Sealed

 

Sealed

Darn it! Ok, well, time to put the car back together, no point in installing the springs if I have to get different struts first.

Well, this is a great community, Thanks amerikim!

 

You CAN use Sealed Ones on your car. I think you just need to change the Mount to a diff one I heard, not sure. I'd recommend switching to the NON-Serviceable ones for future ease of use.

 

Well, I'm selling them: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130026271633

 

If you bought them from a store, they may let you exchange for the full Tokico struts.
I really recommend going that route.
Or, you may find someone here that may have the original shocks for sale.
Or, Junk yard diving.

 

I've been visiting several salvage yards here in Knoxville, and I think I've found the answer to the "Which 92-94 Camrys have serviceable struts and which have sealed ones?" question. The only Camry that I was able to find that had serviceable struts was a Japanese manufactured one with a VIN number starting with JT2, all the others with sealed struts are the American assembled ones with VIN starting with 4T1SK...

I spoke to someone at a yard today that said maybe inside the sealed struts are threads that are made to receive the nut in that comes with the Tokico inserts, I don't think Toyota would have required a pipe cutter to cut open the struts to install new inserts, but just an idea from someone I spoke to about my issue.

 

I've been visiting several salvage yards here in Knoxville, and I think I've found the answer to the "Which 92-94 Camrys have serviceable struts and which have sealed ones?" question. The only Camry that I was able to find that had serviceable struts was a Japanese manufactured one with a VIN number starting with JT2, all the others with sealed struts are the American assembled ones with VIN starting with 4T1SK...

I spoke to someone at a yard today that said maybe inside the sealed struts are threads that are made to receive the nut in that comes with the Tokico inserts, I don't think Toyota would have required a pipe cutter to cut open the struts to install new inserts, but just an idea from someone I spoke to about my issue.

Get the '95 struts. They'll fit your Gen3. I have a 93 and that's what i'm using. They are tokico's sealed struts.

edit: btw, if it makes you feel better, i was in the exact same position when i went to install my struts. should probably throw a section on this in the Camry FAQ.