ok today i did the first serieous wheelin in my 86 and i hit a rut from the side and bottomed out my suspenshion then i heard a huge bang and the front right of my truck was bottemd out. first thing i thought was that i broke a tortion bar but i took a quick peek under the truck to find out that i i riped the mount on the frame whear the tortion bar mounts to. i dont know if im explaining this clearly but i need a new bracket that my tortion bar mounts to. has anyone on here done the same and what did u do ill try to post pics when i get a chance. thanks, josh

 

We'll have to see some pics, but i'm sure you did some damage to the frame itself. You can get a new mount from toyota, then you will have to fix any damage to the frame, then weld the new mount on. Post some pics if you can, so we can see the extent of the damage.

 

Dang! I can't believe that was the weak link!

 

X2!

86toyotakid, sounds like you need a SAS.

Please take pics of the broken torsion/suspension mount!

 

Yeah I've seen that happen with desert racers. There was a pic of one in an off-road mag a while back, they were covering Baja IIRC.

 

i agree pics...

 

I would have expected the bolt to break first...

 

When you say serious wheeling what exactly were you doing, fast or slow, rocks or jumps?

 

sounds like someone beating on a crusty frame.....

and oh ya

 

herse a pic with the front of the truck lifted up with my hi-lift
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3283843

heres one of it without the jack
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3283834

 

bumpp

 

I've heard of the t-bar mounts breaking before, but like said mostly trucks that are going fast out in the desert.

There is someone on dezertrangers.com selling some t-bar mounts i think off his toyota pick up. I would look there

 

I'm not seeing where it's broken at. I thought it was ripped from the frame.

 

umm i was in 4lo 1st with 37s not going fast

heres the most recent pic of the truck except now the bumpers and winch is on it and allot of mud.

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3285772

 

i dident say it riped from the frame just broke the mount

 

http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3283834
pretty shure thats not how it should be lol the tortion bar should be in that cradel there, i must have broke off whatever was holding it in place. i orderd it today at work so it will be here tomarow but idk if it was the right part becuase it was a little less than 10 bucks for the bracket/mount that welds to the frame.

 

I think this may be due to rust, especially if you were at slow speeds. You must of nudged it good and that broke a cracked or rusted mount. Check the other side too! I bet that will soon follow if you weren't beating it.

 

Well it's been a while since I had mine apart but IIRC that cradel just sits in place and is held there by the spring force of the t-bar. So if my memory serves, there must be something else broken.

 

Let's see a pic of your upper control arm as it sits with weight on it.

 

Yeah, there isn't anything that "holds" the torsion bar in place other than the force exerted on it by the suspension. I don't see the bolt though, my guess is you DID break the bolt after all, not the mount, and it fell out/went flying. Like Dale said, let's see a pic of where the t-bar mounts to the upper control arm.

If the bolt is gone, you will need the bolt and t-bar nut, but also the upper and lower d-shaped pieces that go between the mount and the bolt head, and then the t-bar frame mount and the nut. I'm not sure what they're called, but they aren't held in there so if the bolt is gone, chances are they are too.