I’ve got a 1997 fzj80 with about 255k miles.
35’s, fox shocks no bypass, dobinsons 3” - 3 1/2” heavies.
Recently, decided to splurge out and get delta control arms to fix the caster, got 3L’s which brought my caster back to +2.5*. As well as rear panhard bracket.
I’ve pressed the bushes in myself. (Rubber bushes, not Toyota ones, but look very close and they are pretty soft). Used all new Toyota bolt hardware, torqued at ride height to spec.
After install and drive, noticed my front panhard bar had a crack in it, so I’ve removed:
Steering stabilizer, front steering arm, steering box, loosened the brake lines bolted on the inside of the frame rail, also replaced the battery. Welded in a delta vs steering bracket reinforcement, torqued to 100lbft the steering box with new longer 1/2-20 bolts & nylocks.
Torqued all tie rods 67ftlb. Steering coupler bolts torqued as well.
At first, I was getting this loose suspension rattle (like something is bouncing around, binding) and grinding noise when braking. The grinding noise turned out to be the driveshaft, which I’ve removed and got a DC coming.
However, can still feel this “loose” part/noise, can almost feel it in the steering wheel & foot rest. I’ve triple quadruple checked all the bolts and everything is tight (I was surprised that the control arm bolts were loose in the bushings, even OEM arms).
I’ve also check all the brakes (like calipers and rotors), wheel bearing play, loose components in the engine bay. Knuckle steering arm bolts & studs. Kind of at my wits end (no pun) and not sure what to do or what else to check.
Help.
35’s, fox shocks no bypass, dobinsons 3” - 3 1/2” heavies.
Recently, decided to splurge out and get delta control arms to fix the caster, got 3L’s which brought my caster back to +2.5*. As well as rear panhard bracket.
I’ve pressed the bushes in myself. (Rubber bushes, not Toyota ones, but look very close and they are pretty soft). Used all new Toyota bolt hardware, torqued at ride height to spec.
After install and drive, noticed my front panhard bar had a crack in it, so I’ve removed:
Steering stabilizer, front steering arm, steering box, loosened the brake lines bolted on the inside of the frame rail, also replaced the battery. Welded in a delta vs steering bracket reinforcement, torqued to 100lbft the steering box with new longer 1/2-20 bolts & nylocks.
Torqued all tie rods 67ftlb. Steering coupler bolts torqued as well.
At first, I was getting this loose suspension rattle (like something is bouncing around, binding) and grinding noise when braking. The grinding noise turned out to be the driveshaft, which I’ve removed and got a DC coming.
However, can still feel this “loose” part/noise, can almost feel it in the steering wheel & foot rest. I’ve triple quadruple checked all the bolts and everything is tight (I was surprised that the control arm bolts were loose in the bushings, even OEM arms).
I’ve also check all the brakes (like calipers and rotors), wheel bearing play, loose components in the engine bay. Knuckle steering arm bolts & studs. Kind of at my wits end (no pun) and not sure what to do or what else to check.
Help.