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I have replaced hub bearings and no big deal assembling them, at least the bearings can be of a known quality if from Toyota
John

I'm here sitting in London Heathrow airport waiting for my Ethiopian Airways flight to take me home after 2-1/2 weeks of motorsport in the UK
john

I replaced the ancillary drive belt on Mrs B 2010 Vibe about 10 months ago, the tensioner was fine, but the pulley bearings were not, bearings from any industrial supplier replaced and back to run order.
John

Hi All, Having looked all the suppliers for Vibe/Matrix lift kits, none from USA or European countries, only Russia, I did not want to put US$ into Mr. Putin's pocket, Bulgaria, Ukraine and I think the other was UAE, so I have bought Aluminum plate and a pair of rear top spring mounts from a breaker...

Hi Jolt, many thanks for that link, I will take some measurements from the top mount and try to work out the thickness needed for a 1" lift, them make spacers here, I'm surprised they are made in Moscow and exported.
John

Here in Kano we have rough roads and Mrs B often scrapes the front plastic bumper, a little raise in the ride height would be welcome, I suspect you people in the US can buy slightly longer springs to do the job properly, here in 'the middle of the back of beyond' no way, anybody done this and knows...

I have found a lot of Chinese inferior copy parts on the market here in Kano, all very frustrating when you are replacing parts bought just a few weeks ago that are falling to bits and being replaced by better parts stripped off scrap cars being broken, both front suspension ball joints have failed ...

Having found so many things needing fixing at the front, I thought it time to look under the back end, and found the rear shocks shot and needing replacement along with rubber mounting bushes, so another job done, it does keep me occupied
John

Time is the thing I'm always short of as I'm usually at work around 5.30am to see the night shift off and close at 4.00pm to get home around 4.40pm and on Saturdays close around 11.00am, so any holidays are always busy catching up on jobs to be done. When I 1st came to Kano there was an active motor...

More work has been done, replaced blowing exhaust manifold gasket, replaced leaking R-H shock absorber, replaced cut rubber CV joint cover, replaced damaged engine rubber mounts, that was my Christmas holiday and now back to work again.
John

A couple of times Mrs B has complained of the steering getting very heavy in corners, her car is the later 2010 with electric motor power assist, any ideas where to start looking, have any others experienced this? I tried to make it happen for me when driving her car, going lock to lock on a quiet r...

Welcome to genvibe. That's a lot to have to fix. After all that I hope the car serves you well for a long time. Too bad the history of the car isn't known, whoever abused the car like that shouldn't be allowed to touch another Hi Joatmon, The saga continued on the left side suspension, before I had...

Hi I bought my wife a Vibe, who only passed her driving test in June this year, it's a 2010 FWD auto 2.4Lt, it mostly looks in good condition, no accident damage and only a couple of small scratches, it is a US import to Nigeria and I had no idea of its history, so first thing replace auxiliary driv...

Thanks for this info, my wife is going beeping mad

Hi, looking for parts interchange information from the middle of the end of the world, where we have a surprizing number of Vibes and Matrix (is the plural Mistress or Mattress) I have been offered a spare CV joint that fits up to 2006 1.8Lt Matrix/Corolla but can't find any mention of it fitting 20...