Still---lexus Vibes At Standard Ome Height!

[tech_dog]

Shotts - If I read you correctly, you're a lunatic nut job just like I am, and you really want it to be perfect. You can always get more money, but there's only so much room in the driveway.

Good luck regardless, but I"m giving you one more bump in the "fix it first" direction.

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

you're a lunatic nut job just like I am, and you really want it to be perfect.

I should put that in my signature! Yes, I want it perfect, BUT.....I'm willing to live with it un-perfect IF it's at 6". Right now I won't take it out. It does little my 100 can't so we take the 100. Well, OK, the 80's about 3/4 taller. I bought the LX to take out thought. Gotta or I should sell it.

At 6" it will see the trail even if it buzzes to the trailhead.

THANKS!

 

[sleeoffroad]

$240 was to diagnose, that was not to fix. Remember that.

PS, Tech_Dog, you are correct, I would personally fix the problem first and I also told John that, but then we are talking to John. He is going to do it his way

 

[firetruck41]

PS, Tech_Dog, you are correct, I would personally fix the problem first and I also told John that, but then we are talking to John. He is going to do it the wrong way

Fixed it for ya!

Shotts- you don't mean to tell me you are going to drive that thing with the dangerous brakes, are you?!

 

[landtank]

Shotts, you're a lunatic nut job

Who's the bigger lunatic?

The man who wants to mod a broken truck or the man willing to sell him the parts and then provide the support afterwards.

Christo, you might want to stock up on Valium!

 

[Beowulf]

Christo, you might want to stock up on Valium!

Christo told me he was planning to sell Shotts selectable hubs for the rear if the PT conversion doesn't stop the vibes. That should pretty well take care of all the vibration issues once he unlocks those rear hubs.

-B-

 

[alia176]

For crying out loud, remove the front drive plates, plug the holes, remove the front DS and see if the vibes go away. Do something right for a change

 

[-Spike-]

I'd send it to Slee right now, as-is, and let him fix it. He has the experience to diagnose it properly.


Disconnecting the front drive simply for the sake of eliminating a vibe seems foolhardy. Fix the problem. There are a lot of 80's with a 6 inch lift without vibes, there's no reason yours should be different. Whatever the problem is, it should be fixed properly, not avoided.

-Spike

 

[alvarorb]

I had a very nasty grinding vibe on my Cruiser recently. It turned out to be the exhaust rubbing against the right slider. It was very loud, but only on deceleration. So loud that I thought the front diff was toast.

What I'm trying to say is that noises are not always what they appear to be. I think that pulling out the front DS is a good idea.

Alvaro

 

[Mikey]

If I were shotts I would be the first to do the IFS, 8 cup holder, and leather lazy boy seat mod.

 

[concretejungle]

I'd send it to Slee right now, as-is, and let him fix it. He has the experience to diagnose it properly.

That's what i would say.....just after i have removed the front shaft and drive plates and see if the vibes are gone.

Schotts, this will allow you to dial the rear angles in perfectly, then do the same for the front.

Or just go ahead and ship it to slee and write a check after it's perfect.

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

That's what i would say.....just after i have removed the front shaft and drive plates and see if the vibes are gone.

Schotts, this will allow you to dial the rear angles in perfectly, then do the same for the front.

Or just go ahead and ship it to slee and write a check after it's perfect.

Good advice, however.....dialing it in now accomplishes nothing. I do not want to own the truck at 850/863 height. So, since I'm going to 6" I'll dial in the rear first as I stated above. Yes?

 

[concretejungle]

So, since I'm going to 6" I'll dial in the rear first as I stated above. Yes?

Correct.

I realize you do not want it sitting low. I'm saying once you get the rear dialed in, you know it's not in the rear. So you have ruled out 50% of the problem. Now, you can start dialing in the front. You could pay slee to do this (maybe will be cheaper since he doesn't have to worry about the rear since it's allready set up correctly). Or you could pay your mechanic to do it, with your help and knowledge from Mud

With the shaft out and the drive plates out, you will know if it's something in the axles/birfts/wheel bearings. With the drive plates back in it will be a driveshaft issue.

 

[-Spike-]

He's beat the living bejesus out of this issue. He needs to hand it off to someone else, not fight it anymore. There's damn near as many posts about this truck's vibes as there are about earbug. I say ship it. I'd pull the front shaft and drive it, personally, sounds like a nice vacation and a cool shop to visit.

I predict Slee will find something simple causing the issue, and it won't cost a fortune to fix. Sometimes it costs more to chase something blindly than to hire someone who can see clearly.

-Spike

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

Correct.

I realize you do not want it sitting low. I'm saying once you get the rear dialed in, you know it's not in the rear. So you have ruled out 50% of the problem. Now, you can start dialing in the front. You could pay slee to do this (maybe will be cheaper since he doesn't have to worry about the rear since it's allready set up correctly). Or you could pay your mechanic to do it, with your help and knowledge from Mud

With the shaft out and the drive plates out, you will know if it's something in the axles/birfts/wheel bearings. With the drive plates back in it will be a driveshaft issue.

We know the rear is fine. With the front shaft out it rides nice!

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

He's beat the living bejesus out of this issue. He needs to hand it off to someone else, not fight it anymore. There's damn near as many posts about this truck's vibes as there are about earbug. I say ship it. I'd pull the front shaft and drive it, personally, sounds like a nice vacation and a cool shop to visit.

I predict Slee will find something simple causing the issue, and it won't cost a fortune to fix. Sometimes it costs more to chase something blindly than to hire someone who can see clearly.

-Spike

I was quoted $450 one-way shipping and 8-hours @ $85/hour to "work the lift and look for vibes". Sounds reasonable, though with the chance that the 6" upgrade might perform just fine, it's not worth just shipping it...to me.

 

[sleeoffroad]

Good advice, however.....dialing it in now accomplishes nothing. I do not want to own the truck at 850/863 height. So, since I'm going to 6" I'll dial in the rear first as I stated above. Yes?

No, we are not talking about dialing it in with a low lift, we are talking about finding the source of a vibration that could possible have nothing to do with lift.

For those reading this, John and us had a conversation about this off-air so he know what he is getting in to. I am not advocating installing a part time kit to mask vibration issues, I am advocating it as a fix for a vibration that I can not diagnose without having the truck. If the truck drives great at 6" of lift without a front driveshaft, then we know we can install a part time kit and achieve the same results. I am not saying this is the correct way to go, but this is John's choice.

We do have this bunch of parts available to install if John sends his truck up here. It will make it drve just like a 100 series

 

[ShottsUZJ100]

I am not saying this is the correct way to go, but this is John's choice.

We do have this bunch of parts available to install if John sends his truck up here. It will make it drve just like a 100 series

Correct......because this will cost me about $1500-2000 less.

Oh, and yes....I need a rear driveshaft for my 100 because I t-boned it (not quite). Got one?

 

[-Spike-]

Yeah, I'm not against the thought of putting the 6" lift on, simply because we're talking about a truck that's been messed with a bunch, I doubt that one more round of modding before Christo sees it will make a difference to him. That's his call. If it were a stock truck with a vibe problem I'd say fix it before lifting, but it's nowhere near that. I don't think the lift will fix it though, as you tried everything in the book (forum) that would normally make it right at every other ride height it's been at. Sometimes miracles happen, though. Worth a try, in my opinion, as long as you don't irritate Slee. I guess the worst that could happen (beyond him refusing to work on it, doubtful) is that he charges you to put it back to stock to diagnose it, then charges you to install the lift once it's fixed.

I hope you can fix it before you get too frustrated, that truck would be awesome in the hands of someone who also has a 'nice' truck- meaning you can run it at its full potential.

-Spike

 

[Tools R Us]

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We do have this bunch of parts available to install if John sends his truck up here. It will make it drve just like a 100 series

Awesome "upgrade"!