UZS131 Crown Pitman Arm... Where to buy?!?

[dark.sky]

Hey guys, I recently bought my second Crown, which is a UZS131. It needs a new pitman arm, badly. I cannot find one, and when I give Toyota the part number 45401-39255 it doesn't come up. Tried ordering one through Amayama, got a message back saying 'error'.

So I'm somewhat desperate, as I don't want to drive it until I find a replacement.

Surely being Japanese there's another car with a near identical part...

Cheers guys.

[maj]

Apparently the part was replaced by part 45401-39295, Amayama lists this part and you should be able to order from them.

According to toyodiy.com, this part was only used in Crowns.

[dark.sky]

Thanks mate, I shall give it a whirl.

Auto parts shops here have an aftermarket listing, but nowhere has the stock. It has been suggested I could ask the manufacturers to make me one...

Interestingly theres a stack of places in China that reckon they sell them, but the web pages are all in broken english.

[maj]

Dunno about China being a good source for parts, NZ sources might be a try though since I imagine quite a few Crowns made their way over there, sites like partsworld and trademe if you're after second hand.

[dark.sky]

Yeah fair call. I thought exactly the same thing.

I'll try that - good idea, thanks.

In the meantime I've send through that part number to Streeter who is going to get onto Toyota over there.