Builds Intro: 2024 TRD off road I-Max (5 Viewers)

[TurbodreamZ]

as to another issue that had me drop off the Taco at the dealership was a vibration at what I thought was at around 1300-1500rpm, didn't seem to be speed related. the shop foreman had the Taco for about 9 days while I was away at work. when I came back he told me that he took a lot of copies of the electric info of the Taco and sent them to the mother ship multiple times. the mother ship had no ideas as to what was causing the vibration. during all of this he also had installed some fancy vibration detection equipment on it. this always came back as a tire issue at around 35mph and 53mph. so he had the tire guy at the dealership re balance the tires with the road force balancer. he says all tires where out of balance, which I kind of find hard to believe because I use a specific tire place for all my tire needs. anyway, after re balancing and placing the worst ones on the rear, I can't really notice the vibrations anymore. interestingly, he said he took a number of non-hybrid Taco's that where on the lot for test drives and said that all had the same vibrations, some even worse than what mine had. don't know if the shocks aren't tuned right to fight this? wonder if the Trailhunter or TRD PRO have the same issue with their fancy shocks? I had this vibration leaving the dealership according to my wife, and when I installed the BFG KO3, and with the current Nokian. so far all is well on that front, will be interesting what happens when I do a tire rotation.

What kind of vibration?

The 2nd and 3rd gens all have vibration due to driveshaft u-joints and front diff needle bearings going bad.

 

[coldtaco]

What kind of vibration?

The 2nd and 3rd gens all have vibration due to driveshaft u-joints and front diff needle bearings going bad.

hard to explain, but it sure felt like it was drive line related, but apparently not. after having the tires balanced again the vibrations have basically gone away, though now it seems like there is a slight one around 65-67mph. will have to see if this keeps happening over time. Apparently the 4th gen Taco also has this diff needle bearing.