Strut Indentification

[Banjo]

Hoping someone on here with access to Toyota part numbers can help me with this one.

 

I bought a pair of struts from a guy here in S.E. Qld, but never saw the car they came from. Attached to the struts were the LCAs, the coil springs and perches, steering knuckles, & the top bearing block. There were no calipers fitted. I was told the whole assembly was from an RA65 Celica.

 

I stripped them down & started to refurbish them. The struts are 51mm OD, and have the big hubs with PCD of 4 x 114.3. The rotors are bolted onto the hubs from the inner side of the rotor.

 

The LCAs were the standard 300mm long ones that fit so many Toyotas.

 

I bought a pair of Monroe gas shocks designated to suit RA60/65 Celica, and they fitted perfectly.

 

I measured the KPI angle and it appeared to be about 9.0 deg. The caliper mounting points have exactly 100mm centres.

 

I decided I'd order a pair of new DBA rotors, as once I skimmed, the ones I had would be on minimum thickness. With the rotors off the hub, I measured the rotors precisely, and was surprised to find the OD was 248mm, not the 258mm I expected, after researching the RA65 rotor sizes. So now I'm not sure whether the struts are RA65s, and someone has fitted the slightly smaller rotors at some time, or whether the whole assembly I purchased, is maybe off a Cressida MX62, which has 248mm rotors. However, my research indicates the Cressida MX62 had a much longer LCA.

 

I searched the strut on the weekend, & the only number I could come up with on the strut tube, just below the Toyota symbol was WK-23S.

 

Strange short number for Toyota, so I don't know whether it is the tube number, or the whole strut number, but it's the only number I can find on the strut.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

P.S. The only other clue was that that the steering knuckles fitted, have the offset ball joint mounting hole.

 

 

 

 

Cheers Banjo.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Xt130 have the offset balljoint hole in the steering knuckles.

 

Edit: but not the same bolt spacing or rotor size sorry, half asleep.

Edited April 28, 2013 by B.L.Z.BUB

[LittleRedSpirit]

Its quite possible someone has mixed and matched. What was the part number of the original shocks you replaced?

[Banjo]

The struts had the original oil filled Toyota shock absorbers in them, when I got them, which had no part numbers on them. The Monroe GT Gas cartridges I bought were model 25-3648.

 

When I search the Monroe website for 25-3648, it pulls up all the following Toyotas that this model suits.

 

 

The MX62 Cressida does not get a mention, so maybe they are Celica struts, as I was advised, & there has been a bit of mix & match with rotors & LCAs by someone previously. The 25-3648 shocks certainly fit perfectly in the struts I have.

 

Monroes lists the 25-0435 being suitable for the MX62 Cressida.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Banjo

Edited April 29, 2013 by Banjo