HELPP! Need quick answers pls.

Kris · 10-06-2009, 08:21 PM

I posted a thread already before this one giving my intro but i just cant get the hang of this forum stuff. well if u havent read my other post, i hav a 92 MR2 which i recently bought. Im in need of help though. The car needed a few things to pass inspection, i already had the brake pads replaced and the rotors too. I had the car looked over by a mechanic and he told there were a few things that needed to be replaced: Inner tie rod ends, stabilizer links, and the control arm. But he also told me that to pass inspection i would have to worry about the tie rods more than anything. Im not really sure what these parts are, or how easy it would be to replace these myself to save a couple of pennies. If someone can show me sum piks, and maybe let me kno where i could find these parts for cheap would be a great help. Also i took the car to a different mechanic after i replaced the brakes because i was getting a little frustrated about the fact that my MR2 is non power steering but the wheel seems way stiffer than it should be. So i took it to see if there was anything wrong with the alignment, and they told me that it looks like something is wrong with the rack and something with the steering gear box, or something like that, i cant really remember the name. But they told me to be sure they had to take apart the rack to check it. I didnt have them do it because i just dont have the spare cash to be paying for all of that. So i guess what im asking for is if it would be a good idea to just replace the entire rack, or go with what the other mechanic said and just replace the inner tie rods. i found some prices for the rack, around 350-420. But then to get it installed would be even more. so if anyone knows if its worth doing it myself then pls let me know. I want to get this car running great, just like it should be. O and one more thing, if anyone knows how to install the e-brake cables, i need that too pls. Thnx to everyone who replies. I love this car but its just a load of stress not knowing where to start.

Archidamus-R · 10-15-2009, 12:42 PM

Welcome!

Be calm, everything will be ok, lol.

My steering is a bit heavier than I might expect, but my mechanic said there's nothing wrong with it. It feels awesome at speed, just a little heavy around the parking lot.

E-brake cables should be pretty easy to do, just a pain to get to. You have to take off the underbody panels (jack it up and support it . . . you don't want her falling on your head

). The cables are held in place at the rear caliper by a little peg with a clip through it (except mine, which has one peg, and one bolt, lol). Remove that, and the cables should be pretty easy to unhook everywhere else. There are little eyelets that the cables ride through from the lever to the calipers, these just kind of clip in. Just pop them out. The cables are secured to the lever with a small peg. There's a slot in the peg holder on the lever: with the cables loose, you can orient the cable to slide through the slot and out. It sounds complicated but it's pretty easy, once you get down there.

I realize there are mebbe more pressing matters, but this is the one I can help with right now, lol. I have the factory shop manuals, I'll check on the tie rods a little later. Mebbe I can email you some scans of some of this stuff . . .

Good luck!

Kris · 10-19-2009, 10:53 PM

thnxxxx.
ive got an update too. ive went to my mechanic and asked him about the rack and stuff and turnd out a week later he was able to get the part for me and charged me $300 for the new rack and 100 for labor. i gatherd sum cash and just decided to go through with this, since the bushings were real worn out and the steering wheel had alot of play. i went through with it just in case if the inner tie rods werent the only thing wrong, and i wouldve had to get the rack anyway. best to start fresh i guess lol. but yea now that solved some problems but now all i need is the e brake, but the damn cables froze up. ive been trying to loosen them up with some wd-40 and just play with them a little everyday, see where that gets me lol. thnx tho for helping out with the info. and is the manual that u got specifically for the 92 mr2? cus ive been looking everywhere for that repair manual but some stores tell me they dont exist -_- . oo and your right, i finally got used to the manual steering, it isnt as bad as a thought. wen i went to buy the rack, i was trying to decide if i shuld just go for the power steering, but just left it manual. tryna keep it stock. lol umm i got another question tho. my mechanic told me that the shocks for my car were fine, but wen i drive it over a pothole or through rough roads, the car kind of bounces, and i hear a noise kinda like wen you jump on a spring matress. lol , im bad at explaining, but i hope you get what im tryna say. thnx again.

10-06-2009, 08:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kris No Skills Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	HELPP! Need quick answers pls. I posted a thread already before this one giving my intro but i just cant get the hang of this forum stuff. well if u havent read my other post, i hav a 92 MR2 which i recently bought. Im in need of help though. The car needed a few things to pass inspection, i already had the brake pads replaced and the rotors too. I had the car looked over by a mechanic and he told there were a few things that needed to be replaced: Inner tie rod ends, stabilizer links, and the control arm. But he also told me that to pass inspection i would have to worry about the tie rods more than anything. Im not really sure what these parts are, or how easy it would be to replace these myself to save a couple of pennies. If someone can show me sum piks, and maybe let me kno where i could find these parts for cheap would be a great help. Also i took the car to a different mechanic after i replaced the brakes because i was getting a little frustrated about the fact that my MR2 is non power steering but the wheel seems way stiffer than it should be. So i took it to see if there was anything wrong with the alignment, and they told me that it looks like something is wrong with the rack and something with the steering gear box, or something like that, i cant really remember the name. But they told me to be sure they had to take apart the rack to check it. I didnt have them do it because i just dont have the spare cash to be paying for all of that. So i guess what im asking for is if it would be a good idea to just replace the entire rack, or go with what the other mechanic said and just replace the inner tie rods. i found some prices for the rack, around 350-420. But then to get it installed would be even more. so if anyone knows if its worth doing it myself then pls let me know. I want to get this car running great, just like it should be. O and one more thing, if anyone knows how to install the e-brake cables, i need that too pls. Thnx to everyone who replies. I love this car but its just a load of stress not knowing where to start.

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10-15-2009, 12:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Archidamus-R ...Modest Skills Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: MO Posts: 79 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Welcome! Be calm, everything will be ok, lol. My steering is a bit heavier than I might expect, but my mechanic said there's nothing wrong with it. It feels awesome at speed, just a little heavy around the parking lot. E-brake cables should be pretty easy to do, just a pain to get to. You have to take off the underbody panels (jack it up and support it . . . you don't want her falling on your head ). The cables are held in place at the rear caliper by a little peg with a clip through it (except mine, which has one peg, and one bolt, lol). Remove that, and the cables should be pretty easy to unhook everywhere else. There are little eyelets that the cables ride through from the lever to the calipers, these just kind of clip in. Just pop them out. The cables are secured to the lever with a small peg. There's a slot in the peg holder on the lever: with the cables loose, you can orient the cable to slide through the slot and out. It sounds complicated but it's pretty easy, once you get down there. I realize there are mebbe more pressing matters, but this is the one I can help with right now, lol. I have the factory shop manuals, I'll check on the tie rods a little later. Mebbe I can email you some scans of some of this stuff . . . Good luck!

10-19-2009, 10:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kris No Skills Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	thnxxxx. ive got an update too. ive went to my mechanic and asked him about the rack and stuff and turnd out a week later he was able to get the part for me and charged me $300 for the new rack and 100 for labor. i gatherd sum cash and just decided to go through with this, since the bushings were real worn out and the steering wheel had alot of play. i went through with it just in case if the inner tie rods werent the only thing wrong, and i wouldve had to get the rack anyway. best to start fresh i guess lol. but yea now that solved some problems but now all i need is the e brake, but the damn cables froze up. ive been trying to loosen them up with some wd-40 and just play with them a little everyday, see where that gets me lol. thnx tho for helping out with the info. and is the manual that u got specifically for the 92 mr2? cus ive been looking everywhere for that repair manual but some stores tell me they dont exist -_- . oo and your right, i finally got used to the manual steering, it isnt as bad as a thought. wen i went to buy the rack, i was trying to decide if i shuld just go for the power steering, but just left it manual. tryna keep it stock. lol umm i got another question tho. my mechanic told me that the shocks for my car were fine, but wen i drive it over a pothole or through rough roads, the car kind of bounces, and i hear a noise kinda like wen you jump on a spring matress. lol , im bad at explaining, but i hope you get what im tryna say. thnx again.