Recent content by Barnabas1

Update: My rack bushings were toast and I replaced them, but it did not solve my 4wd issues. My best guess is maybe the control arm bushings, but I have not troubleshot this at all yet. With winter being over and rust winning the battle on my frame I may or may not go after this repair if I deem...

I have one bad tire on the passenger side with worn out inner tread, since my symptoms seemed like they were gone with this tire on the front I thought maybe my camber or caster was off. But I did get the alignment checked, and the shop said the alignment was good. I am thinking I just have...

Update: I rotated tires and the issue seems to have gone away, which points to a bad alignment. I plan to rotate them back, get it aligned, and verify this solves my problem, will update further once this is confirmed.

I was able to do some troubleshooting today and did not feel any play in the wheel bearings, and have not noticed any wheel bearing noise. Both front tires seem to have even resistance throughout their rotation. When I have the front jacked up in 4wd, I spin one tire and can watch the other tire...

Thanks for the info, I plan to do more troubleshooting this weekend, hopefully I find some sort of smoking gun

With equal pressures in both front tires I still have the issue. I'm thinking my next window to wrench will be Saturday, I plan to check for cv axle play, are there any other checks I can do to prove out the bearings in my front diff?

I will test it out. My 4WD issues have been ongoing since November. The overfilled tire was installed after I had a flat a couple weeks ago. I can't tell you what pressure the old driver's side tire was at prior to going flat but I will definitely check to see if the problem still exists now...

Hey Charlie I appreciate the response! The ADD switch was open until I started to push in the plunger. The switch then closed and I had a consistent ohm reading throughout the rest of the plunger stroke, and this was repeatable. The only time I get noise is when I come out of 4WD, whether the...

Thanks for the response, I went out and checked tire pressure and did find the driver's side tire to be overfilled, 5lbs above the passenger side. I don't know much about the guts of the front diff, when you say check the front for bearing play, how would I go about doing this?

I have a 97 Limited 4runner, V6 with automatic transmission. I have a push button on the shifter for 4HI. When the button is pushed, the dash light indicator comes on and 4WD feels like it is engaged. The issue is when driving over ~30mph, the vehicle will randomly pull to the side, it seems...

Nice color, I think the 5th gens look sharp

Some have had luck using WD40, I never would have thought of that. SEASONAL RUST PROOFING using WD-40 only

Another easy check is to pull the tire off and make sure your dust cover for your brakes isn't rubbing on the rotor, I have had that happen (mine was severely rusted) and it made a similar sound

Alternating the impact gun with penetrating oil back and forth has worked well for me. I've had to do this back and forth as many as ten times before seeing bolt rotation. I've snapped these bolts off before when using a breaker bar which turns a fairly easy job into a PITA. My $.02 is to have...