What have you done to your ride lately?

[balakay]

Also what shape are your brake lines in?

 

[achirdo]

Start looking at your front end either bad drag link end or panhard end ive also seen a hand full of cases where the bolt for the drag link ovaled out the bracket hole. Though those resulted in deah wobble

Just found a control arm with a dent in it. That may be my culprit. Gonna see if I can't pick up two new ones at orileys tomorrow. Measured my center of wheel to center of wheel on both sides and I'm an inch short on the sides with the dent. I bet the bushing is fubar

 

[achirdo]

Steering linkage? Have you upgraded to the 08+ setup yet?

Yes, got that recall done when I got the truck

 

[tx_shooter]

Just found a control arm with a dent in it. That may be my culprit. Gonna see if I can't pick up two new ones at orileys tomorrow. Measured my center of wheel to center of wheel on both sides and I'm an inch short on the sides with the dent. I bet the bushing is fubar

Dang what did you hit to cause a dent like that? Sounds like you need to drive that 4Runner for a few days till this gets worked out.

For safety and all that.

 

[achirdo]

Dang what did you hit to cause a dent like that? Sounds like you need to drive that 4Runner for a few days till this gets worked out.

For safety and all that.

No idea. I don't take this 10000lbs beast places it doesn't belong. Figure I'd remember hitting something hard enough to do that. Only thing I can think of was over 3 years ago trying to crawl over a big rock...in a mall parking lot....literally

 

[tex]

On second thought what 3500 is it, if it's solid axle you could be expierencing brake steer from worn front end components. As the suspension cycles from loading the front end something is forcing the drag link to move around

This guy is better than Google for shit like this

 

[achirdo]

On second thought what 3500 is it, if it's solid axle you could be expierencing brake steer from worn front end components. As the suspension cycles from loading the front end something is forcing the drag link to move around

Bushing on the lower control arms were donezo. Gonna order the uppers and replace them as well, bet those bushings are bad also. Alignment bolt was siezed in there. After pounding and prying at it for an hour I called an Uber to go get new ones from dodge. Nothing a cut off wheel couldn't fix.

 

[Boomtacoma01]

Just out of curiosity, how much?

I don’t even know what a core cost is now a days

 

[Anathollo]

Bushing on the lower control arms were donezo. Gonna order the uppers and replace them as well, bet those bushings are bad also. Alignment bolt was siezed in there. After pounding and prying at it for an hour I called an Uber to go get new ones from dodge. Nothing a cut off wheel couldn't fix.

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Damn!

 

[CowboyTaco]

So not today, but Saturday...

....took the Kenwood speakers back out of my truck and returned them. Huge thanks to @italynstylion for helping get them tuned. But in the end, just didn't think I'd be happy with them in the long run and don't want to spend the money twice. So now I'm back on the hunt. The good news, the settings that we changed made the factory ones sound a LOT better.

 

[italynstylion]

So not today, but Saturday...

....took the Kenwood speakers back out of my truck and returned them. Huge thanks to @italynstylion for helping get them tuned. But in the end, just didn't think I'd be happy with them in the long run and don't want to spend the money twice. So now I'm back on the hunt. The good news, the settings that we changed made the factory ones sound a LOT better.

Happy to help! Glad it made the stock stuff sound better! That's an upgrade that's FREE!

 

[Taco Loco]

I got the truck in my shop, I don't have the time, I will have mess with it late Sunday/next week, if not the lower connection, I will need to put a new starter on.

A Toyota rebuilt starter arrived yesterday, busy week this week, spring break next week and possible travel the next following week, then BSA camp out, so my DD will be out for awhile. Ugh.

 

[Anathollo]

A Toyota rebuilt starter arrived yesterday, busy week this week, spring break next week and possible travel the next following week, then BSA camp out, so my DD will be out for awhile. Ugh.

Where'd you order it from?

 

[Taco Loco]

Toyota parts center

 

[achirdo]

Saga of dodge repairs continues. While replacing the upper control Arms yesterday I discovered the passenger side cannot be removed without removing the entire exhaust system, due to not being able to get a bolt out because it hits the exhaust. Great engineering. I also found a motor mount that was COMPLETELY fubar. Like nothing there at all. I thought it was running funny...replaced it last night with the help of a 1 ton shop crane, a 42" pry bar, and some cursing. Whoever designed this truck really like to put shit in the way of getting bolts out. This time it was the starter.

While replacing the motor mounts I found the vibration had cracked my exhaust manifold...

Further down the rabbit hole I go.

So we started with the truck lurching to one side, and replaced the brake calipers, found messed up bushings and did all the control arms, found a bad wheel bearing, bad motor mounts, and now a cracked manifold. I scared to keep on fixing things! I keep on finding more shit!

 

[tx_shooter]

Good Lord that is a rabbit hole to go down. Good luck and holy crap!

 

[balakay]

Saga of dodge repairs continues. While replacing the upper control Arms yesterday I discovered the passenger side cannot be removed without removing the entire exhaust system, due to not being able to get a bolt out because it hits the exhaust. Great engineering. I also found a motor mount that was COMPLETELY fubar. Like nothing there at all. I thought it was running funny...replaced it last night with the help of a 1 ton shop crane, a 42" pry bar, and some cursing. Whoever designed this truck really like to put shit in the way of getting bolts out. This time it was the starter.

While replacing the motor mounts I found the vibration had cracked my exhaust manifold...

Further down the rabbit hole I go.

So we started with the truck lurching to one side, and replaced the brake calipers, found messed up bushings and did all the control arms, found a bad wheel bearing, bad motor mounts, and now a cracked manifold. I scared to keep on fixing things! I keep on finding more shit!

All stuff to be expected on a 270k vehicle. Other than the manifold, all that is considered wear parts.

 

[Anathollo]

Saga of dodge repairs continues. While replacing the upper control Arms yesterday I discovered the passenger side cannot be removed without removing the entire exhaust system, due to not being able to get a bolt out because it hits the exhaust. Great engineering. I also found a motor mount that was COMPLETELY fubar. Like nothing there at all. I thought it was running funny...replaced it last night with the help of a 1 ton shop crane, a 42" pry bar, and some cursing. Whoever designed this truck really like to put shit in the way of getting bolts out. This time it was the starter.

While replacing the motor mounts I found the vibration had cracked my exhaust manifold...

Further down the rabbit hole I go.

So we started with the truck lurching to one side, and replaced the brake calipers, found messed up bushings and did all the control arms, found a bad wheel bearing, bad motor mounts, and now a cracked manifold. I scared to keep on fixing things! I keep on finding more shit!

Damn! I'm scared of that rabbit hole too!

 

[balakay]

Talked to Accutune last week. Going to send them my shocks for a revalve/rebuild to get them dialed in for the GX. They're currently valved for an FJ and the ride quality is suffering. Hopefully I'll get a chance before Jambo.

 

[TacoXpo]

One more reason I love the Taco. Replacing the Fan Controller for the Taco was about a 10 minute job. The Bimmer? Did that one today. It was about a 90 minute job! Center console, and all the center part of the dash - Had to remove fan to reinstall the fan controller. So nice to have AC again!