Good evening, I’m new to the forum, but I’ve been reading ad a non-member for quite some time while shopping for a Land Cruiser. This is my hello post, but also a cry for some advice.
….I finally pulled the trigger recently on an 80 series. Got a decent deal on it. On paper it’s a factory triple locked 94. It came with numerous upgrades that balanced out cost. This includes a 3 inch OME lift riding with 285’s. Bilstein coils. I honestly love the Cruiser. Beats my old 4Runner hands down.
It’s been driving great with zero issues. However a couple days ago I noticed a low scraping feeling in the peddle when hitting the gas, but only at low speeds and it went away so I didn’t think anything of it. After all it’s an older vehicle. During a 40 mile round trip drive with my wife today the sound came back and it went from a low scrape, to a grinding sound. This is most present when breaking or accelerating at low speeds, but is now almost constantly audible no matter how fast I’m driving. It definitely sounds like it’s coming from the front of the vehicle. It is present when coasting now as well with no pressure on any pedal which makes me think it’s something rotational and not break related.
Videos and previous post seem to have narrowed it down to break of issue (doesn’t feel or sound like it to me), a cat converter heat shield that’s lose (different sound IMO), or a differential that is going out (the scariest one).
If anyone has any issues like this in the past or can actually help me pinpoint the issue so I can replace it, then I’d be extremely grateful. Im currently lost as to what it actually may be.
Also….if it does seem to be the differential…has anyone rebuilt a locking dif vs regular dif and do you know how different the a locking dif rebuild is compared to a regular one? Anyway thanks for all the help!
L
PS I’ll try to post a video tomorrow
….I finally pulled the trigger recently on an 80 series. Got a decent deal on it. On paper it’s a factory triple locked 94. It came with numerous upgrades that balanced out cost. This includes a 3 inch OME lift riding with 285’s. Bilstein coils. I honestly love the Cruiser. Beats my old 4Runner hands down.
It’s been driving great with zero issues. However a couple days ago I noticed a low scraping feeling in the peddle when hitting the gas, but only at low speeds and it went away so I didn’t think anything of it. After all it’s an older vehicle. During a 40 mile round trip drive with my wife today the sound came back and it went from a low scrape, to a grinding sound. This is most present when breaking or accelerating at low speeds, but is now almost constantly audible no matter how fast I’m driving. It definitely sounds like it’s coming from the front of the vehicle. It is present when coasting now as well with no pressure on any pedal which makes me think it’s something rotational and not break related.
Videos and previous post seem to have narrowed it down to break of issue (doesn’t feel or sound like it to me), a cat converter heat shield that’s lose (different sound IMO), or a differential that is going out (the scariest one).
If anyone has any issues like this in the past or can actually help me pinpoint the issue so I can replace it, then I’d be extremely grateful. Im currently lost as to what it actually may be.
Also….if it does seem to be the differential…has anyone rebuilt a locking dif vs regular dif and do you know how different the a locking dif rebuild is compared to a regular one? Anyway thanks for all the help!
L
PS I’ll try to post a video tomorrow