I have a tacoma and was doing my brakes. I had both front wheels off the ground and it seemed like the driver side axle has a high spot when i tried to turn it. To better explain, i could turn the driver side wheel fine until it hit a certian spot then it took some force to get it past. Now the other side was fine it spun freeely 360 degrees.

My brake were completely disassembled at the time so it's not a warped rotor as some might think.

I think it may be a bad cv joint, but i'm clueless right now.

Need mucho input to what i should do.

I can also tell it there when i drive now cause there is vibration at higher speeds and i know thats the problem just don't know what to fix.

THanks in advance for the input

 

I can't help ya besides by bumping the post back to the top. Hopefully there is someone here that can. Welcome to the forum!

 

auto or manual hubs? were you in 2wd or 4wd?

 

It was in 2wd and i have auto hubs, so the shaft was spinning that's why i think it's somethng to do with the cv joints

 

Could someone please help this poor unfortunate lad. :cry:

So he can stop using this as a reason not to go offroading with us. I swear I won't try and roll my truck this time!
:chicken:

 

OK, I'll take a stab at this. I noticed mine exhibiting the same behavior the last time I had it up. I didn't think much of it because I thought it was normal, and I still do.

When you jack up the truck from the frame, you're causing your front suspension to go to full droop. That means everything is maxed out, including your CV's. The friction could be caused simply by the CV boot fins rubbing.

A better measure of whether or not something is wrong, would be to jack the wheel off the ground from the lower A-arm and see if the wheel spins freely. This would simulate normal driving conditions similar to when the wheel is rotating on the ground.

I don't have an answer to your vibrations. It could be the CV, could be the tires, could be the alignment...

 

I would get my tires balanced and then go from there. My tires being out of balance has often been the culprit of any kind of vibration that I have had.

It's a lot easier to get your tires balanced now then tear everything apart and start replacing things only to find that your tires are out of balance. I bet you wouldn't be too happy with yourself after doing something like that.