Real time busted LCA
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I see the problem your tires are inside out
Well it's because I have the left tire on the right side.
Wow. You think you know the vehicle w endless reading, and something like this pops. Thanks to all for the education!
Sadly this is a known issue, but more common on heavy diesel applications Cruisers in severe markets such as Africa and Australia. That said as 100's get older and used harder, we are seeing more failures. We (Cruiser Outfitters) stock the reinforcements (Part# OMEFK27). They are easy to install, you can bolt them on and have them welded eight on the truck. We are recommending them with all of our suspension kits used on Cruisers seeing rough duty. I've been running them on mine since the day I installed the suspension and I've got zero distortion out of the anchor bolts or arm.
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Thanks you!
Still going to play devil's advocate here...welding these in or bolting on an already weakened substrate makes me have pause. I know it's a little spendy for new lowers but with the mileage, plus you get all new lower bushings and ball joint I would do them. You can weld in the new pieces while they are on the bench and get a good quality install. Even if you go moog replacements you are only out 500 and you address 3 probable issues that will crop up down the road.
That is certainly worth looking at while replacing. While we've not seen a single LCA fail at the anchor arm AFTER the reinforcement is installed, bushings and ball joints can and do wear further. We have more of the UCA/LCA Japanese ball-joints en route and are working on replacement bushing kits for the LCA too.
I'll play devils advocate with the Dorman/Moog/Febest style replacements... I've not compared the 100 Series LCA's against OEM but some of their other Toyota applications are notably thinner steel, thinner brackets such as the shock mount tab, etc.
I hadnt considered welding these to my LCA. The Ironman TB/LCA reiforcements simply bolt on. I'm at 174k now and if my LCA's are as tired as my UCA's were, they probably need replacing. But even with new LCA's I would install these- for $30 its cheap insurance.
I used this company to supply my LCA's, they are in the U.K. So not 100% sure they ship to the US or are 100% compatible, they are genuine oem with the Toyota stickers on. With the weak pound at the moment they are cheap. The downside would be you would have to wait. Give them a ring if your interested and see what they have to say.
Suspension for SUSPENSION - Page 3
Suspension for SUSPENSION - Page 3
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Found the problem...
And all this time I've been mad at Toyota.
And all this time I've been mad at Toyota.
Thanks Julian- good info.
Yeah agreed with the moog. I think the OEM can be had for around 300 ea. although, not sure that included the ball joint. It did include new bushings from my quick search. I would go OEM regardless and forget about it for another 150k. Price between the moog and OEM was 50 bucks but, would have to check to see if the ball joint was included. Checked to different Toyota sources one didn't specify new bushings other didn't specify new ball joint. Go figure...
The $300 OEM option includes the new bushings and the new ball-joint, we've installed a few so I'm confident on that.
OEM Toyota includes everything here:
Kurt what do you use to push out the frame side bushing? Just replaced my DS LCA and none of the fittings in the kit I rented would fit. Ended up leaving that bushing in for now until I can get the right tool for removal.