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I was having issues losing power steering fluid with no apparent leak. White smoke from the exhaust suggested a bad air control valve, so I bought a replacement. I'm trying to get the old one off, it's proving difficult. I tried a basin wrench but the jaws are too wide to fit the space...

Didn't learn what they adjusted the first time, it was at the Toyota dealership and the service advisor didn't know. I don't have any particular cause to suspect the tie rod ends, I saw that you could adjust the steering wheel position by tweaking them so I wasn't sure if they were slipping or...

I've had some front end work recently and am having a recurring issue. I replaced my steering rack earlier this year with a remanufactured OEM rack and Sankei 555 outer tie rod ends. Picked it up, drove a week or two (nothing off-road), then the steering wheel shifted about 15 degrees to one...

I was tempted by this to save the trouble of painting, but I ended up buying one unpainted one instead to start. $60 plus $25 for paint vs $298.

Welp, so I was unloading my kayak from the roof rack this morning and I bonked the side mirror, cracking the arm that connects it to the door. The housing needs to be replaced. Looks like they are sold individually, unpainted with a black base. Instead of trying to buy one and paint it, I'm...

Yeah, the prices are pretty close. CVJ wants a $250 core vs $150 for toyota, and the base price + shipping ends up being $62 more from CVJ to get it to me. Trying to figure out which tie rods the Toyota part comes with, CVJ comes with inners.

Need to replace my rack soon. I'm leaning towards CVJ, but I just discovered this in my search: https://parts.mcgeorgetoyota.com/oem-parts/toyota-remanufactured-rack-pinion-442003507084?c=bD0yJm49U2VhcmNoIFJlc3VsdHM%3D It's a reman OEM rack sold by a Toyota dealer. Need to get a little more...

The tires are essentially the same width as stock so the poke is from the wheel offset

I didn’t change the rears at all besides tricking the airbags. The ride is much better than it was with the stock fronts. I’ll be converting the rears to springs soon; have variable rate Dobinsons (c59-675v) sitting in the garage

Thanks, and yeah it rubbed in the front on both sides of the fender. Trimmed the back side and moved the front of the liner forward and it’s fine now.

FN Countersteer, 17x8 -10 offset 33x10.5 Kenda Klever R/T 2” Dobinson front, tricked airbags for now

I received a set of struts from Dobinsons and the paint was flaking off inside the box. They blamed it on the shipper and basically told me they wouldn't do anything about it.

Damn, sorry. That's a drag.

Part numbers are MS861199/ MS861198. Note that the photo on the website doesn't match the parts supplied: More Information for MEVOTECH CMS861199

Just a heads up if anyone is in the market for front UCAs. The newer single piece SPC/ Light Racing UCAs are being sold in Mevotech boxes on RockAuto for $400/ set; the cheapest I usually saw them for was between $540-630/set. Everything appears identical to parts displayed elsewhere. I saw this...