DYI Improving Gen 3/3.5 vibration problem at idle
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After some investigation and a little luck, I discovered that the Dog Bone and the Mount Bracket for a Gen 4/4.5 four cyl. A/T will retrofit to the Gen 3/3.5 four cyl. A/T. The Gen 4/4.5 has a much larger rubber bushing on the end that bolts to the engine and that is why you have to purchase the mount bracket to do the retofit.
Doing this greatly reduces the amount of vibration that is felt through the wheel when stopped in D @ idle. A couple other TN members have done this retrofit with the same results and I wanted to share this with the rest of the Nation. The dogbone and mount for the MANUAL trans is the same for Gen 3/3.5/4./4.5 but was changed for the Gen4/4.5 AUTO which indicates that Toyota used this new style Dog Bone to help with the vibration @ idle problem.
If you don't want to hit the pick & pull to find the bracket & dog bone here are the factory part #'s & price. I purchased them wholesale on line from
www.toyotapartsales.com
Although this retrofit was to help auto trans owners and Toyota used a different pt# for gen 3-4.5 manual,a TN member used this retrofit on a 5sd trans car with an improvment also.
12363-74130 $31.77 rod/engine (dog bone)
12313-74060 $31.10 mounting bracket
This was the best Mod/ Upgrade that I have done!
Bear95
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This is posted in the stickys above. If your dog is broken you might want to do this retofit. I did with great results.
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