Needing some help here guys. My 4runner seems to be dragging. What I mean by that is the rolling chassis doesn’t want to roll. Little background: I’m an idiot. During the fall I was merging into traffic and slipping on the rain soaked street. I engaged 4 wheel drive while under power and pop – toasted my front diff. I located one in a wrecking yard, tore my front end apart and replaced it. While there I did tie-rods, upper and lower ball joints, and CV’s. Had the truck aligned by Scwabbies, and ever since the truck requires more power to get up and running and a noticeable decrease in acceleration. Since the truck has 155,000 miles (over 75,000 of those lifted and supercharged) I was suspect of the wheel bearings but they seem to check out. Only side not I will add is it appears to have a noticeable amount of positive camber still??? Did the alignment get botched or can you think of other parts that may be wearing out? Thanks in advance!

 

One thing I forgot to mention - I don't know the history on the donor front diff. I changed out the fluids and it spun fine by hand, but that is as far as I went.

 

Looks like upper and lower control arm bushing are to blame. They won't hold the alignment. I will add more after I replace them. Sounds like a chore.