.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

We already have at least one "socialist" health care system in this country. Do you think we should abolish it? You know which one I mean. You're an expert on socialism and health care.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

No, that's not the implication at all. The Hack made a factual misrepresentation of Germany's health care system when he said this:

"That there's a real good reason for not letting ANY government involved in healthcare. At all."

My question about Germany was a request for clarification.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

You mean the one where members of congress get free health care that is paid for by the taxpayers? I'd be in favor of abolishing that one. Let them have to deal with the insurance companies like the rest of America and I'd bet you'd see a big change...

--scott

Reply to
Scott Dorsey

Nope. That's not the one I was referring to.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

Yeah. Steering wheel. If I come to a stop straight on, it usually doesn't do it. Esp if I have just come out of a turn oney way, turn the wheels (steering whel) to set up for a turn in the opposite direction, come to a stop and then go, it exhibits this problem. Also, note too that the U-Joints are SHOT!

This is all OK.

Old springs (20 years...) bad shocks (I have no idea...) crushed, hardened, crumbling bushings. It's a bit hard to find bushings. There is a guy that actually contacted a company in his area, made molds from a good set of bushings, and sells polyurethane bushings front and rear for this car, but they are stiff. Better than what I have, though. I'm going to do the entire suspension either before I put the car away for the winter, or next spring. I have a set of springs that have ~20,000 miles on them.

The front bushings, on the lower control arm cannot be bought separate otherwise. To get them from Toyota you have to buy the entire lower control arm for $200 each...

That all looks OK.

The who? Hmmm....

Full. So full with both rear wheels off the ground it STILL ran out when I removed the filler.

I'm pretty anal about mixing it correctly....

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

Yup. Hammer...nail...head.

Nice job!

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

Another wonderful statement.

You and Scott D get gold stars for the day.

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

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