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  1. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    I checked all my exhaust manifold nuts. All torqued about where they should be. In the process, I separated steering shaft at the yoke to get better access to manifold. Figured I’d slip in my new, lubed up firewall donut seal since my old one was toast. That was my problem- for sure. Super...
  2. Indiana80

    Steering Shaft Rotations- How to Center

    Bumping this back up. Was finally able to crawl under the truck tonight and pull front skid plate. Noticed driver side tie rod has quite a few threads exposed. Passenger side tie rod is threaded all the way in to outer TRE. I’m not an alignment tech, but shouldn’t they be threaded fairly...
  3. Indiana80

    Steering Shaft Rotations- How to Center

    I recently had my 2005 LX470 with VGRS into a dealer for some work that included exhaust manifold replacement and some suspension work that required an alignment. Seems like upper and lower steering shafts were separated to access one of the exhaust manifold nuts. After the alignment, my...
  4. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    I was able to take a video (for sound) while revving my truck next to bank building. it's hard to hear the tick, but it's there, so I guess it's just more audible when under load, accelerating on the highway. Here's the YouTube link:
  5. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Thanks, I'll check out densoproducts.com...never used that source before.
  6. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Yeah, same plug. That’s why I sent a second pic in better light. I thought electrode and insulator looked good at 30K miles. In regard to Denso coils, who is your go to for supply? I’ve bought parts from Rock Auto over the years but have always been a little suspect. I see all / most of the...
  7. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Here’s a better view of electrode and insulator from the one I replaced with new coil. As far as tick- no tick or pop at start up, idle, smooth and quiet in gentle city driving. Hit the gas fairly hard and above ~2000 RPM, tick tick tick. Not metallic sounding. Sounds more like exhaust tick...
  8. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Got it. Thanks. I think my next step is to replace the rest of the plugs and coils. I’ve already got the Denso OEM plugs, I’ll get the Denso OE coils coming from RA. At 212K miles it’s probably not a bad to replace coils, anyway. Especially knowing most of the plugs were ran a little loose.
  9. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Yeah, I retorqued all the Denso Iridium plugs that have been in there for ~ 30K miles. They’re all torqued to 17 ft lbs now. I replaced one coil that was split and its associated plug. Plug looked OK to me.
  10. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Thanks. Is there a quick way to check for that by opening up the plastic cone-shaped covers?
  11. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    Yes. It was replaced ~ 30K miles ago by a Lexus dealer.
  12. Indiana80

    Ticking Under Load- SOLVED

    I’ll try to keep this short. 05 LX470. Original 212K mile engine with good history of oil changes. I’ve owned it for the past 3000 miles. Did an oil change after purchase. Oil stays right on full mark- does not burn / leak oil- aside from minor VC weep. Had 3 obvious issues when I...
  13. Indiana80

    Wanted  100 Series Engine Air Filter Box Clips Wanted

    Looking for a couple air filter box clips for my 2005 LX470 100 series. Anybody got a couple they could sell? Located in Indiana zip code 46975. Thanks in advance.
  14. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    10-4.
  15. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    Gotcha- I think I have that TSB somewhere.
  16. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    When disconnecting the clamp force bolt above ujoint (in your pic #1), once bolt is out, is there enough sliding available to flex actuator shaft assembly out of the way to slip big boot on? Or, does more stuff have to be disconnected in upper and / or lower shafts to make the split for boot...
  17. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    Pls disregard part finder question- I think I found it- lower shaft boot (looks like a little donut) part #45292-60160 Lowe main shaft dust seal + its associated clamp.
  18. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    Got it! Thank you. That looks easier than the coupler. Also, I can find the big boot that covers VGRS actuator, but cannot find the outer boot that fastens to firewall inside engine compartment. Do you happen to know what diagram that would be in? I’m looking on partsouq- can’t find it...
  19. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    Thank you. Could be why I hear some ticking under load…I have ripped boot on outside of firewall and the VGRS boot inside the firewall to cover VGRS actuator is no longer there. I’m guessing it was tossed when they did the snap ring recall maybe 8 or 10 years ago. To install a new boot that’s...
  20. Indiana80

    Steering shaft firewall boot replacement

    Bumping this…anyone with VGRS replaced their firewall boot? Daunting task? Or, as simple as disconnecting the upper and lower intermediate shafts and slipping the new boot on? Access looks not so fun. Thanks in advance for anyone who has given this a go.
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