I drove with the front drive shaft only and rear drive shaft only (with centre diff locked) and could get the noise both times so its definately not the U-Joints.
Last night I was inspecting all the parts again and see that the thrust washers that sit between the hub nuts and outer wheel...
For about the last month or so, there has been a noise coming from what appears to be the front left side when coasting at between 10-40km/h. The noise can sometime be heard when accelerating but easiest to reproduce when coasting. The noise is difficult to explain but its basically a grrrr...
I did my timing belt, water pump, thermostat and oil seals this weekend (Thanks guys for the step by step write ups in the tech section). As seems to be quite common, the bearings on the fan bracket just aren't as smooth as one would hope. A definite wrrrr noise when you spin it. I put the...
You wont believe it but the issue was not actually due to bad fuel. Here is a write up I did on LCCSA forum:
A while ago I pronounced that I thought the problem was fixed as it had not occurred for several days. On Wednesday last week I decided to start the process of calibrating my MPGuino...
Yip, wheel bearing. You have the ability to do this job yourself so it will only cost you a bearing and a tub of grease. You might as well re-pack the other side while you are at it. Search around for detailed instructions (its covered in the FSM as well). Drop me a mail/post if you have any...
All the USA Land Cruisers are OBD compliant. This is not the case for the rest of the world. Certainly ours in South Africa are not OBD compliant and scanguage and other tools cannot read anything from the engine management system. All very strange but true (you would think Toyota would...