So I bought a 2000 LX470 last weekend, no rust, ran well and the price was right so I felt good about it even though it was a little beat up.
Had some slack in the drivetrain so I got it on the lift to look at the wheel bearings.
The mechanic pointed out something I never would have looked for in a million years, someone had welded the torque arms to the control arms so as to make indexing the torsion rods impossible. The rods are permanently clocked in a way so as to have no adjustment left in the anchors.
All the mechanics in the shop came to puzzle over it and the a veteran mechanic told me he'd never seen its like in 28 years of working on IFS Land Cruisers.
There's some evidence of an undisclosed impact on the front end and I'm anxious to know why this kludge was deemed necessary.
I'm afraid I might have gotten poked.
Anybody here ever heard of such a thing?
Had some slack in the drivetrain so I got it on the lift to look at the wheel bearings.
The mechanic pointed out something I never would have looked for in a million years, someone had welded the torque arms to the control arms so as to make indexing the torsion rods impossible. The rods are permanently clocked in a way so as to have no adjustment left in the anchors.
All the mechanics in the shop came to puzzle over it and the a veteran mechanic told me he'd never seen its like in 28 years of working on IFS Land Cruisers.
There's some evidence of an undisclosed impact on the front end and I'm anxious to know why this kludge was deemed necessary.
I'm afraid I might have gotten poked.
Anybody here ever heard of such a thing?
