Steering stabilizer murder

[LS1FJ40]

You don't understand that the puller straight up DIDN'T WORK?

And geez dude, really? Read the sentence: "...while trying to change out some part like this...".

Didn't say this exact part.

Tell me the PHH isn't an ill-conceived design that could have been better thought through. If you even think that, then you're not too bright. Imagine having that break on you while running from some murderers in a third world country, and having to repair it, or SOME OTHER PART OF SIMILAR POOR DESIGN, while getting shot at.

Or having the wiring harness right next to the EGR.

Things like that.

These are great trucks with some things that just weren't thought through properly, and I was venting my frustration.

Glad your steering stabilizer experience was so dreamy. Mine wasn't. Next time, I'll have you do it since you're so awesome.

Oh wait a minute, I replaced it with an aftermarket design that uses separate studs, so all I'll have to do is pull the shock off by hand to replace it. Hmmm, too bad the guy at Toyota wasn't smart enough to think of that the first time...

Shoulda bought a 3FE powered 80. No PHH. No stupid wire harness melting. No blown head gasket. End of story.

Plus you can "pour beer in the gas tank and piss in the crankcase and it'll run for another 50k miles."

 

[surfpig]

Shoulda bought a 3FE powered 80. No PHH. No stupid wire harness melting. No blown head gasket. End of story.

Plus you can "pour beer in the gas tank and piss in the crankcase and it'll run for another 50k miles."

 

[cruiserdan]

AND it has the same steering shock......

 

[LS1FJ40]

AND it has the same steering shock......

As was mentioned before, a steering shock won't leave you stranded or require replacement while taking gun fire...

 

[Heckraiser]

reminds me of the rear upper shock mount on a 3rd gen 4runner. Often times the only way to remove the rear shock is to totally annihilate it with a sawzall. I sent a perfectly good set of shocks to the junkyard with my totalled runner because I couldn't get them to come off in one piece.

I did that *once* and then welded some tabs onto the truck so I could just bolt up an eye-to-eye shock.

 

[ranma21]

Sorry to hear the OP had a problem. I picked up the OTC6295 front end service set, it's a good value compared to buying individual tools.

http://www.tooltopia.com/otc-tools-6295.aspx

Me bought a set of this too, love it piece of cake to remove those suckers!!

 

[izzyandsue]

Possibly. That's a good point.

I just saw this, I gave up doing it myself after using all my tools, renting larger medieval tools from a couple of places, bigger hammers, etc. Finally took it to my independent Toyota Tech, who is built like an NFL Tackle, and he struggle like crazy for 30 mins to remove the old one. 1 minute to install the new one.... Will not be trying this again.

 

[Eicca]

Here I was, wondering if I should ever replace mine...

No.

 

[starski]

I had no problems with it...I guess after owning VWs,Jeeps, and Fords working on the 80 isn't that bad

 

[120mm]

As was mentioned before, a steering shock won't leave you stranded or require replacement while taking gun fire...

Where stuff like this bites you in the butt, is when Liberian starts to work on it. They start taking more and more drastic measures, breaking more and more operation critical items surrounding it as they do so. Finally, three days later, they have the shock off, and the LC is completely destroyed.

Myself, I went to an aftermarket unit, and all I have to do is to unfasten two nyloc nuts and it comes right off.

Toyota engineers sometimes do things without the forethought attributed to them. Just like any other organization.

 

[LS1FJ40]

Where stuff like this bites you in the butt, is when Liberian starts to work on it. They start taking more and more drastic measures, breaking more and more operation critical items surrounding it as they do so. Finally, three days later, they have the shock off, and the LC is completely destroyed.

Myself, I went to an aftermarket unit, and all I have to do is to unfasten two nyloc nuts and it comes right off.

Toyota engineers sometimes do things without the forethought attributed to them. Just like any other organization.

Yes. In 23 years of ownership (235k miles, 32 states, all over Mexico and Canada), these are the following complaints with my 1992 80.
1) Steering stabilizer is a pain in the ass to replace once every five years.
2) EFI Relay needed to be moved in to the cabin in order to get it away from the heat of the exhaust manifold; which caused a "hot, no start issue" 3 times in 23 years. Relocation cost me zero $$ and 30 minutes.
3) no other complaints.

DAMN YOU TOYOTA!!!!

 

[LS1FJ40]

One other complain. They discontinued the brown tweed interior that came in my 80. This is the best interior, IMHO. Wears incredibly well, doesn't show dirt, and is cool as s*** man!

Done with my rant and hijack.

 

[120mm]

Yes. In 23 years of ownership (235k miles, 32 states, all over Mexico and Canada), these are the following complaints with my 1992 80.
1) Steering stabilizer is a pain in the ass to replace once every five years.
2) EFI Relay needed to be moved in to the cabin in order to get it away from the heat of the exhaust manifold; which caused a "hot, no start issue" 3 times in 23 years. Relocation cost me zero $$ and 30 minutes.
3) no other complaints.

DAMN YOU TOYOTA!!!!

Why did you continue to use OEM steering stabilizer, then?

 

[Dissent]

I just finished my 2nd (different 80s) using that tie rod puller. The first one sucked a lot. The second was so much worse and still took waaaaaay too much effort and then finally released with a bang before flying off. One should consider keeping the nut on just a few threads to keep the excitement down.

 

[tacosupreme]

I just finished my 2nd (different 80s) using that tie rod puller. The first one sucked a lot. The second was so much worse and still took waaaaaay too much effort and then finally released with a bang before flying off. One should consider keeping the nut on just a few threads to keep the excitement down.

Funny, I just did one an hour ago with similar results. I couldn't believe how much force it took, even with a 900 foot pound impact on the puller it grunted. It flew off of there at a good 300 feet per second. Good thing I didn't need to reuse the old stabilizer, it was mushroomed a bit and I don't think you could ever get a nut back on it.

Edit: Turn the wheel full driver side to have enough room to get an impact gun in there

 

[Jgunner]

Stabilizer shock? What stabilizer shock? I tow with mine, 315’s and no wander or deth wobble.

 

[Jgunner]

Mind you open diffs and sway bars on, so i couldnt get up the ramp farther. Not impressive, but works well.

 

[bigredmachine]

I think replacing the stabilizer on the 80 was way easier than replacing it on the plow truck at work. I sprayed mine up on the 80 for about a week before and it came apart fairly easy.

the plow truck on the other hand it came apart after some help from the oxy torch to melt it out of the draglink

 

[cruiserhound]

Mine popped right off with a puller.

 

[Golgo13]

Those damn Toyota engineers, man. I'll tell you, they never think about anything...