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Originally Posted by hessian
Ya, the wheel bearings still feel good with the truck jacked up. I’ll try to chill lol. Got cabin/quarantine fever. I appreciate the heads up on the rears. Good incentive to keep up on diff oil changes.
I did replace all the upper body mount bushings recently when I did a 1” body lift. I bet that added an extra 1/4” to 1/2” because the old ones were pretty shot.
doofenshmirtz ... do you have a list of other bushings that you’ve done? I’ve been having a tough time getting a comprehensive list together.
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Most of the bushings are on the suspension bits. I've swapped every piece of my suspension except my panhard bar. That'll include:
front upper control arms
front lower control arms
rear upper control arms
rear lower control arms
front (anti)sway bar bushings
rear (anti)sway bar bushings (these have bushings at the axle mount points and on the end links)
rear shock mounts
Beyond those, you've got
Engine mounts
Transmission mount (nearest the driveshaft, and Toyota actually calls this a rear engine mount or something)
Body mounts
I'm sure there's some I've missed, too
At the end of the day, there's not many bushings that you can replace without some decent headache of pressing out the old ones - and then you're putting a lot of effort into a part that you could more easily replace altogether.. but quarantine affords some time I guess.
My suspension was absolutely spent when I bought the 4runner, so I just redid the whole thing over time. Still want to swap in different shocks for the rear at least, since I'm not happy with the ones I got. (They're fine, just not right for my usage.)