Final Drive

[Morgan]

Originally Posted by kngrsll

the yaris cables didn't fit? they were too long? did you try using scion ones?

The cables length were too long causing them to bend into the exhaust manifold... not good unless you want burnt/melted cables. The travel allowed by the end link of it did not allow short enough or long enough travel to engage the shift mechanism.


However the transmission from the scions does bolt up. The reverse sensor is in a similar location, the VSS is in the same place, the bolts from engine to transmission were roughly the same but the rear dog bone mount was totally off and did not work. You have to fabricate a mount to make that torsional mount work. There is no way around this, the engine will rock too much without that mount even though it is not weight bearing.

Originally Posted by t0m4s

sorry but i don't get the message =/

A few weeks ago I tried swapping in an xb transmission. Seemed like a good idea I did plenty of homework and found no reason to why it wouldn't work... so I got one, tried to install it and ended up finding multiple reasons as to why the swap will never ever ever ever work. :)

The yaris has a special transmission built purposely for ... the yaris. xA/xB/echo1stgen can all swap transmissions and a various array of other parts but it has been my experience that just don't mess with it if it does not explicitly say "PLUG AND PLAY FOR TOYOTA YARIS 07+" it probably wont work. It sucks :( and just save yourself the effort.

After driving 60 miles to pick up the xb transmission, dropping the subframe/steering/drive shafts/transmission, switching the sensors from yaris to xb transmissions, installing new transmission... only to see it not work is really a buzz kill. The car was purpose built for good mileage and a nice driving $12k car, enjoy it as is or with parts specifically for the yaris.
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If anyone have any questions about the swap specifically feel free to PM me

The only way I think getting an xb transmission into a yaris would work would be to swap the actual gears into the yaris housing. The shift cables from the scions are totally different than the yaris cables, on both ends, sadly... trust me I wanted this to work sooooo bad and it just doesnt. I wasn't ready to swap gears from tranny to tranny, just dont have the kind of time or an actual transmission tear down manual for both transmissions.

[kngrsll]

Originally Posted by Morgan

The cables length were too long causing them to bend into the exhaust manifold... not good unless you want burnt/melted cables. The travel allowed by the end link of it did not allow short enough or long enough travel to engage the shift mechanism.


However the transmission from the scions does bolt up. The reverse sensor is in a similar location, the VSS is in the same place, the bolts from engine to transmission were roughly the same but the rear dog bone mount was totally off and did not work. You have to fabricate a mount to make that torsional mount work. There is no way around this, the engine will rock too much without that mount even though it is not weight bearing.



A few weeks ago I tried swapping in an xb transmission. Seemed like a good idea I did plenty of homework and found no reason to why it wouldn't work... so I got one, tried to install it and ended up finding multiple reasons as to why the swap will never ever ever ever work. :)

The yaris has a special transmission built purposely for ... the yaris. xA/xB/echo1stgen can all swap transmissions and a various array of other parts but it has been my experience that just don't mess with it if it does not explicitly say "PLUG AND PLAY FOR TOYOTA YARIS 07+" it probably wont work. It sucks :( and just save yourself the effort.

After driving 60 miles to pick up the xb transmission, dropping the subframe/steering/drive shafts/transmission, switching the sensors from yaris to xb transmissions, installing new transmission... only to see it not work is really a buzz kill. The car was purpose built for good mileage and a nice driving $12k car, enjoy it as is or with parts specifically for the yaris.
_________________________

If anyone have any questions about the swap specifically feel free to PM me

The only way I think getting an xb transmission into a yaris would work would be to swap the actual gears into the yaris housing. The shift cables from the scions are totally different than the yaris cables, on both ends, sadly... trust me I wanted this to work sooooo bad and it just doesnt. I wasn't ready to swap gears from tranny to tranny, just dont have the kind of time or an actual transmission tear down manual for both transmissions.

wow, i know your pain... i did the research on xA/xB shocks, ordered a set of xB Koni's and they are close, but not close enough. so frustrating...