Drahog

I dont have much cash at the moment and I would like to avoid 3rd party cv axles. This is assuming my truck even has toyota axles on it. I picked it up 2 months ago. my axles are loose you can move them with your hand. I'm pretty sure this truck never saw the road until i got it. The shocks, tie rods, idler arm, pitman arm are all loose. any advice on any of these items would be wonderful! And I'm happy to be on the forum!

If there is a better place to post please let me know thank you.

millball

In what plane, or planes can you move them??

Do they make noise? Are their rubber boots intact?

Drahog

I'm not sure what you mean by plane. the boots look good. no noise when im driving when i turn the wheel all the way i get a noise not sure what it is.

punks_is_4x4

Do u have automatic hubs? Take the hub cover off and make sure the 12 mm bolt is in the actual axle I removed mine to find it was disconnected. U can spend money on good oem parts and they will last longer but if you wheel it just go cheap cuz there gonna keep breaking I'm referring to yr idler arm and cvs. I just did idler steering stabilizer tie rods wheel bearings need to be done still but I'm doing a sas so I will save them for that if yr steering is real bad find a mom and pop alignment shop see what they say that's what I did and they just gave me a list of everything I should replace before I got an alignment to make it solid again

an1176

If your steering is locked all the way and it grinds its steering stop. Cheap little part. Plane- do they move up and down, side to side, rotate so on...

punks_is_4x4

Oh and that noise is yr bushings in ur control arms almost every toyota I've been in or been around has made that noise

Drahog

Nope manual. rebuilt and greased them when i first got the truck. ill check to see if the axle bolt is loose for sure.

What cheap VC do you go for? just whatever oreillys has? as far as idler arm and pitmen etc are the moog upgrades worth it?

an1176

Stay away from most parts stores. Order stuff off of rockauto, partsgeek, and so on. You can get good parts for half the price of auto parts stores.

punks_is_4x4

Meh I almost got he moog ones but I wanted to save cash I just went on eBay got a set of idler arm pitman arm and tierods and got new sleeves and wheel bearings for like 150 bucks all together was there at my house 3 days later. I wheel my truck tho haven't been lately but I did after all that was done and I have bj spacers and Zuk mod so I knew they weren't like perfect oem stuff but they seemed solid enough

punks_is_4x4

Yea I only go to orileys for stuff if I need it right away and orileys does do price match

an1176

I bet they won't match rockauto. You'll get one cv for the price of both on rockauto and you'll get better parts at rockauto, but knock yourself out....

punks_is_4x4

My cvs slid in and out of the hub assembly then I bolted that 12mm back on and they didn't slide in and out anymore. Oh also noise could be away bar ' found mine wasn't even attached correctly on the driver side was just slipping in and out of the lca

an1176

Is the axle nut tight?

punks_is_4x4

Yes it is now the 54mm? Or the 12mm

Drahog

ok look look into finding a steering stop.

the axles rotate forward and back and have play up down and side by side

an1176

54mm nut

Drahog

am i looking to check the 12mm or the 54mm? what am i looking for? just if its loose?

punks_is_4x4

Here's how I was taught to check the cv. Go to a empty parking lot. Crank yr wheel all the way to one side and start accelerating listen for noises should get worse with speed. And the stop and crank the other way and repeat if u hear noises coming from the wheel with rotation as speed gets faster chances are it's ur cv. To check the wheel bearing jack up front end and try to wiggle the wheel up and down shouldn't have any play

punks_is_4x4

My 54 mm but was torqued down hard took a big breaker bar but the little 12 mm but was just sittin in the hub assembly I have a pic somewhere

Drahog

ill do the cv test tomorrow but with all the play and being able to rotate them im pretty sure they are shot.

when i jack up one wheel and check for play i can move it up down and side to side.