Funny looking thing on the frame

[Bouncin Bob]

Took my first step on my wifes hand me down. 1998 LC 100. The first step was to remove the running boards. After I had them removed I noticed a 9''x5" weight or something attached to the frame on the passenger side on the bottom of the frame. It looks terrible from the side view. What might this little item be? It has 2 bolts holding it on the frame. Is it an important piece? Sure would like to take it off. Or put it on top of the frame if it is a vital piece. Comments please.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

. Comments please.

Vibration dampener. Search - lots of the exact same question.

 

[2000UZJ]

I removed mine 15K ago. My truck hasn't exploded yet

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

I removed mine 15K ago. My truck hasn't exploded yet

DON'T remove this! The frame gets unbalanced and on rough roads it can vibrate to dangerous levels and you might pop welds!

 

[Hicaira]

DON'T remove this! The frame gets unbalanced and on rough roads it can vibrate to dangerous levels and you might pop welds!

Or worse; at certain frequencies you can create a harmonic disturbance between the matter/antimatter void causing a breach and you could destroy the entire universe.

Please don't. For the children.

 

[2000UZJ]

It's for dampening harmonic vibrations. Not stress releasing for weld points. I haven't had a sqeek, rattle, vibe, etc for 15K ( knock on wood)

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

It's for dampening harmonic vibrations. Not stress releasing for weld points. I haven't had a sqeek, rattle, vibe, etc for 15K ( knock on wood)

Our posts were made in gest.

 

[2000UZJ]

Our posts were made in gest.

my post was to answer the main question on the thread.

Then deal with you shotts

 

[yoter100]

DON'T remove this! The frame gets unbalanced and on rough roads it can vibrate to dangerous levels and you might pop welds!

Huh? I removed mine over 35K ago. No a single problem. Anyone else remove this seemingly worthless thing with no problems/ problems??

 

[1loudLX]

LOL you fell for it too, it was john trying to be funny. I think once you start bolting on sliders and bumpers to the frame the weight is of no use anymore

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

I think once you start bolting on sliders and bumpers to the frame the weight is of no use anymore

That's probably very true!

 

[hks3sgte]

Some 100s don't even have it from the factory. Mine is one of them!

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

Some 100s don't even have it from the factory. Mine is one of them!

You got robbed!

 

[campoj2]

I saw mine today and was wondering WTF is that? Now I know.

 

[yoter100]

With john posting you never know what is true or not!

 

[Topmounter]

It's not a recovery point?

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Some 100s don't even have it from the factory. Mine is one of them!

Perfectly balanced truck from the factory?

 

[hks3sgte]

Perfectly balanced truck from the factory?

Guess so...

 

[marcfj60]

I would guess that Toyota had to add it as a band-aid. They probably designed the truck, put it together and then started doing testing, only to discover that some ME failed to properly run the modal tests and analyze the Power Spectral Density plots from the early analysis. Then they get into testing and realize there is some harmonic frequency in the frame that is easily excited with normal driving, and then the body amplifies it enough to be audible or even noticeable in the driving/ride. This is a $50K+ truck and people that pay that kind of money will not settle for a weird vibration at certain speeds. So, Toyota slaps on this vibration dampener to cancel out the first couple of modes with the most energy.

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

With john posting you never know what is true or not!

My name isn't John. It's Fleekindorfer.