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Old 06-27-2008, 11:14 PM   #105 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ttoyoda View Post
The B side of the tranny was towards the road when in the car, yes?
yep!


I'm slightly concerned about the spacers flexing a bit and bending the aluminum. How about if I added an angle iron, with a hard rubber strip on it, not attached to the base of the motor (furthest point from the transmission), but just supporting it? The motor could still wiggle around a bit and be free, but the aluminum wouldn't have to suffer the full brunt of the motor's weight, especially when going over a big pothole?

Also, according to tacoma screw people, the 7/16th grade 8 bolts can be torqued about 80 ft-pounds, but they said I should find out what the torque limits are on the transmission, which of course I have no idea! Should I just go for it and do the full 80 ft-pounds? (or maybe 75 just to be safe?)

The funny thing is, I have no way to measure my foot pounds! haha! Now if I had a spare Oprah laying around, I could use one of her feet, since it weighs 80 pounds.
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