SOLVED! Spent hours looking around for any signs of scraping, checked the u-joints, engine and transmission mount, and pulled apart the brakes. Went back under one last time with a clear head and found the culprit. There is a little plate on the back of the tcase where the rear drive shaft...
Going to take it to my buddy's garage this week and going to pull the front wheels off and will be deeply inspecting the brakes. Had a similar sound on my tundra a long time ago that ended up being a tiny piece of metal lodged in the brakes. When I replaced the brake pads on the FJ80 months ago...
Definitely makes sense about the sway bar not having any effect on this sound. Was sick this past week so wasn't able to crawl under it but will be inspecting everything it this week, will keep you posted with findings! Thanks again for the help.
BILT4ME
Thank you for the info here! It definitely seems to be engine torque related. I will be crawling under and inspecting the u-joints, motor mounts later today. One thing I forgot to add earlier, is that one of the front sway bar bushings is bulging, I already have the new bushings I've...
1992 FJ80 216,xxx miles. 2.5 OME lift
About 6 months ago I did some light off-roading, and the next day I heard a slight metal scraping sound from the front end when I was leaving house. It only happened at low speeds when accelerating and went away when I let off the gas (I have never heard...