Took my first step on my wifes hand me down. 1998 LC 100. The first step was to remove the running boards. After I had them removed I noticed a 9''x5" weight or something attached to the frame on the passenger side on the bottom of the frame. It looks terrible from the side view. What might this little item be? It has 2 bolts holding it on the frame. Is it an important piece? Sure would like to take it off. Or put it on top of the frame if it is a vital piece. Comments please.
Or worse; at certain frequencies you can create a harmonic disturbance between the matter/antimatter void causing a breach and you could destroy the entire universe.
LOL you fell for it too, it was john trying to be funny. I think once you start bolting on sliders and bumpers to the frame the weight is of no use anymore
I would guess that Toyota had to add it as a band-aid. They probably designed the truck, put it together and then started doing testing, only to discover that some ME failed to properly run the modal tests and analyze the Power Spectral Density plots from the early analysis. Then they get into testing and realize there is some harmonic frequency in the frame that is easily excited with normal driving, and then the body amplifies it enough to be audible or even noticeable in the driving/ride. This is a $50K+ truck and people that pay that kind of money will not settle for a weird vibration at certain speeds. So, Toyota slaps on this vibration dampener to cancel out the first couple of modes with the most energy.
