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Oakleigh, Melbourne
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MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Tue, 14 September 2004 03:08
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looking for this part for a friend. If anyone has one or does anyone know if toyota still sells them?
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Lost in the K hole
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May 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Tue, 14 September 2004 07:16
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repco has them - theyre about $70
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Oakleigh, Melbourne
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August 2003
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Wed, 15 September 2004 03:16
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tried em here in melbourne and they didn't list them.
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Brisbane
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November 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Wed, 15 September 2004 08:52
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Having been there, I would suggest you look at getting a single piece tailshaft made. When my centre bearing played up I had one made for $140+GST IIRC.
Easier to work with, lighter, stronger, and generally cheaper than putting in a new centre bearing.
Trucks break tailshafts quite often, and there are a number of specialist businesses here in QLD. I'm sure that trucks also break in Victoria, so I'd be stunned if you couldn't locate someone to assist cheaply.
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Wed, 15 September 2004 09:05
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| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 14 September 2004 17:16 |
repco has them - theyre about $70
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Ed!!! Part number??? repco has no listing down here
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Lost in the K hole
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May 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Wed, 15 September 2004 11:05
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ok, it wasnt repco, it was autobarn... my bad.
i shagged my bearing in dubbo, and the local autobarn had a massif tailshaft bearing book that they thunbed through to find me one for the ma61 supra.... it just happened that in the process of looking, we found a listing for the ma70 supra...
my ma61 unit had to be ordered in from the manufacturer/distributor...
perhaps try giving dubbo autobarn a call and get them to look through whatever that book is that they have there
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Oakleigh, Melbourne
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August 2003
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Thu, 16 September 2004 02:42
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tried autobarn but they only have listing for MA60. Surely there is one out there that somone isn't using!
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Oakleigh, Melbourne
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August 2003
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Thu, 16 September 2004 02:44
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7M: This is a bog stock chicks car with no intention of mods or anything. The labour cost involved in swapping to a single would not be whorth it for her. Thanks for the suggestion though man.
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Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Thu, 16 September 2004 02:49
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a long shot i know...but are ma61 and ma70 centre bearings the same?
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Perth
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September 2004
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Fri, 17 September 2004 13:04
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Meh... mine went a coupla years ago, and word then was they don't make them any more. I had to have mine rebuilt. Cost between $150 and $200 (can't remember exactly) - as Supra parts go, that's cheap. 
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Sat, 18 September 2004 04:16
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| 7M-Brisbane wrote on Wed, 15 September 2004 18:52 |
Having been there, I would suggest you look at getting a single piece tailshaft made. When my centre bearing played up I had one made for $140+GST IIRC.
Easier to work with, lighter, stronger, and generally cheaper than putting in a new centre bearing.
Trucks break tailshafts quite often, and there are a number of specialist businesses here in QLD. I'm sure that trucks also break in Victoria, so I'd be stunned if you couldn't locate someone to assist cheaply.
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Urgh, with an IRS diff tho, if you want to install/remove a 1 piece shaft you will have either the choice of removing engine and gearbox, or removing the differential setup..... 
(this is because the rear submember has a loop that the tailshaft goes through!)
Cheers
Wilbo
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Brisbane
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November 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Sat, 18 September 2004 11:28
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Urgh, with an IRS diff tho, if you want to install/remove a 1 piece shaft you will have either the choice of removing engine and gearbox, or removing the differential setup.....
(this is because the rear submember has a loop that the tailshaft goes through!)
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Sorry but that's all incorrect.
An MA61 has a rear submember, and as such I would not have made this suggestion if we were discussing an MA61. We are instead talking about an MA70 which, like many other IRS cars, does *not* have a rear submember that the tailshaft travels though.
On an MA70 it is much easier to remove a single piece tailshaft - four bolts at the diff and it's out! The factory two-piece on an MA70 involves four bolts at the diff and two extra bolts for the centre bearing.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: MA70 Centre Tailshaft Bearing
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Sun, 19 September 2004 05:55
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| 7M-Brisbane wrote on Sat, 18 September 2004 21:28 |
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Urgh, with an IRS diff tho, if you want to install/remove a 1 piece shaft you will have either the choice of removing engine and gearbox, or removing the differential setup.....
(this is because the rear submember has a loop that the tailshaft goes through!)
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Sorry but that's all incorrect.
An MA61 has a rear submember, and as such I would not have made this suggestion if we were discussing an MA61. We are instead talking about an MA70 which, like many other IRS cars, does *not* have a rear submember that the tailshaft travels though.
On an MA70 it is much easier to remove a single piece tailshaft - four bolts at the diff and it's out! The factory two-piece on an MA70 involves four bolts at the diff and two extra bolts for the centre bearing.
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I am duly chastised for my ignorance
Cheers
Wilbo
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