Hey everyone!
I've been lurking on here for years with my 100-series and recently have picked up a LX570 in amazing shape locally. The only issues I've been experiencing is a slight vibration when turning the wheel full lock at low speed. I was initially concerned this could be an issue with the rack and pinion or maybe some bearing but after reading a thread from a cruiser forum in Australia about the issue being fluid related I thought I'd go ahead and change out the fluids in the transfer case to give it a shot.
The LX has 120,000 miles on it and although dealer maintained, I don't believe the transfer case or diff fluids have ever been changed. After changing out the transfer case oil with Mobil 1 75W-90 I can report that the vibration has been completely eliminated! I was absolutely shocked and thrilled at the same time that this ended up being a very simple fix.
Hope that helps in case anyone else ever runs into that.
I've been lurking on here for years with my 100-series and recently have picked up a LX570 in amazing shape locally. The only issues I've been experiencing is a slight vibration when turning the wheel full lock at low speed. I was initially concerned this could be an issue with the rack and pinion or maybe some bearing but after reading a thread from a cruiser forum in Australia about the issue being fluid related I thought I'd go ahead and change out the fluids in the transfer case to give it a shot.
The LX has 120,000 miles on it and although dealer maintained, I don't believe the transfer case or diff fluids have ever been changed. After changing out the transfer case oil with Mobil 1 75W-90 I can report that the vibration has been completely eliminated! I was absolutely shocked and thrilled at the same time that this ended up being a very simple fix.
Hope that helps in case anyone else ever runs into that.
