Sorry can't offer a solution 2 a fix other then what Kallen has already suggested
Have you check you radius arm bracket on the front diff lately, seems like a pretty common one 2 flog out as well
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Sorry can't offer a solution 2 a fix other then what Kallen has already suggested
Have you check you radius arm bracket on the front diff lately, seems like a pretty common one 2 flog out as well
2012-11-17-103-2.jpg
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Westy has it by the balls - Welding a washer on. This is a good fix, Easy, fast and strong.
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BigRAWesty (24th March 2014)
And abused,
I don't think the option of welding on washers will work well in this case as the hole is big enough to allow the bush to slop side to side when bolted up, I'm currently thinking I will have to replace the plate in the mount, thinking I will slice up an old sleeve to get bolt hole size, bolt on to either end of an old bush and weld it into hole, just need to make sure hole is in correct location, yay welding on my back again that's always fun!
Had a shocker top mount flog out when nut came loose, was on the old Hilux. Welded washer in place and still going strong for another 100,000 ks. So I would go for thick washers or steel plate welded in place and the longer bolt.
Cheers,
Trev
Thanks for your advice that's what I thought I would do before I got the tank out and realised how big the holes had become, if I weld washers on the out side of the existing bracket I will then have a cavity of about 6 mm ish that the steel bush would be able to slop about in possibly causing further problems, it's not like a shock which is sandwiched between the 2 rubber bushes.
If you can get around to myplace I'll weld in a piece
of steel to fill the hole then just drill a new hole to suit.
Its a bit of mucking around though
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Thanks for the offer, that's what I've done to fix here's a pic of the template of the hole behind the bracket ImageUploadedByMotorculture1395987755.401122.jpg
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Update, holes repaired now to put back together
Final update all back together and taken for a test run and what a difference it makes, most of the little clunks I thought were other things have gone as well, and back end seems tighter?
If you hear a rattle that sounds like a loose chain, check the rear bolts.
Thanks for the advice
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