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I need to drive another 4th gen...

Discussion in '4th Gen 4Runners (2003-2009)' started by RepentOrPerish, Nov 13, 2024.

  1. Nov 13, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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    RepentOrPerish

    RepentOrPerish [OP] New Member

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    To see if it rides like a wobbly SOB on my local roads like mine does.

    Pretty well ruled out by swapping parts, suspension componets, sway bar bushings(rear sway bar is slightly undersized do to rust cancer where the bushings mount though)

    Replaced my link ends on front and rear, new rear springs and shocks(blistien 5100s) originally thought the new springs helped, but figure it must have been in my head. Wishing i went with heavier duty than stock now..

    Sometimes when driving on these crappy roads the front end gets all light and almost squirrely, as if theres not enough weight transfered to the front end. With the heavy v8 this seems crazy to me.

    All ball joints, tie rods etc seem tight and good, tracks straight enough.. pulls to the left a bit during heavy acceleration, replaced the cv axle on that side with a HD one. Wondering if that has something to do with that deal.

    Only suspension i didnt change was the front as they are only a year old, kyb gas a just units. Surely they cant be the cause of all my head scratching....or are they... seems no one runs these from my searches
     
  2. Nov 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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    RepentOrPerish

    RepentOrPerish [OP] New Member

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    An alignment will be my next step. All my searching the forums seems, has lead me to see some people find alignment is a fix, read another post where tire pressure was the fix. One person dropping to 32 and another person bumping to 36 lol. Even the newest machines sometimes seem plagued with this side to side lofty bouncy damn ride quality.
     

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