It must be hard to find employees if that only rates a suspension. I’m a DIYer but it sounds like I would do a better job. Hire me!!![]()
I was curious to see how the ultrasonic sensors were attached to the bumper; the rear being the easiest to gain a visual.
While under there, I noticed this.
The Highlander has an odd suspension knock; front/back/left/right. Didn't show itself during the test drive but appeared during periods of rain and when I'd run the vehicle thru the car wash with an undercarriage rinse. Once dry, the noise would disappear. The past few months, it would do it all the time, then just disappear and randomly reappear.
Because of the heat, I just cranked the tire up; I'll have to drive it a while to see if the noises are gone. I figured the cause was something stupid like this.
I wasn't to concerned other than annoyed. I was going to have the dealership take a look when I bring it in for the bumper recall.
So much for Toyota Certified Pre-Owned, 160-Point Inspection.
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My wife watches Bridgerton and one of the characters is named Cressida. I asked her why they named someone after a Toyota, but she didn't get it (sigh)Rebuilding front brake calipers on 1984 Cressida Wagon.
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Now regearing a 7.2 IFS front. GM engineers had a sick sense of humor because driving the outer race out is a little difficult as you're trying to swing a hammer in a half-dome.
Then I figured driving in new races would be easy because it's aluminum. I was wrong. They seemed to be a tighter press fit than steel housings.
I finally decided I needed to pull them in with something. I grabbed some ball joint press cups I've previously modified for 2nd Gen Ram D44 seals and this worked very well.View attachment 229550The cup on right I threaded 5/8‐11View attachment 229551
I came across something similar on an '09 Focus. IIRC I was able to slightly modify the lock tabs and use a non-OEM socket.Well I was just going to change the brake light socket on the Focus.. but thanks to Ford had to splice the wiring. I really hate Ford and its connector changes.
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Had a successful test drive of the Express after regearing. 16 very easy miles. Will do another two easy drives under 20 miles with FULL cool down between before releasing to the customer.
I had an epic battle with the crush sleeve on the 7.25 IFS last night. So glad Yukon provides two sleeves. The first one crushed a little then refused to do anymore, then of course I finally overshot it.
For the second sleeve I rigged a more elaborate setup that let me slowly lever it down by hand so I could avoid using the impact. If I had to do a lot of these I'd build a jig to bolt the case half to my table.
I called it quits around 2a last night, although I took this pic of my messy bench earlier in the day