Hey everyone,
New to the forum and figured I'd give this a shot from fellow Yota owners. My 4Runner just lapsed 85k and recently, I have been feeling a slight grinding sensation emitting through the accelerator and floorboard. Recently did the brakes(all around) which consisted of new rotors, pads, guide pins, clips, and springs. I checked multiple times for brake drag and not seeing any sign of this. Changed the front diff and transfer case oils this past weekend and everything looked better than expected as far as oil and material on the magnetized drain plugs. no immediate sign of catastrophic failure in either of these. Front half shafts (original to vehicle) looks good. A small amount of side-to-side travel as would be expected and joints feel solid. I notice the sensation consistently throughout shifting and it does increase slightly more at higher speeds (55+). Haven't looked at wheel bearings yet but a mechanic friend did a quick inspection on them and said that they feel good still (Jacked the front end and leveraged the front tires with a long bar to feel for play. No obvious bearing whine like I'd expects to hear if they were going or gone. Sorry if I missed something as I'm not a mechanic by trade, just a do-it-yourself vehicle owner. Any thoughts or ideas on something I may have missed or should check would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!