4runner_keith

4runner_keith

these suckers are shot to hell.. lol. I'm assuming with these in such bad shape the front diff is movin and up and down and causing my control arms to flex under acceleration. which is screwin up my camber and allignment??? am i correct on this??? i replaced idler arm pitman arm tie rods appear fine new axles...

blake.nemitz

i dont think shot diff bushings would create steering problems, even if it was floppin around in there and it wouldnt put any force on the knuckle beacuse the axles can slip in the tripod joints. i used to have ifs and cut it off cause i kept replacing this stuff. i wore out idler arms constantly because of cranked t bars, and jack it up and push and pull ion the bottom of the tire and steer it side to side fast with the tire and see if there is play. also my rod ends felt fine but that little bit of slop i couldnt feel steered me all over the road. i would replace it all and not look back, have a good alignment done or get out the tape and string to get it close.

4runner_keith

ok I'll take your word for it... Tie rods will also be replaced, im hopein all this will fix my problems in this thing. i think once i get it squared away, i will be in the market for a straight axle rig for my wheeler! i've seen quite a few on craigslist. one guy in shelton had a 94truck sas that was beast with 37's for $3500

MudHippy

Let me get this straight. You have cranked torsion bars AND BJ spacers? And you're wondering why your front end won't hold an alignment?



I can tell you right now, even if you were to replace everything and it did hold an alignment, it wouldn't hold it for long! To assume it would is nonsense.


BTW, he's right. The differential bushings don't affect wheel alignment.

4runner_keith

4runner_keith

straight as an arrow, except when accelerating. then my tires pull in at the tops like 3 inches (that mass i know) I just had to replace my driversside axle again cuz it got all buggered up inside when i stomped on the gas around a corner.