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post Jun 23, 2013 - 3:11 AM
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DST94

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Alright, so this is how I swapped the superstrut tie rods onto my AT200 rack and pinion. We didnt swap it on the another Celica and we snapped the linkage in half so we found out the reason for the C curve the hard way. Here you go. Suggestions and questions welcome.

Compare


Dissasemble



They are the same



Pry the gold back then use a set of pliers and a 19mm to separate the inner rod from the rack and pinion


Separated


Difference is minor, an alignment should fix any discrepancies


Attatch


Attatched






Attatch Boot


Done, rinse and repeat for the other side.




any thoughts are welcome, I havent driven the car yet but ill post again to update with problems if any arise.

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post Nov 11, 2013 - 12:10 PM
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WOW! Hold up!
So you are going from Macpherson to Superstrut?
Why?
Most of the Superstrut owners (mainly GT-Fours) want to go from Superstrut to Machperson mainly because of:
-High rebuild & maintenance cost
-Poor turning circle
-Short life span

Posts in this topic
- DST94   McPherson to Superstrut Conversion   Jun 23, 2013 - 3:11 AM
- - enderswift   Never understood why everyone considered the steer...   Jun 23, 2013 - 10:01 AM
- - njccmd2002   Looks like an inch difference times two. And whe...   Jun 23, 2013 - 11:01 AM
|- - DST94   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Jun 23, 2013 - 9...   Jun 23, 2013 - 12:33 PM
- - playr158   Yup I went RHD and kept McPherson...modding the st...   Jun 23, 2013 - 1:33 PM
- - LimitedGT4   Thank you for demostrating to the forum the simpli...   Jun 23, 2013 - 10:01 PM
|- - DST94   QUOTE (LimitedGT4 @ Jun 23, 2013 - 8...   Jun 24, 2013 - 10:27 PM
- - LimitedGT4   the first time i swapped i used the stock linkages...   Jun 24, 2013 - 11:19 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   I'll leave this here. thanks to qatar11 for me...   Sep 12, 2013 - 10:28 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   Information provided Enderswift!!! (ho...   Nov 6, 2013 - 10:03 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   concerning the bulge that you see in the superstru...   Nov 7, 2013 - 12:53 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   information over load Stock ST205 superstrut f...   Nov 7, 2013 - 1:14 AM
- - yellowchinaman   WOW! Hold up! So you are going from Macphe...   Nov 11, 2013 - 12:10 PM
- - Rusty   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Nov 7, 2013 - 6...   Nov 11, 2013 - 3:09 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   chinaman. read the superstrut thread you can find ...   Nov 11, 2013 - 4:53 PM
- - enderswift   Why do you want to use the gt swaybar?   Nov 12, 2013 - 10:36 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (enderswift @ Nov 12, 2013 - 11...   Nov 12, 2013 - 6:55 PM
|- - LimitedGT4   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Nov 12, 2013 - 7...   Nov 12, 2013 - 7:45 PM
|- - enderswift   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Nov 12, 2013 - 7...   Nov 13, 2013 - 11:05 AM
- - njccmd2002   apparently superstrut parts here in the US are che...   Nov 13, 2013 - 7:53 AM
- - Trodai   Hi I have a st205 gt4 which i have converted to Mc...   Nov 23, 2013 - 5:10 PM
- - yellowchinaman   yes I too find it strange when people go from McPh...   Nov 25, 2013 - 10:34 AM
|- - Trodai   QUOTE (yellowchinaman @ Nov 25, 2013 - 1...   Nov 25, 2013 - 12:43 PM
|- - enderswift   QUOTE (yellowchinaman @ Nov 25, 2013 - 1...   Nov 25, 2013 - 2:27 PM
- - bri-boy   This is not only possible but actually very easy t...   Jun 18, 2014 - 6:04 AM
- - enderswift   If you are trying to convert your car to superstru...   Sep 1, 2014 - 3:42 PM
|- - DST94   QUOTE (enderswift @ Sep 1, 2014 - 1...   Sep 1, 2014 - 5:38 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   not to confuse anyone else but the 93-98 supra and...   Sep 1, 2014 - 5:50 PM
- - njccmd2002   buy new, not used... they last longer.   Sep 1, 2014 - 6:06 PM
- - enderswift   Guess I should post this here. NOT CONFIRMED YET: ...   Sep 9, 2014 - 10:54 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   even though the bottom of this superstrut cartridg...   Oct 4, 2014 - 2:44 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   Edophus was right the shock housing is pinched on ...   Oct 6, 2014 - 3:15 AM
- - enderswift   Aftermarket source for st205 bearings confirmed: ...   Feb 12, 2015 - 5:29 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   So I failed my friend and I'm still wondering ...   May 21, 2015 - 11:52 PM
- - mi645   Takes math class and still fails. Whats going on??...   May 22, 2015 - 12:44 AM
- - enderswift   Sigh. Bro, why are you driving urself crazy . Just...   May 23, 2015 - 10:31 AM
- - qatar11   I can confirm all you need is an off the shelf inn...   May 27, 2015 - 4:34 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   bump added pictures to the 1st page. like the inne...   Jun 30, 2015 - 1:22 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   Well as this thread was created to make a super st...   Nov 17, 2015 - 5:24 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   https://youtu.be/mvxi3qYj5Is?si=qkf1qXb7wusPFmsn   May 20, 2024 - 2:27 AM


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