So I went down to Washington and imported am LC100 back to Canada and absolutely love the vehicle, especially since i bought it before I had even taken one for a test drive. Now I'm no stranger to used 4x4's and have tracked down many vibrations in vehicles that i have bought, but this is the first one with IFS. So, after the drive back home, i ordered the u-joints from CruiserDan in Albuquerque and installed them...no difference. To back up here...the vibration starts at about 50 mph and then gets a little better at about 65 mph but it seems to be getting a little bit worse day by day.
So, after the u-joints, we changed the front inner and outer bearings and the vibration is still there. We removed the front drive shaft just to keep going in our diagnosis and the vibration was still there. We then examined the cv axles and noted that there seems to be some up and down movement and side to side movement. So I am thinking the axle shaft assemblies and axle tube bearings.
My question to those of you with much more experience than I, is there supposed to be much play in these axle shaft assemblies? And if the axle tube bearings sound like they might be the problem, does anyone have the number off of those bearings because I'm trying to source them up here in Canada and I really don't want to bug CruiserDan again with this type of question, if i can help it.
Greg
So, after the u-joints, we changed the front inner and outer bearings and the vibration is still there. We removed the front drive shaft just to keep going in our diagnosis and the vibration was still there. We then examined the cv axles and noted that there seems to be some up and down movement and side to side movement. So I am thinking the axle shaft assemblies and axle tube bearings.
My question to those of you with much more experience than I, is there supposed to be much play in these axle shaft assemblies? And if the axle tube bearings sound like they might be the problem, does anyone have the number off of those bearings because I'm trying to source them up here in Canada and I really don't want to bug CruiserDan again with this type of question, if i can help it.
Greg
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