so THAT'S where my front end clunk came from... (1 Viewer)

[riffman12]

You know I'm fairly certain there are TWO washers per link.

One tween the nut and the bracket. Another tween the bracket and the link.

I remember dry fitting those parts together and forgetting to install the inside washer.
It seemed that the link fit just so nicely into the bracket opening.
Wrong.... I found the "extra" washers on the bench.


Also, for future reference, can someone tell us if the OP messed up the link by spinning the "bolt"?
I would think not, but I can barley spell so....

I do have the washer on the inside of the bracket, just missing the one on the outside. I'll run by the hardware store and see if I can get one for that nut.

Thanks for your help

 

[DanMedeiros]

Is it a good idea to replace those rubber washers on the link? I'm getting lots of clank as well. Is it also important todo the bushings on the axle?

 

[riffman12]

I think I would start by checking the torque on all of those bushings - at the frame and at the axle. Some of them are pretty high torque.

Can anyone else look at that last pic I posted and tell me if it looks ok? Or should it be more pulled together?

 

[Tedward]

For future reference, from 1997 Land Cruiser FSM
Suspension Torque Numbers, Suspension bushing torque values.
Lateral control rod, panhard, swaybar torque numbers, FSM.
Before I had the FSM i had a heck of a time sorting years of posts to get these numbers.
Hopefully it will be easier to search with this.

 

[riffman12]

thanks everyone for your help. Got a washer from the hardware store and cranked it down good and tight. There really isn't any room to get a torque wrench in there AND hold the allen head - so I just sort of went by feel. Hopefully wasn't too tight.

Clunk is gone and the truck is handling nicely

 

[Comet]

That is the cleanest factory service manual I have ever seen. Mine, not so much. Glad it all worked out for you.