Loose suspension?
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Loose suspension?
Hey fellas,
I've got a 94 4runner with 123k miles. When driving around, I notice a "rattling" around the front suspension. I also have rancho 9000's, and on a trip back from Mammoth, I set them to the least possible stiffness, and noticed that the rattling was louder. Has anyone else had this problem? It worries me that I could be driving fine one minute, and doing a nose dive into the ground another.
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I've got a 94 4runner with 123k miles. When driving around, I notice a "rattling" around the front suspension. I also have rancho 9000's, and on a trip back from Mammoth, I set them to the least possible stiffness, and noticed that the rattling was louder. Has anyone else had this problem? It worries me that I could be driving fine one minute, and doing a nose dive into the ground another.
Thanks.
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Crawl under there and see if any bolts/nuts are loose...shocks, swaybar end-links, torsion bars, etc. Possibly a bad wheel bearing. Take a look to see what you can see first.
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My 94 does this also. To me it seems to be coming from the running board but the CV is probably a better guess. I even had a mechanic go through the front end and all he came up with was it was time to buy new shocks. When I asked if the shock was causing the noise he said "uh, no, but I can buy some and put them in for you for a small price"
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I hope it's not the CV joints, as I had them both replaced about a year ago. I have gone under there and look/wiggled for anything loose, but have found nothing. Thanks though.
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Since you noticed an increase in noise while resetting the shock, it's a suspect. Retighten the nuts (make 'em real snug...go easy and see if they move at all) on the shocks. Cheap fix if that works. My Datsun did the same thing when I dropped it...just needed more musle. Good luck.
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