Bummer Luke! Could you send me an email and elaborate on your prob so I can check mine out too to see if it's similiar. Thanks mate! We still good for our wheeling trip on the 4th?

 

Is that all? That's easy to replace. I just replaced mine with some homemade sway bar quick disconnects. There's nothing special about the rubber used, I would just go down to the autoparts store get some new ones. You should be able to find something that will fit or something you can trim with a knife to fit. I've got some old shock bushings that would be perfect for that.

If you decide to take them off just make sure you oil the nuts with penetrating oil first. I have a writeup of my sway bar QDs on my webpage, which shows some picks of the stock sway bar links.

If you need more, in depth instructions let me know and I'll walk you through it. (Although I'll be gone this weekend.)

Steve

 

This sounds like the rattle I get. mine gets worse the colder out it gets. it also seems to go away to a large part, when I have the weight of extra passengers on board. any new thoughts or updates on howto fix??????? :mad:

 

I'm not sure the design is the same... or even similar, but I had a Dodge Daytona a while back w/ what the dealership called "floating brake calipers". The nub of it is, as the brake pads would wear, the caliper would get sloppy on the rotor. The more worn the pads, the worse the rattle. Non speed related and the tone/pitch of the sound never changed. I was doing this til a mech. at Chrysler mentioned it..... in a very casual way.

Anyway... I hadnt thought of that in years, til I read all your posts. It's the 1st thing I thought of. Hope it helps!

 

Congrats on finding your rattle!:rolleyes: This may help those that your find doesn't pertain to:

I had an annoying rattle from the front drivers side of my '90 4Runner which everyone thought was from the wheel or suspension. After months of investigating, neither the dealer nor I could locate the problem, but it finally seemed associated with the bumper (I could smack the bumper and hear the sound but it couldn't be localized). I finally decided that I was going to tighten every dad-blam screw, nut, bolt that I could get to. Nothing was more than about 1/8th turn loose except for one bolt that was barely accesible through the grill just off center towards the drivers side, which appeared to be a joint between the frame and the front end work. I was able to coax it about 3/4 turn. End of rattle.

 

I had the same brake chatter on my 87 GTS. They fixed it by using that brake pad glue or something like that. It's been awhile - the ol' brain can't remember exactly...:confused:

 

Iwill give these suggestions a try and post my results. thanks

 

I have ruled out brakes as well as loose bolts with front bumper. I have had front suspension checked on two occasions at two different dealers. any more suggestions

 

This rattle is drivin me crazy, more than usual, because the temp keeps going backand forth, when its warm outside no rattle, when its cold, that loose washer like rattle on passenger side of truck. the colder the louder the rattle.

 

More ideas PLEASE!!!!!:confused:

 

One more idea! I had a horrible squeaky rattle that eminated from the front of my truck and it took me some time to figure it out. I used to go around my truck with a rubber hammer banging on everything underneith to try and get it to reproduce the noise. Anyhow it turned ot to be that the hood was rattling/squeaking on the rubber mounts and latch in the front. A little electrical tape between all the mounts and hood also wrap the hood latch loop in the front; the result no more rattle. Mine sounded like a loose bolt but was actually the hood so I thought I would chime in. Also I eventually found the rattle by banging my hand lightly on the hood best of luck any rattle drives me nuts I hunt them down
Chad

 

MORE, MORE!

 

I've got rattles everywhere. 2 different ones in the front and one loud one in the back. Same as yours, front gets worse in cold weather. Both front rattles sound like someone left a tool somewhere in the dash. Rear one sounds like someone left a wire coat hanger somewhere in the suspension. All of this started when the truck was 1 month old.
I've gotten several suggestions as to what the front rattle may be. I pulled the windshield cowling out, secured the grill to cowling with some wires where loose. I also tightened up the firewall bolts (they were completely loose). Unfortunately, this did not make any rattles go away.
This, in addition to drive line wind-up (which became evident when the truck was 2 weeks old) and the 1/2 inch gap between front door trim and the metal, near the door hinges, is incredibly disappointing.
Number 1 reason I got a Yota was so I wouldn't have such issues.

 

New Info??????

 

Hey Swerks and UKMyers, if you find anything, PLEASE let me know. I have the EXACT same problem with my 94. The only difference is that I have Rancho 9000's, and when I set them to "loose" the rattling gets worse. I'm going to take a look tomorrow and I'll let you know if I find anything.

 

Im back! any one have any new info or suggestions on this front???

 

I took my dad for a drive to see if he could tell what the rattling is. He noticed that it got louder as I braked. I had no idea what to think until the other day. MY Runner has about 125k miles on it, so I was thinking, could it be the bushings? Im sure they have never been replaced. I'd replace them, but I have neither the funds or any idea where they all are. If you try it and it works, lemme know.

 

any new rattle fixes???? Im still stumped !

 

I've had my '91 4Runner in for service 3 times to try to resolve the same front end rattle you're describing. Bulls**t answers every time.

Symptoms:[list=1][*]Rattles slightly when travelling at a constant rate of speed (doesn't rattle at all over 30mph).[*]Rattles worse when coasting to a stop (below 25mph).[*]Rattles like crazy when I step on the brakes.[*]Sounded like it was coming from the front passenger wheel/suspension at first.[*]Now comes from both sides. Almost sounds like it could be anywhere in the front, even the center.[*]Turning seems to have an effect on the sound. Sometimes it gets louder, sometimes softer. It might depend on which way I turn, but I'm not sure.[/list=1]
What I've tried:[list=1][*]Thought it might be the wheel center caps. Took both off and still had the rattle.[*]Thought the lug nuts might be loose. Tightened the hell out of them with no effect.[*]Possibly the skid plate? Took it off. No dice.[/list=1]
What the dealer did:[list=1][*]Replaced inner/outer wheel bearings and races. No fix.[*]Replaced front brake pads and turned rotors. Nope.[*]Replaced idler arm (dealer said it was loose and causing suspension components to bang against the oil pan - they were positive that was the problem). Guess again.[*]Tightened shocks. Dealer told me it minimized the problem, but that my shocks were shot and needed to be replaced. Didn't minimize the problem when I drove it.[/list=1]
Eventually, the dealer said the shocks were their final answer. I've got Rancho RS5000s with about 10k miles on them. They seem fine, but I've wanted to upgrade anyway so I have Edelbrock Performer IAS shocks on order. Should be here Monday.

My one last guess:

When I put on the Ranchos, I didn't replace the steering stabilizer. Last time I looked at it, it looked pretty sad. It has about 100k miles on it. If it's worn out, it would explain most of my symptoms.[list=1][*]Rattle at constant slow speed: My BFG M/Ts haven't worn very gracefully. They're cupped and feathered; meaning they shake quite a bit at slow speed.[*]The slower it goes the more the shaking is noticible. It's been like that even before the rattle.[*]Braking seems to intensify the vibration from the tires.[*]See number 5...[*]Sound seems to come from the underneath the vehicle, somewhere in the front. Definitely sounds like it could be coming from the steering stabilizer area.[*]Turning affects sound: Turning causes the steering stabilizer to extend and contract. That would result in a different sound.[/list=1]
Anyway, long story short (well, maybe not), I've also got an OME steering stabilizer coming in on Monday. I'll slap that sucker on it and see if it fixes the problem.

 

any thing new here?????